Keraxe has the strongest navy, the Thorn Empire is clearly above Ravenna in terms of military as well as has a stronger curse user, the Jursaserva controls all of the news in the war seas, the Grand Navy can do whatever it wants in the name of justice, and the Corsairs have the ear of countless pirate captains in the southern seas, and based on how the seas seem to scale, those captains are at the minimum stronger than Commodore Kai and likely as strong as Calvus
1 most kings prob arn’t part of the order so calvus does have that
2. he was basically begging to join so he can be informed of better plans
3. Prob smth to do with leadership or smth
The order saw Calvus ascending to the throne without any knowledge on ruling a kingdom and took their opportunity to expand their influence - they help Calvus rule and they gain his trust in return, and is he’s now willing to help out with whatever they may need.
His rank likely came from his influence as a kingdom’s ruler and unwavering loyalty to the cause, which may be considered just as valuable as one’s fighting prowess.
probably from both the fact hes been in the order for a while (they’ve trained him since like, childhood to be loyal to the cause) and his politcal influence (he literally has an entire sea under his control excluding redwake)
Doubt it since when we kill him the order loses nearly no strength or influence (less than 5% is crazy bro)
ok i mean cmon strength is reasonable since Calvus himself is kind of weak for a guy with his second awakening and ravenna’s army ins’t thaaat strong like a very old general that cannot use magic and a guy with a weak elemental curse but about influence idk he has nearly the entire bronze sea in his hands, like 4 islands or something and an entire kingdom so idk abt that
Wouldn’t call him “Strong” since he got his ass handed to him by a homeless amnesiac with significantly less training than him but I do agree with how he’s powerful due to his position