>>50968501He didn’t want to keep up with being the champion. In the BW games, he was a roaming guy that had abandoned his post as champion. It is likely that the following happened in between BW and B2W2:
Player character is now the champion.
Leaves to go find N or some other journey.
Still missing in B2W2.
Alder doesn’t reclaim the championship because he’s done with that stuff.
Iris becomes champion.
