Guild Wars 2

I don’t find weird so many people question if Logan was necessary in Ebonhawke. A problem is that most of the things people mention to say he made a difference there (such as how the queen needed him to buy time) are never explicitly stated, and are mostly left for speculation, while the effects of his abscence are clearly stated to have catastrophic results to Destiny’s Edge.

I believe saying he “ran away” makes it seem as if he ran out of fear, which is innacurate, but he did leave his comrades just before a huge battle he had a vital role to play. I think his presence there would have ultimately meant the dragon’s death, quoting the book itself:
“Especially because they had been so close. Just a few moments more and the lance would have pierced the dragon’s heart, and Kralkatorrik would have died, and Snaff would have lived. A few moments that Logan could have given them.”
The only apparent reason the plan failed was that Caithe could not protect Snaff by herself (she only held out for that long because Rytlock was with her until he had to leave to deal what was supposed to be the killing blow). It’s pretty safe to say, at least from a strategic point of view, that Logan’s presence there would have made the plan a success: helping Caithe guard Snaff, he would only have to hold out a little more until Rytlock could pierce the dragon’s heart, what doesn’t seem it would be that much longer. The way the book tells the events, and even the tone it uses to do so, at least seems to send the message that piercing the dragon’s heart would kill it, and that Logan’s presence would certainly make the plan a success.

Of course, that is only one of the problems with Logan’s narrative and dillema between his guild friends and his queen. He doesn’t seem to have gone for her call for fear of some sort of political consequence to her death, but out of love, and the relationship between the two is incredibly underdeveloped and not even what you would call official. Even if Jennah’s death could have caused Kryta to enter in chaos, that doesn’t seem to have been his motivation at all, which reflects in his character.