You decide to assault the city of Felonsein next.
982 AD, Late Spring
But six days later, while you're almost at Felonsein, you catch a fever.
1
Sickness ravages your body; the old age, the exhaustion, a simple infection is the cause for this? The fever worsens and you feel terribly weak, so much that you're carried around for a while.
2
The healers double and triple their efforts, but the fever continues to pin you down rather strongly. Some believe that it was reckless to get involved in your age.
"My liege? My liege. You're awake, that is good." One of the healers smiles to you and makes place for trio of officers, including the Marshal.
"MY LIEGE!... You're in a sorry state. Some of the lesser men speak that you might be dying, and that you still have not established a clear line of succession. What we ought to do if you pass?" You decide to...
A) Order them to proclaim that you make Atan, your currently eldest son, as the heir to the Duchy.
B) Order them to proclaim that you make Feodh as your heir, because his martial skills are much needed by the Duchy now.
C) Cuss them out for assuming that you're on your deathbed, while you're obviously not, and tell them to wait through the night.
D) Order them to proclaim that you send the Ducal coronet to the King Eón, requesting he himself picks the next Duke.
E) Order them to proclaim that the crown is to pass to King Salus, your true eldest son, so that two realms will be brought together peacefully.