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		+	{{main\|Dominion Era/The Torch-Bearer Wars\|l1=The Torch-Bearer Wars}}
	As the years passed, it became more and more apparent that the Law of Lineality was insufficient to solve all of the problems of descent. Historians note that in particular, the provision allowing for the Throne to be passed down from mothers to daughters proved to be the catalyst for three periods of harrowing civil war within the early Dominion. The creation of the Twin Courts solved the problem of the vacuum of power that caused the Wars of Ascension and enabled the Throne to remain vacant for longer periods of time while the Houses attempted to fulfil the Law of Lineality. However, prior to the establishment of the [[Dominion Era/Tretallë (Government)#The Oath Over the Shard\|Oath Over the Shard]], there did not exist a physical barrier to acting against the interests of the Dominion.		As the years passed, it became more and more apparent that the Law of Lineality was insufficient to solve all of the problems of descent. Historians note that in particular, the provision allowing for the Throne to be passed down from mothers to daughters proved to be the catalyst for three periods of harrowing civil war within the early Dominion. The creation of the Twin Courts solved the problem of the vacuum of power that caused the Wars of Ascension and enabled the Throne to remain vacant for longer periods of time while the Houses attempted to fulfil the Law of Lineality. However, prior to the establishment of the [[Dominion Era/Tretallë (Government)#The Oath Over the Shard\|Oath Over the Shard]], there did not exist a physical barrier to acting against the interests of the Dominion.

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-As the years passed, it became more and more apparent that the Law of Lineality was insufficient to solve all of the problems of descent. Historians note that in particular, the provision allowing for the Throne to be passed down from mothers to daughters proved to be the . The creation of the Twin Courts solved the problem of the vacuum of power and enabled the throne to remain vacant for longer periods of time while the Houses competed among themselves to fulfil the Law of Lineality. Prior to the creation of the [[Tretall&euml; (Government)#Oath upon the Shard|Oath upon the Shard]], on three occasions in the long history of the Dominion, female Imperators and their daughters attempted to abolish the system in order to establish a dynastic rule in the Dominion.
+As the years passed, it became more and more apparent that the Law of Lineality was insufficient to solve all of the problems of descent. Historians note that in particular, the provision allowing for the Throne to be passed down from mothers to daughters proved to be the catalyst for three periods of harrowing civil war within the early Dominion. The creation of the Twin Courts solved the problem of the vacuum of power that caused the Wars of Ascension and enabled the Throne to remain vacant for longer periods of time while the Houses attempted to fulfil the Law of Lineality. However, prior to the establishment of the [[Dominion Era/Tretallë (Government)#The Oath Over the Shard|Oath Over the Shard]], there did not exist a physical barrier to acting against the interests of the Dominion.
-Three times the empire was wrought in the flames of civil war, and three times, the Imperators were torn down. In the following years, the people of the Dominion, headed by their leaders in the Twin Courts, decided to abolish the provision in the Law allowing for the Throne to be passed down to daughters, and ejected women from eligibility for the Throne in exchange for establishing them as the permanent seats on the Court of Crows.
+During the early dominion, on three separate occasions, female Imperators—or more specifically, their daughters—attempted to abolish the system of Lineality and the Twin Courts in order to establish an autocratic dynastic rulership in the Dominion. Each time, civil war engulfed the heartland in flames.

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 The full text of the proclamation that evolved into the Law of Lineality is as follows:<includeonly><section begin=proclamation_text />
-<p>I, Zovynn&euml; a'Devytor&euml;, Imperator of the Dominion and her Ruler Absolute, do hereby proclaim in the name and by the authority of the Stranger, that from this day forth, the Divine Right to Lay Claim to the Throne, heretofore granted only by direct lineage to the Imperator, shall be bequeathed only upon the children of the Woman who sits upon the Throne. If, however, a Man shall be seated upon the throne, He shan't bequeath the Divine Right to His progeny, for the bond between Father and children is neither as sacrosanct nor inviolable as that between mother and child.</p>
+<p>I, Zovynn&euml; a'Devytor&euml;, Imperator of the Dominion and her Ruler Absolute, do hereby proclaim in the name and by the authority of the Stranger, that from this day forth, the Divine Right to Lay Claim to the Throne, heretofore granted only by direct lineage to the Imperator, shall be bequeathed solely upon the children of the Woman who sits upon the Throne. If however, it shall come to pass that a Man is seated on the Throne, He shall not bequeath the Divine Right to His progeny, regardless of height of birth and influence of mother. This shall be so for the bond between Father and children is neither as sacrosanct nor as inviolable as that between Mother and daughter.</p>
-<p>The Stranger has thus decreed that should a Man be Imperator over our vast and grandiose realm, or should a Woman leave Her Throne vacant and without heir apparent, that the Divine Right to Lay Claim to the Throne shall be bequeathed wholly upon and ''only'' upon the children of a first daughter, who is child to a third daughter, who is child to a ninth daughter, who is of the Blood of the High Houses of the Realm, and that Imperator among them shall be named and raised through trial judged adequate by the Twin Courts that shall test their strength of heart, mind, soul and conviction.</p>
+<p>Let it be known that the Stranger has revealed to Me a divine decree. Should a Man be Imperator over our vast and grandiose realm, or should a Woman leave Her Throne vacant and without heir apparent, that the Divine Right to Lay Claim to the Throne shall be bequeathed wholly upon and ''only'' upon the children of a first daughter, who is child to a third daughter, who is child to a ninth daughter, who is of the Blood of the High Houses of the Realm. Furthermore, the Stranger demands that Imperator among these children shall be named and raised to the Throne and Crown only through trial judged adequate by the Twin Courts, and that such a trial must test not only the mettle of the children, but also the strengths of their heart, mind, spirit, and conviction. For so long as there exists no child that succeeds the trial of the Twin Courts, there shall be no Imperator upon the Throne, and the governance of the Dominion and all her holdings shall fall heavy upon the shoulders of the lords and ladies of the Twin Courts.</p>
-<p>It is they, the children of lineage thus declared, and only they that shall be known by the name of ''Heirs Presumptive''. No other shall be given this grand and privileged station, without regard to wealth or station, purity of blood or conviction of creed, nor lineage or merit.</p>
+<p>It is they, the children of lineage thus declared, and ''only'' they that shall be known by the title of ''Heir Presumptive.'' No other shall be given this grand and privileged station, without regard to wealth or height of birth, nor purity of blood or conviction of creed, nor lineage or merit.</p>
-<p>Such has it been proclaimed, and such shall it be written, and such shall it become law by the authority granted Me by the Stranger and the blessings of the Nine. This I proclaim and uphold in truth, virtue, and wisdom, such that our glorious realm shall not ever again face such destruction as it has only just begun to pull itself from."</p>
+<p>Such has it been proclaimed, and such shall it be written, and such shall it become law by the authority granted Me by the Stranger and the blessings of the Nine. This I proclaim and uphold in truth, virtue, and wisdom, such that our glorious realm shall not ever again face destruction as iniquitous and terrible as it has faced and thwarted because of greed and hunger for power."</p>
 <section end=proclamation_text /></includeonly>{{Tretall&euml; Proclamation
 |proclaimant = Zovynn&euml; a'Devytor&euml;

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 == Lineality in the Early Dominion ==
-During the first three thousand years of the Dominion (''ca.'' 1-2993 Y.D.), full inheritance of the Throne was possible, and the requirements for such were relatively simple. As descent in Tretalleri society is matrilineal, the Throne can pass from mother to eldest child with no restrictions. However, the waters were rather muddied by the fact that the [[Dominion Era/Tretall&euml; (Government)/Imperial Trinity#The Pale Imperator|Imperator]] could be male as well.
+During the first three thousand years of the Dominion (''ca.'' 1-2993 Y.D.), full inheritance of the Throne was possible, and the requirements for such were relatively simple. As descent in Tretalleri society is matrilineal, the Throne can pass from mother to eldest child with no restrictions. However, the waters were rather muddied by the fact that the [[Dominion Era/Tretall&euml; (Government)/The Imperial Trinity#The Pale Imperator|Imperator]] could be male as well.
 If a male weds during his reign, and has child by his consort, this child cannot accede to the Throne. This is true save for in three very specific circumstances. The first of these circumstances is far less desirable than the other, for it requires that the Imperator's consort be his eldest sister. While the [[Averr&euml; Nenn|Faith of the Nine]] does not have doctrine specifically condemning the act of incest, it is certainly frowned upon as improper due to established wisdom that incest can bear severely malformed children.

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 The Law of Lineality and the Twin Courts, as the measures would come to be known, rose from Zovynn&euml;'s suggestion. The seed that Zovynn&euml; planted at the beginning of his reign grew and was refined in order to be both effective and culturally sensitive, in that the new laws respected the time-honoured traditions that already existed in the Dominion. It was on the day of the ninth celebration of his accession to the throne that Zovynn&euml; made his proclamation, the text of which is perhaps one of the most well-preserved in the archives of the Dominion.
-The full text of the proclamation that evolved into the Law of Lineality is as follows:
+The full text of the proclamation that evolved into the Law of Lineality is as follows:<includeonly><section begin=proclamation_text />
 <p>I, Zovynn&euml; a'Devytor&euml;, Imperator of the Dominion and her Ruler Absolute, do hereby proclaim in the name and by the authority of the Stranger, that from this day forth, the Divine Right to Lay Claim to the Throne, heretofore granted only by direct lineage to the Imperator, shall be bequeathed only upon the children of the Woman who sits upon the Throne. If, however, a Man shall be seated upon the throne, He shan't bequeath the Divine Right to His progeny, for the bond between Father and children is neither as sacrosanct nor inviolable as that between mother and child.</p>
 <p>The Stranger has thus decreed that should a Man be Imperator over our vast and grandiose realm, or should a Woman leave Her Throne vacant and without heir apparent, that the Divine Right to Lay Claim to the Throne shall be bequeathed wholly upon and ''only'' upon the children of a first daughter, who is child to a third daughter, who is child to a ninth daughter, who is of the Blood of the High Houses of the Realm, and that Imperator among them shall be named and raised through trial judged adequate by the Twin Courts that shall test their strength of heart, mind, soul and conviction.</p>
 <p>It is they, the children of lineage thus declared, and only they that shall be known by the name of ''Heirs Presumptive''. No other shall be given this grand and privileged station, without regard to wealth or station, purity of blood or conviction of creed, nor lineage or merit.</p>
 <p>Such has it been proclaimed, and such shall it be written, and such shall it become law by the authority granted Me by the Stranger and the blessings of the Nine. This I proclaim and uphold in truth, virtue, and wisdom, such that our glorious realm shall not ever again face such destruction as it has only just begun to pull itself from."</p>
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+<section end=proclamation_text /></includeonly>{{Tretall&euml; Proclamation
 |proclaimant = Zovynn&euml; a'Devytor&euml;
 |subject = On the Inheritance of the Ivory Throne
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+It was in his wisdom that Zovynn&euml; recognized that in order to prevent something similar to the Wars of Ascension, that the solution needed to be twofold in order to fulfil the matter of proper blood as well as the vacuum of power that could be left should an heir be absent. To this end, Zovynn&euml; proposed two things to his advisors: the establishment of the Twin Courts to take over the governance of the Dominion should the Throne be empty, and a law of succession that would ensure that whether or not a biological heir is present, that there would be a set framework that would ensure that only a specific person could accede to the throne.
-Fortunately for the Dominion, there were three important factors about Zovynn&euml; that established him as the ''best'' outcome that the Wars of Ascension could have had. For one, Zovynn&euml; was the sole nephew of Filiren's consort Korenn a'Devytor&euml;&mdash;who was a man 150 years younger than the late Imperator&mdash; as well as son to then-Lady Superior of House Devytor&euml; as his great-grandmother had stepped down decades before and his grandmother had died in the war. These connections cemented Zovynn&euml;'s claim to the Throne as the most legitimate. More than that, however, is the second factor that contributed to his success: he was well-loved by the people.
+The Law of Lineality and the Twin Courts, as the measures would come to be known, rose from Zovynn&euml;'s suggestion. The seed that Zovynn&euml; planted at the beginning of his reign grew and was refined in order to be both effective and culturally sensitive, in that the new laws respected the time-honoured traditions that already existed in the Dominion. It was on the day of the ninth celebration of his accession to the throne that Zovynn&euml; made his proclamation, the text of which is perhaps one of the most well-preserved in the archives of the Dominion.
 == The Torch-Bearers ==

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 Though throughout the history of the world, the trend for leaders after times of conflict has been less than flattering, the rise of Zovynn&euml; a'Devytor&euml; to the Ivory Throne was in fact a blessing in disguise for the Dominion. Three important things about Zovynn&euml; quickly fixed him as the solution to the problem both in the eyes of historians and scholars, and in the eyes of the public. Foremost was the fact that Zovynn&euml; was the sole nephew of Filiren's consort Korenn a'Devytorr&euml;&mdash;a man who entered the Imperator's life rather late, and was 150 years younger than the Imperator. Furthermore, Zovynn&euml; was the son to the then-[[Dominion Era/Tretall&euml; (Nobility)#The Ladies Superior|Lady Superior]] of [[Dominion Era/Tretall&euml; (Nobility)/Ferind&euml; Devytor&euml;|House Devytor&euml;]]. His great-grandmother had stepped down decades before, and his grandmother had died commanding the defense of the Ivory City's perimeter during the war. These connections cemented Zovynn&euml;'s claim to the throne as the most passable of his competitors, though it still remained technically illegitimate.
-The second factor that allowed for Zovynn&euml;'s rule to be relatively stable was the fact that the public ''adored''him. He was well-loved by the people, especially within the then-much-smaller borders of the Dominion's heartland because he was able to keep his competitors from even coming close to the Imperial capital, thus protecting all its commoners. Finally, and perhaps most notably, Zovynn&euml;, in the early days of his rule, demonstrated wisdom far beyond his age, and was able to construct a strong foundation upon which the Dominion that exploded in power over the next handful of millennia could be built.
+The second factor that allowed for Zovynn&euml;'s rule to be relatively stable was the fact that the public ''adored'' him. He was well-loved by the people, especially within the then-much-smaller borders of the Dominion's heartland because he was able to keep his competitors from even coming close to the Imperial capital, thus protecting all its commoners. Finally, and perhaps most notably, Zovynn&euml;, in the early days of his rule, demonstrated wisdom far beyond his age, and was able to construct a strong foundation upon which the Dominion that exploded in power over the next handful of millennia could be built.
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-Near the end of the first three thousand years of the Dominion (''ca.'' 2993 Y.D.), then-Imperator Filiren a'Noren, sole surviving child of his mother, Veltari a'Noren, who had passed her throne to him, died of natural causes&mdash;leaving behind an empty throne with no legitimate heir apparent to take it. Unfortunately, despite measures taken two centuries before his death, when his last living sibling died, his mother was unable to produce another child and left the Dominion with no recourse for its leadership. The mounting tensions before Filiren's death, which had been a rather peaceful prelude to the vicious conflict that would follow, only served to further inflame those who wished to seize the Throne for themselves.
+Near the end of the first three thousand years of the Dominion (''ca.'' 2993 Y.D.), then-Imperator [[Filiren a'Noren]], sole surviving child of his mother, Veltari a'Noren, who had passed her throne to him, died of natural causes&mdash;leaving behind an empty throne with no legitimate heir apparent to take it. Unfortunately, despite measures taken two centuries before his death, when his last living sibling died, his mother was unable to produce another child and left the Dominion with no recourse for its leadership. The mounting tensions before Filiren's death, which had been a rather peaceful prelude to the vicious conflict that would follow, only served to further inflame those who wished to seize the Throne for themselves.
-The vacuum of power that Filiren left in his wake sparked the great and bloody conflict that would go down in the annals of Tretalleri history as the [[Dominion Era/The Wars of Ascension|Wars of Ascension]]. A war that raged for three decades, the Wars of Ascension threatened to tear the Dominion apart before the world ever knew its full glory. Ultimately, it was a young man, not much more than a boy, by the name of Zovynn&euml; a'Devytor&euml;, a soldier of the Ivory Guard promoted to the post of Lord General during the war, that seized the Throne for himself on the eve of the Day of Bones, thirty-two years after the beginning of the war (''ca.'' 3025 Y.D.).
+The vacuum of power that Filiren left in his wake sparked the great and bloody conflict that would go down in the annals of Tretalleri history as the [[Dominion Era/The Wars of Ascension|Wars of Ascension]]. A war that raged for three decades, the Wars of Ascension threatened to tear the Dominion apart before the world ever knew its full glory. Ultimately, it was a young man, not much more than a boy, by the name of [[Zovynn&euml; a'Devytor&euml;]], a soldier of the [[Dominion Era/Tretall&euml; (Organizations)/The Ivory Guard|Ivory Guard]] promoted to the post of [[Dominion Era/Tretall&euml; (Military)#The Lords General|Lord General]] during the war, that seized the Throne for himself on the eve of the [[Dominion Era/Tretall&euml; (culture)#The Day of Bones|Day of Bones]], thirty-two years after the beginning of the war (''ca.'' 3025 Y.D.).
-Though throughout the history of the world, the trend for leaders after times of conflict has been less than flattering, the rise of Zovynn&euml; a'Devytor&euml; to the Ivory Throne was in fact a blessing in disguise for the Dominion. Three important things about Zovynn&euml; quickly fixed him as the solution to the problem both in the eyes of historians and scholars, and in the eyes of the public. Foremost was the fact that Zovynn&euml; was the sole nephew of Filiren's consort Korenn a'Devytorr&euml;&mdash;a man who entered the Imperator's life rather late, and was 150 years younger than the Imperator. Furthermore, Zovynn&euml; was the son to the then-Lady Superior of House Devytor&euml;. His great-grandmother had stepped down decades before, and his grandmother had died commanding the defense of the Ivory City's perimeter during the war. These connections cemented Zovynn&euml;'s claim to the throne as the most passable of his competitors, though it still remained technically illegitimate.
+Though throughout the history of the world, the trend for leaders after times of conflict has been less than flattering, the rise of Zovynn&euml; a'Devytor&euml; to the Ivory Throne was in fact a blessing in disguise for the Dominion. Three important things about Zovynn&euml; quickly fixed him as the solution to the problem both in the eyes of historians and scholars, and in the eyes of the public. Foremost was the fact that Zovynn&euml; was the sole nephew of Filiren's consort Korenn a'Devytorr&euml;&mdash;a man who entered the Imperator's life rather late, and was 150 years younger than the Imperator. Furthermore, Zovynn&euml; was the son to the then-[[Dominion Era/Tretall&euml; (Nobility)#The Ladies Superior|Lady Superior]] of [[Dominion Era/Tretall&euml; (Nobility)/Ferind&euml; Devytor&euml;|House Devytor&euml;]]. His great-grandmother had stepped down decades before, and his grandmother had died commanding the defense of the Ivory City's perimeter during the war. These connections cemented Zovynn&euml;'s claim to the throne as the most passable of his competitors, though it still remained technically illegitimate.
 The second factor that allowed for Zovynn&euml;'s rule relatively stable was the fact that the public ''adored''him. He was well-loved by the people, especially within the then-much-smaller borders of the Dominion's heartland because he was able to keep his competitors from even coming close to the Imperial capital, thus protecting all its commoners. Finally, and perhaps most notably, Zovynn&euml;, in the early days of his rule, demonstrated wisdom far beyond his age, and was able to construct a strong foundation upon which the Dominion that exploded in power over the next handful of millennia could be built.