Tbf he could've married Yona and united both factions if he really wanted to
That wouldn’t have done anything in terms of King-il leading the country to ruin lol. It was more about his terrible leadership than factions being at odds alone
And if you meant marry her after usurping the throne…be fr lol. She would NOT agree to that and Hak would’ve tried to off him
I never said he had to marry her with consent, it was pretty common in history for this to happen He had already killed her dad I'm sure forcing her to marry him wasn't out of the realm of possibility plus he wouldn't have had to kill her. Hak would be fucked either way
That was the major reason but your last line doesn't make any sense. His poor leadership was the whole reason there probably were 2 factions going against each other. The reason was his poor leadership and the outcome was two opposing factions lol
I don’t think the idea of a forced marriage held any benefits for his side. Yona JUST because the symbol of the people because of her bond with the dragons and then their travels helping. Marrying her back then would have no use
Oh I see how my words made no sense LOL. But I guess I feel like there was really nothing else he could have done fr. Other than the coup and there’s no way they were all going to peacefully be imprisoned. Someone was gonna die and after that — it’s no reconciliation fr lol. So It is what It is. I applaud him for making a tough choice for a greater good rather than on his own personal feelings for his friends.
I forgot a key thing, Yona and him are cousins so he DOES have a blood right to the throne Lol
Tbh…yall it’s a war LMAOO. He staged a coup!! You literally cannot let people live from the other faction when you do that. At the best — he could have imprisoned Hak, Yona, etc — but they’d likely have been killed anyway because his followers would see them as a threat (the way they’ve been wanted to off them this entire time). So it’s really pointless for us as readers to be mad, because he’s literally doing the only thing he can do when you usurp an entire damn throne. Yona and the bunch were enemies at that point and he was just doing his damn job. Relax.