Apparently, there was a famine after Jon used the Jewel at his coronation, which beggared Tortall. It was a horrible time, so horrible that apparently Jon forgot all about it during the Immortals war. XD Pierce didn't really think that one through, I think.
Also, Jasson and Jon are explicitly expansionist/imperialist. Fully half of Tortall was only added to the country during Jasson's reign, if we can trust the maps (which we maybe can't). I would not at all be surprised to find the Bazhir and Hill Country splitting away under Roald, or trying to.
...This, coupled with the general intelligence Roald displays in canon (unlike his father. Oh, Jon) is a large part of why I am convinced that Roald is a) a ruthless bastard and b) already secretly running the country, aided and abetted by Shinko and probably some others. I think Roald knows precisely just how badly Jon's effing things up, and Roald is quiet, not passive.
I kind of wish Pierce'd go there in canon - it seems so obvious that there's either a conservative coup or a Bazhir/Hill Country civil war brewing, but I don't think she'll go there. Which is too bad - that'd be fun.
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Date: 2012-08-26 02:00 pm (UTC)Also, Jasson and Jon are explicitly expansionist/imperialist. Fully half of Tortall was only added to the country during Jasson's reign, if we can trust the maps (which we maybe can't). I would not at all be surprised to find the Bazhir and Hill Country splitting away under Roald, or trying to.
...This, coupled with the general intelligence Roald displays in canon (unlike his father. Oh, Jon) is a large part of why I am convinced that Roald is a) a ruthless bastard and b) already secretly running the country, aided and abetted by Shinko and probably some others. I think Roald knows precisely just how badly Jon's effing things up, and Roald is quiet, not passive.
I kind of wish Pierce'd go there in canon - it seems so obvious that there's either a conservative coup or a Bazhir/Hill Country civil war brewing, but I don't think she'll go there. Which is too bad - that'd be fun.