Okay. So the guards are being paid by the castle, because that is who they are paidto guard. But their loyalty is not high. So, they must not be paid MUCH. But they are being paid, by Ire, which means by definition that some kind of tax collection must be going on.
But who is collecting taxes?
Was it the Britacan troops (implementation) and when the Lions drove them off, they drove off the primary money-making operation of the castle, which would leave Ire unable to finance anything, which would mean that things go into disrepair and the people's minds turn to rebellion?
Or was it one, primary, murder that may be entirely unrelated to the taxes themselves (maybe a Britacan soldier was dabbling about with too many men's wives and they put an end to him -- and they realized this was a good way of getting rid of the tax collectors -- and thus the Lions were born. Naturally xenophobic, but thanks to an innate guilt and a knowledge that the Britacans technically owned Landria, they displace it to Peterny. They have the Destroyers' premise to work on there.)
So, it started with a murder, and turned into driving off the Britacans. The middleman system of "we collect the money, take it home, take our tribute, then send some back" sounds about right, and fits the Britacan mentality. Okay.
Now, the thing is, Ire's statement about "forgetting to pay the Britacan tribute" needs to be fixed, because you can't forget something you don't have to remember.
My battery is dying. That's bad.
But the GUARDS. Are aware that Britaca's troops are gone. And they're worried. Looting the castle is the only thing they can think of to keep their paychecks and families semi-balanced and why risk going up against the peasants, who have already decided there are "loyalists" who have to be destroyed? Better to lock the doors and pre-loot the castle.
This, obviously, didn't work.
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