Did no one think about the security risk?!

[Reinhardt_Azureheim]

In the Endwalker master role quest "Sum of Our Parts", there are some great appearances from many NPCs you've met on your journey.

Some of them really made me smile but then when we reach the point lots of important world leaders all enter the Tower of Babel AT THE SAME TIME, I couldn't help but think - what would happen to the governance of the star of the whole thing came crashing down on their heads and wiped them all out? Who'd be in charge?

Would the Sultana, Lyse and Gosetsu end up running the show? Would Lima revert to anarchy? Would anyone miss Nero?

Ul'dah has enough governing figures within the Syndicate to have no issues to keep the political structure afloat.

Ala Mhigo's main leader is Lyse and has a lot of support from the various tribes and settlements.

Gridania would also be in good hands of A-Ruhn-Senna as well as Raya-o-Senna. They may need to learn a thing or two but otherwise no biggie. There are also fairly capable people in the Twin Adders.

Limsa Lominsa, while essentially a band of ruffians under charge of the Admiral, has a code they follow and it would not be long before someone would step up, possibly someone of the Maelstrom files.

Replacing Lord Hien would be a bigger upheaval, however I believe Yugiri as well as Gosetsu could handle it, potentially with help from the Mol Tribe of the Steppes.

Ser Aymeric is by any and all stretches a high pillar of authority, but not the "only" pillar. Given how far the progress has gone to reach this quest, Ishgard would be in fine hands with the four houses and a potential rising star would be Ser Artoriel of House Fortemps.

As for Sharlayan, Forchenault is fundamentally just a part of a sum of parts that governs the affairs of Sharlayan. While it would be tragic, the Sharlayans were literally preparing for a worst-case scenario, which would include losing their "leader" so to speak.

EDIT: What is also important to note is that while none of them have the Echo or regular access to Dynamis like us, they are actually all formidable combatants and aren't the leader of their state for pushing pencils across paper but rather their ability to move people not just with words but also with action - arguably you couldn't have asked for a more powerful troupe here.



The real loss would be "you", the Warrior of Light because putting plot armour aside for just a moment - if you don't exist, the world as it is now would have been f***ed in myriad ways without your intervention.