And so it passed that the Children became their own Rulers, liberated from the controlling menace that heretofore had maintained the cruelest of grips on the title. Many years transpired, and their wealth grew, as did their fame. But discontent within began to swell, and as the borders expanded, so too did the range of the dissenters' words.

History repeats itself, of this there can be no denial. And the Children who had become Rulers lost their hold, and the new Children became the new Rulers.

And so it passed.