The brother hadn't gone to Radensdorf to unite the east and lend the Grand Duke his strength. The reality was that he'd gone to rally the east's power to stand against him.
Sharing the same ambition, but wanting different things.
The brothers had been thinking entirely different thoughts.
"Civil war had already begun the moment I took the throne three years ago."
"So the Duke united the east so quickly because it was all building toward civil war?"
"Exactly. He must have promised the eastern lords rewards to match. If he himself ascended to the throne."
Louis's greatest weakness was his frail health. He could drop dead at any time. So if the Duke won the civil war, he would undoubtedly eliminate Louis.
Louis had a conspiratorial nature, so surely he understood the concept of being discarded after outliving his usefulness.
There was a strong chance he had some hidden card up his sleeve.
"Marquis Bertheim is in the east. Still as lively as ever."
