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

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"Davdi Silverrock" <davdisil at gmail.com> 
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>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.

Oh, that's right. And that's why Uttrik had to move to Dragaera City after 
Kathana killed his dad...

IIRC, Paarfi never revealed what happened to the Marquisate of 
Pepperfields after this. Perhaps the Pepperfield Treaty rendered the 
position obsolete?

>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.

Of course, all the normal rules of inheritance went out the window with 
the Interregnum.

Likely, a warlord like Kana (perhaps even Kana himself) took over 
Eastmanswatch during the Interregnum.

Zerika, at this point, would have two choices--either allow the usurper to 
continue to occupy Eastmanswatch, or mount a hefty campaign to dislodge 
him. (Assuming the person was unwilling to relinquish the keep, of 
course.)

Keep in mind how heavily defended Redface is, and how difficult it would 
be to recapture--and how strained Imperial resources were, coming out of 
the Interregnum. Also, assuming the usurper was a Dragon (which is most 
likely), this might be considered an affair within the internal workings 
of the house, and thus, there is no need for direct Imperial interference.

>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.

Perhaps. But if, say, Fornia was camped out in Redface, it would be 
difficult for even Morrolan's army to remove him.

Majikjon