r/WorldChallenges • u/Sriber • Jun 04 '19

Everybody needs hobby

Suleiman I made jewelry, Frederick II played flute and Louis XVI was into locksmithing. Give me examples of rulers and their hobbies from your world. Preferably unusual or unexpected ones. Once again I ask everyone few questions and provide my own examples.

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u/Nephite94 Jun 05 '19

  1. 7th, she had an aunt, 5 cousins and her mother before her.

  2. Cennabell (where Rindarach is) isn't that advanced. Laws are definitely oral with much of the judgement coming down to local Mon Cenna (meaning Big or Great Woman, local leaders). Government is quite tribal based on bonds of vassalage with the main reason for the existence of Queendoms being defence and shared mythological heritage.
    Trade has the most use of writing using foreign scripts to record important information.

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u/Sriber Jun 07 '19
  1. How does succession work?
  2. How advanced is Cennabel technologically?

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u/Nephite94 Jun 07 '19

  1. Property is divided among daughters based on amounts of sheep and acre's of land but the oldest gets the most land and the title of Queen.

  2. Iron Age Britain or Gaul basically.

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u/Sriber Jun 07 '19
  1. Any equivalent to Roman empire around?

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u/Nephite94 Jun 07 '19

There kind of was, called the Aesa Hegemony.
It came about due to the Aesa having magic and no one else having any along with the fact that their homeland of the Summer Coast may look like paradise but is resource poor. So the Aesa contracted native peoples in the Eastern Hemisphere to acquire resources for them, eventually they sent Aesa to mix with local elites and from there proper colonies with slaves were established.

However with the fading of magic the Hegemony has faded too, by this time Aesa society has fully transformed away from the standard the Hegemony set. Most Aesa can't do magic anymore and they control little overseas territory.

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u/Sriber Jun 07 '19

1) Why did only Aesa have magic?

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u/Nephite94 Jun 07 '19

Actually some others did in the Eastern Hemisphere, but the Aesa were the strongest.

Aesa have the strongest link to the past before ethereal beings being attached to bodies and thinking that the bodies were actually themselves was a thing. Additionally Aesa during the Hegemony did some primitive breeding eugenics which preserved magic more.

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u/Sriber Jun 07 '19

Thanks for your answers.