Andragoras's Assension . Claims to the Throne Andragoras's Assension to the Pars Throne: Note: You are encourraged to bring up the Pars Royal Family Tree Chart for reference. Andragoras III is the younger brother of Osuroesu V, and son
of the current King of Pars, Godaruezesu II. After Godaruzesu II slept with his oldest son's wife, the
latter (Osuroesu V) started to conspire with his younger brother (Andragoras
III) to commit parricide. Together, they killed their father, the King of
Pars. Now, by feodal law, the older brother (Osuroesu V) should
get the throne, which he did. He thus became the next King of Pars, and
adopted his brother (son of his father and his wife) as his own son (Hirumes). Osuroesu V falls ill with a fever, and on his deathbed asks
his brother to kill their younger brother that he had raised like his own
child (Hirumes). Andragoras, to fulfill his brother's
dying wish, murders his older brother's wife and their 'son', by burning
them alive in their castle. He is now next in line for the throne. Thus, Andragoras became King of Pars, and his adopted son,
Prince Arslan, became the Crown Prince, heir to
the Kingdom of Pars.
Pars Royal Family Tree Chart . Pars Succession War Chart .
Note: You are encourraged to bring up the Pars Succession War Chart for reference.
BUT it turns out that his brother's 'son' / his younger brother (Hirumes) was saved from the flames and grew up in Maruyamu Kingdom, and wants what he thinks is rightfully his, that is the throne of Pars.
Through an alliance with the enemy kingdom of Lusitania, Hirumes will conquer Pars and its Capital city of Ekubatahna, and seize both Andragoras and Tahamine. Andragoras will be kept prisoner by the Lusitanians.
NOW [Refer to green on the chart] if you consider that Hirumes is before all else Osuroesu's son, he should be on the throne right now, and not Andragoras, and thus Arslan should be second in line, as long as Hirumes remained childless.
ALTHOUGH [Refer to teal on the chart] if you consider Hirumes as Godaruzesu's son, and thus Andragora's younger brother, he should then be second in line for the throne, after Prince Arslan, should he remain childless. But if we consider that birth is what gives the right to the throne, then Arslan should not even be considered, for he was not born to the Royal family and then Hirumes would be second in line for the throne, after his older brother Andragoras.
But the question that you should ask yourself is whether or not it is merit or birth order (and noble blood) that should prevail.
THE PROBLEM IS that the King of Lusitania (Inocentius VII) also wants the Pars throne, and is thinking of getting to it by marrying the soon-to-be widow of Andragoras (Tahamine). Therefore, if it was known to him that Hirumes, who works for him, was also a contender for the throne, he would kill him. So now Hirumes can't share his secret with anyone.
