I was like, doesn't allegiance mean by the nature of the word that you can only belong to one? I like the system, so I'm glad it wasn't that way. I hope to see more of them; so longs they continue with entertaining quests and good rewards. At least for a while.
Allegiance can be offered and given to lots of things. We have been giving our allegiance to hobbits, elves, dwarves and men since we left the intro. This is the same thing, only its after the One is gone, and we get specific rewards tied in with it. I didn't really like the system when I first encountered it, but now that I'm progressing along my second choice, I'm actually enjoying it more than I thought I would. I do hope it won't die a death like so many other systems that have come and gone, where we do 30 levels of each then it never sees the light of day again.
Sometimes, no matter how hard you look, there is no best light.