Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-24597741-20131205230418/@comment-16047389-20131212160007

"To avoid a civil war, the crown must be passed by normal means. The crown usually is passed down through the royal family from the current generation to the eldest surviving child of the next generation. However, in Akivir, strength has always determined the right to rule, not blood. At any time the current monarch can be challenged by another of the noble class for the right to rule. The specific rules are of the monarch's choosing, but it is always a duel to the death. That's how Graudus usurped the crown from the previous King. His family was named the new royal family, and the old one was demoted to noble status."