"Occasionally, but more often it's just kingdoms fighting and dominating each other." So less people rising up and fighting, and more squabbling between their own kind. It's about who has the power, and while peasant revolutions are good in theory, they need financial backing to get anywhere. This is why Istredd avoids politics. It's all too frustrating and there's no way to fix it, as far as he can tell.

"I think it'll be bad for us, bad for Thorne, and bad for the continent in general. For now. Never say never." So Istredd's not necessarily against regicide, it's more about strategy than anything else. He sounds very confident in what he's saying and the reasons he would have for it, but he's not crossing out the possibility, so he's not morally opposed. He just wants to be smart about everything they do.

"Come by another time and I'd be happy to talk more about the politics of this world, if you're interested."