#namorn

If Empress Berenene had played her cards less forcefully, had tried to appease them (the Circle) in a real way instead of just on the surface? She would have gotten them

She could have offered them a second home, she could have changed one law, and not only have gotten the assets she wanted, but would have made her empire stronger!

She spent so much effort trying to make things LOOK good instead of actually MAKING them good.

Like the fours main concern was how she treated her people and ruled her country. They didnt really mind her extravagant parties and unnecessary political games, but she ruled her people in a way that they were not protected. This alone was enough to make them want to leave and it was the one thing she refused to budge on.

Her greenhouses were already enticing to Briar.

Daja already knew people in Namorn AND was falling in love.

Tris loves any opportunity to learn more and experience more, as long as it is on her terms.

And Sandry was already feeling responsible for her heritage, Berenene could have easily went that route. Offered her records on her lineage, show her the best seamstresses in Dancurn. But in that regard she faltered as well, she chose to pressure her politically. To play cruel games with Sandry who already hated the arbitrary noble customs of Emelan!

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