I suspect that Widargelt was sidelined purely so that he would not overshadow Lyse. Cynical of me, perhaps, but when two characters better suited to leadership of the Ala Mhigan Resistance conveniently died and two others weren't even acknowledged directly as leadership contenders...it certainly feels that way. We'll have to see if he shows up in a future patch now that Gyr Abania has been mostly reclaimed but if he does not then I call shenanigans.