dnd au where velaris committed to betraying the party and ultimately sided with mr spider + velsharoon. aka if he did fall into “this is the only way to achieve my goals” (goals being Learning new knowledge + saving einjar)
would he have succeeded? what would become of g'murah, who was also (formerly) associated with the big bads— would he be willing to betray the party as well for the sake of his daughter asagi? how would others be faring? quagmire im sure would be hit the worst emotionally, cir would carry on regardless as long as rogmorhn was ok… would horbulous make it back? mithspira? bibinaia might have had to flee back to the fae realm
honestly if velaris committed and didnt choose to fight and defeat velsharoon, things would be quite tragic for him regardless of if they won or not…