That announcement and the ensuing chaos were enough to take up the entire morning, and Cain noticed that many of the King's closest advisors had disappeared from the hall.
He assumed that was a regular occurrence at first, but by the time the break came around and the Nobles were getting ready to gather for the banquet, it had become clear that their faction was wondering where they went.
Cain took a seat between Duke Chen and Duke Archibald, as Duke Chen instructed him to, keeping with the Palace's strange teired and factioned arrangement. The Upper Nobles sit at one table with like minded Nobles near their rank, with their Companions behind them at another.
Archibald might not be much of a Defense Minister, but much of that is due to his focus on capital politics. He's snobby and arrogant, but after talking with him for a while, his military tactics are superb. The problem is that he only cares about the capital region's safety and views the nation's problems as a nuisance.
