Golden Girl

Interestingly, his old pre-GR bio read:

I'm pretty sure that the Syndicate would try and move in on the Family's Independence Port turf if they got the chance.
The Destroyers would be more likely just to be absorbed into the Freakshow.
Some of the Crusaders might head to the Rogue Isles to try and recapture that dictatprship fighting vibe their lives are now missing

Well, Aurora joined the Resistance after MoM, Nega-Pendragon was the bad guy, not Pendragon, so Maruder is the only odd one out in a blue side zone

Tyrant is alive, but stripped of his Incarnate power - the major question is if that means he's lost all his power, as it came from the Well when he first drunk from it, or if he's just lost his champion of the Well power that made him into a god - there's also the unanswered question of the effects of aging, as it was the power of the Well that kept him immortal.

Freeing Praetoria was the goal, not killing Tyrant

One potential interpretation would be them becoming trainers/contacts for "gray" alignments - like actually adding Rogue/Vigilante story arcs to both sides of the game.

We haven't

For the greater good, we've been helping Praetoria since I18

He'll go where the violence is.

We've been doing that since I18

That brings the total of free VIP power sets since Freedom to 6 in 4 Issues - which is a little up on the pre-Freedom ratio

Because they know when to ask for help

The Council driving Sauron out of Mirkwood happens roughly at the same time as the Battle of the Five Armies, but could still be used as the climax of part 2, with the Battle of the Five Armies as the climax for part 3, which would let Bilbo's return home be the finale of the trilogy, meaning it'd help it to keep closerr to the lighter tone of the book, even if the Council vs Sauron battle is more important in the wider story.

Of course, if he wanted to make them more like a series of 6 movies rather than 2 trilogies, he could always rework the LotR into for the Hobbit instead.

*Sniff*

Before I24

You should - but be prepared to weep

Disloyalty is everywhere

Although locked in a stalemate with one enemy, he chose to open up a 2nd front against a more heavily populated neighbor, relying on the technical superiroity of his forces to achieved a quick victory.
Once conquered, the new territory would become part of his larger empire, while any "undesirable" elements in the conquered population would be eliminated.
The invasion caused quite a lot of damage, but failed in its goals, and once the more heavily populated neighbor organized its forces, the invasion became a full-scale retreat and counter-invasion.
As his armies were systematically dismantled, and the futile search for a super weapon to turn the tide of the war failed, the enemy forces closed in, leaving him skulking in his bunker in the heart of his besieged captial, wondering where it'd all gone so wrong.