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Nevertheless, there are examples in history when an elder would succeed the gole. [[Kles Dormon]] was a Mōrtoh elder who came to power in [[Tonaran]], although even she did not assume the title herself and installed her son [[Davi Dormon]] as gole. It was also done under extraordinary circumstances, with the gole having vanished and there being no viable successors.
Nevertheless, there are examples in history when an elder would succeed the gole. [[Kles Dormon]] was a Mōrtoh elder who came to power in [[Tonaran]], although even she did not assume the title herself and installed her son [[Davi Dormon]] as gole. It was also done under extraordinary circumstances, with the gole having vanished and there being no viable successors.
=== Mōrtoh of siblings ===
Strictly speaking, there are several Mōrtohs in a royal house, since a gole can have siblings. When a gole is chosen, there might be an overriding bid for the throne among his siblings. The mechanism to resolve this is not specified in Hogloh vy Aanua and frequently comes down to the internal power struggle between the Mōrtohs.
Normally, when a gole ascends to the throne, their first concern is to establish their own Mōrtoh and then weaken the Mōrtoh of siblings. This is frequently done by recruiting elders from that Mōrtoh into one's own, as well as distributing the ownership of lands between siblings, so as to move them out of the royal house and weaken their relationship with the elders.
