This argument is getting old.
If CE is a puppetmaster of Talerium and Tara, then Eston was a puppetmaster of Darka and BoM. The relationships were fairly analogous as far as I could tell.
I'm starting to think that Kerwin's biggest mistake was to think that he was actually in charge of the Northern Alliance.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FopyRHHlt3M
To be honest, Kerwins mistake was listening to Eston's council because we would make a decision, back track on it, then yell at him, rinse, and repeat. Kerwin was too nice, he was trying to work with a group of people (inside Eston) that had no desire to agree to anything.
CE did to Eston (forced departure of the Government and Council) what Kerwin needed to do to Eston but did not have the tools to do so.
