Quote Originally Posted by cronasouls View Post
Just to clarify, Zooral's plan wasn't "make war so they appreciate the peace they have", it was "Make war, so they appreciate peace under MY rule." His plan is to make the idea of fighting back against HIS rule unappealing, because it will just lead to more war. He doesn't want peace, he wants people to bend the knee to him, and his method of getting that is making it so their only other option is endless war with him.
Indeed. It was really stupid.

A lot of the praise he's getting as a villain is totally unjustified and largely based on him having little to no dialogue.