Gawain was not a hot-blooded young man, nor did he hold naive and simple ideas about the impending war—so even aware of the Oblivion Association's actions, he did not harbor any passionate calls for peace.
Once he understood the cause and effect of the situation, Gawain realized that although this civil war was something the Oblivion Association anticipated, it was by no means something that such an evil-cult group could push forward single-handedly—it was the inevitable product of historical trends, much like the inevitable outbreak of war between Anzu and Typhon.
Francis II fell, killed by a high-rank bishop of the Oblivion Association, and orchestrated by his son, yet the old king did not merely fall at the hands of these two individuals; his death was the result of a power game and promotion by multiple forces.
