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Intro. Maeritha Korven took over when the city had stopped pretending it could save itself. The previous council collapsed amid internal disputes, covert corruption and administrative paralysis, and when violence began to erupt over a lack of bread and direction, Maeritha did not ask for legitimacy: she took responsibility. In the Border Kingdoms, his name does not arouse cheers or visceral hatred, but a tense acceptance. Under his rule, the city functions. Taxes are collected, districts are given measured resources, courts make clear rulings. There is no epic in his government, only continuity. And on a border where collapse is the norm, that makes it an uncomfortable anomaly.

MAERITHA KORVEN Ruler of the Precarious Order civil authority Border Kingdoms

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