"The Empty Chair?"

"The seat left by the Final King. The Council of Regents has never filled it. Yet they are required by law to accept applications from any who feel they have a claim to the seat. My family had as good a claim as any. I had an ancestor who was a cousin of the King. There are many tests. I had to recite my family tree back to the original claimant for the throne. I had to prove my knowledge of the law and history of Pax. My dedication to the peace needed to be without ...