*Shall Not Perish* 3

Gentlesophonts:

First, another appeal for non-traditional background.
From Tuesday night, Les Howie [email removed] writes:

> I have never used the GDW universe

Care to share any background details? :-)


Now on to more Regency background.
Steven M Bonneville [email removed] writes:

> >Okay, how influential is Duchess Elane?
>
> Pretty influential, and probably *very* conservative.

Okay, so she's probably not much for this new `democracy'.  As *the*
autocrat she's the most likely leader of the Aristocratic bloc.  Maybe
this bloc is called `Muudashirites'?  You might expect Duke Aleksandr
of Deneb to be prominent in this bloc as well.

> >> TROJAN REACH:  Duchess Sharik Arcadia of Gazulin
>
> No, we don't know a lot about her.

Okay, but as a newly-elevated noble who had a career as a marine one
might expect her to be more egalitarian than the typical aristocrat.
A candidate to lead the Democratic bloc?  Anyone for `Arcadians'?

BTW, if Sharik succeded Duke Alexander of Tobia as Sector Duke of Troy
then doesn't that mean that the Duchy of Tobia is vacant?

> As far as I can tell, Troy only had
> two duchies for three subsectors: Tobia and Gazulin, Pax Rulin being
> under the control of Glisten.

Okay, we've got we've got ten duchies so far (Regina, Vilis, Lanth,
Rhylanor, Lunion, Mora, Glisten, Trin's Veil, Gazulin and Vestus)
plus whatever remains in Deneb.  Can anyone help there?

Let's say Seldrian is Duchess of Regina (which includes Jewell), Elane
holds Mora and Sharik holds Gazulin.  We've established the Duke (male
or female, in all cases) of Vestus as being of greater precedence due
to the larger duchy.  Similar cases would exist for the Duchies of Rhylanor
(Aramis) and Glisten (Pax Rulin in Troy and parts of District 268 right?).

So far, the Regency nobility breaks down as:

The Regent (and possibly Archduke of Deneb, especially if Avery *is* a clone
            of Strephon, the Aledon's might want to retain the Archduchy)
Duchess of Mora, Elane
Duke of Deneb, Aleksandr or his heir
Duchess of Gazulin, Sharik or her heir
Duchess of Regina, Seldrian (or instead Branj or an Aledon neice or nephew?)
Duke/Duchess of Glisten
Duke/Duchess of Rhylanor
Duke/Duchess of Vestus
More prominent Dukes/Duchesses in Deneb
Duke/Duchess of Lunion
Duke/Duchess of Trin's Veil
Duke/Duchess of Vilis
Duke/Duchess of Lanth
Remaining Dukes/Duchesses in Deneb

And finally, just to stir the pot:

> Oh, and about the side-bar "Regency Sector Governor" from TNE.  Watch
> the dating system.  If they're using New Era dates in notes from
> somewhere, that seems to me an indication that there's been contact
> and perhaps some level of unification with the Reformation Coalition,
> since the RC developed the New Era dates.  So far, this suggests
> a reunification in the 1240's, although the worst seems to be over
> before then.  (As in the "Eneri Kuniholm" entries.)

How do we know this `Sector Governor' is from the *Domain of Deneb*
Regency?  [FACT ALERT: I don't have TNE!]

Peace,

David Johnson
Houston, Texas USA