Yeah, I usually find myself in the same situation (I *just* got the ability to cast spells, myself and all my LT's aren't that high level).
But seeing our friendly neighbourhood Pontiff in action, I feel that is within his grasp
I just told Bjørn off for "killing" Suris Enlien earlier today - now you can join in on the whine-fest! If you had her as regent instead, you'd be kicking some ass!
She was high-level, she was badass, she was fanatical, she was a hell of a lot of fun to play. And she was mine, so I wouldn't let you have her anyway... mohahahahah!
On a side note, sometimes when I'm a bit sad that I don't get to go anywhere with Orthien, I just read some of the previous adventure threads (like this one, for instance) and then I feel rather relieved instead