well Helheim stalling is not good neither Saro turning AI. I guess we just try and fight as much as we can, and thats that.
I have no doubt that Ermor is going to be able to stop me, (especially since they won't be hard pressed by Helheim) but I'm not gonna go down without a fight
Regarding Helheim stalling we could after this turn start looking for a sub I guess. Probably he got discouraged by someone dispelling his Ancient furnace, or I don't know what.