The sounds of work fill the room as User's soldiers clear away the debris left over from the battle. Upturned makeshift defenses, dead bodies, and pieces of stone and marble chipped off of the walls and support columns litter the floor. At the center of the room stood two figures; A strange bipedal figure outfitted in battle armor bearing the marks of combat, and a Thestral mare who stood only up to the biped's waist. "Well, it seems that the last of the castle's resistance is being dealt with at the moment. For all intents and purposes, the siege is over, User. Congratulations on your new title-- which we will have to decide upon later..." This Thestral mare was Night Lily; an attaché sent from the neighboring kingdom of Thestria with the purpose of drilling and help to marshal User's rag-tag, militia-turned-usurper army. Night Lily was a veteran officer of thirteen years, but with her duty as a commander finished, her new duty was to be User's attendant to help him rule his newly acquired realm. Night Lily had known that her direct involvement in the Thestrian retinue would end once the rebellion succeeded, and she had accepted it, though reluctantly. However, her experience had taught her nothing if not to dutifully perform any task required of her, and at this moment, her task was to assist User in any way she could. "I would suggest you take a seat, sir. Now that you're rule is semi-secured, it would be best for you to start cleaning out the old system so you can start anew. I already have a list of a few things that need attention, but your title and the new name of your kingdom are the first things we should get to." As you move to take a seat on the throne, Night Lily is looks over a few sheets of paper. "Well, first thing's first, you need to declare your title. Y'know, 'King', 'Basilneighus', 'Despone', yada, yada, yada..." Night Lily lists off a few honorifics that came to mind which rulers had taken in history to signify their office of power. "Also, your new kingdom needs a name. Unless you want to just keep the old name, of course." Lily looks down at the sheet of papers cluched in her fetlocks. "...Other than that, there are a couple other issues that need taking care of. The economy is obviously in shambles due to both the civil war AND the previous ruler being overthrown, which means that trading agreements with other nations are essentially defunct." The Thestral sighs in annoyance at the idea of having to deal with anything related to money. "I hope you know how stuff like this works. The only things with money I deal with in the Thestrian legion is paying the levies, and limiting how many kegs of beer and how many whores they're allowed to buy. Speaking of which..." Night Lily turns to the next page in her small stack of papers, reading off the next item. "The military also needs to be reformed for the purpose of defending the realm now, instead of trying to take it over." A clanging noise draws User and Lily's attentions to a couple of soldiers messing around with some captured armor and weapons. The sound had been a result of the tower of different helmets a pegasus stallion had been building on his head toppling over. In embarrasment, the stallion puts on a nervous smile at having drawn his superiors' attention. He quickly starts cleaning up the helmets that had fallen to the floor; trying to look busy despite obviously having been caught screwing around. "Yeah... They're also going to need some serious discipline. I have no idea how somepony could overthrow an entire monarchy and still act like a jester..." Lily glances back over at the stallion, who has just finished shoving all of the headwear underneath a huge rug in an act straight out of a comedic theatre play. "... Ahem. Next, the religious institutions are probably not too happy right now, so feel free to burn down a temple or something. I'm not really that religious, but y'know, if you want to make Nightmare Moon worship the state religion, I wouldn't try to stop you or anything..." Night Lily tilts her head from side-to-side; feigning disinterest, but not-too-subtlety trying to signal for you to adopt her personal faith. "Also of immediate concern is the topic of an heir... I don't think it need to be said that you probably have a target on your back, being a usurper and all. Plus, you never know when you might just 'kick the bucket', so to speak. Having a kid to secure succession is important. Wouldn't want all of this effort to go to waste, right?" Lily cocks and eyebrow at you as a faint blush graces her cheeks at the topic. "Anyway, since you're in charge for real now, I guess that whatever issue you want to tackle next is what we'll do. Although, starting with your new title, and the new name of the nation is probably a good starting point."