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- | BRIARSMITH, previously submerged under the tide of the Imperialist faction, have re-emerged as their own faction. Is Thestro Briarsmith still alive? If he is, is he now staging his own bid for the throne given the chaos surrounding the Stavian line? Or if he isn't still alive, is one of his relatives now carrying | + | ====== Succession Loyalties |
- | At any rate, House Briarsmith' | + | {{:game_systems: |
- | (Fun Fact: //In TFE, the mention of Porthmos Prison comes with art of an adventurer bribing a gargoyle with a book. This gargoyle is named Grinnd, and such a bribe is actually how adventurers get into Porthmos Prison in a very early Society adventure. The object of that adventure is to rescue a thief named Hadge, who according to TFE canon is still in Porthmos Prison at that point and leading one of the many prison gangs who run the place.)// | ||
- | CORCINA: There have been dramatic events in Cassomir. House Corcina -- maybe or maybe not a former Imperialist house depending on how you were inclined to read them -- has taken over control of that city, which should be House Tiberan' | ||
- | CYRIS: If these are Stavian cousins, they'd have to be sufficiently remote cousins so that Stavian I's supposed relationship to House Adella doesn' | ||
- | DARAHAN: Now emerged from " | ||
- | They' | + | ===BRIARSMITH=== |
+ | Previously submerged under the tide of the Imperialist faction, have re-emerged | ||
- | DELRIDDIA: This is House Delriddia, mentioned last time out as likely Imperialists (" | + | (Fun Fact://In TFE, the mention of Porthmos Prison comes with art of an adventurer bribing a gargoyle with a book. This gargoyle |
- | Alternatively, | + | ===CORCINA: |
+ | There have been dramatic events in Cassomir. | ||
- | DENZARNI: House Denzarni | + | ===CYRIS:=== |
+ | If these are Stavian cousins, they' | ||
- | ENNOI: The Baroness Ennoi has not only emerged | + | ===DARAHAN:=== |
+ | Now emerged | ||
- | EUTROPIA: The illegitimacy | + | They' |
- | FAHLSPAR: Previously having seemed a likely lock for Loyalist status, House Fahlspar have now withdrawn their support from Eutropia and perhaps are even making their own claim. If so, this could reflect some internal family struggle or even skulduggery: | + | ===DELRIDDIA:=== |
+ | This is House Delriddia, mentioned last time out as likely Imperialists | ||
+ | Grand Duke Nestor Delriddia is leading the House now, given the whole bizarre series | ||
- | If the Grand Duchess has been supplanted (perhaps even murdered) by one of her hostile relations, it might explain why the House controls relatively little | + | ===DENZARNI: |
+ | House Denzarni have been through some dramatic events | ||
- | HESKILLAR: House Heskillar aligned with the Loyalists at some point in the prior books, but has clearly given up on that alliance and is still, apparently, battling | + | ===ENNOI:=== |
+ | The Baroness Ennoi has not only emerged into her own, but appears | ||
- | KASTNER: Shown as controlling western Opparos and part of Oppara, House Kastner | + | ===EUTROPIA:=== |
+ | The illegitimacy claims | ||
- | KIU: They fell under Imperialist control in the past couple of books but are now independent again and in control of the Monastery of the Seven Forms and nearby areas. Otherwise, they're as enigmatic as before. | + | ===FAHLSPAR:=== |
+ | Previously having seemed a likely lock for Loyalist status, House Fahlspar have now withdrawn their support from Eutropia | ||
- | LAWSUS: House Lawsus had apparently been overrun by or persuaded to ally with the Imperialists by the time of City in the Lion's Eye. Now, their base of support | + | ===HESKILLAR:=== |
+ | House Heskillar aligned | ||
- | MERKANDER: Merkander' | + | ===KASTNER:=== |
+ | Shown as controlling western Opparos and part of Oppara, House Kastner | ||
- | MERROSETT: The only House still color-coded according to the old Imperialist | + | ===KIU:=== |
+ | They fell under Imperialist | ||
- | NAZEZI: Presumably Stavian cousin claimants, Nazezi are one of a few factions who never were subsumed | + | ===LAWSUS:=== |
+ | House Lawsus had apparently been overrun | ||
- | PHAEBEN and PHINI: Phaeben was swamped | + | ===MERKANDER:=== |
+ | Merkander' | ||
- | SOLARI: House Solari, probably meaning the Grand Duchess Solari, is one of the largest factions to emerge from the break-up | + | ===MERROSETT:=== |
+ | House Merrosett are the last holdouts | ||
- | STARBORNE: The gnomes | + | ===NAZEZI:=== |
+ | Stavian cousin claimants, Nazezi are one of a few factions who never were subsumed by either Imperialist or Loyalist factions. However, their base of support is far smaller now than in the previously. It seems they have been caught in the crosswinds | ||
- | TARQ: Previously overrun | + | ===PHAEBEN and PHINI:=== |
+ | Phaeben was swamped | ||
- | THAENA: The name of a lunar naga from The Dragon' | + | ===SOLARI:=== |
+ | House Solari, meaning the Grand Duchess Solari, is one of the largest factions to emerge | ||
- | TIBERAN: No longer Loyalist supporters, House Tiberan | + | ===STARBORNE:=== |
+ | The gnomes of Wispil and their ally, former senator Marquess Starborne, have never thrown | ||
- | Perhaps they' | + | ===TARQ: |
+ | Previously overrun by the Imperialists, | ||
- | VORT: That curious enigma on the borders | + | ===THAENA:=== |
+ | The name of a lunar naga from The Dragon' | ||
- | ZELLVYNGIAN: The corrupt rulers of Lingian Prefecture appear to have been mostly displaced from their traditional home, much like House Denzarni: they seem to control a narrow slice of their own territory and an even narrower slice of Opparos. Given their corrupt and unpleasant character, they likely have few friends by this point: it would make sense for the Grand Duchess Solari | + | ===TIBERAN:=== |
+ | No longer Loyalist supporters, House Tiberan | ||
+ | ===VORT:=== | ||
+ | That curious enigma on the borders of Verduran Forest, House Vort have been a constant presence in the succession struggle and another faction that has never thrown in with either Eutropia or the Imperialists. They remain constant now. Again, maybe just in too much of a backwater for anyone to care too much. | ||
+ | ===ZELLVYNGIAN: | ||
+ | The corrupt rulers of Lingian Prefecture appear to have been mostly displaced from their traditional home, much like House Denzarni they seem to control a narrow slice of their own territory and an even narrower slice of Opparos. Given their corrupt and unpleasant character, they likely have few friends by this point it would make sense for the Grand Duchess Solari to be outmaneuvering them. | ||