Royalty and the transmission of power

[beccaelizabeth]

If there is an undead king
and he gets killed
wouldn't there just be another one that exact minute?

like, isn't that how kings work?
king is dead, long unlive the king?

like there might be a crowning sort of ceremony to do too
but
in theory
it gets transmitted instantly

so if you kill the king of an undead army
it shouldnt
you know
help.

although one wonders about lines of succession amongst the undead.

like, okay, possibly they're a sort like vampires where they choose to make more like them and certain games calls that generations and childer
but the classic undead king is more of a lich
and they make themselves
out of ordinary humans who just dont feel like all the way dying.

but if the power is inherited
especially if it is, like kingship lately, passed by primogeniture
but across a lot more generations than usual
due to the king being
undead
for
ages

well, some dude would wake up undead.




... I'm not saying what the world needs is fic like the Night King meets King Ralph, just, you know, logically
especially in a setting which has dedicated years to figuring out who precisely is the legitimate next ruler
such a thing could come up.




... or like it don't make you personally undead, it just means you just inherited power over an undead army, including power to raise them.
... ways to become a necromancer: inherit from your great great great great great great great great great...

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