Hmn... basically. And thanks to what Berlineth can do, they know they'll restrain themselves from doing anything. Makes it rather hard for them to negotiate, yes?

*he fiddles with the toy*

And there's no "weird scheme", as far as I know-- yet, at least. The main reason they're using "Monarch names" though is thanks to, uh... the entire reason why there's a mistake.

... Except for that small dark one. Lucius, right? He's insisted on that name for a while now. He hates his name. And Escher. Escher actually is her professional name.

The other ones? Are tied to the mistake I mentioned.