That's not even remotely what's going on in Silnaria. You are making false assumptions based on what Silverfire has said here on the forums. What's going on in Silnaria is that Merlin tried desperately to get the Empire and the rest of the League to recognize Silnaria as Coria's successor, which it legitimately is assuming you respected the sovereignty of the Corian Senate in the first place. Had you done so, Merlin would have re-signed the alliances, opened up passage rights, and we'd be right back to smashing Darka in the face just like we were before.
Instead you refused to recognize Silnaria and you've completely failed to reign in Tara. As a result, your war effort against Darka just went to !@#$, but it's sure as hell not Merlin's fault. Your characters let your dislike of the man take precedence over your desire to defeat Darka. If screwing Merlin is a bigger priority for you than defeating Darka then you're doing just fine. If not, then you've screwed up this situation royally.
Damn, +1. Pretty much nailed it IMO. Merlin / Silnaria's not 100% blameless, but yeah.
