Yeah our characters' passiveness was painful. They better let us skewer Ilberd (Smirking Dummy's actual name if I remember correctly) personally in a cutscene down the line. Teledji's execution was beautiful, so I hope Ilberd's will be just as satisfying. And no more people staying behind for us to fight a few nameless goons.
Aside from our characters' rather pitiful role in all of this, I found the story rather interesting and exciting, although I remain hopeful and confident that not everyone who appears to be dead is actually dead. Otherwise I'd be quite pissed.