Yeah, it worked out pretty perfectly. I think the lesson here is that if you send a RP or message predicting your hero's death 10 minutes before turn change where a big battle is going to occur, the magic of BM will take care of the rest
If Zakilevo was killed instead of retiring to a solitary life, it would have been awesome. Didymus probably would've forced a campaign just to avenge him (even if it was against rogues
). Zakilevo was a really good character who did a lot to try to bring newer sirionites into power, and even with his retirement, he had a huge impact on a lot of other characters who were sad/happy to see him go, especially mine who idolized and missed him.