Dovenaran Monarch
The Dovenaran Monarch is the ruler of the Kingdom of Dovenar, a small kingdom in Northern Stildane. The Monarch can issue edicts, leads the kingdom in times of war, and controls significant crownlands along the kingdom's coast. They are symbolically supreme, the physical manifestation of Dovenar's honor and elite authority. In reality, the Monarch's direct political power is fairly limited outside of their directly controlled crownlands. The Monarch is, in many ways, a negotiator and coordinator who wrangles the landed nobility of Dovenar.
To draft or revise legislation that applies across the realm, the Monarch must call a Moot: a temporary council of themselves and the Eight Counts (the landed nobility of Dovenar). A majority vote of the Moot must approve of any legislative action, though the Monarch does get three votes. This means that they need three of the eight counts to operate any kind of realm-wide decision making. Significant legal changes require ten of the eleven possible votes (from seven of eight counts).
The Monarch holds summer court in Krivsha and winter court in Keilbar, but does periodically tour the counties. Given Dovenar's small size this is a fairly quick trip, though a full tour of the realm can be quite dangerous. For this reason, while the Monarch does regularly visit the inner counties, a full and thorough tour and inspection of the realm is done rather infrequently. Even at court, the Monarch's power is somewhat diffused through advisors, officials, and court actors - direct and absolute power is frowned upon in this position.
The title of Monarch is not passed directly from parent to child. Instead, when a Monarch dies, their successor is chosen by the Elector-Prince of House Savadan from within their ranks. This is a fairly recent change (prior to 1944, the monarchs were of House Savadan but were directly inherited).
Notable Holders
The current monarch is Queen Krozga Savadan, a human woman raised in central Hain. Queen Krozga is an exceptionally pious woman who surrounds herself with Uvaran priests and thinkers, and who spends much of her time in the capital city of Keilbar (the only city in Andrig) overseeing religious works and charity. As a governor, she has also kept her local subordinates happy and loyal, and has maintained her allies across the kingdom - she had primarily focused on political stability and diplomacy, with reasonable success. Unfortunately, her belief that good works will purify her kingdom has led her to neglect military support for the border counts. The result has been an escalation of the existing crisis in the Northwest, where monsters have begun to undermine the counties of Tolbstorn and Rivenshal.
Type
Royalty, Household
Form of Address
Her royal highness
Length of Term
Lifelong
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