The internal political struggle in the Court allowed Hudson, who held a transcendent position, to remain completely neutral.
As long as the major factions were not foolish, they would not provoke him. By staying neutral for a few more years, other nobles who wished to do the same would naturally gravitate towards him.
If nothing unexpected happened, Hudson was bound to receive a large tract of land on the Northern Front Line after the war, without having to vie for it, as people would willingly offer it up to him.
Where the most important strategic location was to defend against the Orc invasion, there would be his land. The job of the kingdom's gatekeeper, a hundred percent guaranteed to fall on his shoulders.
Had it not been for the establishment of the Prairie Seven Kingdoms, leading everyone to mistakenly believe the Northern Border no longer posed a threat, Hudson's land would have been on the Northern Frontier during the last awarding of fiefs.
