Do you think one of the Scions will die on Dawntrail

[Xrono_Amber]

All that said, I do think there's an element of truth in it not 'feeling right' if the Scions died in, say, Dawntrail, even if Dawntrail's meaningful bodycount was actually quite high. Because Dawntrail's deaths were meaningful; they affect the people and world around them. Gulool Ja Ja doesn't die for raw shock value, his death fundamentally changes the character relationships between Zoraal Ja, Wuk Lamat, Koana, and the city of Tuliyollal. In that context, one of the Scions dying would feel wrong, not because the space around them isn't dangerous, but because this isn't their story. Their death wouldn't affect anyone around them, because most of this continent doesn't know or care what a Thancred is; his death would be a meaningless speedbump, when he deserves more.

Nah, my reasoning is way more simpler. Endwalker has raised the stakes to extraordinary levels. And during the events of a burning skies, people turning into beasts from the despair and us traveling to the edge of the Universe to resolve said crisis, not a single Scion died. So my conclusion is simple, if this failed to killed at least some of them, nothing should be able to do so in the future. Because no threat can compete with Endsinger.

They had an opportunity to kill Thancred in Shadowbrigners. They didn't. They had an opportunity to kill Y'shtola in Heavensward and Shadowbringers. They didn't. They had opportunity to kill at least some Scions in Endwalker. They didn't. And when they killed Zenos, they had to go out of their way to say "no, he'll not return, he died for good". And I still wouldn't be surprised if he would return in some shape or form. They have written themselves into a sort of trap. Now, even if they want to kill someone, it will be a cheap death, no matter how they describe it.

And unnamed characters or characters with a name who are introduced to us? Yeah, they can and will die on a whim. During the first assault of Tuliyollal, if I'm not mistaken, only one old lady with the name died. I can't recall where we interacted with her, but she's basically not much different from an unnamed character. During the massacre in Solution Nine, the only meaningful death is Otis.