Pot, meet Kettle. Kettle, this is Pot.
On a more serious note, I don't really understand what HD is up to. I have some ideas, but it seems kind of far fetched.
It's basically what happens when one Ruler is stuck in prison for nearly 5-6 days, is defeated in the election, the other ruler has no idea what the previous ruler had been attempting to do, attempts to go in a separate direction, then gets himself captured by enemy forces.