Talk:The Name of the Fathers (Queen of Hearts)/@comment-79.236.100.222-20160820151803/@comment-142.136.4.142-20200421150254

Since the directions say that there exists only one king at a time, then Breelhafen must have become king after his brother, King Maordath, died. (We also have to assume that Maordath, being the elder brother, was king first).

It says that "the irony of the sword [Durandal] forged by his father's [Breelhafen's] kingly hand maiming him was not lost on Urkys." If we take that to mean (and this might be a bit of a stretch) that Breelhafen was king when he forged Durandal, then he must have forged it after his brother Maordath died. Therefore, Durandal must have been forged after Maordath created Hrunting.