The final part of ARR story doesn't make enough sense.

[RobinRethiel]

Yes, it is a big problem and could have been done with the same result, wiht just some differences, so it makes more sense.

1. Let Kan and Merl be outside. Chaos starts and they could go to their city states without looking like ****, who just let their main ally being mutilated by a mercenary in front of their eyes.
2. Let Raubahn be alone with the Lalas (and their guards) -> also no witnesses, there were far too many on the banquet, when the assassination of the Sultana was announced, no way to hide this.
3. Just blame the assassination on the Scions - including the WoL - in total. The Sultana was poisoned. It's absolutely dumb to blame this on the person inside the room, no stranger to the house would poison someone like that. It would have made much more sense, if they had put the poison vial into the luggage of one of the Scions and find it there after the assassination. This would have raised much more eyebrows. The whole vial scene made not much sense. We could have talked to soo many people about it on the way home, in Uldah, could have asked Alchemists and so on, so many people who then could later attest, that we didn't have a vial with poison, but this empty one and asked a lot of questions about it, something an assassin wouldn't do.
4. Give the Scions a real reason for their sacrifice. It's okay, that we do not slaughter half of the Brass Blades (even though it seems quite possible, since two alone can fight dozens of them, so what would the whole group be able to do, including powerful heals from the WoL and Ysh? But they chatted far too long, wasting time and I really don't see any reason, why those Brass Blades and Crystal Braves must be delayed. I don't see how they could be faster than us.

The outcome could be exactly the same, there are just some little points, which make it feel so odd and that's quite sad.

Would also maybe be better, if we just get a disguise spell, when we enter the cities. That everyone loves us (because well, they can't just kick the players out of the cities or Uldah, this would really hurt the gameplay) does not make much sense. This would mean, that the coup totally failed and that we really got no reason to flee.

And yes:
Personally I would just have helped Raubahn (Scions were there, all got their weapons and if we really did not have ours when with the Sultana, I'm sure that one of them would have it, who else?) to kill the traitors and Lolo. Who would know? We were alone in there, would just blame the assassination on them (which is the truth anyway, hell, we even HEARED the confession) and well, they resisted and tried to kill Raubahn, Kan and Merl, too, so it was just self defense. Don't think, that the three leaders or Scions would have had so much probs with that...
Don't think, that Mr. Traitor and Lolo - no matter what they got on their side - would have much of a chance against the Flame's general, the WoL and the Scions (even if Merl and Kan would not help or be elsewhere).

Now everything is far more f**** up.

Except that we don't have the power of Echo anymore since it has been removed by the dragon Midgarsomr at the end of the Keeper of the Lake quest / instance...

We don't have the blessing of light, but we still got the echo. But it is not needed for this case. We got the confession of the assassin. And well, who would the people believe? Mr. Oligarch (if we let him live) or the Flame's general and the Scions, who are known to have saved the life of the citizens of all three city states more than one time?

EDIT:
@ Poison Vial
If there are really such strict rules about weapons, when you meet the Sultana, the guards would have searched us - and would have seen the empty vial. Since it was all for the Sultana's safety, they would for sure not allow people to get in there with some odd liquids in their pocket.