Talk:The Royal Masquerade Choices/@comment-39023394-20200228044231/@comment-1140743-20200904060841

Hard disagree. Even in your example the war is not inevitable, the MC just has to abdicate. Damon's claims seem to be in earnest and are partially true. The conclave was BS and the Crown Shield publicly confessed to regicide. The worst people to sit on the throne have been dealt with and while whoever is chosen will likely not be as good as the MC, they also won't be Renza or Cyrus.

Even if the MC was a secret Rys and 'deserved' the throne, the noble thing, the right thing to do in this situation would still be to abdicate. Remember, the majority, ie not the upper crust, don't actually care who's on the throne. They want safety, stability, and food.

In these examples people keep presenting, the war is between people who truly believe the MC is a villain and a threat to the country and the MC, whose motivation is "but it's minnnnne 😠".