Dominion Era/Tretallë (Government)/D'Cilaneti Tivirë Di'Tretallë/Lineality
| Dominion Era Tretallë | |
|---|---|
| Bone Elves | |
| Istfet, The Strangers, Invaders, Deathriders | |
 Imperial Standard of the Tretalleri Dominion | |
| Land of Origin | |
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| Continent of Origin | Termalttë |
| Homeland | Teýrivellë |
| Capital | Ifatallë Cselvë |
| Racial Lore | |
| Language | Tretalleri |
| Characteristics | Tretallë (Characteristics) |
| Culture | Tretallë (Culture) |
| History | Dominion Era |
| Government | Tretallë (Government) |
| Military | Tretallë (Military) |
| Stats | Tretallë (Stats) |
| Racial Relations | |
| Allies | None |
| Enemies | Elledynnë |
| Neutrals | None |
The Law of Lineality
The Law of Lineality
1 From this day forth, the Divine Right to Lay Claim to the Throne
2 shall be bequeathed only upon the daughters
3 of the woman that sits upon the Throne,
4 but should, instead, a man be sat upon the Throne,
5 he shan't bequeath the divine right to his children,
6 for the Stranger has decreed that
7 should a man be the Imperator of our vast realm,
8 the Divine Right to Lay Claim to the Throne
9 shall be bequeathed only upon the children of a first daughter
10 of a third daughter of a ninth daughter
11 of the blood of the High Houses of the Realm,
12 and that King or Queen among them
13 shall be named by trial to test
14 their strength of heart and of will.
15 They and only they
16 shall be known as the heirs presumptive—
17 no other without regard of Blood or creed.
Fortunately for the Dominion, there were three important factors about Zovynnë that established him as the best outcome that the Wars of Ascension could have had. For one, Zovynnë was the sole nephew of Filiren's consort Korenn a'Devytorë—who was a man 150 years younger than the late Imperator— as well as son to then-Lady Superior of House Devytorë as his great-grandmother had stepped down decades before and his grandmother had died in the war. These connections cemented Zovynnë'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 Torch-Bearers
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 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.
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.
