The original two girls did it because they were in love, right? Like, incredibly long lived elf and a short lived human fall in love and because they're distraught that they're doomed to different lifespans they split their souls off since those wont age and die. I mean they went out holding...
I love how absolutely gutwrenching it is when the story goes "Hey, remember these two?" at the end with Safia and Shrike. Imagine their perspective. I wonder if word reached them about what happened before they left for home. Varka was attacked, Kohaku's dead, and Cleo left- on his own- to go...
Honestly faith gets such a bad rep in so many of these sorts of fantasy stories where it ends up being always just a corrupt or power-hungry church that I really enjoy the change of pace. Might help that I play Cleric alot in dnd though. I think alot more people would be more evangelistic in a...