Board Thread:What If?/@comment-5674726-20140906160841/@comment-5674726-20141006185100

Machairodus wrote: It is intrusion into the succession war which makes any peace agreement a laughing stock. Furthermore, it could be viewed as alliance between Annis and Morgana.

Also, there are kings willing to wage war and Camelot's allies who are obliged to help. Neither of Morgana's conquests lasted long enough to do it. After all, war preparations take time. Even if we are going to be cynical, there are kingdoms who want to weaken Camelot, but there are also those who want it to be strong. Technically, it would be Queen Annis disposing of territory under her rule, and there was nothing preventing her allying with Morgana if she so chose.

As for Camelot's allies, they would have a choice, and that choice would be based on what they considered best for their own kingdoms. Uther had won their respect but Arthur was very new to the throne and, in the course of his short reign, would have taken it upon himself to execute a fellow King - not something that any other monarch is going to look kindly on him for; it could be taken as a sign that he viewed himself as superior and entitled to pass sentence on another monarch - and lost half of his kingdom.

They could be forgiven for thinking that he was not a good horse to back, and not somebody worthy of them committing their resources to.