Jade's Chambers
Ariadne nodded as she listened
"That's the thing, isn't it? If your king and queen are good, and kind, and generous, then all is good. However, if your king or queen is selfish, or cruel, or even insane, then everything kind of falls apart, because there's no way to remove them without rebellion. And that was the case with us. the king at the time, who might have been going insane as well, was greedy and cruel, treating us, his loyal subjects, like work animals to be exploited and used up. We had to rebel."
She shrugged
"And that's part of the problem. When you think of your royalty as perfect and 'chosen by god', or whatever, you can't try to fix them if they're wrong or dangerous. You got lucky with King Random, i guess, but other kings weren't so good for the country, right?"