I'm rather liking what y'all have planned. Count Alli in as the hung-over helpless beauty. Maybe she'll fight past her nasty headache long enough to plead to the ever-so-powerful-and-totally-winning Mardil about how he's not an evil person... how there is still a drop of humanity... how she... loves [?]... him.
Maybe not.
Maybe Illamatar could show up and add some spice. That's always fun.