Maerlyn

More like a subsect of Sombra Corporation, LaMerk or NorthCentral Posittonics. Yes, agencies that work in a fashion towards the King's goals, byt not every sector of those agencies are aware of their part on the great play

Adaptability and resorting to savagery, primal instincts to survive is not the same as intellgence.

You have maybe 3 actual smart characters on this list and the rest are all just opportunists or domineering tyrants, who ruled not with smarts, but fear and strength.

Based on that synopsis this writer would consider Hitler to be a genius and applaud him