In a fleeting glimpse of a dream, Lissandra had considered sending troops from the Iron Thorn Kingdom to give Ashe and Demacia a little surprise.
With the idea in mind, Lissandra carefully jumped between dreams, hoping to learn more about the situation in the Iron Thorn Kingdom. But after searching for a while, she began to have some slight reservations about her original plan.
The Iron Thorn Kingdom... could it really be counted on as an ally?
The main reason for this thought was that the Iron Thorn Kingdom's situation was already as bad as it could possibly get. Even if Lissandra could incite the Raiders of eastern Freljord to march south and come to its aid, they would probably be unable to withstand the Noxians' advance.
And the main reason for all this was that the local "royal family" was acting like a bunch of bastards.
It all began when Noxus broke apart.
After suffering a crushing defeat at the Battle of Tobicia, and with a large number of nobles tied to the Black Rose fleeing outright, a remarkable power vacuum emerged at the heart of Noxian authority. Many positions that were obviously cushy jobs were left vacant.
These positions had once belonged to some of the old nobility and were the result of Swin's compromise with them. Back then, in order to unite as much of the country's strength as possible, Swin had reached a partial reconciliation with the Black Rose. He had stopped purging the old nobility and set aside certain easy, lucrative positions that had little bearing on the bigger picture as bargaining chips for them.
But after the crushing defeat at Tobicia and the Black Rose's flight, most of the old nobles holding these positions had fled along with the Black Rose. The few