Well, ya know, insisting on being honorable and doing your best to torpedo your own career in the process has be tiring. He's allowed a break from being the POV character sometimes. :D

(But you're right -- I don't think there's a such thing as too much Keith.)

And yes -- I think the way that the narrative is so tightly tied to the land itself works especially well when the broader conflict is over the rule of that land. I really love the result, too.