OOH! Just had another flash of what-might-be.

REGICIDE!

Not too likely, perhaps, but hey, it -could- happen. I mean, if Stanley could do it ('of sorts', whatever that means) then it could happen to him too.

More likely is that Parson, Wanda, and Sizemore (and maybe Misty, but I think Stanley has other plans for her...) defect to the coalition side, in return for their lives being spared. I doubt the Gobwins would be able to hold for very long against the combined might of the uncroaked, the crap golems, Sizemore's 'tricks' and Parson's strategy. Not to mention, you know, an army of Marbits and other tunnel fighters.