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[Name] Who Wants To Be A Monarch?
[Validity] Must be a monarchy
[Description] After last night's final episode of the immensely popular series A Play of Chairs had suggested that a monarch could be elected on the basis of their merits rather then their birthrights, prominent voices in @@NAME@@ have started calling for the nation's monarchy to become elective as well.
[Option 1] "Oh, what a jolly affair it'll be!" says @@RANDOMFIRSTNAME_1@@ von @@RANDOMLASTNAME@@-@@RANDOMLASTNAME@@, a wealthy aristocrat who has already feverishly started making calls to @@HIS_1@@ closest political allies. "All the finest folk of the realm, the noblest of the noble, joined together in one momentous occasion to elect the new monarch from the best amongst ourselves. Nothing can go wrong by letting the nation's biggest egos choose who'll wear the crown next, I guarantee it! Oh, and do tell them over at the palace to keep that throne warm for me, yes?"
[Effect 1] @@NAME@@ is brought to the brink of civil war every time the nobles come together to elect a new monarch
[Option 2] "Well, maybe we could, uhm... I don't know, sorry for this, but err..." stammers an awkward, robustly built noblewoman called Samuella Darly, fiddling with her fingers while lowering her gaze when speaking. "Well, since whoever will sit upon the throne will reign over all of us and the people... maybe, perhaps, possibly... we could let them, the people I mean, heh, decide as well? I mean, maybe they'd have, uhm, a candidate in mind as well? Someone from their own? S-surely, that would be fair, right? We care about being fair, r-right?"
[Effect 2] even the factory worker down the street can become monarch of @@NAME@@
[Option 3] After Prince @@RANDOMMALENAME@@ and his clique have recovered from guffawing at Samuella Darly's suggestion, he turns to you wheezing. "And I'll ask my horse what he wants! No, but in all seriousness, this talk about letting anyone outside the royal family choose who'll wear the crown next is ludicrous. It's obvious only the reigning monarch knows which family member loves them the mos-err, I mean, is most suitable for the nation's most important role and duty, so we should just leave the choice of appointing a successor to them!"
[Effect 3] members of the royal family have started nicknaming the reigning monarch 'Lear'
[Option 4] "If we're considering electing our monarch, why not just run elections for President of @@NAME@@ instead?" asks Princess @@RANDOMFEMALENAME@@, who has her hand in a cast after having strained it while cutting ribbons. "I mean, being a royal is so tiring, we have no privacy, can't marry the person we want to and need to pretend we actually care for those, uhm, malodorous commoners all the time... I'm just so tired of it and I'm sure the others are too! Cousin @@RANDOMNAME@@ even had to go into therapy because @@HIS@@ parents couldn't stop @@HIM@@ from smiling and waving all the time. Just give us a break and let @@NAME@@ become a republic!"
[Effect 4] the former monarch of @@NAME@@ is feverishly organizing an election campaign to stay in power