Given the number the named nobles walking around Wrym’s keep, I get the sense there was some kind of political intrigue plot planned where you could either sabotage or bolster Gortash’s control over the upper city. Ruining his influence seems like a more fitting way to take him down, since (given you annihilated the steel watch) his actual boss fight felt the weakest of the dead three.
Yes! It certainly feels that way. Though it's possible it was related to cut content for Cazador instead. I heard they planned to make him a more prominent character and even a potential ally. He has this list of important people in his lair too.
