>Me> There are other alternatives besides seizing the crown by force
> > of arms.
>In case of a mercenary leader, there are few. Claiming that he was the
>designated heir, and having armed forces in key positions removing
>protesters helps a lot taking the capital, but then the dissenters
>need to be fought out in the land. Which he did in 1617 and 1618, as
>far as we know.
I really don't see it that way as there are a host of other alternatives to which Rikard could have taken power. The new king could be elected by the people as happened in the case of the Romanovs. The Polish Sejm were not adverse to electing outsiders as their king (their worst mistake was to elect a French Heir-apparent who promptly buggered off back to France when the French King died).
Hence it is perfectly possible for an outsider to be elected a King.
> > Which does not mean that the only Malkioni crusading in Heortland
> > are Rokari as evidenced by the Army of Tomorrow. Because of
> > the pluralism among the Malkioni in Heortland, a strict Rokari
> > crusade is impossible.
>A kingdomwide strict Rokari crusade would be quite hard. But then,
>such things were possible in deep Safelster, too.
Safelster is a lot closer to Seshnela than Heortland is.
> > Why does Broyan, an ultratraditionalist, want to forge an alliance
> > with the Esvulari?
>The group had a consensus that Broyan took a rather innovative step
>going for the Hidden King variant of Vingkotling survival.
You've lost me.
--Peter Metcalfe
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