Quote Originally Posted by Nightbringer View Post
oh lords, the family tree.
It is a godawful mess, but yes, technically The Junior King Bokeny is Pozsony's (the current King) cousin. However, the previous king, who died in 1208, was the Bokeny's father (Saul).

To make things even worse, the king before that who died in 1206 was Pozsony's father (Mate).
And the king before that was the cousin of the great grandfather of both Pozsony and Bokeny, who also died in 1206 (Sandor).

I suppose we could say that there was a civil war after the death of Sandor between Saul and Mate. Saul killed Mate and took the throne, but Pozsony reclaimed it in 1208, killing Saul.

So...
Make of that mess whatever you like. You can use the little theoretical history I stated, or you two can agree on something else that is a bit less convoluted.
I like that but it might be even better to say that after the death of Sandor there was a long period of Civil war between Saul and Mate during which each claimed and held the throne at different times and which ultimately claimed both their lives. The two sons, rather than continue the war, parleyed and with the other nobles and came to this settlement where Poszony is King and Bokeny his Junior.

The other players in the game can decide for themselves whose side they were on in the Civil war and where their alliances lie now.

What do you think?