"Then he is dead?"

But is he really dead? Just kidding. But seriously, his actions were not worth the reward. And maybe I'm just saying that because in my opinion second in command is just as good, if not better than king because you have all these benefits, without people always plotting to kill/overthrow you, AND because his "rewards" lasted literally less than a week. And a result of his actions was becoming completely insane. So was loss of sanity and life for him and his wife really worth it? Doesn't seem so great to me. He lost EVERYTHING (friends, loyalty, sanity, health, his wife) for ONE thing which didn't even last him that long. And then he was killed. So yes, he really is dead.