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Imarë wrote:From there it spread around the rest of the kingdom until the whole thing was under Parkhurst command. Once this was achieved, attention could be turned to the other two kingdoms in the vicinity (Kanday and the Thardic Republic).
Imarë wrote:Kaldor is a land locked country, the Kald not being navigable for the kind of ships needed to bring troops and supplies for an attacking army. This would leave land attack. Having recently traversed the route from Tharda to Tashal, this is not really a practicable way to attack Kaldor. The supply lines would be enormous and would stretch through areas which are barely civilized (and would mean supply trains would have to be covered by troops due to the enormous size an army would need).
Imarë wrote:There is the route from the south, but that would mean taking on another of the Parkhurst possessions, Melderyn (through at least Thay, a city would be best). What is the likelihood of this happening? Would Arren II start an overt war with his uncle over this?
Imarë wrote:(I think I heard the Earl of Balim is already related to the Parkhurst dynasty and he is not the only Earl).
Imarë wrote:When King Arren II met Imare at his wedding reception he did not go "nice to see one of the elder people here and by the way I would never attack my uncle to forward my plans in Kaldor". This would be the only way Imare would "know" that it was unthinkable."
Imarë wrote:Do we know who is destined for the vat of Mumsey in Melderyn?
Imarë wrote:The Parkhursts are not averse to waiting either, a judicious marriage between a Royal Duke and the progeny of the King of Kaldor (I don’t know if he has daughters or not, if not someone else could be chosen in line of succession and “accidents” happen to anyone else in line).
Imarë wrote:The showiest thing we have ever heard of was arcane duels fought by Arren I against King Andasin and Arren II against his brother Arabar.
Imarë wrote:On the question of succession, I notice that Arren II displaced his legitimate (yet only half deryni) older brother to take over Tharda. This, to me, establishes a pattern here. If something were to happen to Darabor II, I would not rule out the possibility that Arren II might see himself as the better successor (hence a vat of mumsy).
Imarë wrote:This all gets off my point that a single kingdom would be hard to maintain without using deryni powers we think exist to travel between the Tharda and Kaldor.
Imarë wrote:This to me would indicate that even if every deryni possessed this power, they would be not want to use it openly to rule a widespread kingdom ... The vast distance would make a single government problematic at best.
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