The Sheref County had been through terrible times for centuries that no one questioned because the bloodline array made things that were so cruel to be ignored. Anything that allowed more death to feed it to unfold without hindrance.
Once those crimes were revealed and also just fools not realizing they could no longer do as they wished, the Rubyfire Kingdom among others were tied up with cleaning house.
Sheref County had the bad fortune of crossing Lind Frey.
Due to revealing their scheme, the count and his family were executed while many of the troublesome soldiers were isolated outside the country. Lind learned that the strange encounter they had on the road were 2 viscounts trying to stop the Count from getting more power by defecting.
They were not any better, it was simply a power struggle between scum.
