[Artemisia] Winning or Just Not Losing?

[Mellane McCammon]

Agreed. When we were sitting the thrones in the principality of Cynagua,
not once did we make any large decisions on our own. We consulted the
officers, other royal peers, pelicans..ect. Decisions were never made on a
whim regardless of how much pressure was put on us to do so.

On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 2:20 PM, Illora <illoraofthewestlea at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> It isn't really JUST the King making decisions. It is a group of advisors
> (K
> Seneschal and any other officer that is involved at the Kingdom or Baronial
> level), the Queen, and if it's a smart K&Q, more advisors that make the
> hard
> decisions. I think most of the people who win are smart enough to know they
> don't know it all and have to have good advice from trusted people in the
> kingdom to help with the heavy stuff. I was very involved in an infamous
> Duke getting R&D and there was no ONE person make those calls. Most don't
> even change laws without long discussions and considerations.
> Illora
>
>
>
>
> Personally I like the model I've heard described by a friend in
> Northshield.
> From what I'm told their crown gives out awards and does all the ceremonial
> and fun things our crowns do, but they leave all the legislative stuff
> (revisions to law, banishments, dispute resolution,
> etc.) to the "Stellar Committee"
>  a parliamentary body with representatives from each group.  Obviously I've
> only heard of it second hand, but it seems like a fair and period way to go
> about it.
>
> Sneferu
>
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