Its more about the fact that he just shows up out of nowhere. The mc spent a lot of time in the tribe while preparing for the war and an orc with his attitude would be really hard to miss.
In another note I don't even know why I'm making a discussion about him. Maybe I'm more bored than i realized. I play a dom top mc so he has nothing to offer for me.
I understand you perfectly fine and I already answered you in my first response.
Even if they retroactively added Maul back then, He will not change anything cuz MC has plot armour.
MC can easily beat anyone in the game, no matter how Physically strong they are.
Not to mention We only know Maul is a dominate and physically strong Orc, and a wild card, how do you know he would fare well in the war? From the look of it, I don't think he even care who wins.
Also The argument about "fictional characters who's stronger" is always open-ended, since it didn't / can't happen, nobody can prove anything.
Plus the writers can easily write in a way that serves the plot.
This attempt to bad mouth writer(s) is not productive, it serves no purpose other than limiting what they can write.
Especially when the writers in fact didn't do anything that's contradicting previous development.
Don't get me wrong, you should hold them accountable if they indeed disrespected previous works, like claiming Maul is the strongest Orc and a warmonger.