Machiavel is pragmatic. He owes his allegiance to D'Hara, nothing else. However, he also does value his engagements. Which is why he makes sure to offer as little solid promises as possible, and often speaks as vaguely as he can.
As for shifting on Terran, ask Vellos if he thinks D'Hara failed them. He'd be the best one to say, not you. And Aurvandil... they attacked our federated ally, not the other way around. Finally, for Asylon, we only had a defensive agreement. Machiavel would have never supported any offensive campaign against Kabrinskia, which he viewed as making D'Hara vulnerable to Lurian sneak attacks.
Fair enough, I'm not going to argue all day about your/our faults. I merely point out that everyone on Dwilight has dirty hands.
