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... as only slightly smaller.

The imperial court had encouraged civil wars to prevent Drakenfels from reuniting, but even that strategy had its limits.

Now, 30 years after the death of the previous count, Brahim, the situation in the south had shifted. The fragmented lands had begun to consolidate.

What had once been fifteen territories was now nine. In another ten or twenty years, nine could become six, then three, and eventually one.

"And why shouldn’t I be the one ...

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