[Kuritza]

When Ermor is allowed to devour neighbours one by one, especially if closest neighbours are new players, he's unstoppable. And thats often the case - especially on some maps, where movement is difficult you often just cannot help others against Ermor even if you wish to.
And just as many neutral priests are atomic against Ermor, so is darkness against most living nations.
He may be weakened now by not being able to invest tons of gold into very, very strong PD (when buffed) in addition to castles and temples. But I'd say Ermor is still strong enough to be one of the local superpowers.