There were many unique regions on Veloria with some known and some unknown. Regardless, these sites held artefacts and spells left behind by many paragons; some known and some unknown.
James planned to visit some of these places in search of a solution to his split personality and while his alter ego hadn't awakened from its slumber, he could feel he would be soon enough.
'Before I do any of that, let's see what was done with my domain.'
He wasn't worried about what they would do to the people as they had nothing to do with anything.
Even so, they were the people James had known and interacted with since he knew what was what.
The royals were bound to pass his domain to another noble, most likely to one of the people who betrayed him and he wanted to see who would receive his estate and dukedom.