 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakupedzisira, mukupera kwa 1229, Theodore akatanga kuunganidza mauto ake muTesaronika - kusanganisira boka revarwi rakatumirwa naFrederick II - nokuda kwokurwiswa kwokupedzisira kwakarongwa kweConstantinople. Sezvo mauto ake akafamba achienda kumabvazuva muchirimo cha 1230, asingafungiri akatendeudzira mauto ake kuchamhembe ndokutevera mupata weEvros kupinda muBulgaria. Zvikonzero zvaTheodore zvokuchinja kwake kamwe kamwe zvinokurukurwa. Vanyori venhau dzakaitika panguva iyoyo uye gare gare vakadai saAkropolites vakashora ikoku sechiratidzo chokunyengera kwaTheodore nokusatendeseka. Zvimwe zvinoratidza kuti Theodore, akanga asati ambokundwa muhondo, aida kudzora simba reBulgaria uye kudzivisa mukana wokuti vaBulgaria vamurove kumashure apo akanga akabatikana mukukomba Constantinople. Kunyange zvazvo akabatwa nokushamiswa, John Asen II akaita nokukurumidza. Sezvinonzi akaisa rugwaro rwechibvumirano chakaputswa pane imwe yemapfumo ake se mureza, akaunganidza mauto ake ndokusangana naTheodore muhondo muna April 1230. Hondo yakazotevera yeKlokotnitsakwakanga kuri kukunda kukuru kwomutongi weBulgaria, uyo akatapa Theodore navazhinji vavabati vake. 