Cleaning up after a civil war would take a lot of money and infrastructure reconstruction….if that was even a word. The king would have to swallow up the Craftsman and Adventurer's guild, bringing them under Royal rule. He would also have to send his army right back out, as their neighbors would be eyeing Te Boreas like it was a pie ready to be carved up.
Cole didn't care though, the alliance between him and the King was over. Perhaps Cole was taking it too far, but he'd like his allies to the do for him what he would most definitely do for them, and chief amongst that, was not stabbing him in the back or denying their relationship. The king had shown that he was willing to change sides at the drop of a heart as long as it benefited him.
