[Declaration Order] Assign Monarch (Rulership)

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RULERSHIP

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Assign Monarch: Every kingdom must have one character as the monarch. A good monarch can go a long way to improve the productivity and loyalty of all your provinces. Whenever a monarch dies, you must select a successor to take his place. Tradition constrains those whom you may choose as a new monarch as follows: 1) The monarch must be either a NOBLE of your kingdom or else a character from the same family as the previous monarch (have the same last name). 2) If there are no nobles or royal family, you must choose from among your PRIESTS, HEROES, and GENERALS. 3) If you have none of those characters, you may choose either a WIZARD, AGENT or your ADJUTANT-GENERAL. If you do not choose a new monarch or attempt to break tradition, then the royal court will select the new monarch using rules 1,2,3 above. Remember, monarchs have LIFETIME assignments. Thus it is not necessary to use a declaration order assigning a character to be a monarch if that character is already a monarch. It is required that each kingdom have a monarch at all times. Thus if your original monarch dies you will need to assign a new monarch on the turn in which the old monarch dies. If no such declaration order is issued your Chancellor will automatically select a new monarch for the kingdom. The monarch may be commanded to "Actively Rule" on the same turn in which they are assigned a rulership position. Example:

I DECLARE (character ID) (M)onarch

SOURCE: http://www.reality.com/hwdecrul.htm

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To assign/name a new monarch from your kingdom's court of characters, go by the following list. This list isn't optional. It is mandatory. If you ignore it, and just try to name whatever character that you want to, regardless of what this list says, then the computer program will override your choice, and you will end up stuck with that choice, until that new monarch character dies.

1. The monarch must be either a NOBLE of your kingdom or else a character from the same family as the previous monarch (have the same last name).
   
2. If there are no nobles or royal family, you must choose from among your PRIESTS, HEROES, and GENERALS.
   
3. If you have none of those characters, you may choose either a WIZARD, AGENT or your ADJUTANT-GENERAL.
   
4. If you do not choose a new monarch or attempt to break tradition, then the royal court will select the new monarch using rules 1,2,3 above.
   

Or in other words:

Option Number #1 - Noble or a character from the same family as the previous monarch.

If you have one or more of these, then those will be the only choices available for you to choose from.

If you have no Noble and no other living character from the same family as the previous monarch available to choose from, then go to Option Number #2.


Option Number #2 - Priest, Hero, or General.

If you have no Priest, Hero, or General, then go to Option Number #3.


Option Number #3 - Wizard, Agent, or Adjutant-General.

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NOTE: Remember, monarchs have LIFETIME assignments! 

NOTE: Monarchs may not retire. The only reason they may be replaced is if they die.

NOTE: The Chancellor may never be assigned to be the monarch.

NOTE: It is required that each kingdom have a monarch at all times.

NOTE: if your original monarch dies you will need to assign a new monarch on the turn in which the old monarch dies.

NOTE: If no such declaration order is issued your Chancellor will automatically select a new monarch for the kingdom.

NOTE: The monarch may be commanded to "Actively Rule" on the same turn in which they are assigned a rulership position.

NOTE: It is not necessary to use a declaration order assigning a character to be a monarch if that character is already a monarch.

NOTE: If you do not choose a new monarch or attempt to break tradition, then the royal court will select the new monarch for you.

NOTE: At a minimum, a kingdom will have two characters, the Chancellor (who always doubles as the provincial ruler of the capital province) and the Adjutant-General (who will become the monarch if no other characters exist to fill that position) (also, the ADJ can fulfill the role of Monarch, if they meet the requirements under #1 or #2, above).

NOTE: A province ruler may abdicate his title to become a monarch. In such cases, you may assign a new province ruler to the province vacated on that same turn.

NOTE: If you try to assign Conan as your kingdom's monarch, you will always meet with disappointment. It will fail, and your Chancellor will automatically select a new monarch for the kingdom, using the rules above. There is no recorded instance of Conan accepting the throne of any kingdom that he has ever been assigned monarch of.