[Steppes] Event Changes

[Morgan Buchanan]

An earlier crown tournament does indeed mean that a Prince and Princess are
active royalty for a longer period, which can be a good thing.  However,
from my experience in the Midrealms where this is the norm, it also
increases the overall cost of reigning.  A 20-30% increase in the cost of a
reign could easily disqualify some wonderful people from being able to do
the job.  Imagine the furor we'd create if we suggested 3 reigns a year as
in the West.  ;)  A 4 month reign with crown tourney a mere month after the
coronation would put a person on a royal throne for 7 months...shorter and
less expensive than our current 9 month average.  :)

Just causing trouble...
Morgan


----- Original Message -----
From: <Hrldsmn at aol.com>
To: <steppes at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Steppes] Event Changes


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> In a message dated 10/3/2002 6:57:02 PM Central Daylight Time,
> lizdenpeters at juno.com writes:
>
>
> > Could we have Prince/Princess positions divided on regional bases to
> > take some of the pressure off the King and Queen?  This might be a good
> > King/Queen-In-Training thing
>
> In several other kingdoms Crown Tournament is held within a month at most
> from coronation so that the King and Queen have heirs for virtually the
> entire reign, giving them two more Royals who can attend events, give out
> awards, and represent the Crown. It also prepares heirs better for their
own
> reign in my opinion. It seems to work well in other places I am familiar
> with.
>
> The prevailing attitude in Ansteorra has been different however, with some
> monarchs feeling that the outcome of a Crown Tournament leaves them as
'lame
> ducks' for the rest of their reign. Because of that our tradition has been
to
> put Crown Tournament comparatively late in each reign. The heirs do not
spend
> much time sharing the burden before their coronation and they do not
receive
> the benefit of a longer apprenticeship before ascending the thrones. Every
> time the official date for Crown Tournament gets changed in kingdom law to
> place it early in each reign a Crown ascends the throne who does not like
the
> idea and rewrites kingdom law to replace the date of Crown Tournament
later
> in the reign.
>
> Too bad changing tradition is so difficult in Ansteorra...
>
> Baron Edwin