Thank you for doing this series, just to know... will you continue, or is this one time only?
Arslan truly doesn't seem like a powerful king, or at least what most would think is a "powerful king", but he is undoubtedly a good leader, he is learned disciplined, and has charisma, he is above average you could say nothing groundbreaking but when push comes to shove he knows what to do of his capabilities and to let those with the right abilities shine bright.
Now the thing is he has very much luck on his side, he has many wonderful companions that individually already are amazing, but the fact the follow him is because they like him and his unique self but still as time passes he needs to grow too so that he keeps being worthy of his companions loyalty.