The prestigious life Margulis lived in his country of origin had always been little more than a fabrication put on by his father. All wrinkles pressed out with a diamond-encrusted iron. The education, admiration, and lovers to which he contrived all merit from were made inseparable from wealth to him. The realization of which drove him to commit a grievous sin. Its consequences were the expungement of his family name.
Although he would claim to care deeply about his constituents, in truth, his murdering of the king and the subsequent inheritance of the title came to Margulis with an ultimatum. Reclaim his own greatness, or expire.