Post-Honeymoon SHB thoughts?

[Nariel]

Zenos is not Ascian to be given so much power so early, he is strong because poor plot decisions allowed him to be so.
Ranjit had decades of fighting experience with terrying light creatures, zenos is spoiled brat in his late 20s with plot armour.

The common sense says Ranjit should be many levels above zenos.

Yeah Zenos totaly isn't a trained Garlemald General, son of the emperor of an empire created and lead by immortal being, using every scientific advancement and that are not afraid of exeprimenting the sh*t out of everybody to gain military might, he totaly didn't lead the Gyr abania invasion force, reign upon them and repress every single rebellion in bloodshed. He totaly isn't a fullblown psychopath willing to detroy every single thing in its path to confront us. He's not an ascien, he's not immortal and still he look right into the eyes of an ascien and tell to give him back is body or he'll take it himself, the immortal being probably as powerfull as Hades comply to its demand without an argument.

I don't even like Zenos, I find him overhyped and all, but it don't change fact he's an unstopable beast of military might and power.

And whatever if Ran'jit was stronger or anything. Its about what he can bring to the story and Ran'jit have told everything he had to, he would serve no purpose in the storytelling.