Holy political spin, you are sure apt at turning your own irrelevancy around. " oh dont worry I intended to roleplay my character as a discredited loser all along" yeah right...
Except it's true. As Perth noted, I put in a son years ago.
Hireshmont was about to marry the Queen of Asylon when the player paused. Plan A was marry into Asylonian royalty and send Alexander (son) to Asylon. Meanwhile, Hireshmont would consolidate the Moot. Slow, steady politics and minor border wars (see: Kabrinskia) would gradually bind the Moot closer and closer, and Hireshmont would continue using consensus-based politics and increasingly restrictive treaties to increase his personal power. Furthermore, connections abroad would render him increasingly diplomatically essential. Eventually, he would either over-reach and burn out in a flame of would-be imperialism, or he would succeed, rule, and retire... right before I started Alexander in Asylon.
Alexander would be the child of Asylonian and Mootian royalty. Except Addridae paused, so Alexander ended up an adoptive son of lesser Mesoccidental nobility, tutored by Labell Enstance. And then Aurvandil proved more meddlesome than I anticipated, D'Hara more inependent, and Barca more incompetent. And then Terran's younger Senators decided they didn't like Friendly Terran and wanted Political Terran. And then starvation came.
And now Hireshmont won't go out in a blaze of glory reaching for the stars, nor have royal progeny. Meh. Happens.
So.... Luria!
