If you guys are going to pick on Ziode, then at least let him defend himself... 
Nah. It was fun in Kindara. Everyone thought Ziode wanted peace, but really, Ziode wanted Kindara to have influence, and when your realm is made of nobles from 5 different realms, and all of those nobles are still almost blindly loyal to their old realms, you can't really do much except politically. I think Ziode worked well with what he had. Now if only Alpha hadn't handed Kindara over to that large group of Beluaterrans who immigrated there, I'd be happier.
If you couldn't unite your nobles, what real chance did you have of establishing any real influence? Very difficult to convince the rest of a continent to take your political maneuvererings seriously when they know you are working from a fractured support base. It might give them pause, but then they will just start sowing discontent until you end up having to focus on the home front.
