NPCs with plot armor, does it bother you?

[Felis]

Otherwise it seems like there was barely a point to it happening, beyond brief shock value.

The point was to show that not every citizen of Ishgard was ok with the new politic.

[Iscah]

The point was to show that not every citizen of Ishgard was ok with the new politic.

Yeah, I realise that - but being actually stabbed, an emphasis on him being injured, randomly in pain later... and then it's kind of gone nowhere. He might as well have had a close miss with someone *trying* to stab him but getting caught just in time, or only giving him a minor injury. It would still give the same demonstration that people are unhappy enough to attempt to kill him, without requiring too much suspension of disbelief.