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Robert Reid
I think from the outset Oien simply views the King as an inconvenient necessity. The King has the armies to allow conquest and the manpower to reopen the othium mines. Initially their aims are aligned. Both want the riches and resources in Amina in the south. Oien knows the King understands the power of a harsh ruler. The demonstration of the red fire is impress on the King he knows nothing of supernatural power and he knows the demonstration puts the King on the back foot. However the King has been thwarted in his ambition to conquer Amina. He would give anything to resurrect his goal of acquisition of Amina and recognises that Oien’s magic might provide the solution. I think if Amina had been securely conquered then Oien would have removed the King. He had history of doing this – Page 104 in White Light Red Fire.
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