Modern Garlemald is, at most, about 50 years old; their rise to power is detailed on Solus zos Galvus' bio that I posted on the last page. That's the most in-depth look at their history we have, but given it's only 50 years (give or take), I don't think it's been warped and lost to the mists of time like the truth behind the Dragonsong War was. There may be more to the story we don't know... there probably is... but unless it's some earth-shaking twist it's not really going to change my opinion on them.

I actually like Regula. Not as much as Gaius, but he's very mysterious and I'm not sure what direction they're going with him. I like a good mystery.