What would happen if Iver did nothing?
All the ministers, knights, and officers who were loyal to the Queen would be dead within a year. Of those who remained, more than half would die or be injured amid the chaos and infighting. Finally, after Isabel returned, the last survivors would be imprisoned or executed.
Over the next three years, the people would endure four major wars.
And the nationwide crop failure caused by the descent of Shadow Land would bring famine and immense chaos... Afterward, the famine would spread to the surrounding countries.
After the Fallen Angel descended, Stibnite would also undergo six civil wars. In the most extreme case, it would split into six pieces on the spot, eventually becoming three again. Stibnite and Avalon alone would see their populations reduced to less than a third after three years.
Looking at Glass Island alone, one might feel that the impact was not too great. Glass Island in 1.0 and 4.0 merely had fewer visitors. Yet the rural regions had practically become ghost towns. A village might have only a few households, and their numbers continued to dwindle. Civilization kept retreating: villages gathered into towns, towns gathered back into cities, and vast stretches of land turned into ruins.
The newly born Camelot seemed full of hope, yet it had so few talented people that even the ministers could not fill all the positions. The council had just over thirty members at most, and more than half of them were not from Avalon. They were elves who had taken part in the Extermination War against the Shadow Angel.
Stibnite was even worse. Already locked in internal strife, its people stopped pretending after being briefly controlled by the Fallen Angel. Armed warlords carved up the land... Advanced technology, weapons, and magic were