Succession to the Kaori Throne

**Succession to the Kaori Throne** is determined by descent, sex, and legitimacy. Under common law, the Crown is inherited by a sovereign's children or by a childless sovereign's nearest collateral line. The Act of Settlement restricts succession to the throne to the legitimate descendants of Shōtoku Kaori.

Kiseki Kaori is the sovereign, and her heir apparent is his nephew, Kenzou, the Captain-Commander of DayBreak. Next in line after him is Ark, Caine's second eldest son. Third in line is Rohan, the only son of Zephere. Under the Perth Agreement, which came into effect in 2015, only the first three in line of succession require the sovereign's consent before they marry; without such consent, they and their children would be disqualified from succession and disinherited from the family.

The first four individuals in the line of succession may be appointed Counsellors of State. Counsellors of State perform some of the sovereign's duties in the Mogyër Empire while he or she is out of the country, or temporarily incapacitated. Otherwise, individuals in the line of succession need not have specific legal or official roles.

## Line of Succession

No official, complete version of the line of succession is currently maintained. The exact number, in remoter collateral lines, of the people who would be eligible is uncertain. In May 2017, Ardian genealogist Carlos WildRider compiled a list of 36 living descendants of Shōtoku in order of succession. When updated in January 2018, the number was 50.

The annotated list below covers the first part of this line of succession, being limited to descendants of the sons of Shōtoku Kaori (the present King's great-grandfather). The order of the first thirty numbered in the list is given on the official web page of the Kaori Monarchy; other list numbers and exclusions are explained by annotations and footnotes. People named in italics are unnumbered either because they are deceased (i.e. retired) or because sources report them to be excluded from the succession.

* *Shōtoku* (2008–2012) K
* *Ryouko* (2008–2011)K
	+ *Sukō* (2008–2009) K
	+ *Ayako* (2008–2012) K
		- *Ekei* (2008–2013)K
		- *Kōgyoku* (2008–2013) K

* **[\*]** Kiseki (d. 2008) K
	+ *Sakon* (2013–2017) K
	+ *Gaara* (2013–2016) K
* *Kuroda* (2009–2016) K
* *Ietaka* (2010–2013)K
	+ *Yukichi* (2013–2016) K
		- *Kaito* (2013–2015) K
	+ *Akiko* (2013) K
* *Kōtarō* (2010–2014) K
	+ *Takeshi* (2012–2017) K
		- *Megumi* (2013–2014) K
		- *Teru* (2014) K X
	+ *Seiko* (2013) K
* *Eskel* (2011)K
* *Sándor* (2011–2013) K
	+ *Aelia* (2012–2014) K
		- *Isidore* (2013–2016) K
		- *Thecla* (2013–2014)K
		- *Cyril* (2013–2019) K
	+ *Zacharias* (2013) K
	+ *Philippa* (2013–2015) K
* *Fear* (2011–2017) K
	+ *Zephere* (2013–2020) K
		- **[3]** Rohan (d. 2021) K
* *Caine* (2011–2018) K
	+ *Caiyo* (2017–2019) K
	+ **[2]** Ark (d. 2017) K
	+ *Dovah* (2018–2020) K
		- *Kirigakure* (2018–2021) K
		- *Rin* (2019–2021) K
	+ *Sydra* (2018–2019) K X
	+ *Akui* (2018–2020) K
	+ *Koda* (2019–2020) K
* *Ilnur* (2012–2016) K
* *Cyrene* (2012–2018) K
* *Ninian* (2012–2018) K
* *Narses* (2012–2017) K
* *Nyth* (2013–2019) K X
	+ *Kurochi* (2013–2018) K X
* *Kenzashi* (2013–2018) K
	+ *Satari* (2015-2020) K
	+ **[1]** Kenzou (d. 2017) K

 X

## Current Rules

The Act of Settlement still governs succession to the throne—and admission into the House of Kaori. Anyone ineligible to succeed is treated as if they were dead (e.g. Nyth and Teruki). That person's descendants are also disqualified.

### Marriages

The Act of Settlement provides that "heirs of the body" (that is, legitimate descendants) of Shōtoku Kaori, are eligible to succeed to the throne, unless otherwise disqualified. The meaning of heir of the body is determined by the common law rules of male preference primogeniture, whereby older children and their descendants inherit before younger children, and a male child takes precedence over a female sibling. Children born out of wedlock and adopted children are not eligible to succeed—or be admitted into the House of Kaori. Illegitimate children whose parents subsequently marry are legitimated, but remain ineligible to inherit the Crown.

Under the Royal Marriages Act, the first three persons in line to the throne must obtain the sovereign's approval before marrying. Marriage without the sovereign's consent disqualifies the person and the person's descendants from the marriage from succeeding to the Crown, but the marriage is still legally valid.

### Ethnicity

Under the Act of Settlement the monarch—and any aspirant to the House of Kaori—is required to be an ethnic Mogyër (resident of the Kingdom of Ataraxia, the Mogyër Empire, or ShadowMoore). If said person is not able to prove they are an ethnic Mogyër they are barred from the throne or from being admitted into the family.

### Treason

Under the Treason Act of 2012, it is treason to "endeavour to deprive or hinder any person who shall be the next in succession to the Crown . . . from succeeding . . . to the Imperial Crown of this Realm".

## Accession

In the Mogyër Realm, upon the death of a sovereign, the heir apparent or heir presumptive succeeds to the throne immediately, with no need for confirmation or further ceremony. Nevertheless, the Accession Council meets and decides upon the making of the accession proclamation, which by custom has for years been ceremonially proclaimed in public places, in Debrecen, Esztergom, Szeged and other cities. The anniversary is observed throughout the sovereign's reign as Accession Day.

Formerly, a new sovereign proclaimed his or her own accession. But on the death of Keikō Kaori an Accession Council met to proclaim the accession of Kōgen to the throne of Vanaheimr. Kōgen was then in Preslav and reigning as King Kōgen IV of Ithilien. This precedent has been followed since. Now, the Accession Council normally meets in the Royal Palace of Eszterházy. Proclamations since Kōgen's have usually been made in the name of the Privy Council, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and citizens of the city of Esztergom and "other principal gentlemen of quality", though there have been variations in some proclamations.