Got a lot of Shadowist priests to perform the required takeovers? Otherwise MT isn't going to have an easy time taking them, and then there is the fang-toothed cadaver-eaters you'll inherent as neighbors who have their own opinion over the rightful possession of those regions. 
As far as rogue regions go, they're not too difficult to break if the player in question dedicates his time to it and really focuses on bringing it around. Hulaferd was in much worse shape than many of those regions that formerly made up Giblot but I managed to turn it around with some help from the Assassin bureaucratic branch as Aramon. Assassins didn't have it too bad during the Giblot part of the war, just show up and lend their strength to the Lukon/Orit/OT mob when we went raiding northward. When it was Wetham/Giblot vs. Assassin/OT it was a lot hairier for the Assassins, with the threat of attack from both sides. Luckily for us Giblot/Wetham lacked the coordination skills Evil and I possessed or the Assassins wouldn't be around today to be considered. A solid combined effort during those days to knock out the Bakkers would have sunk the Assassins real quick. As it was, we did a pretty fair job in keeping Wetham pushed back into Frundi (and beyond) and turning around to keep Giblot out of Guild Lands.
feyeleanor seems to be working on swaying 1 of my 2 characters on Colonies. Am waiting for her action IC
True enough, Giblot demise is due to not only internal conflicts but external conflicts as well. Am thinking after Giblot, who's next on the Death List?
