4A/N: This chapter is taken from Rein's book.
Something else to note: the Sea Kingdom no longer exists in my timeline. It's not canon from Birthday's concepts so I decided to remove the kingdom, but I didn't want to get rid of Pearl altogether so instead Pearl and her family are members of a noble house in the Sunny Kingdom. The house Pearl is a part of will be mentioned here so I decided to clarify before there was confusion.
Other planets form the second season have also simply become kingdoms in one planet. One mentioned briefly here will be the Music Kingdom which is my version's incarnation of the Orchestra Planet Prince Noche comes from.
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Cynder7: Rein being born as Fine's younger twin is one of the nicer excuses they have for giving Rein the title of "The Uncalculated". Glad you're still enjoying the story~.
Her Radiant Majesty The Queen
Queens are chosen by bloodline, a successor of a Sunny Queen will always be one of her daughters or one of her nieces. The heiress apparent is chosen by the queen, most of the time it is the oldest daughter who inherits the throne, but not always.
In Elsa's case, she was the third daughter, but chosen as the heiress regardless due to her oldest sister's inability to produce any future heiresses. Her second sister was skipped due to her estrangement with the late Queen Nian Zhen. Luckily, your sister Princess Fine has proven to be an excellent lady with a good relationship with Queen Elsa, Princess Fine is worthy of being the heiress apparent.
Men are not allowed to inherit the Sunny Throne. Should a queen be unable to produce an heiress then the next in line becomes the niece of the queen as in the case of Queen Etheldred. And sometimes like in Etheldred's case, she will be married to one of her cousins, one of the princes the current queen gave birth to. Prince Huaiyi, the son of Queen Rohesia, married his cousin Etheldred a week prior to her ascending the throne.
The word of the queen is absolute. She may have advisers and a council to help her in making decisions, but ultimately it is her final choice that comes to pass.
(In Queen Elsa's case, however, she leaves many decisions to the King-Consort Truth, despite much protest.)
The Nobility
The original noble houses of the Sunny Kingdom are descended from the children of Queen Anisadora and her various concubines. Those who did not inherit the throne were given a new surname and land to care for to help the next ruling queen. As most of the royal blood within these houses is very thin, all family members of these houses (minus House Lumina) are unable to wield Birthright Prominence despite descending of Queen Anisadora's blood.
House Sunnia - Weather
House Sunnia is ruled by Lady Xiuying and her husband Lord Joshua. The couple has had five children, one duaghter and four sons. Their daughter, Lady Lynn, is to become the next head of House Sunnia. Sunnia is the hub of weather stations and Lady Xiuying takes part in helping with the reports and regulations of the weather in the kingdom. As they are in charge of monitoring the weather they are quite close to the Waterdrop and Windmill nobility and weather workers.
During the War of Tears and War of the Three Kingdoms, the Sunnia family made the mistake of aligning themselves with the enemy. They are now mostly alienated from the other Sunny nobility and royalty and their presence within court and the council has become limited. Their suggestions are typically ignored.
The only reason the house was not disbanded entirely is due to the fact that they are home to a valuable piece of the Sunny Kingdom army: the Sky Guard. Currently, the Sky Guard is led by a member of Hosue Sunnia, the aunt of Lady Xiuying. Her four sons are training to become knights of the guard as well. Lady Lynn is currently interning as a weather worker in the Windmill Kingdom's weather stations which has caused controversy.
House Solotus - Justice
House Solotus is ruled by Lady Ruiyi and her husband Lord Ekri. They have four children, all daughters. The oldest daughter, Lady Faiyi, is to become the next head of house.
House Solotus is in charge of the judicial system and the enforcement of laws. Lady Ruiyi is a close confidant of the queen's and makes sure that the queen's punishments in the name of justice are truly just. Lady Ruiyi is a judge while Lord Ekri is in charge of the police force.
Hosue Solotus territory is also home to a maximum security prison for the most problematic prisoners. No prisoner has been able to escape from this jailhouse before.
House Shimmerview - Health
House Shimmerview is ruled by Lady Candice of Shimmerview. Her husband, Lord Anthony, was the rightful heir to the house, but unfortunately passed away, leaving Candice as head of house. Before Anthony's passing they had one son, Lord Albert of Shimmerview, and one daughter, Lady Annie of Shimerview.
House Shimmerview is responsible for health and medicine. This house helped establish the first hospital in the Sunny Kingdom and has since been working hard to advance medical practices. Lady Candice herself is a practicing surgeon and her children are currently studying to enter medical fields as well.
Candice has much sway within the Sunny Council which helps advise the queen. A "yay" or "nay" from her could make or break a suggestion someone has made.
House Shimmerview is currently the only house whose succession is not affected by gender. Despite having a sister, Lord Albert is first in line to become the next head of House Shimmerview while Lady Annie is second. Had he and his sister been born members of House Sunnia, for example, Annie would have superseded her brother in line of succession.
House Shine - Intelligence
House Shine is ruled by Lady Suyan and her husband Lord Lowell. Lady Suyan has ten children (three daughters and seven sons), only three of which are by her husband, the rest are of concubines she has taken. One of the children fathered by one of her concubines, Lady Xiaomei, is to become the future head of House Shine.
House Shine is in charge of intelligence gathering. Lady Suyan is the leader of the Yin Guard who specializes in intelligence gathering and infiltration. House Shine and the Yin Guard played a major role in uncovering Sapphira the Condemned's betrayal.
House Shine is very well respected within the kingdom and they are known to be one of the main advocates of the Kuoda Movement, a movement which is in favor of having the Sunny Kingdom expand their territory.
Much like House Shimmerview's Lady Candice, Lady Suyan is also a big influence within court, however, the two ladies' views often clash and rarely align.
Some houses were only established after queen Anisadora's death when acquiring new land or because the kingdom had needs to be fulfilled.
House Silkcoast - Navigation
House Silkcoast is ruled by Lady Anthia of Silkcoast and her husband Lord Talbot. Their only daughter, Lady Pearl of Silkcoast, will be the future head of house.
House Silkcoast is located near the Windmill Kingdom along the coast. It is home to the Maree Guard of the Sunny Kingdom and is in charge of navigation.
Silkcoast's territory was acquired after the "War of Tears", which resulted in a crushing blow to the Windmill Kingdom, to show they've given up the Windmill King of the time relinquished ownership of the territory to Queen Elisabeth the Adored.
House Silkcoast along with the Maree Guard would prove to be an invaluable asset in the war against both the Windmill and Waterdrop Kingdoms (War of the Three Kingdoms) during Queen Rubina the Warrior's time.
House Splendor - Agriculture and Mining
House Splendor is ruled by Lady Julia of Splendor. She has had two husbands, both of which she has divorced. From her first marriage she had four sons: Lord Alistair, Lord Terrance, Lord Zhou, and Lord Tai. From her second marriage she had two more sons: Lord Jun and Lord Francis. As she has had no daughters, she is hoping one of her sons will provide a granddaughter she can name heiress apparent to the house.
House Splendor is located near the Jewelry Kingdom and houses many mines and fields. Upon their establishment, House Splendor became responsible for all agriculture and mining in the kingdom. The land was gifted to Queen Octavia the Heartbroken on her birthday in hopes of lifting her mood by King Maesta of the Jewelry Kingdom.
House Splendor does many dealings with the Jewelry Kingdom and helps the Sunny Kingdom keep strong ties with the Jewelry nobles and royalty.
House Lumina - Records
House Lumina is ruled by Lady Cosma (a sister of Queen Elsa) and her husband Lord Chris. House Lumina is responsible for keeping the records and knowledge of the kingdom safe. It was established after the unfortunate burning of the archives in 999 A.S.
House Lumina has also helped the Sunny Kingdom gain stronger ties with the Music Kingdom when Lord Chris, a former prince of the Music Kingdom, came here to become Cosma's groom. Originally, they planned for Chris to become Elsa's groom, but it was decided Cosma and him would be a more advantageous match.
Unlike most of the other noble houses, House Lumina's succession is not always passed from parent to child. The former head of the house was Lady Tian, Queen Nian Zhen's cousin. Only sisters and first cousins of the ruling queens are allowed to become head of House Lumina. When Our Radiant Highness Princess Fine inherits the throne, her first cousin Lady Lum will become head of the house. When Princess Fine's future heiress inherits the throne, one of Fine's daughters who was unable to become heiress apparent to the throne will become head of House Lumina.
House Luxure – Tourism
House Luxure is ruled by Lady Vanessa and Lord Robbie. Luxure is home to many resorts and is a hot vacation spot for those both inside and outside the Sunny Kingdom.
House Luxure was established to boost tourism and to try and better relations with those outside the Sunny Kingdom and outside the planet. Royalty of many other planets are invited to come and spend time enjoying the sights, casinos, and hotels Luxure has to offer. As it's filled with friendly people, it provides a very welcoming atmosphere.
Lady Vanessa's household is typically used for meeting between Queen Elsa and other royalty.
His Devoted Majesty the King-Consort
Typically, the King-Consort is simply around to care for the children he provided for the queen. He is expected to be a devoted husband who helps relax the queen after a hard days work and to be the leader of the Royal Harem.
However, upon her marriage to Truth and his subsequent elevation to principal husband and King-Consort, Queen Elsa also unofficially disbanded the harem. The other men who were part of her harem prior to her marriage to Truth were sent to the Western Sunny Palace. That palace is unofficially known as the "Cold Palace" a place men are banished to after they fall out of favor with the queen they served as a concubine. This left Truth with no role as King-Consort to look over the harem.
Instead, King-Consort Truth has taken a more active role in court than his predecessors. Queen Elsa defers to him in many decisions and allows him to handle the politics of the kingdom, this is something unheard of in the past. He is present in every meeting, sometimes even without the queen herself present. Although many are against him taking such an active role in the Sunny Kingdom's politics despite being an outsider, they cannot deny his intelligence and political prowess.
Despite that, he is not looked upon very fondly by many nobles of the kingdom.
