Quote Originally Posted by LineageRazor View Post
Setting aside discussion of Lyse for a moment, M'naago's inner monologue where she offhandedly dismisses the notion that liberated Ala Mhigo will be ruled by a king I felt was a very interesting and easily overlooked tidbit from this story. Sod that. We've had enough of kings. I doubt it's an uncommon sentiment, as the Mad King's reign was truly horrendous, by all accounts. Nevertheless, I guess at the back of my mind I fully expected that once Ala Mhigo was freed, they'd uncover some lost prince or princess and prop them up as ruler, and everything would be hunky dory. When I read this, however, it dawned on my how unlikely that was - and it also dawned on me that there's been nothing in the story so far to discuss just what they ARE planning to do in terms of a new government.
There's some NPCs in Rhalgr's Reach making side-commentary about if they want a monarchy or republic but, yes, it doesn't seem like something anyone's really discussed?

I'm hoping this is going to be a major theme in the 4.1 to 4.X story-line because Ala Mhigo was in the middle of a civil war when the Empire swooped in. The lack of any real discussion on what form of government they'd have post-liberation makes it feel like it's still an extremely fraught and sensitive question and that the monarchist and republican sides are both still nursing a lot of old resentments. Pushing the Garleans back out may have united them for a time but now that the Empire's gone all the old conflicts are still there, waiting to kick off again.

It'd also be an interesting narrative contrast with Doma, where Hien is widely adored by his people and has no rivals to the throne, so he's already in power and rebuilding the Enclave by the end of 4.0.