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A Monarchy done right?
Figging Mint:
--- Quote from: Quantus on June 13, 2012, 02:23:36 PM ---The Founders responsible for saving everyone then set about designing a better system, which was the purpose of this thread.
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A matter of perspective, I guess; I call that still rather Athena-like. The US system needed several hundred years of preludes, revolts and revolutions - 1776 simply could not have happened without 1215 and 1642 and 1688 - that all incrementally changed monarchical definition. What you're setting up seems to me more closely akin to the Code Napoleon.
lt_murgen:
--- Quote from: Quantus on May 29, 2012, 02:00:24 PM ---The more I think about it the more I think making the King a mystical linchpin to some defense system makes more and more sense.
I definitely need an Enemy I think. I dont want it to be a political enemy, and I dont really want to go so far as a natural disaster sort (like Thread from the Pern novels).
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Well, since you have a cosmological event already in your context, how about this:
The kingdom was founded after a massive series of meteorite strikes upon the area. The survivors banded together to form the kingdom. As they recovered, a strange crystalline mass was found. It came from the stars, and appears to be sentient. It advised the survivors how to build and structure their kingdom. The Regent is bound to it upon taking the throne- thus the strongest candidate is chosen. That is the official story.
As your heir in waiting goes along, he uncovers the real story, known only to the leaders of the great houses. The crystalline structre is alive, and detests humanity. When it crashed, humans attempted to break it up like they would a diamond. In anger, it called out to the meteors above, ravaging the land. Only the strongest of the survivors was able to bind the creatures will to their own. Thus it has always been- the strongest of them must force the creature to submit at the new regents coronation to ensure the survival of the land.
That the regent might allow the entitiy some free reign to send a few city smashing meteoroids into a wayward Houses stronghold is enough to ensure their civility.
Yeratel:
Nobody has mentioned Plato's The Republic, and its concept of a Philosopher King as the ideal type of ruler for a city-state. I don't think that Socrates and Plato are taught much in public schools now, but this was the source of choosing a wise, just and truthful leader based on his talents and abilities, as determined by the wisest citizens of the state.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: Yeratel on June 17, 2012, 08:11:16 PM ---Nobody has mentioned Plato's The Republic, and its concept of a Philosopher King as the ideal type of ruler for a city-state. I don't think that Socrates and Plato are taught much in public schools now, but this was the source of choosing a wise, just and truthful leader based on his talents and abilities, as determined by the wisest citizens of the state.
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After a short of wiki-crawl on the subject, I think that will be a goldmine for defining the character of the different houses! Thanks
Figging Mint:
--- Quote from: Quantus on June 18, 2012, 12:37:38 PM ---After a short of wiki-crawl on the subject, I think that will be a goldmine for defining the character of the different houses! Thanks
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Be careful - Plato is like guns, horses and sailing - there are people with simply vast knowledge of the material out there who'd simply love to pick it all apart, and even the ones with less knowledge can get tempted to try.
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