To comment on those images, Owen did in fact offer me leadership should I so desire it. He gave me pretty much all that remained of Samura's assets and told me to either continue the faction or move them over to Shura, which I did. However, as mentioned prior, I don't have the time to start another project so I left it in stagnation, fairly sure that Samura wasn't going to continue after the leadership explicitly said they have no desire to continue it and that it should be left alone.
I chose not to do anything with Samura for the reasons I've mentioned prior. Let old relics die and something new rise in their place.