r/ElderScrollsPowers • u/cthulhuh00p Head Mod | Ya'Ajan'ko • Oct 10 '15

[CONFLICT] The Old Nord Way... CONFLICT

Zizi arrives in Ivarstead, just days after her diplomat was murdered. She calls from atop a hill, "Torygg! Come face me! You shall duel me in the way of your people. No weapons, no magic, no Thu'um. This is to be a fair fight. If you win, my soldiers will leave the Rift. If I win, the Rift shall become a legal part of the Republic."

As she finishes speaking, her guards back away, and she waits patiently for Torygg to come face here.

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u/cthulhuh00p Head Mod | Ya'Ajan'ko Oct 10 '15

[OK. I'm still down to duel. Zizi sees this as a way to lessen the overall bloodshed, because a nation without a leader is much less deadly.]

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u/lob274 Ulfric Stormcloak, Jarl of Eastmarch Oct 10 '15

I agree

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '15

They would have to call a Moot, and Torygg has no children which means anybody could be proclaimed High King. Ulfric would be a likely candidate, since he's the Jarl of the largest and most powerful hold, but Balgruuf would be another big competitor - and there's no law saying that the new High King would have to be a Jarl. Rikke could be a contender as well, depending on how the war plays out.

That is, of course, assuming that Ulfric doesn't just seize total emergency power and refuse to give it back once the war's over.