Chronicles of the Empress CotE

Why do people seek power? the throne might look omnipotent from afar but she knows the truth. The throne rest upon a house of cards ready to tumble at the slightest nudge. Only fools and madmen will seek to sit upon it, she reasoned.

Then you might ask "Why does she sit on the throne then?"

To that question, she would say "Because I had no other choice, I'm cursed to sit on this throne till my dying breath"