Eek, they both sound so epic, I quite like the sound of the 2nd one... would be a good one to go for in terms of catching their group unawares, I was considering Bracknell having something along the lines of (a much weaker) Battle meditation ability learned from Renso as a sort of "endgame" reason for him to be able to beat Roan so it might tie in to that, that he could have predicted they'd try to rescue the captive Force users and set up the trap to find Zinuthra's location (And with Renso helping them through the bond or whatever, Ari and Bol would still be able to beat and kill Bracknell later because Renso would be waaaaayyy better at it XD)?

Otherwise I'd say just go with it when you're writing and see whichever one your post takes us towards and we can work with it! :)

Aahh I know, there's something terribly exciting about planning something out and then actually managing to get to playing it out:D  I can say this is still one of my favourite RPs so far and its been a blast to world build from the bottom up and see where it ends up going :P