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Erstwhile ambassador because as a blankflank he hasn't represented anypony yet. And since the town he used to live in is going to get blown up through overactive curiosity, thus accidentally vaporizing nearly every pegasus willing to entreat with the ground, he's not likely to get much firsthoof experience at it, either.

 Maybe in the epilogue he can negotiate a trade deal between two bands of raider family-groups.