text: Rhedosaur's Forms of Fighting gives several options for coups d'etat. We picked the one suitable for the smallest places. The drakes — that is, the king and the would-be king — fight, in one of the longer forms. The dragonesses — that is, the queen and the would-be queen — fight, ditto. If both of those give the same result, the coup is complete or quashed. If they give different results, then our partisans fight a massive mêlée, and the winner of that decides the fate of the coup.
  
  Since Arthane is bigger and stronger than Ythac, and Chevethna is bigger and stronger than me, and they came with twice as many dragons as we had, the outcome isn't really in that much doubt.