Prodigial Knight wrote:

I think Ossomer's Superman sygnamancy was important enough that Erfworld decided to make a exception in his case.

AFormerLurker wrote:

Y'know, Trammenis' signamancy changes actually make a good deal of sense to me- even their seemingly rapid onset, as compared to Jillian's subdued changes. Prior to this, Trammenis appeared distinctly young, in spite of being I believe older than his brothers. I attribute this to Trammenis being used by Jetstone as a diplomat. He was strikingly blonde, clean-faced, and young because this was the best way for him to represent Jetstone. And now, he's growing visible scruff and turning darker-haired because he's changing what Jetstone fundamentally is.



In a lot of ways, a Side's Ruler reflects what that Side is and where they aim to go. The former King of Jetstone was well-fed, complacent, and old- showcasing Jetstone's venerable age, and their lack of real challenge or hardship. Granted, sometimes that's just nice coincidence.(Stanley being small and unassuming, but extremely quick-tempered, cunning when needs be, and actually a very powerful unit, as aligned with his Side's originally small size but aggressive expansion.)



As for the rapidity of his changes, consider that Jillian actively fights what her signamancy is showing. She doesn't want to be a Ruler, and she hates the changes it's making. Whereas Trammenis, while he may have his self doubt, doesn't shirk or deny his new role. He dives headlong and enthusiastically into it.

kalil wrote:



The throne he's sitting on is similar to the Actually, it might be /Egyptian/.The throne he's sitting on is similar to the throne of King Tut , and the way he's holding his sceptre is very reminiscent of how pharoahs were frequently drawn. I can't find any references, but the crown also looks more egyptian than roman to me.

wih wrote:

https://wiki.erfworld.com/TBFGK_29:6

TurtlesAWD wrote:

I think I personally assumed that line to be referencing a natural disbanding that happens when you can't pay your upkeep for the next turn rather than ruler ordered disbanding. That doesn't have to be the case though.

He could have been blonde and had Thor Signamancy. On the other hand, if he had a Shockamancy-enhanced hammer instead of a bracer, it would have been too much like the Arkenhammer. Maybe then he could have turned back to Jetstone not because his found their tactics dishonorable but because he want Mjolnir for himself. Okay, I suck at humor. Moving on....Really good points. I don't really have anything to add, but thank you for sharing them.It does resemblance King Tut's Ceremonial Throne, because it's a curule chair which is quintessentially Roman. While the earliest known examples of them are indeed from New Kingdom Egypt, they are much more strongly associated with Rome. Also, while I'm not an expert on Egyptian artistic conventions, the crown is not Egyptian at all, unless we're talking about Ptolemaic Egypt, where it derived from Greek influence. Headdresses of Pharaohs often had the uraeus and vulture. Neither is the crown Roman. For most of their history, the Romans didn't do crowns. While an Emperor might wear a laurel wreath after a successful campaign to mark their victory or, later, something like a corona radiata while performing state cult functions, they weren't symbols of office. They were paraphernalia of a specific activity. Constantine the Great was the first to adopt the diadem as imperial regalia, which was late in their history, although some Greek kings wore diadems earlier as well, which ultimately came from the Persians. Even when they did have them, they were much simpler than what Tramennis has. It looks more like something a Holy Roman Emperor would wear, not a Roman Emperor or Greek King or Ptolemaic Pharaoh. It has a medieval feel to it. Of course, maybe that's the point, since he's on a holy mission. Also, while it's not really Roman, it is much more basal than his father's crown, so it's certainly closer to a late Roman diadem than what his father wore. That could also be an indication of going back to their roots.Thank you. Sadly, I remembered the cleansing reference, but I completely forgot about the disbanding one.That's sort of the center of the speculation. We know a ruler can just point at a unit in front of them and disband them anytime they want from Scrofula and Banhammer. We know a side that can't afford upkeep on units has units disband. We know that a ruler can disband units in hexes they do not occupy. On the other hand, there is a lot we don't know. If a side can't afford the upkeep for all its units, is the unit that is disbanded completely random, or is the ruler forced to pick which units are disbanded? Does a ruler have to disband a unit in the manner Scrofula did Duncan or Banhammer did the gwiffon, causing them to depop, or can a ruler simply choose to not pay their upkeep and let them disband that way? If a ruler can simply deprive a unit of upkeep, is that the only way to disband a unit not directly in front of the ruler, or can a ruler pull a Scrofula on any unit anywhere? Personally, I don't think a ruler can choose not to pay upkeep, as long as they have the schmuckers necessary to pay it. I also am inclined to believe that which units disbands is random, so a ruler better disband units preemptively so that they don't loose a unit they really don't want to lose. So, all disbanding done by a ruler are the type used on Duncan. So, in my long-winded way, I completely agree with you, but we just don't really know.