Difference between revisions of "Highprince"

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.{{book ref|sa1|18}} Four such roles have been disclosed so far: the [[Highprince of Commerce]] had authority over all merchants and his troops would patrol the roads across all ten princedoms.{{book ref|sa1|18}}{{book ref|sa2|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{{book ref|sa1|22}}{{book ref|sa1|24}}). The [[Highprince of Information]] conducted criminal investigations across the kingdom, especially where the Crown's interest was at stake,{{book ref|sa1|22}} and appointed judges and magistrates,{{book ref|sa2|29}} while another highprince was tasked with the administering of the judges and magistrates.{{book ref|sa1|18}} [[Dalinar Kholin]] believes that this system forced the ten highprinces to work together and accept each other's authority.{{book ref|sa1|18}}