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Old 06-08-2018, 09:52 PM   #334
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Default Re: Exotic Governmental/Legal Systems

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Originally Posted by jason taylor View Post
That is actually not all that uncommon in a kin-group. Usually of course the deceased ancestor is symbolically ruling rather then people actually believing he speaks through the current chief. It does have it's advantages. So long as the mythology is not bothered to much by pesky historians(come to think of it, they still haven't managed to taint Arthur, probably because no one really knows much about him anyway), a dead king cannot abscond with Church funds, run off with Senator's wives, or kill a man therefore he has a lot of advantages.
Of course, in a fantasy setting, it's quite possible that the ancestor's rule is not at all symbolic.
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