Y'shtola is the poster child for the game here in Japan. She's on the time cards, she's in the crossover games, she has a freaking 1,000 dollar doll. She's got plot armor thicker than superman's.

On who would probably have the most impact, in universe, it'd be Alphi. He's not my favorite character, but if we were actually the WoL, his story is arguably the most tied ours. He was on the cart at the beginning, he was the point man for a lot of plot development (and indeed he and Tataru were THE main recurring NPCs in HW).

I mean, as far as I can see he is the main character of this story. We're just the brute force.

..on who I actually see dying on us... Matoya, to give Y'shtola more development.