Hi. Totally like the product and will continue to play.
But want to mention a few points:
a. if elders are so political why Mayhew tells Alex about council and creatures rules freely in effect telling him that he is about to be attacked/eliminated and by proxy all his associates? I understand the need to create the world but surely you need a storyline where Alex finds this out somehow (from Nick or Seth who was told as part of his stealing data storyline)
b. Paolo's story is bizarre - killing another elder because of cruelty to one "lower" creature? All his security just running in effect forfeiting their lives and status while they could have killed Mayhew easily as he implies by admitting he did that only after deciding security staff are not loyal? And all the bother of finding his servants afterwards not to get secrets and influence but to be killed by a traumatized/unreliable creature? Sorry, totally ridiculous
Paolo attacking elder's security while Mayhew is there in effect letting Mayhew use the opportunity to eliminate another elder/his network as well as sparing Paolo's life to work for him - would make sense
c. Nick's story of elder in Iraq doesn't really cut it. Any difference here from any other cruel/incompetent army general? The lead how he found out about them sure but otherwise I don't see any elders innate darkness her. Digging after and getting some horrible info from one of high-ranking generals who covered that attack up but after been hard done by elders on the other hand