i think what he meant is... what if they fail to create a viable realm out of their secession. obviously the realm is still there. how to rejoin the old realm without all abandoning the new one and letting the capital go rogue/TO'ed/whatever.
Um...actually, I think you've just described exactly how to rejoin the old realm.
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