The authors artistic interpretation of Ramdir's attempts at finding a wife
THE QUANDARY OF AMADOR
Amador; The New Viscounty; The Blue and Gold Owl
The unmarriageable Viscount, The undesired boy
How could a boy be terrible enough that even a peasant girl couldn’t put up with him for nobility, for the title of Viscountess? Well, perhaps it wasn’t all Ramdir the Reject, perhaps his house entirely is to blame. Imagine being such a failure of a house, so terribly going that a King has to threaten to marry you off? What is left of Amador in its current state? Two extraordinary women that managed to escape the empty headedness of their birth? Pathetic, that two women had to marry out of Amador in order to get away from the horror that is their ancestry. Mayhaps that is why no one will marry the Viscount, the women of the house must run from it to be able to achieve their full potential.
The history of Amador, or at least the recent history since New Reza, is rooted in only money laundering and taxes. How charismatic. None of these successful Amadors were even from the main line; the main line of Amador seems to enjoy living off of their cousins successes and ignoring succession laws. Rennard Amador, the voidal mage treasurer, was a cousin of Baron Ruslan the Useless III (who did nothing but hold the Mondstadt title until his Granddaughter could bypass his own sons and daughters in the proper Haeseni succession laws), and achieved much more than his cousin, who did nothing of note. Alongside Rennard, Edvard Amador, the recently passed treasurer of Haense, was Ruslan the Useless III’s brother, and achieved much more than him.
Now of course, the mention of bypassing the line of succession. You see, under Ruslan III, his first son died leaving two daughters before Ruslan III passed. Ruslan III had three living children, putting all three before Sosina or Ingrid Amador for the title. Now, it could be argued that Warren Amador has been unseen for years and therefor not able to inherit, but at the time of Ruslan III’s passing, Charlotte Amador (now passed), was still alive and well, making her at the time the rightful heir to Mondstadt. This means that the main line of house Baruch now has a higher claim to the title of Amador, than Ramdir! Perhaps we should be calling young Petyr Baruch The Right Honorable Viscount instead of Ramdir the Reject.
Continuing on about this succession mishap, where oh where did Sosina’s red hair come from? Looking at the family tree, there’s no traceable ancestor with this phenomenon! Sosina’s mother, Viktoria Stafyr, coming from the Ruberni Princess, Aleksandra Alimar (With black hair, and both black haired parents), and Count Alaric Stafyr (With brown hair, and brown and black haired parents), had no way of bringing red hair, a red headed Alimar or red headed main line Stafyr is unheard of! For Sosina’s father as well, from the main line of Amador, with no previous red hair, and the line of Ludovar, which comes from Barbanov, clearly also has no red hair. Is Ramdir’s mother even an Amador? Is the Viscount the child of a usurper bastard, or did both Sosina and Ingrid just randomly develop this new trait? Viktoria Stafyr’s brother is of course the treasonous and executed Hektor Stafyr (May he rot), so it wouldn’t be too far to say that perhaps Viktoria shared his dishonor. It is of course up to the reader, but one must question this sudden and consistent change of trait for the main line of Amador.
Perhaps we should also check in on their current involvement in the Kingdom of Hanseti-Ruska? Or more accurately, the lack of it. Amadors in the Haeseni Royal Army? None. When was the last duma bill put forth by the House of Amador? Sosina Amador, trying to give non-descendants the same rights as humans! Perhaps before they worry about the rights of the non-descendants, they should worry about their own contributions to the Kingdom, and not making the King give them handouts and forcing their success through threatening betrothals. Even with the King's help, I worry for their continued success and the poor woman that finds herself married soon.
