There's always someone who says exactly what I was going to, just much shorter. (This is a rare case where the detail helps.)
As I said, though, if either Ravendon or Saeculo had tried to keep supporting it, Merlin would not have dropped it. We've had a three-way counterbalance effect for a while. Ravendon was the tie-breaker in this case; I waited a while to see how things would develop.
I was trying not to give away too many details. Those can be revealed later, after this situation has reached its IG conclusion. I felt like things got awful meta-gamey for a little while, so I figured I'd be cautious.
