I am having a mental disconnect concerning the section in GPC Year 512 that talks about Prince Galegantis' request for his father's lands. He is the son of Nentres of Garloth, who was just killed in battle. Arthur refuses to turn the lands over to Galegantis, stating that "the lands were actually his sister's, taken in a war years ago" and so Arthur himself will hold the lands for his sister. However, as it states immediately after, the sister he's talking about is Elaine, Nentres' newly-widowed wife.

What lands of Elaine's are they talking about, and in what war were they lost? If Nentres held them at the time of his death (thus leading to Galegantis' request to inherit them), in what sense were they taken from Elaine, his wife? Is the conversation referring to lands of Elaine's that Nentres gained by marriage, and that Arthur wants to reserve for the widow rather than turning them over to the heir? Are these lands in Garloth or elsewhere?

Also, I assume Elaine is only Galegantis' stepmother? If she is his mother, the conversation seems to make even less sense. (If it boils down to Arthur wanting to keep the lands because he's High King, he just won the war, and Garloth has annoyed him lately, that sort of makes sense. But his seeming explanation that they are actually Elaine's lands -- but not her husband's or his/their son's -- has me confused.)

Thanks,

Deadstop

I am having a mental disconnect concerning the section in GPC Year 512 that talks about Prince Galegantis' request for his father's lands. He is the son of Nentres of Garloth, who was just killed in battle. Arthur refuses to turn the lands over to Galegantis, stating that "the lands were actually his sister's, taken in a war years ago" and so Arthur himself will hold the lands for his sister. However, as it states immediately after, the sister he's talking about is Elaine, Nentres' newly-widowed wife.

What lands of Elaine's are they talking about, and in what war were they lost? If Nentres held them at the time of his death (thus leading to Galegantis' request to inherit them), in what sense were they taken from Elaine, his wife? Is the conversation referring to lands of Elaine's that Nentres gained by marriage, and that Arthur wants to reserve for the widow rather than turning them over to the heir? Are these lands in Garloth or elsewhere?


Those lands ARE Garloth.
Arthur is politely claimin these lands by right of conquest.
He doesn't want to tell his nephew "We killed your father so it's mine."



Also, I assume Elaine is only Galegantis' stepmother? If she is his mother, the conversation seems to make even less sense. (If it boils down to Arthur wanting to keep the lands because he's High King, he just won the war, and Garloth has annoyed him lately, that sort of makes sense. But his seeming explanation that they are actually Elaine's lands -- but not her husband's or his/their son's -- has me confused.)


Elaine is alive, and a third of the land is hers for life. But since she is a woman, Arthur will be looking after them.
Arthur has taken over the rest.
He doesn't want to offend his nephew, but he doesn't want him to rule his naive homeland.

Thank you!