Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20180327004110/@comment-2804:431:B701:E479:D022:2FE7:358A:6D2-20180609033744

Regarding the succession crisis, I think it will escalate into an armed conflict soon enough, I dont know how much will be just posturing or if it will be closer to a civil war, but I think it will be bad enough that Tyna will have to get a political marriage to stabilize Ardoheim again, and I think our choices of potential husbands will come down to Ignias, Farnan and Kalant (possibly Etuanum and Uneanun, but I dont know what their take on it would be), all the others will be rival claimants that we should do our best to weaken or outright remove from contendership.

Bhakan and Donovan will be mandatory enemies, you cant weaken their claim enough so there will probably be battles involving them, Donovan might have support from the High Priestess of Stineford on his claim which could certainly be a problem (but it would give us an excuse to go to Stineford and perphaps raid/raze a certain wicked inn).

Ghanth can be intimidated which hopefully means he wont try to raise arms against the crown, or perphaps he can even be made to use his wealth in support of Tyna, reducing the damage from the conflict.

Jhenno will probably forfeit his claim and stand with the crown if you cooperate with him in politics, but I fear one might wish they had cooperated with him in religion when the church of Ivala finally becomes the focus of the story.

Farnan will probably also be a nuisance if you dont choose to marry him and didnt make sure to weaken his claim, he has connections in Aram, and they'd probably be willing to use some resources to have a friend in a prominent place.

Antarion will probably be meaningless, specially after the leverage Dari gets for you, but maybe he'd be willing to make my day as a joke boss fight.

Either way the party will probably succeed and Tyna will remain the figurehead of the kingdom of Ardoheim, but that leaves the matter of who should her husband be:

Ignias will probably be the safe/basic choice, will give solid support during the conflict and will probably be good for Ardoheim in the long run, however he may not always agree with Tyna and wont always serve our best interests.

Farnan, he will probably only be an option if Simon has enough control over him, but if that control is high and he is chosen, I think he will make a great puppet, wont try to undermine Tyna in the matters that are important for us. He will probably favor Aram in detriment of Ardoheim but that might give us an upper hand when we start messing with Aram proper, also his shady dealings might even land us some sweet, sweet ProN.

And lastly, Kalant, he will probably be the hardest option, he wont have much to support us with during the conflict, and he probably wont have any connections that will make our life any easier in the future. But on the positive he will be a pure prince consort, with no real angle of his own, and will let Tyna run the country the way she thinks best. Also they seem to have romantic feelings for one another, so this is probably the nicest option. Also he might give us a Shining Sword which would make him be unquestionably the best choice :)