I'm noticing a lot of unpredictability in Perisno 0.9 compared to 0.8. Defensive pacts and trade agreements are formed a lot, and all factions are way more aggressive - in my 0.8 games, Valahir Clan and Cretas Monarchy could last upwards of 200 days, and in my current playthrough they both got eliminated before the Zann invasion happened (day 156)... Elintor is surprisingly dominating Tolrania (usually it's the other way around), Geldar and Aroulo both somehow manage to fend Elintor off, Maccavia and Reich are expanding rather aggressively (they always seemed to get curbstomped in 0.8 for me), and for once, Drahara isn't brutally dominating their Hakkon/Kaikoth neighbors. Feels refreshing!