Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20180327004110/@comment-31763506-20180329060103

Thought:

It's entirely possible that the whole Ardan succession crisis is going to be a bait and switch, and that the issue is going to be decided in Tyna's favor by Alonon unexpectedly designating her as his heir, overriding whatever the council's decision is. The political jockeying in the runup may determine whether this choice has any legitimacy or not, and how big a mess she has on succeeding.

The speculative reasoning on this is pretty straightforward: Up to this point the game has been mostly running on rails in terms of plot, with the choices one makes not changing the outcome of the BIG events, just varying the size of the messes you make in the course of those events. The future political leadership of Ardoheim and New Givini are pretty BIG events, like the primary questions of war and alliance at the Ardford Conference. So if it goes to form, the outcomes will be predetermined.

It also amuses me to think LordCraven12 misspelled "duke" instead of "douche".