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They all turned to look to him for guidance. The crown weighed heavily on Ben’s head as reality dawned on him. He was no longer an exiled prince with a claim to a land he’d never gazed upon before, he was no longer a figurehead at the vanguard of a foreign army. He was King. King of Alderaan. Newly anointed on the field of battle though he held only half the kingdom in his grasp. Anger seized him anew, the familiar desire to seek revenge on those who had wronged his family spreading through his veins like wildfire. “We will ride north,” he said, clenching his right fist in righteous fury. “We will root Lady Rey out of her keep and she will suffer the fate of all traitors. We will rip her out root and stem.” -------- Historical AU