The chaotic era was the perfect opportunity for making moves without being noticed so much, especially with everything that had already been going on.
Sometimes it was far easier to avoid acting so directly to get things done, especially when there were others to do it instead.
It could sometimes take a single small spark to result in a conflict breaking out, especially when tensions were far higher.
While everyone else was distracted and making all of the sacrifices, another outside influence could take advantage of the chaos and seek out benefits for themselves, whether it was sneaking away with things or appearing to provide aid to one side.
Sometimes there would be cases where two sides would end up clashing and destroying each other, leaving everything behind for others to claim once they lost their original owners.
