Talk:Eamon Guerrin

I don't understand something. Arl Eamon is the rightful heir of the throne, being the closest living parent of the king. There is no king, and obviously, Cailhan had no children, so there can't be a regent. The regent replaces the king when he is too young or prisonner or overseas, and for "queen" Anora, she is nothing in the royal family, only the widow of the former king. She can't pretend to anything but a covent, happy if she keeps her head. Many king's wives were less lucky here, and that is how royalty always worked (when they could not divorce many kings just killed their wife in order to marry another woman. See Louis X in France and Henry VIII in England). The witangemot ( a primitive counsil structure comparable to the landsmeet in game) COULD choose Loghain as king because he is a hero if there was no heir at all, but in reality it never worked that way. The heir was always designated by the king and approved by the barons, and only when there was no child ( see William of Normandy VS Harold Godwinson during the 11th century. Who ever heard of Eduard the confessor's wife ?)

If Arl Eamon doesn't want the crown for himself, he has brothers and sisters. It is difficult to imagine the family of the king would willingly let a commoner take their crown. The whole story is wacky but almost possible only if Alistair is king but if he dies the crown returns to the closest parent, Arl Eamon or Bann Teagan ( or their sister). Here, think of the war of the roses in England or the 100 years war in France, and the legitimacy of the opponents was strong. Then, will Dragon age 2 take place during a major civil war, will Anora simply marry any casteless dwarf and their children will take Maric's crown without any contestation from the nobility or will Connor come back from the circle tower to claim the crown of Ferelden ?

Any opinion ? Croquignol 02:08, February 16, 2010 (UTC)