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Originally Posted by Sindri
Interesting. Better hope that the first two eldest sons aren't obviously unfit though.
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It's not a perfect system. OTOH, given the history of intrigue and double dealing in the Duchy of Tracino, it's not entirely out of the question for the priesthood to nudge a qualified younger son to knock off one of his elder brothers with the promise that he won't get buried for it.
While you're at it, if you've got two bad brothers, you tell both to knock off each other. The one that survives either reforms his ways or gets what's coming to him when dad dies, in favor of son number three.
And yes, in the rest of the world, the Tracinos have a reputation of people who would sell their own mothers to turn a profit, then arrange the assassination of the buyer to get her back.
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