There was a bit of surprise at his stance, but it was a welcome one, and the discussions were fairly quick. It wouldn't be much, but it'd be enough to help her secure some key figures, with possible more aid, once her position was more secure, mostly in the form of coin and agents from the kingdom's up-and-coming adventurer's guild.<br/><br/>Of course, even the best laid plans go awry - the reports from Taldor are mixed, but apparently there was an attack during the very ceremony that would confirm Princess Eutropia as heir, that left the current ruler dead, and with a new individual claiming that<em>he</em>had been named heir only minutes before the attack. Within days, the country had devolved into a civil war, as the two factions struggled for supremacy.