How did the children of Danu become royalty?
Ah, an interesting question from the left there. Okay. The children of Danu are royalty because they declared themselves such.
And that is a documented fact, so I’m not risking myself in any way with this question.
The children of Danu came here – to California, to North America – when hundreds and thousands of other people were immigrating here, and they found a place where they could lay claim.
Their powers weren’t as strong back then as they are now, but “in the land of the blind” and all that. There’s no indication in historical records of any specifics, but considering what Queen Larissa is known to be able to do, one can extrapolate backwards to what her ancestors may have been able to do, and a woman with the ability to, for instance, read her opponents’ minds or convince them to do what she says, convince them to love her, convince them that she is the proper person for a position or simply blackmail them very effectively.
Again – there is no proof or even written suggestions that the early Queens and Duchesses of Tír na Cali used any of those powers on anyone. None of the contemporary histories mention anything of the sort – the women of Danu’s children of that era were immensely charismatic, and that is documented and also unsurprising. Many women of the Danu today are also very charismatic.
But they created the nation and, in doing so, they created the hierarchy and the positions and titles which made them royal. And thus they are royalty.
And that is the story that the history books tell, and that is the story that I’m going to tell up here.
This is a follow-up to two weeks ago’s “TIR Talk” post – feel free to ask more questions on any of the Worldbuilding Wednesday posts!