Why is everyone dead in the Wyrm rock audience chamber

[northernwater]

I am never clear as to why everyone is dead in the audience chamber when you go back.

[brendan_in_china]

If you side with Gortash, his banite guards will explain why.

[northernwater]

Ah, I see. I never have sided with Gortash. He seemed like a scum bag.

[northernwater]

I'm going to have start reading those books you find everywhere.

[seeker1]

In a feudal society, a tyrant's rise to power often involves removing lesser nobility that could be obstacles to power.

[northernwater]

Originally posted by seeker1:

In a feudal society, a tyrant's rise to power often involves removing lesser nobility that could be obstacles to power.

Actually in a feudal society the nobles are essential in managing a collection of fiefdoms. The royals depended on them.

[seeker1]

Faerun/BGC is not a normal, standard feudal society.

Actual dialogue: spoilers? (BTW, I only know this from reddit, not my game.)

MC: “This place looks like a slaughterhouse. What happened?”
Iron Consul Nuff: “My lord requires a clear path to his magnificent future. We cut away the troublesome bramble.
Do not face him without Orin’s Netherstone in hand, or you will meet the same end.”

Also: apparently, if you go through his journals, Gortash talks about not having enough tadpoles to tadpole all the lesser nobility, so he just killed them.

[brendan_in_china]

Originally posted by seeker1:

Faerun/BGC is not a normal, standard feudal society.

It's difficult to talk about generalities in FR. Baldur's Gate has Patriars, Neverwinter has Arcane Brotherhood and Elturel a Torm theocracy.

Regardless, it's about removing obstacles to untrammeled power.