To this day it remains easy to ignore the fact that

the Aren High Command was rife with treachery,

dissension, rivalry and malice...The assertion

that (the Aren High Command) was ignorant of

the undercurrents in the countryside is, at best

naive, at worst cynical in the extreme...

The Sha'ik Rebellion

Cullaran

DG, UK MMPB, p.65