Rodrick to sacrifice himself, made more sense to me

I chose Rodrik to live on my main playthrough, mainly out of a "I'll close my eyes and choose that way" kind of situation.  I'm hoping that the "Who gets left behind?" choice is a new thing for Telltale, much like the finale to The Walking Dead Season 2, which had 3 different endings.  While Rodrik may not have the pit fighters' respect, he's still an able lord, and I had him stick it to Ludd and Gryff the whole time.

While Asher is the better fighter and has the pit fighters' respect, would he still be able to marshal that same respect from his court and soldiers?  He's an exiled second son that just came back with a bunch of savages that just want to pillage and kill, and doesn't have Malcolm with him (which, despite what he says, could lead to some resentment from his court.) 

Also, I'll have to admit I was really unsurprised by who the traitor was.  I mean, I was kind of expecting Otengryn to be the traitor, or even Lady Forrester just for a small surprise.  But nope, it was just someone who had to be a little bitch about not being TEH SENTUNAL.  It was Royland on my main playthrough, but on my second one it was Duncan.  I imprisoned Royland and stuck Duncan like a pig.