Codicil to the Third Amendment of the Great Charter of Union

Preamble

Forasmuch as the matter of inheritance of the Crown is of greatest weight and peril to the peace of the realm, it is hereby set down in full by King Magna Insula, with the counsel and assent of Parliament, the lawful order of succession, to be observed by the High Court of the Union in all future reckonings of heirs.

Article I — Of Direct Issue

1. The eldest child of body of the reigning monarch shall ever be first in line, whether son or daughter.
2. Should such eldest child perish or renounce their claim, the next child in order of birth shall take their place, and so forth through all the children of that monarch.

Article II — Of Issue of Issue

1. Should the monarch’s child predecease them yet leave behind lawful offspring, that line shall inherit in their stead.
2. Such inheritance shall pass by primogeniture, eldest before younger, male before female if the heir is not of the House of Insula.

Article III — Of Brothers and Sisters

1. Should the monarch die without issue, succession shall pass to the monarch’s eldest living brother or sister, by order of birth.
2. The sons and daughters of such brother or sister shall follow after them, in the order of primogeniture as above.

Article IV — Of the Broader Bloodline

1. Failing brothers and sisters and their issue, succession shall pass outward to the nearest kin of blood, judged by the High Court.
2. This line of reckoning shall continue outward, yet no further back than the line of King Marius Insula.
3. Among such claimants not of House Insula, males shall be preferred before females.

Article V — Of the Name and House

1. Whosoever ascendeth to the throne shall be declared sovereign in right of blood, whether or not they bear the name Insula.
2. Yet in all reckonings, a claimant of House Insula shall ever be preferred before one of equal degree not of that name.

Article VI — Of Judgment by the High Court

1. The High Court of the Union shall weigh all claims according to this codicil, and its judgment shall be final and binding.
2. Until the High Court declareth the lawful heir, no crown may be set upon the brow of any claimant.

Closing

Thus is the Codicil to the Third Amendment sealed and bound unto the Great Charter of Union, that no strife nor division of houses may tear at the unity of the Isles, and that the Crown may descend in peace from King Marius Insula unto all his blood for generations to come.

✠ Witnessed by the Royal Seal of King Magna Insula, and by the seals of the estates of Parliament, in the year of his reign and of our Lordship.