Monarch
Originated in the Thaur Island, monarchies are a kind of government preceeded by an unique individual known as the monarch, also referred to as queen in the case of women monarchs and king in the case of men monarchs, who rules for life or until abdication.
In the particular case of the Principality of Red Crest, the monarch is known as the Prince, a term usually referred to non-acting children of monarchs. Currently, only Thaur and Red Crest have monarchies as their form of government, with the latter having its power contested actively by the population since the fall of its "parent" government, the Kingdom of Merthiorn.
In the particular case of the Principality of Red Crest, the monarch is known as the Prince, a term usually referred to non-acting children of monarchs. Currently, only Thaur and Red Crest have monarchies as their form of government, with the latter having its power contested actively by the population since the fall of its "parent" government, the Kingdom of Merthiorn.
In The Kingdom Of Thaur
Banner for Thaur by Naelin
The birth of the Kingdom of Thaur was the most notable and immediate big-scale consequence of the cataclysm known as the High Rust, when months after the fall of the Kingdom of Merthiorn a Merthiornite known as Naelin was found to have tamed a tetsu, a task considered impossible and viewed as a potential start of a reign above the societarians' only threat to dominance.
This feat made him be seen as a saviour and the tetsu, called Dinner, was seen as a protector of the island, raising a new soveirgnty around them. Naelin is still acting as Thaur's first king. As tetsus are known to live much longer than societarians, the consensus is that Dinner and his descendants will choose the next monarch for the country, making Thaur the only elective monarchy of the Haan Archipelago.
This feat made him be seen as a saviour and the tetsu, called Dinner, was seen as a protector of the island, raising a new soveirgnty around them. Naelin is still acting as Thaur's first king. As tetsus are known to live much longer than societarians, the consensus is that Dinner and his descendants will choose the next monarch for the country, making Thaur the only elective monarchy of the Haan Archipelago.
Naelin by Naelin
In The Kingdom Of Merthiorn
Merthiorn Banner by Naelin
In the Merthiornite Royal Family, the active monarch would choose their heir, traditionally picking the oldest female child.
Though the formal partner of the active monarch will join the family and receive the title, the original descendant of the previous monarch held the actual control over the government and decisions. The Kingdom of Merthiorn fell in 1 E.Ru after the death of Queen Tesel of Merthiorn to The High Rust.
It was her death, as the first death of a soveirgn country's leader, who was chosen as the end of the Era of Alzufhars and the start of the Era of Rust in the Archipelago's calendar.
Though the formal partner of the active monarch will join the family and receive the title, the original descendant of the previous monarch held the actual control over the government and decisions. The Kingdom of Merthiorn fell in 1 E.Ru after the death of Queen Tesel of Merthiorn to The High Rust.
It was her death, as the first death of a soveirgn country's leader, who was chosen as the end of the Era of Alzufhars and the start of the Era of Rust in the Archipelago's calendar.
Queen Tesel by Naelin
In The Kingdom Of Karte
Banner Karte by Naelín
The republic of scaly societarians that reigned Karte Island was overtaken in 2822 E.Alz by a private military force originated in Merthiorn that implanted the Regal Stag Family in the Kartian government founding the Kingdom of Karte.
The heir to the throne was the oldest child of the monarch. Its last monarch, King Rastapuj, was captured and deposed in 20th of Harvesting, 9 E.Ru in an attack known as the Night of the Unlit Candles, and then executed in the 30 of Preparing of the same year. All remaining Regal Stags fled the island and the kingdom was replaced by the old republican system.
The heir to the throne was the oldest child of the monarch. Its last monarch, King Rastapuj, was captured and deposed in 20th of Harvesting, 9 E.Ru in an attack known as the Night of the Unlit Candles, and then executed in the 30 of Preparing of the same year. All remaining Regal Stags fled the island and the kingdom was replaced by the old republican system.
King Rastapuj by Naelin
In The Principality of Red Crest
Banner Red Crest
The Red Crest Islands worked as a colony of the Merthiornite until Queen Tesel of Merthiorn declared its "independence" in 2985 E.Alz, turning it into a principality under the reign of Tesel's son, the Honourable Prince Virgilim.
In practice this worked more as a gesture, as the country was widely considered a puppet state of Merthiorn.
This move, however, caused the principality to survive (albeit shakily), after the fall of its mother country, with the Principality currently standing at the brink of a civil war.
This move, however, caused the principality to survive (albeit shakily), after the fall of its mother country, with the Principality currently standing at the brink of a civil war.
Virgilim by Naelin
The Royal Crown of Thaur by Naelin
Type
Civic, Political
Alternative Naming
King, Queen
Source of Authority
Length of Term
Lifetime
Past Holders
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Great overview. I love how you have gone over the different systems in different places that ostensibly all have (or had) a monarchy.
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