So...
Our ruler got ejected from a lordship and duchy by a Titan decision.
Since he was barred from holding duchy and lordship for 30 days, he decided to leave it open for the duration, and then re-appoint himself. This leaves an open duchy, and three empty lordships for an entire month, including the capital itself.
This touched off a series of objections, and then a silent protest campaign.
After losing 4 or 5 points of prestige, the ruler and judge's family's pull some swaps, create a third duchy, and appoint the empty duchies and a lordship between themselves.
This touches off more objections of cronyism and position hoarding.
The silent protests continue, and more prestige is lost.
The judge bans four nobles on *suspicion* of leading and taking part in the protest campaign. He refuses to show proof to anyone who he doesn't trust, because the proof is sensitive information.
The ruler publicly supports the judge's actions.
Protests start publicly against the ruler and judge.
Rebellion is planned. Members flood the underground. People rush to the capital.
The turn before the ban takes effect, the ruler and judge are protested out of office.
Two ruler candidates are announced.
Minutes before the bans take effect, xolotl flees to nothoi with his region. The other three are banned. Xolotl was a ruler candidate, and is automatically removed.
The banker, one of the original Nobles of Caelum, announces herself as a ruler candidate.
The realm is left in a weird state:
Three duchies, two of which are lead by the deposed ruler (who is still royal) and his crony the deposed judge. One of these duchies holds the capital, a stronghold. The other has only two rural regions.
The third duchy holds a true city, and is led by duke moonglum, who has been neutral in the ruler debate.
The banker has pulled food from all regions and stockpiled it in the city, away from the former ruler and judge's duchies, to "safeguard it in these difficult times". The former ruler and judge accuse her of starving regions deliberately, despite the fact that no regions are out of food, let alone starving, and some lords are still feeding double rations. She has promised to keep everyone fed, so long as the lords dont revoke her access. Three have revoked access anyway, and will have to feed their region on their own.
A ruler will be elected in three days, and then a judge can be appointed. The direction the realm takes will greatly change, no matter how this works out.
