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[[Image:Overking01.jpg|right|400px|thumb|Coronation for an [[Great Kingdom|Aerdy]] overking, as depicted in the ''[[Player's Guide]]'' (1998).]] | |||
'''Overking''' is a title generally used to refer to the monarch of the [[Great Kingdom]], though it is also (mostly internally) applied to the monarchs of some Great Kingdom successor states. The title is equivalent to that of emperor. | '''Overking''' is a title generally used to refer to the monarch of the [[Great Kingdom]], though it is also (mostly internally) applied to the monarchs of some Great Kingdom successor states. The title is equivalent to that of emperor. | ||
Revision as of 16:38, 26 February 2012
Overking is a title generally used to refer to the monarch of the Great Kingdom, though it is also (mostly internally) applied to the monarchs of some Great Kingdom successor states. The title is equivalent to that of emperor.
Malachite Throne is sometimes used as a synonym for the office of the Great Kingdom's monarch.
Usage
The following contemporary and historical nations title their monarchs overking:
Bibliography
- Gygax, Gary. The World of Greyhawk. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1980.
- -----. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K. Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- Moore, Roger E. The Adventure Begins. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
- Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
- -----. Ivid the Undying. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, unpublished. Available online: [1]