Your latest fic has inspired me to write about Gen's parents. *gives you a mean stare but is really actually liking this plot bunny*
Oh, good! I think they deserve lots more fic -- they are so interesting.
(Thank you for your lovely comment, by the way; I'm working my way through responses.)
Also, that's really interesting-now that I'm thinking about it-that Helen inherited the kingship (or queenship in her case, lol), when the king had a brother still living.
That is interesting -- I think it's usual for the child of a king to have precedence over the brother of a king. But that might conceivably only apply to children who are sons; it is interesting that Helen still had precedence over her male relatives. (The kingdom of Eddis is totally the best country on the peninsula. I am so convinced of this.)
...On the other hand, I am now wondering why Sophos, and not his father, who is the king's brother, is the heir of Sounis. Unless the king specifically designated him as such, deliberately skipping over Sophos's father? Hunh.
There is definitely a scene in TT where the magus is quizzing his apprentices about how succession works in Eddis, and I think Ambiades compares it to how things work in Sounis. Maybe there are relevant details there? I'm away from my books at the moment.
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Date: 7/25/09 06:05 am (UTC)Oh, good! I think they deserve lots more fic -- they are so interesting.
(Thank you for your lovely comment, by the way; I'm working my way through responses.)
Also, that's really interesting-now that I'm thinking about it-that Helen inherited the kingship (or queenship in her case, lol), when the king had a brother still living.
That is interesting -- I think it's usual for the child of a king to have precedence over the brother of a king. But that might conceivably only apply to children who are sons; it is interesting that Helen still had precedence over her male relatives. (The kingdom of Eddis is totally the best country on the peninsula. I am so convinced of this.)
...On the other hand, I am now wondering why Sophos, and not his father, who is the king's brother, is the heir of Sounis. Unless the king specifically designated him as such, deliberately skipping over Sophos's father? Hunh.
There is definitely a scene in TT where the magus is quizzing his apprentices about how succession works in Eddis, and I think Ambiades compares it to how things work in Sounis. Maybe there are relevant details there? I'm away from my books at the moment.