Madina was a "Power"?
We always feared they would backstab us, but not that they would achieve much on their own against us...
There was a time, pre-Aurvandil, when Madina was really a power– without Terran, they wouldn't burnt Paisly to the ground. And there was even a time post-Aurvandil as well when Madina was quite strong, albeit contained by Aurvandil.
