Of Merezzakli's nine children, aside from Third Princess Alebella, who ranked sixth and had no obsession with power, the other eight all held military authority.
What surprised Velin most was that Titon King had actually married into the royal family.
He had no idea how Merezzakli, then a commoner, had won the heart of Elsa, who had still been the eldest princess of the Titon Kingdom.
But most astonishing of all were the political methods of this Titon Queen. In her father's name, she forced her eldest brother to flee far from home. Then, under the pretext of a family banquet, she stripped her two younger brothers and four younger sisters of all political power and military command, placing them under house arrest in the royal capital.
Elsa's brother Babivie first fled to the Grand Duchy of Brera. Under the protection of Grand Duke Brera's Guard Knight Order, he traveled to the Kingdom of Skalovi, promising the Church of the Beast God and the king of Skalovi countless benefits in exchange for sending troops to drive his sister from the throne and reclaim his rightful position.
As expected, war broke out.
A thirty-year war erupted among the Titon Kingdom, the Grand Duchy of Brera, and the Kingdom of Skalovi. Elsa used the war to weaken the Noble Faction and Storm Faction within her country. She also purged the military nobles in the army and the landed nobles across the various regions, while forging a force loyal to herself—the Elsa Legion.
Near the end of the war, all sides had been badly weakened. Elsa stepped down at the opportune moment, placing her husband Merezzakli on the throne. She withdrew behind the scenes and continued to govern the Titon Kingdom.
Seeing the Titon Kingdom's move, the Kingdom of Skalovi took the opportunity