Quote Originally Posted by GeneralHankerchief View Post
But for Dietrich, it was less about becoming Duke and more about killing Hans and Jan. Hence its placement.
Yeah, I kind of figured.

From Jan's point of view, he just couldn't sit by. He highly suspected Lothar, Arnold, and Dietrich were part of a secret 'order'. With two of them Dukes, Jan got scared when he saw the 3rd try to become Duke. He knew those three would become politically unstoppable for the rest of their lives.

So, it became imperative to stop it. It was worth leaving Outremer and giving up the Kingship. And it was worth his life. I saw the character winding down anyways. If he survived Bern, he was going to semi-retire to Franconia and maybe make a trip back to Outremer so he could fight Timurids in his old age.