Yeah, there's a lot to criticize about Guru. He's so stubbornly looking for mana; it's a nightmare! Or does he just think it's better this way? After all, you can come up with arguments in favor of executing mana.
Ruddy and Ursula don't need any comments. Although, someone once told me a lot about the latter, especially about her incredible skill, but I don't think this is a case of such incredible camouflage as a peaceful character.
In this situation, I would pay attention to the behavior of Saret and Neyra. They are behaving too carefully. Not that I'm criticizing them for not executing me (;)), but somehow... "I don't want this, I probably won't do that. Or maybe I will." This is especially true for Saret, given his previous games.
Regarding myself, I don't understand at all where you got that from.
My complaints about Vespers are different: she doesn't write much about the important stuff. And she makes normal jokes, and everything is great, but somehow... There are a lot of jokes, but not much else.
I don't want to cancel Guru yet, but if they're not going to execute him after all, then we'll see.