Before her lay ruins, not the fortress that had still opposed her.
And it was with the contrast of Tudor III that people came to understand how merciful, diligent, mild, and kind Queen Sofia was a wise monarch. With the trust and support of the lower classes, Sofia could implement even more policies that benefited the people—these were all achievements of reciprocal utilitarianism.
It was Queen Sofia who saved it all from the abyss.
She lived for only seventy-nine years, yet she saved Avalon from a decline that had lasted two hundred years.
Avalon rose again from the ruins, and under the leadership of Queen Sofia, in less than sixty years, it became a nation that had to be taken seriously by its powerful neighbors once more.
