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At the end of the campaign, the seneschal of Castle Korvosa, Neolandis Kalepoplis, was running things and keeping the city under control, and the city leaders were trying to determine who would become the new ruler. Of course, the PCs had the option of becoming the new rulers, so you could always say a band of adventurers have become the new kings.
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In terms of Golarion canon, the current ruler of "present day" Korvosa is King Eodred and his wife Queen Ileosa. Although the king is on his death bed and has been for a while, and that means that Ileosa is pretty much running the show.
That stays that way until after you start running Curse of the Crimson Throne, or until you decide to run Shattered Star.
If you don't run Crimson Throne before Shattered Star, the "official" ruler of Korvosa there is up to you. I would suggest it be either:
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King Arkonas the First.
What?
Point being: who rules Korvosa depends on how Curse of the Crimson Throne ended. For us it ended with
If you haven't played Crimson Throne then don't worry about it. Take an officially-assumed outcome and call it a day.
who but the King in Yellow ?
Along the shore the cloud waves break,
The twin suns sink behind the lake,
The shadows lengthen
In Carcosa.
Strange is the night where black stars rise,
And strange moons circle through the skies,
But stranger still is
Lost Carcosa.
Songs that the Hyades shall sing,
Where flap the tatters of the King,
Must die unheard in
Dim Carcosa.
Song of my soul, my voice is dead,
Die thou, unsung, as tears unshed
Shall dry and die in
Lost Carcosa.
—"Cassilda's Song" in The King in Yellow Act 1, Scene 2
oh, you said Korvosa^^ almost the same thing *grin*
In our timeline, Vencarlo Orsini took upon himself the burden of the throne
You've all got it wrong :)
Has anyone opted to have the local Runelord rule the city-state?
Cressida and Neolandis seem like the best choices to me. In our game, we picked Cressida Kroft just because of her sheer devotion to the city, even when endangering her reputation and life.
In our game one of Lamm's Lambs (my character had adopted them all) turned out to be Eodreds bastard son.
Oh ho, I really like this. I'm planning on running a new CotCT game within the next 12 months. I will most likely borrow this idea if you don't mind.
Queen Annata Vieri, my PC!
She was a priestess of Sarenrae but a Deck of Many Things draw revealed she was actually nobility, and she deposed Ileosa, ascended the throne, and married Vencarlo Orisini. Read the story of her mighty deeds!
My players all died halfway from the end of Curse of the Crimson Throne, so in my setting Korvosa is....
One of the PG come to Magnimar with the fugitives Neolandus and Vencarlo! :)