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Holding Magvel to pure historical standards makes very little sense, I think, just because, well, they fly in the face of standard practice. It would be pretty unusual for a sole heir to leave the country and marry another heir, but L'Arachel can marry Innes or Ephraim. So we can't say "history says ___ can't happen", really.

There's also the fact that Eirika and Ephraim could very easily be treated as equal rulers. There's nothing saying they aren't, really. If Eirika marries within Renais and begets heirs, then, well, there you go. There's no absolute need for Ephraim to do the same, and in theory, it could result in all sorts of heir dispute shenanigans. He might even prefer not to have children and let Eirika's bloodline take over. (Eirika, also, could easily do the same.)

And finally. . . Ephraim doesn't seem to care what people think of him. He cares about Renais surviving, and being the ideal king - and it could even be that he considers courtship and fatherhood an unnecessary distraction to that. If he decided something like that? No one would talk him out of it.

I can't see him not marrying and begetting heirs if Eirika went with Innes. If she went with any of her other options, though - even Saleh - I think it's possible.

I'm not going to say EPHRAIM CAN'T EVER MARRY - he sure can. But it's also extremely plausible that he might not - and the same goes for Eirika.