Originally Posted by
mwchase
Here, the emphasis appears to be on the difference between Milov and Snugduraithel's magic stats. I say that even though Jayden just abandoned Katya, presumably to die. (You know, it would really suck if the necklace was meant to convey some kind of message that would have averted this.) It looks to me like the most likely outcome is a deus ex machina, followed in likeliness by Katya's death acting as a reset button for Jayden's "redemption", by giving her something new to feel guilty about and push her away from Milov. Unless Mookie actually meant to kill everyone off. In which case, wouldn't this work better as something we hear about offscreen? It moves things along faster, and I guarantee you, if we just heard about three dead, one missing, in the heart of Danovich lands, what we'd imagine would be far better than archmages attacking non-vital organs.