The Royal Demesne, in short, is the land that the Lord Paramount controls directly. It is different from its former ducal state in that if the Karthmeres were somehow disgraced or fell from power, they would not retain the seat of the Duchy of Faercrest as their ancestral de jure holdings; it would then go to the next Lord Paramount or King of Thyllanor, who would rule from the Royal Demesne regardless of their former standing or holdings. It is albeit a mostly ceremonial name in the 4th century AC, as Lords Paramount such as Dalan I Karthmere and Dalan II Karthmere have taken an inclined stance on the reformation of pre-Dragomyr invasion Thyllanorian tradition, such as the restoration of the land's former title as the Duchy of Faercrest. Semantically, it means little to the Karthmeres, as