Sounds like we have several different views of Tatius, and it might not be a bad idea to get them ironed out for the purposes of this joint project.
We know he's more intelligent than his cousin Euglyptus. And Euglyptus ran Dragon Pass quite effectively for over ten years, so he wasn't a complete loser.
The impression I get is that Tatius is primarily a politician, and secondarily a magician. His military knowledge has up till now been theoretical. But then if a very bright guy spends a few weeks reading through the world's best military library with the intention of learning strategy as fast as possible, you may well end up with a competent strategist.
As a magician, do we see him as concentrating on the mythical manipulation - Compromise, god-killing, etc? Or on the more "technical" side - my fireball's bigger than your fireball, and look what happens when I combine this number of sorcerors in this configuration, sort of thing?
As a politician and administrator, I tend to see him as being a lot like the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork. Always knows more than you think he does. No apparent vices. Seems to get by on a negative amount of sleep. Sarcasm 10W3.
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