That doesn't solve the problem of how Roger's in the succession in the first place, though.
I can make the family tree work fine, just not the succession, unless a) the law changed between Jasson's time and Jonathan's or b) there's some anti-regency clause where if the crown prince is unavailable or too young when the king dies, the next successor gets crowned (if Roger was a kid or in Carthak, say). Which seems peculiar, but it's a fantasy world, so why not?
I dunno, I have to think about it more. There will likely be several different takes on it in the story, because unreliability of history and all that.
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Date: 2012-09-02 09:56 pm (UTC)I can make the family tree work fine, just not the succession, unless a) the law changed between Jasson's time and Jonathan's or b) there's some anti-regency clause where if the crown prince is unavailable or too young when the king dies, the next successor gets crowned (if Roger was a kid or in Carthak, say). Which seems peculiar, but it's a fantasy world, so why not?
I dunno, I have to think about it more. There will likely be several different takes on it in the story, because unreliability of history and all that.