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Hien is a based Kongming-like figure. A strategist willing to forgo traditions and flood his own fortress - the very seat of Doma and his ancestral throne - in order to outwit the Garleans. Hien was a prodigal son who returned to his people only after he could be reassured of their commitment to the cause. He knew what Garlemald was capable of. He did not want to escalate the murder, famine, and assault his people had already been through.
Part of motivating him was convincing the defeated people of Doma to regain their conviction to take back their homeland. He was far more compelling than L*se and was, in my mind, the main character of that expansion.

Hot take, but I would've preferred if Stormblood devolved into a grand strategy game by the latter half between two supreme generals. I would've liked to have seen Hien outmaneuver someone like Gaius instead of what we got in the end. Stormblood was only interesting when I could see the moving pieces of some grand strategy fall into place.