As soon as kings die what they wanted goes out the window if it is convenient. These are definitely extraordinary circumstances and there are always royalists who really have hard ons for royal lineage as well as those folks who want to use claimants to jump start their own rise to power. Royal blood is a tool. People use tools. It shouldn’t be a surprise she’d have some support, especially in a society that’s given us plenty of underhanded power mongers like the Forsaken.
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