Among the four lords who made up the Western Lords, Essenbach was by far the most powerful. Though it didn't share a border with Burgundy, it was close to the Duchy of Roden and Strasbourg.
And Essenbach's greatest rival was the Duchy of Roden. That was because part of the Alsace region occupied by the Duchy of Roden had originally been Essenbach's territory.
That's why Essenbach was the most aggressive in exerting influence over Strasbourg. They had recommended a noblewoman from the Gwendirente family to the previous king, and she turned out to be the queen who became the root cause of everything happening now.
In the end, they had successfully used the queen to strip away the Duchy of Roden's influence, and Essenbach's own influence took deep root in its place. The problem was that the current queen had fallen from power.
Count Euz spoke as he observed the Essenbach army.
"It seems Essenbach intends to throw itself fully into this civil war."
