Talk:Bordermarch

Fenyx, I'm sorry to just reverse your edit like that, but Lady Tessa mentions the fate of Bordermarch in Ultima VI. Dungy 17:24, September 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks Dungy. Sorry about that. I totally didn't spot that in the transcript. My bad. -- Fenyx4 04:05, September 26, 2010 (UTC)

Referring to the summary of a couple of edits ago, I don't think it's fair to compare Lord British's rule to a dictatorship. The "Government" chapter in the Book of Lore illustrates something very different. Blackthorn, on the other hand, was called a tyrant. --Terilem 03:35, September 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * Well, the true nature of the Britannian government is never really described, but the Book of Lore does also suggest that the Great Council and other governing bodies were relatively new organizations. Prior to that, even though little is mentioned, it suggests that Lord British was indeed the man completely in charge. His rule is described as a monarchy, but that doesn't really seem fitting, since Lord British is for all intents and purposes immortal, and in over a thousand years he fails to have any legitimate heirs (Also, 1 child in a thousand years, either LB is darn near infertile or he is a VERY celibate man), so there is no need for a hereditary dynasty. Dictator and tyrant originally did not have a negative connotation, these words were simply used to describe a person with sole and absolute power. Dungy 12:55, September 26, 2010 (UTC)
 * Further to what Terilem was saying, U5, The Book of Lore, page 8: "Under Lord British, Britannia has undergone a great transformation from totalitarian monarchy to representative democracy in what is called a monarchic republic." The glaring out-world contradiction at the end aside... it doesn't say that LB was a totalitarian, although, he was a feudal lord pre-U4, and it's rather hard to manage a feud while being anything else. But now we also have the word "democracy" which takes the guesswork out of some of it. AngusM 05:47, October 2, 2010 (UTC)