Edict of Graydon

The Edict of Graydon was a proclamation issued by Grand Protector Valern, essantially outlining the system for the succession to the office of the grand protector. It states that a candidate for successor is to be handpicked by the incumbent grand protector and then approved by the parliament. The edict's most famous clause however is the rule that once an individual grand protector has served his tenure, all other members of that individual's extended family are forever barred from serving as a grand protector. This was meant to force the grand protector to look to capable men outside his own family, fostering a meritocratic system.

The edict has been criticized by some as Valern's ploy of legitimizing his rule, which some consider an illegitimate usurper that seized power from Kaysar's son, Rupert Draven. Today anti-Graydon sentiments are prominent in ideology of the Eternalist League.