Talk:Relics/@comment-24573226-20171017163314/@comment-25396609-20171023020628

He may not be making the best choices, but he's also the only one who in Atlas knows what's actually going on in the world. It's not even just about war, or cutting off exports; by controlling traffic in and out of the kingdoms he can bottleneck, track, and prevent infiltration.

It's not stupid, it's not crazy; it's desperate.