The top brass can make excuses for themselves all they want. Ask anyone who spent considerable time on Atamara as a knight, they can attest that Atamara was 1) boring as !@#$ and 2) run by a select few people who basically controlled the entire island between themselves. I'm talking days without any letters, straight-up being ignored when asking things or simply being told to sit down and follow orders like a good boy. Every time something exciting was bound to happen, the Cagilan block either squashed the attempt, or simply used its power to determine the outcome for themselves. Masterful politics had little to do with it. And if that sounds resentful, good! You few elitists ruined a perfectly good island by your unhealthy desire to win the game, despite being told time and time again that nobody outside the war island is ever supposed to win the game.
Atamara was nothing more than the private playground of a select group, and if they didn't like you, you could forget about having an sort of fun.
