Rawalyk

The Rawalyk is the competition in Tranavia to select the next queen.

Description
The Rawalyk is an underhanded affair according to Malachiasz. He describes them as "drawing the brightest and best into the heart of the city and after a mess of dramatics and sometimes blood a new consort is chosen." It is one of the only times the palace is accessible to nobility who are not close to the king. There hasn't been a Rawalyk in generations.

Serefin's father calls him home from the war front to host the Rawalyk. Serefin is worried his father is using the Rawalyk to install a puppet as his heir. He worries that he will be forced to marry, and then be killed in an "accident."