>>5928434The sons of sin are not the only thing Canton has to even the playing field in terms of magic, it has its own sorcerors and the church has a incredibly potent arsenal of magical artifacts. The sons of sin are more of a game changer when it comes to the internal politics of the Kingsmen/Queensmen since the Kingsmen are decidedly on the backfoot in the respect of an equitable arsenal.
>even worse what if ardrene was traded for an attack on the dragon a mass sacrifice for some sort of dark ritualArdenne was an inside job to destroy a threat to the unity of Canton, a independent, succesful human realm closely related and with power rivaling the rest of Canton combined was something neither the crown, nor the church could tolerate, they were not alone many dukes profited from it, Pascae gained a near monopoly on maritime trade, Montbrune sole access to the northern trade, Fallavon likely got an increased share of the food market and none more so than the Romanie family who become dukes themselves after Ardenne fellno one could have predicted what they would unleash when they called upon Ardennes doom and few truly know what was done only that the regret was immediate & immeasurable and the hunger of what was unleashed, undying.Or the Fae did it IDK.