The Bayfolk, originating from pirates, lacked sufficient cultural foundation. Only by devoutly worshipping the Creator and striving to fully integrate into the continent's system and the collective unconscious sea could they withstand the upcoming Great Flood.
Other than that, there was only a path to destruction.
Clearly, Margaret I had long known the truth about the Great Flood from the Church.
However, the development path this [Evernight Queen] had planned for the nation and its people was completely different from Byron's independent stance.
She believed that only by completely abandoning the failed [God of the Wild Hunt] Woden, surrendering and converting to the victor of the last Divine War, the Creator, could the Bayfolk survive the next Great Flood.
In fact, this mindset of surrender was not originated by Margaret I herself.
