Hah. Truth be told, there's no such thing as a divine right of kings in Almyra. Fodlan has something like that, at least in the Holy Kingdom of Faerghus and the Adrestian Empire. The Alliance was the one country in Fodlan that bucked monarchies. Of course, they call them emperors rather than kings in the Empire, but beyond that the distinction's pretty meaningless. In Fodlan, people rule by bloodline. But in Almyra, they rule by merit first and foremost.
My father did pass down his crown to me, as it happens, but he won the crown in his youth. And it's entirely possible for me to lose it, if someone challenges me and wins. Most of Almyra works on meritocracy rules.
Our kings have a good chunk of authority, too, but honestly a lot of being king in Almyra is dealing with international affairs or infrastructural management your average Almyran warrior has no patience for. Though of course we're also the ones who make the laws, who decide our international policies, who have the final say in matters of peace and war, that sort of thing. But a lot of local affairs in far-flung areas of Almyra are governed more by local Almyran warlords than by any dictates of the king. The warlords do answer to the king, but the king often doesn't need to intervene in most day-to-day affairs.
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Date: 2021-05-18 08:02 am (UTC)My father did pass down his crown to me, as it happens, but he won the crown in his youth. And it's entirely possible for me to lose it, if someone challenges me and wins. Most of Almyra works on meritocracy rules.
Our kings have a good chunk of authority, too, but honestly a lot of being king in Almyra is dealing with international affairs or infrastructural management your average Almyran warrior has no patience for. Though of course we're also the ones who make the laws, who decide our international policies, who have the final say in matters of peace and war, that sort of thing. But a lot of local affairs in far-flung areas of Almyra are governed more by local Almyran warlords than by any dictates of the king. The warlords do answer to the king, but the king often doesn't need to intervene in most day-to-day affairs.