Ian - this is an excellent idea. Let's get some cross-pollination going.
> The boys and girls at Unspoken Word were working on an
> Esvulari book IIRC (a follow up to their tradetalk
> information I think). I suggest that we check with
> them, because there is likely to be cross-over and I
> expect that they may have some input on the Aeolian
> presence in the other Earldoms etc. To that end this
> is copied to them.
Brilliant. Ian - did you forward on my "Volsaxi, Volsaxar, Vingkotling" e-mail? That's my most current thoughts from the perspective I care about the most (the Volsaxi).
> FWIW I believed the (for example TR p.52-53) that
> Andrin's reforms were most effective in the south
> (Esvular and of course God Forgot) and weakened as
> they went north (the traditionalists of Sartar). TR
> tells us that the Esvulari adopt Malkioni/Aeolian ways
> most willingly, the others to a lesser degree, with
> the Volsaxi refusing. Andrin changes the requirement
> for the king's successors come from the nobility
> (barons and earls), so the line of kings has to be
> drawn from that pool.
Makes perfect sense to me. I think the reforms barely touched the Volsaxi - mainly to trigger a counter-reformation. One of my ideas that the Volsaxi have denied the Andrini kings are truly kings of the Hendeiki and have on at least one occasion crowned their own High Kings with that title (Hardrand the Green, and after 1617 Broyan).
> The crisis formented by the lack of an heir suggests
> that the king pre-selects his successor from the pool.
> Rikard's 'conquering the various Hendreiki tribes of
> Heortland, taking advantage of their terrible disorder
> after the loss of both the Pharaoh and their king'
> (G:CotHW) and his usurpation of the throne suggests
> that he was either of the pool (granted a baronacy for
> services rendered perhaps) or that the criteria for
> being of the pool from which successors can be drawn
> is fairly flexible or could be taken. Unless of course
> Rikard loses the crown simply because he is not a
> 'rightful' heir.
Maybe a bit of all of the above. My current take is that Rikard had been granted a barony and thus technically fit the qualifications for king under the Andrini reforms. As a Rokari, there was no way that he could be king of the Hendreiki (which is a subtlely different thing from being king of Heortland - I'm trying to exploit the inconsistent usage of "Heortland" and "Hendreiki" over the years), so Broyan of the Volsaxi recognized Rikard as King of Malkonwal ("the Empty Oath") and had himself proclaimed King of the Hendreiki by his Larnsti supporters. Civil war and other good fun ensues.
> All of this would effect the king's list. So it might
> be Esvulari dominated, as Jeff's suggestion, as king's
> appoint supporters, but it might include some
> suprises.
I'm all for surprises!
Jeff
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