And when they band together, their strength in turn draws new allies... like a snowball rolling downhill, the group grows larger, but they lose their individual free will. Eventually, when they want to escape, they find it impossible and are forced to join the others who have already taken action.
They weren't conspiring to assassinate Queen Sofia; it's just that they were all too clever and adroit at reading the room. So much so that when Queen Sofia was dead and Star Antimony subtly took control of the Avalon court, they unanimously chose to swear fealty to Star Antimony and Minister Drost, who was closely connected to Star Antimony's people.
This keen instinct and the ever-shifting allegiances are also characteristic abilities of the Path of Authority.
Every Knight who survived now has the blood of former comrades on their hands. They have become allies of the regicide Drost, and traitors, with no possibility of turning back.
