[ A nightmare and a bedtime story of all children of the Regency, whether they be clone or noble born. It had all come tumbling down in that moment, and the story had been repeated and repeated since then in every manner of tone. ]
Before the Regency took hold, we had three ruling families. Three lines that had been the descendants of Kuon the I who first unified the galaxy as it was known then. The head of each family was as much are formed, no different to triumvirates of the past, be they Roman or otherwise. Each had particular domains and something of a stranglehold. For those looking for political advancement, it was... difficult.
Until someone came up with time travel. Its intentions were animal repopulation due to what had gone extinct in the many centuries people have existed. It only took the then political up and coming Tal-Viero to see the potential.
He said that one of the ruling heads of the families who had ever been a great enemy of his had committed treason and she was seeking to overthrow the other two to reign supreme. It continues to be one of the most successful coups in our history. He went far enough back, found her ancestor, and killed them.
You can imagine of course, what this did to an interbred and closely related group. In one night, what you saw happen to Little Xici, happened to anyone that was related to that ancestor. On every level, maids who were the bastard child, the results of affairs that had never be known and grown up as legitimate children in other families - gone, in one single night. They say the screaming of the families left could be heard echoing even outside of the royal houses. Thus the name. They clawed at their own blood and said that they were damned by the lines that they had once held dear as proof of their own nobility.
After that, he was given the position of Regent, formally it was said to safeguard them all from this corruption but with the promise, he would never do so again. Informally, of course, we all know it was their bargaining chip they had to protect themselves from him.
So he must, to a certain extent that he is a regent who rules upon this condition... keep up some appearance of not using it.
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[ A nightmare and a bedtime story of all children of the Regency, whether they be clone or noble born. It had all come tumbling down in that moment, and the story had been repeated and repeated since then in every manner of tone. ]
Before the Regency took hold, we had three ruling families. Three lines that had been the descendants of Kuon the I who first unified the galaxy as it was known then. The head of each family was as much are formed, no different to triumvirates of the past, be they Roman or otherwise. Each had particular domains and something of a stranglehold. For those looking for political advancement, it was... difficult.
Until someone came up with time travel. Its intentions were animal repopulation due to what had gone extinct in the many centuries people have existed. It only took the then political up and coming Tal-Viero to see the potential.
He said that one of the ruling heads of the families who had ever been a great enemy of his had committed treason and she was seeking to overthrow the other two to reign supreme. It continues to be one of the most successful coups in our history. He went far enough back, found her ancestor, and killed them.
You can imagine of course, what this did to an interbred and closely related group. In one night, what you saw happen to Little Xici, happened to anyone that was related to that ancestor. On every level, maids who were the bastard child, the results of affairs that had never be known and grown up as legitimate children in other families - gone, in one single night. They say the screaming of the families left could be heard echoing even outside of the royal houses. Thus the name. They clawed at their own blood and said that they were damned by the lines that they had once held dear as proof of their own nobility.
After that, he was given the position of Regent, formally it was said to safeguard them all from this corruption but with the promise, he would never do so again. Informally, of course, we all know it was their bargaining chip they had to protect themselves from him.
So he must, to a certain extent that he is a regent who rules upon this condition... keep up some appearance of not using it.