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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Agback" data-source="post: 1229753" data-attributes="member: 5328">G'dayWell, in the Blessed Isles each king (there are eight) is the eldest son of the local daimon and the eldest sister of the previous king.In Auroronesia, each king chooses one of his sons-in-law to be his champion. When the king or queen dies the champion becomes king and his wife becomes queen. (There are rules for when the king has no married daughters, specifying which of the queen's relatives the king is allowed to choose among the husbands of.)In Gehennum in the Archaic Period, some city-states are ruled by elected leaders, some by direct democracy, some by oligarchic or aristocratic councils, etc. There are two general classes of monarchs. The proper type of king is an anax (also pronounced 'wanax' or 'anaxos'), who is the successor of an ancient dynasty, usually claiming descent from a daimon or hero. But there are a lot of upstarts whose dynasty goes back only a few generations to someone who seized power in a coup of some sort (often populist). These use various titles such as 'lord', 'tyrant', 'basile' etc.In Gehennum in the Classical Period there is some dispute over the succession to the Imperial throne. The 'Salts' generally hold that the Gerusia (a council of nobles descended from rulers of the city-states in the Archaic Period) and the Apella (an assembly of elected mayors of chartered boroughs) have some right of choice among the Imperial family. The 'Lubbers' hold by primogeniture and representative inheritance.In Gehennum in the Decadent Period there is some doubt as to who is in charge. The Emperor is chosen by primogeniture but is a figurehead. The Polemarkh is appointed from the House of Suvein, nominally by the Emperor. The office passes from person to person within that dynasty, never directly from father to son, and retired polemarkhs often retain real power while their nephews and cousins occupy office. Meanwhile some episkopoi are effectually appointed by the Polemarkh, but in other provinces the polemarkh is practically constrained to appoint episkopos after episkopos from the same family, and there is de facto primogeniture.On Methlin ships the captain is elected for annual terms, but incumbents are rarely defeated.In Ramastaarn, the women's matriclans are ruled by queens who are succeeded by their eldest daughters. But the men's lodges are ruled by councils of senior members.Regards,Agback</blockquote>

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