Thoughts on Corval Succession (7KPP)
Wednesday, 25 March 2020 13:43![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lea_hazelI've been neglecting the personal accounting I'd intended to post, and today I'm coming to you with a fannish post, instead.
I read a great post on different types of monarchs, which made me think about my sheltered princess Felicity, which in turn led me to think about the succession of the imperial family of Corval.
We know that Aly based some of Corval's worldbuilding on historical sources, and based on that, we know that the Emperor of Corval practices polygyny (even though the rest of the kingdom doesn't). And we know the following members of the Corval imperial family:
There could be untold and unnamed brothers or sisters of the Emperor, and their spouses and children, possibly even grandchildren. But only one of the three sons of the Emperor is canonically married (Aamir, to Constance) and none of them have children. So the line of succession goes: the Emperor, Aamir, the Second Prince, and then Zarad.
Spoilers for 7KPP week 4/5, personal plots of the Corval, Hise and Arland backgrounds!
Corval or Arland MCs can arrange to have Aamir assassinated. This is regardless of whether they are romancing Zarad or are planning to leave/return to Corval. They just shortened the succession and dramatically altered the landscape of Corvali politics! It's a big old deal.
Of course, the Emperor is still alive, and since Sina is so young, it's highly probably that the third wife, at least, can still have more children. He may choose to try for another son, for stability purposes. He may choose to pressure the Second Prince, now heir, into marrying and producing heirs of his own.
All of this is especially relevant to Felicity, because she's an Arland princess who marries Zarad, and furthermore, she can't have children. Which, while it's a big deal for her personally, isn't as much of a big deal politically if Zarad's brother marries and has kids. While he's unmarried, Zarad is second in line.
Whom and when the Second Prince marries is way outside the scope of the game, but it's one of the worldbuilding issues I'd love to see the fandom discuss more. I'd love to see it show up in fic, headcanons, or meta posts.
I read a great post on different types of monarchs, which made me think about my sheltered princess Felicity, which in turn led me to think about the succession of the imperial family of Corval.
We know that Aly based some of Corval's worldbuilding on historical sources, and based on that, we know that the Emperor of Corval practices polygyny (even though the rest of the kingdom doesn't). And we know the following members of the Corval imperial family:
- The Emperor of Corval (Zarad's dad).
- The Empress, his first wife.
- Aamir, the First Prince of Corval, the heir, and son of the Empress.
- Unnamed Second Prince of Corval, also the Empress's son.
- Princess Constance of Arland, Aamir's wife.
- The Emperor's second wife, Zarad's mother.
- Zarad, the Third Prince, who is 23 years old (only canonical age).
- The Emperor's third wife.
- Sina, who is the daughter of the third wife, and is six or seven years old.
- Jaslen, the Emperor's sister.
There could be untold and unnamed brothers or sisters of the Emperor, and their spouses and children, possibly even grandchildren. But only one of the three sons of the Emperor is canonically married (Aamir, to Constance) and none of them have children. So the line of succession goes: the Emperor, Aamir, the Second Prince, and then Zarad.
Spoilers for 7KPP week 4/5, personal plots of the Corval, Hise and Arland backgrounds!
Corval or Arland MCs can arrange to have Aamir assassinated. This is regardless of whether they are romancing Zarad or are planning to leave/return to Corval. They just shortened the succession and dramatically altered the landscape of Corvali politics! It's a big old deal.
Of course, the Emperor is still alive, and since Sina is so young, it's highly probably that the third wife, at least, can still have more children. He may choose to try for another son, for stability purposes. He may choose to pressure the Second Prince, now heir, into marrying and producing heirs of his own.
All of this is especially relevant to Felicity, because she's an Arland princess who marries Zarad, and furthermore, she can't have children. Which, while it's a big deal for her personally, isn't as much of a big deal politically if Zarad's brother marries and has kids. While he's unmarried, Zarad is second in line.
Whom and when the Second Prince marries is way outside the scope of the game, but it's one of the worldbuilding issues I'd love to see the fandom discuss more. I'd love to see it show up in fic, headcanons, or meta posts.
