The unexpected deaths of Alric and Alter led to a crisis of succession. Father
and son had lived for so long, and had left so many children, that a thousand
different men of their blood could claim to be the rightful heir. Knowing there
would be no solution, the first of the First Mothers decreed that there would be
no successor. Alric’s heirs would share their power, and they would vote to see
who among them was most worthy.