[Dragaera] Adron's Keep (Was Ardon's Keep)

[Davdi Silverrock]

On 8/22/06, Jon Lincicum wrote:
> Davdi Silverrock wrote:
> > On 8/18/06, Scott wrote:
> >
> >>>                When Morrolan returned home he got his land, but what
> >>> about Aliera's Keep-to-be, did it go under during the Interengum ( you
> >>> know what I am trying to spell ) ?
> >>>
> >> Given that Steve hasn't written anything about the current status of
> >> Redface, we can only speculate.
> >>
> >>
> >> So, some possibilities:
> >>
> >>  2) Adron had no children (Aliera being presumed dead) and no living
> >> relations of any provable merit, so the lands reverted to the Empire.
> >>
> >
> > Morrolan e'Drien is Adron's sister's son.  It's reasonable to
> > speculate that he was granted the Duchy of Eastmanswatch as an
> > inheritance.
> >
> Ah, but wasn't Redface granted to a specific Dragonlord by the Emperor
> himself, since it was so critical to the defense of the Eastern Empire?
> (Am trying to recall the specific description from The Phoenix Guards,
> but I can't find the reference right now...)

You're thinking of the Marquisate of Pepperfield.  After the Treaty of
Pepperfield was signed, the Marquisate was changed to a Barony, and
granted to Adron (one of his titles announced in FHYA), and I *think*
it's special status changed to a more ordinary fief.

The Duchy of Eastmanswatch and the Marquisate/Barony of Pepperfield
are nonetheless distinct places - even if Pepperfield is still
considered important for defense, Eastmanswatch itself is a separate
place, and would presumably be subject to the normal rules of
inheritance.

Another reason that Pepperfield might have been granted to Morrolan is
that his army was one of the largest and strongest that was first to
be dedicated to Zerika.  So from sheer pragmatic reasoning, it would
make sense to give responsibility for an important defensive location
to a pre-existing strong and loyal military force.