Oh definitely, I couldn't see the poor guy going out any other way! 
Hmmm, that is going to be a tough one to decide...I imagine she's going to be more than a little devastated, perhaps even wanting some time off or away from Zinuthra for a while? *scratches chin in thought* 

If Ari and Bol are going to be elevated to the rank of Masters and we're going to have Ashara and some of the others stick around as the replacement Champions, perhaps Kira can supervise them on some galaxy wide diplomacy missions or something? Ack, that's probably a deadpan idea but I got nothing better at the moment XD I will keep thinking about it and see what other options I can think of to put forward :)