Arcane Nobility

[Shostak]

Originally Posted by JohnPaulB

This is actually a conspiracy by the bureaucracy. If you had a regular ruler, he might be interested in how the government works and could learn these things easier than a wizard could (with their x2 XP costs).

Thus with the wizards playing Game of Thrones, they don't want to be bothered with the nuts and bolts of running things and usually leave that to the bureaucrats, who perpetuate the "need" to have wizards rule.

That explains everything!