Date: 2013-05-21 08:28 am (UTC)
meridian_rose: legend of the seeker featuring richard, kahlan, zedd and cara (legend of the seeker: team)
Thanks for your comment! :D

The issue of the Triple Crown will definitely come up again :D

I figure it's like the British monarchy bloodline - if the monarch has no surviving children, then there are other potential heirs in brothers, nephews, cousins, etc. I haven't worked out all of the family tree and I do need to start keeping a record of at least the previous monarchs I invent as I go along! A High King would still be expected to provide an heir - although if he had a child with another woman then the bloodline would be interrupted. I imagine though the Council has ways of justifying this - governments always find ways to interpret laws and traditions that suit their own best interests!

Ideally an apprentice would be chosen as you suggest, but without the Triple Crown the monarch cannot chose their own successor without the blessing of the Council, who'd have their own ideas about a suitable person for the position. As you say, it's a chance for the successor to try and usurp their way to the throne early!
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