I also would not be surprised to find out the "interest" of the other parties is nothing but a ruse to recruit potential colonist to their realm and string them along with hopes of eventually striking out on there own, while never intending to fulfil there part of the deal. Cause such deception has NEVER happened on Dwilight, nope never.
Well I'm glad we can agree that never happens.
If we don't have monsters on our northern flank, what the hell will my armies do?
I don't know, what they've been doing? Fighting their Lurian neighbors like Luria is supposed to do? Rebelling against themselves? Twiddling their thumbs and plotting treason?