And then there's Zenos...who's a loose cannon with an incredibly strong (and STABLE) artificial Echo, Ascian powers, and his own agenda.
I hadn't even thought of the Zenos factor. He doesn't seem to be keen on helping the Ascians, but he's also definitely keen on hornymurdering the WoL, so he's an entirely separate 3rd side for Elidibus to deal with. Plus with Emet-Selch (and his line) out of the ruling picture (Zenos explicitly stated he had no interest in doing any ruling), Garlemald is not going to be as easily molded by the Ascians any more.