Well, for the sake of getting the RP up and running, we could always say that the people that would account for the missing slots could simply be away on urgent business. We're missing Kings yes? Then perhaps they could all have been forced into hiding given the assassination attempt and growing mistrust between kingdoms and have simply taken along however many knights, bishops, and warriors we're missing for the rp. Perhaps the queens chose to stay behind [s]because they have more back bones than their husbands[/s] or their husband was assassinated and they've yet to remarry.