Difference between revisions of "Highprince"

[[Alethkar]] has had ten highprinces throughout its history.{{ref|name=HPoW|b|sa1|c|18}} While they were always the highest title of nobility, their authority and scope has fluctuated.

In the ancient past, when Alethkar was a united kingdom, the ten Alethi highprinces were specialized and each was charged with governing a certain aspect of the entire kingdom.{{ref|name=HPoWb|sa1|c|18}} Four such roles have been disclosed so far: onethe highprinceHighprince of Commerce had authority over all merchants and his troops would patrol the roads across all ten princedoms. Another highprince had authority over the judicial system and administered the judges and magistrates.{{ref|b|sa1|c|18}}{{ref|b|sa2|c|29}} The Highprince of War had control over the kingdom's combined military forces (implied to only hold this power in a time of actual war{{ref|b|sa1|c|22}}{{ref|b|sa1|c|24}}). and theThe Highprince of Information conducted criminal investigations across the kingdom, especially where the Crown's interest was at stake,{{ref|b|sa1|c|22}} and appointed judges and magistrates,{{ref|b|sa2|c|29}} while another highprince was tasked with the administering of the judges and magistrates.{{ref|b|sa1|c|18}} [[Dalinar Kholin]] believes that this system forced the ten highprinces to work together and accept each other's authority.{{ref|name=HPoWb|sa1|c|18}}