Sarene's dad is quite proud of her for dethroning the king. Who is now dead, by the way, having hanged himself despite being in prison. I'm gonna come out and say it: Iadon did not commit suicide!
Now there is the problem of the succession. Sarene does not want Telrii taking over. However he is both the richest man in the land and has bought off the city guard.
Shuden has the excellent idea of Sarene marrying Roial and combining their wealth and convincing the people that this is the continuity option, since Sarene is already a princess. This is possible because her marriage contract is now void. Yay! So she can marry someone she likes. Yay! But to save the country she is going to have to marry some random old guy. Boo!
It could be worse, he's quite a nice old chap and she gets on okay with him. And there is to be absolutely no hanky panky, since no heirs are required (she can get those from her next husband after Roial is dead). This is purely a marriage of political convenience. How much more civilised than Westeros is Araluen!
So that's all sorted then. Except Sarene then finds out that Hrathen has been healed. Which means all the people are going to think he's awesome and it's a sign from god. And he is going to support Telrii.
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