I don’t advocate killing off her character, but making her MIA would be best.

Frankly I had the idea that shortly after the king took on the crown there’s be a country wide coup anyways. Different lords who don’t support his ascension break off and try and defend their lands or take over enemy territory. This would easily get my orcs involved since they want to retake their ancestral homelands too and need to find support with different human lords (this is pretty much the reason why Malakaus is here in the first place) so we can easily turn this into a civil war fantasy with different characters fighting for their own side and ideals.

We can still have various noble lords and ladies if we need them too. No doubt there’s plenty of vassals worth the throne now that it’s been forcefully taken. Who knows, maybe even one of us could become the new ruler.