Hello Everyone,
Ideals push and pull people in different directions. If one truly loves their country do they fight to preserve it, or to change it for the better? Both Emile and Christophe appear to be learning some harsh lessons about their home and what it stands for.
Thanks for reading,
– Luther out
How do regency laws handle young inheritors in Dhuvalia? Would Emile be under administration while signing stuff, would someone substitute for him, or would he have all the authority of the rank regardless of age?
I’m a bit confused on their laws of succession. Earlier you said that a successor is chosen from one of the principalities other than the current one’s, now it’s treated as if it’s known well in advance?
It has been explained here: http://www.mylifeatwar.com/?p=518
Basically the current Crown Prince only picks which principality will get the right to provide the next Crown Prince(except his own, unless he’s itching for a civil war). But exactly whom said principality will nominate is up to them.
Also, apparently the succession is declared long before the estimated death or retirement of the current CP, which allows the succeeding noble house to establish their own line of succession, and have them trained accordingly.
In this case, apparently Emile’s family decided that his brother would be the designated successor CP, and Emile would be the backup in case he’s been rendered unfit to rule.
A few comics before the one you linked folti, Emile says that a crown prince hasnt been in combat in 150 years. That would mean that either his brother did willingly go out to battle or it was the one in the base that Betty saved the bulls from.
Well, I mean, we assume he’s one of the two we saw, so the either comment was a pointless rephrasing of that. I meant that to me it feels like the odds are greater that it was the one Betty fought. It was a safer place to be for a crown prince.
Emile’s brother wasn’t the Crown Prince, nor is Emile now. They are/were the designated heir or successor of the current Crown Prince, who is very definitely alive, though an old man (he is the grey mustached fellow from the gas attack discussion).
Depending on the local tradition, heirs often serve in their nation’s military before assuming the throne, though in modern times that mostly means rear echelon service. Queen Elizabeth for example served as a truck driver in the vaning years of WW2, and the current heir is/was a search and rescue pilot. Emile’s brother most likely did exactly that, serving in the rear, thus freeing up another pilot to serve on the front. They just didn’t expected a commando raid, which overwhelmed and killed him. (and apparently completely lacking any kind of radar network, as those carrier helos doesn’t look very stealthy)
Emile’s remark was the usual tradition vs reality, as head of states are very rarely involved in direct combat modern times (read pretty much since the late 1700s), and it usually means that something went very wrong. And it’s rather true, as they as national leaders need a very different skill set, than the ones need for direct combat.
Erm, the Crown Prince is the white moustached one, he shows up here: http://www.mylifeatwar.com/?p=467
I had confused myself into thinking that the ruler is a king, with the crown prince being the successor. That’s how the titles work in my country, Belgium. Not sure how that happened, as you used the titles correctly in the post I replied to. Somewhere between reading your answer and reading comic pages, I mixed up the titles. Anyway, in that case, his brother was probably the one in the open field. We’ll likely see more of Betty soon and that’ll probably reveal who or what that base was about.