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[@Gowi]

Quite simple really. With the King dead and no royal heir, this has just become a game of every man for himself! Lancelot is just making a play to take out as much of the competition as possible before the civil war starts... Which in all honesty wasn't a bad move on the part of the dishonorable, crazed zealot. 
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Now, friend, let's be fair.  The treacherous bastard could be acting out of a desire to keep bloodshed to a minimum in the inevitable civil war.