Your initial point got completely blown out. That's the "so." Are you incapable of reading implications? I mean identifying the "so what?" in text is a pretty basic reading comprehension skill. So we're at a point now where you're either failing at that, or trying desperately to get away from the fact that your argument got dismantled.
Yeah, the Second Highest ranking member of the Scourge is cannon fodder.The vanguard is where the cannon fodder goes. That's why It's called cannon fodder, it's the first thing in front of the cannon.