Reputation changes
Posted by Apostate on 02/21/17
Historically speaking, successions can be tense times - few tenser than when a Thraxian (or several) have designs on a seat of power. No doubt many people were bracing themselves, watching Donrai Thrax's convalescence with a wary, dreadful gaze. It's something of a pleasant surprise, then, when the old man actually goes and the transfer of power seems to happen...peacefully? The reformist grandson many in the compact (and in the Mourning Isles) were looking to for a more 'modern' Thrax was challenged to a duel and either lost or yielded. Victus Thrax (legitimized nephew of Donrai) took the throne, sparing the named heir's life. Dagon's acceptance seems to have averted a civil war for the time being. But still, the people look to Victus and his voice Donella now for stability and some semblence of the control Donrai had.