Romana had felt the time after Lind Frey's return and rise were almost idyllic. The Fiends had been dealt a massive blow but they had ravaged many of their lands at the same time.
Still, the speed with which the Alliance recovered was due to the constant flow of goods from the Law Binding now open to them. It not only gave them a reprieve but a massive influx of Immortals!
Not long after, the newly risen Sanctuary Empire began to prove their approach to finding talent by taking in many orphans that few powers could do little more than support as mortals only.
A few geniuses might be discovered or sects take them in for their own tests to try and increase their numbers. Still, most simply dismissed the large mass of displaced children due to the never ending wars and in fighting.
Demons tended to take in their own orphans but still put them in the lower echelon of their armies or sects.