The old woman surely didn't disappoint. Through acts of trickery and pretending to be an Oracle, she finally came face to face with King Kian. The old woman's ways led her straight to his door and soon they were in a passionate relationship despite the current Queen having not yet passed.
Soon she was with child and in order to legitimise her child's status she convinced the King to marry her. Queen Nova was practically a corpse anyway and her name had been smeared throughout the kingdom so he agreed.
Words like 'what heinous sin did she commit for both her and her son to fall ill' were a part of Odassal's dinner time conversation. Some even speculated that to get her beautiful appearance she had drunk and bathed in the blood of several virgins thus the gods punished her and her offspring.
