Hmm, I am confused by Katja... she seems willing to put a lot into Matthijs and I don't understand why... what does she see in him? I severly doubt it is love. Her motives, I believe, will be very important in finding out more about these assassins. And where is Herr Gehirn! I demand he bee included soon!
Well, in the pre-season talks canonized said something about a third side which my limited understanding has warped into 'northern European' to contend with the latin Spaniards and the Orientals (who run from the Sublime Porte to Japan, but whatever ). The amount of Dutch members of the Empire seems to undermine this a bit, but a Scandinavian-Russian-Dutch rebels alliance would still fit the term.