“He is without. As always, I am sure he has his reasoning. But the history books teach us of the importance of a legitimate chain of succession…”
(Rolling k(history) to make some intelligent sounding reference)
@discobot roll 1d20
15
(23)
You’ve definitely ever observed people drawing water from (for example) a river if it’s more convenient than getting cleric-made water from a cistern, but… a few minutes of walking? Surely that couldn’t make that much of a difference, right?
(Unfortunately, I have a lot of necessary skills and not so many points)
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(Cough)
(Disappearance of house rogarvia)
(Cough)
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(That seems more exceptional than just not having a kid. Like the kids disappeared too)
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(Can wanderer bluff coming off as more competent in this topic when he speaks?)
(Okie I sleep now)
(I have 2 less overall by comparison)
(True)
(But also they could’ve been thoughtful and designated succession for the other houses should they fall)
(…not that they would because noble houses tend to be very “Well if im not around it doesn’t matter if the country falls into chaos because i won’t be there to see it”)
(Hi Imm a noble if my whooooke family disappears pls do this)
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Of course! The history books are just absolutely filled with cases of unclear succession leading to civil strife. Bringing up the Chelaxian Civil War would probably be a mistake given what you suspect to be the case about Amélie, and of course that conflict really started before King Gaspodar’s death, but him dying without a clear heir sure didn’t help . For a less controversial and particularly clear-cut in its horrible consequences, you could bring up the death of the Padishah Emperor in Kelesh back in 4067 (several centuries ago), which not only led to a civil war about that succession with dozens of separate claimants, but also led to an absolutely devastating war between Qadira and Taldor, with terrible consequences for both sides. Basically everyone agrees that this was bad (although Qadira and Taldor disagree about which country is actually to blame for it, so if you were speaking to someone from one of those places you would definitely want to tread carefully), but the fact that this war was actually caused by a Kelesh succession dispute is obscure enough to make you look well-educated about foreign countries without being so obscure as to leave your interlocutor doubtful as to whether you’re even talking about a real event.
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(you can certainly attempt to!)
He steps in a bit after this comment, putting on a personality that is an approximation of his master’s.
“It would appear to me that the answer would depend broadly on how large the settlement in question is. Oh, apologies for the interruption. I just found this conversation quite interesting and couldn’t help myself.”
The second guard nods. “Right, if it’s small enough that everyone can get to the cisterns easily you shouldn’t have any problems.”
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Wanderer just nods, careful as to avoid taking over the conversation he’s just entered.
the guy whose death sparked the civil war doesn’t have a canon name apparently, but in the interest of your character being able to make statements about him that sound like normal things to say I am arbitrarily declaring that he was Adalan XV
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“Might I ask if this conversation is about an existing or hypothetical settlement?”