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* What's the point of the Arborian trial of initiation? It is not a test of skill, or wisdom, or anything really as it seemed to be entirely based on the random occurrence of the venomous beast being pissed off and stinging or not the young boy. What's exactly being tested? Luck?

** I thought it was religious: "your god depends on the forest god's will" or whatever.

*** Barin's claim to the throne might actually have been ''through'' Aura - if the Empire uses male primogeniture then she cannot inherit in her own right because she is, y'know, not male, but since she is Ming's only blood descendant then the line of inheritance still goes through her. Historically, this problem was solved in one of two ways - 'the guy who marries her is king', or 'her first male child will be king and until then her/her husband is regent'.

** Remember that strict primogeniture (oldest ''child'' inherits) and male primogeniture (oldest ''son'' inherits) are two different things, and we don't know which one Mongo uses -- but judging by Aura's example, probably not the first one.

 

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