“Don't you find it strange that Helaria and Mustul were the only countries that were able to survive the war with a functioning government?”
“Perhaps we were the only ones to plan for the aftermath of the war before it began," Saalyn said. “The clown, as you call Wotan, knew that if we won, it would be by a narrow margin. He set aside what was needed for the survivors to rebuild.”
“He would have set aside a replacement government as well”, the Drow remarked wryly.
“Indeed. Just before he left, he appointed a successor who took office when he left Helaria as head of the army. There has never been a power vacuum in Helaria and never a struggle to conquer an empty throne.”
“This confirms how different the Stoltzts and the New Peoples are. A human would never have entrusted his throne to a
