Quote Originally Posted by SturmChurro View Post
He gladly shirked all his duties on the first, all the people who saw him as a leader - even a father - just so he can follow around the WoL like a schoolboy, with his hero-worship.
That's a pretty harsh way of looking at it. He died in that world and he can't return to it. It's only by fortune of having the soul crystal prepared that he was able to continue to exist at all.

Even if he'd passed his soul back to he Source without the exact events being forced by Elidibus, he'd been running the city for a century and seen it through the encroaching threat of the sin eaters, and probably felt that he didn't want to keep doing it literally forever (as he physically could have) and there was a point where he should hand over to a new generation. Given time to do it as he originally intended, it probably would have involved a lot more organising and discussion with the people that needed to fill his role - and honestly they seem like they'd collectively have it well in hand anyway. He seems to have been more of a final decision-maker and spokesperson for the city, and that part could easily be handled by a council or successor.