Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24993958-20170114144645/@comment-4948848-20170116211759

ChishioKunrin wrote:

What enemies? At the end of the war, everyone was ready to bow down to Vale, they made peace with a treaty, and there was no indication given that Mantle or Mistral harbored any bitterness about any of it.

And the kingdoms' governments were restructured, the king left his throne, Vale is now run by a council. The throne - or rather, lack thereof - is worthless. Vale is no longer a monarchy.

Find a leader in history that has not had at least one person who would have put a knife in them if given a chance. I believe one reason he gave up the throne was to limit the number of individuals going after him and his family to ones that had more personal reasons to do so. If he took full leadership power over Remnant it would only be a matter of time be he became a target of the peoples resentment in the government. He left on a good note so his position in history as good leader is secure.