It's a fair question, Nog. No matter how well you know another person's character, you never really do feel that they're yours, or that you're getting it just right. I would prefer that Eodwine remain the lord or the hall with or without a few minor character glitches (assume he fell off the horse on his way to Edoras and is forevermore afflicted with the occasional personality change?
), as the hall has traded hands so many times in recent game-time history that it's starting to seem a little unbelievable that some emissary of the king hasn't shown up to ask why people have been dropping like flies. Of course it's always an option for Eodwine to delegate responsibilities to his people, thereby being a permanent fixture without being directly responsible for day to day things. That way he'd still be lord of the mead hall, but wouldn't necessarily need to be in the spotlight all the time.