@fabdlx I think it actually hinders progress. I think that it should give access to the story line in Sciropescire and maybe Cent, since they have a suggested power of 130. Right now i have the possibility of choosing one with a suggested power of 190 or 230 which makes no sense when there are areas with a lower suggested power.

I finished the quest "The song of soma" which should give me Grantebridgescire as an ally, but it did not register on the Alliance map, and if i pledge to Grantebridgescire again nothing happens. I have finished every quest in Grantebridgescire but nothing seems to work. Is there anything i/you can do or should i just ignore it?

The attached pictures shows the Alliance map and the finished quest "The song of soma".