Okiraku Ryoushu no Tanoshii Ryouchi Bouei ~Seisan-kei Majutsu de Na mo na Kimura wo Saikyou no Jousai Toshi ni~ - Vol. 1 Ch. 4

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that guy with no neck, tiny head, and baby face looks like a child wearing a muscle suit


looks like the horses are the ones doing the walking
Was about to comment on his mismatched head vs body 🙃

I thought typical traveling speed of large wagons, like Oregon Trail, would be 20 miles a day if they don't want the horse to be tired enough to need rest on alternate days, or don't have spare horses to rotate? But if they did, and had a nice flat road, or had light cargo, they could make multiple times of that distance
 
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I thought typical traveling speed of large wagons, like Oregon Trail, would be 20 miles a day if they don't want the horse to be tired enough to need rest on alternate days, or don't have spare horses to rotate? But if they did, and had a nice flat road, or had light cargo, they could make multiple times of that distance
true. 100 km is definitely very unrealistic.
And their route does not seem to have enough checkpoints for them to be regularly changing out the horses. so either... horses are very powerful in this land of magic, they are using magic to refresh the horses, or the author is just uninformed
 
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The translators seriously need to make up their minds whether he's the son of a king or duke, because they keep using terms interchangeably. The children of a duke are not princes. Ducal families are also not royalty unless they're related to the king.
 
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I just read a slightly worse version of this story in which the main had earthbender powers.
 
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So by the looks of that send off if his father had killed him the people would turn on the family and the servants would all turn on them as well, a coup would not be unthinkable and Van would become a martyr.
 
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The translators seriously need to make up their minds whether he's the son of a king or duke, because they keep using terms interchangeably. The children of a duke are not princes. Ducal families are also not royalty unless they're related to the king.
I don't quite get it, but shouldn't Duke be a title granted to a relative of the royal family? As in the brother of the current monarch.

On that note, the highest title and court rank for someone completely not related to royal family should be Count or Earl.
Any higher will have ties with the royal family.

In case of a duke, his son should also be considered a prince (because he is on par with the monarch in relation).
A dukedom is the domain of a duke, while not meant to be considered a whole nation like kingdom, it's very much considered a country in its own right.

So, the biggest problem should be the use of "kingdom", which would still be understandable.
 
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I don't quite get it, but shouldn't Duke be a title granted to a relative of the royal family? As in the brother of the current monarch.

On that note, the highest title and court rank for someone completely not related to royal family should be Count or Earl.
Any higher will have ties with the royal family.

In case of a duke, his son should also be considered a prince (because he is on par with the monarch in relation).
A dukedom is the domain of a duke, while not meant to be considered a whole nation like kingdom, it's very much considered a country in its own right.

So, the biggest problem should be the use of "kingdom", which would still be understandable.
Dukes can be members of the royal family, but it's not a requirement. There have been plenty of independent dukes who served no kings, or dukes that served kings without being family members. In the modern day, Luxembourg is ruled by an independent duke. Austria was an Archduchy ruled by an Archduke, and Lithuania was a Grand Duchy ruled by a Grand Duke. Russia was unified by the Duke of Muscovy/Moscow. Granted, he was related to the other independent Russian rulers (also duchies), but they were all independent dukes before Russian unification.
 
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Yes.
I'm aware.

However, the peerage can be inherited so even if they are supposed to be independent now, they are still likely related to a royal line somewhere.

For examples:
  • The Duchies of Russia (including Muscovy) are supposed to be related to Prince Rurik, who is in turn supposed to be from a Scandinavian royal lineage (Denmark, Sweden, or Norway).
  • Luxembourg was elevated to a Duchy by Emperor Charles IV of the Holy Roman Empire (who came from the Luxembourg dynasty itself).
  • House Babenberg had close ties to Ottonian dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire and became a Margraviate (recognized as a more directly related house of the royalties) by Emperor Otto II before eventually elevated to the Duchy of Austria by Emperor Frederick I.

The only example you mentioned that really fits into the "independent Duchy" is Lithuania. And I do recognize this fact.

Lithuania in that sense is supposed to be completely independent before their title of a Grand Duchy because their first rulers were not related to any European royal lines and became Grand Dukes through military prowess and tribal leadership. Though, the title coming from either succession or usurpation of tribal federation leadership or a centralized kingdom makes that very much arguable, if I were to comment on it.

Regardless, the sons of a Duke (Archduke, Grand Duke too) can be considered to be Princes, if they are in line to succession of the royal lineage (as in related by blood to royalties).
Well, it's not strict a rule since the Holy Roman Empire had Dukes who were non-royalties given Princely ranks, which in turn making their sons Princes too.

In short: it's damned complicated and yes, I realized I didn't exactly make the correct statement about the ducal status the first time. And I apologize for it.
 

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