Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-25828117-20191021182359/@comment-5543592-20191022154249

"They would not have attacked him if he did not have power.  Rulers are assassinated all the time--because they have power, and others fear their use of it.  If he was powerless, then what would have been the point of assassinating him?  King Jerom was a very powerful monarch-- he led several successful campaigns to keep the Daedric armies out of Hammerfell.  Soldiers who would have fought and died on his word alone.  That is power." Nyasia explained.

"Yes, a corpse does not have power, but it is a king's power that holds together his kingdom.  People are not murdering each other in the streets because they know the law would punish them.  Political power is what holds together the world.  It is the reason we are on this boat.  Without a monarch backing our coin, Nemicus would not have accepted it.  Whose face is on the gold in your pocket?"