I always figured out that Ezar was way, way distant from the succession, and was basically made Emperor due to him being Piotr's Pet Vorbarra. Like, 3rd cousin to Yuri? I also never really saw Ezar as having any imperial ambitions pre-Yuri's Massacre, since that would be too risky.
Frankly, he's exactly the kind of offshoot Vorbarra I'd have expected to have 6 daughters that he'd then marry off to Counts' Heirs so as to have a power block formed from his grandsons.
The family tree's otherwise okay, though Ezar's placement is just a question mark. One of their explanations is plain wrong, though: Miles and Gregor are cousins due to the fact that they share Dorca the Just as an ancestor (great-great grandfather via Prince Xav and great-grandfather via Yuri's full sister, respectively), so Ezar does not need to be particularly related to Dorca.
(I also don't think Miles was stating anything in chapter 18 of Shards of Honor. I do recall seeing that somewhere, though, so likely it's just misattributed.)
(I would very much like for LMB to give us a set of names for some of those people – Aral's wife and siblings, Dorca's wives and kids, a number of maiden names for women, Gregor's spawn...)
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Date: 2016-06-20 06:47 pm (UTC)Frankly, he's exactly the kind of offshoot Vorbarra I'd have expected to have 6 daughters that he'd then marry off to Counts' Heirs so as to have a power block formed from his grandsons.
The family tree's otherwise okay, though Ezar's placement is just a question mark. One of their explanations is plain wrong, though: Miles and Gregor are cousins due to the fact that they share Dorca the Just as an ancestor (great-great grandfather via Prince Xav and great-grandfather via Yuri's full sister, respectively), so Ezar does not need to be particularly related to Dorca.
(I also don't think Miles was stating anything in chapter 18 of Shards of Honor. I do recall seeing that somewhere, though, so likely it's just misattributed.)
(I would very much like for LMB to give us a set of names for some of those people – Aral's wife and siblings, Dorca's wives and kids, a number of maiden names for women, Gregor's spawn...)