Truth of the matter is it got deadlocked because other were not willing to change it, Darka (I'm part of this group) was paid by CE and Tara for years, and CE and Tara are middle realms aka the most viable for every other realm to gang up on... You can't blame them for never having competent opponent besides for Falasland and Darka, whom one they expanded on after Hasland fell and the other they employed, and the viking issue and southern snake issue timing was utterly well perfect.