Thanks for checking the cutscenes for the necklace! That was on my to-do list, but I've been distracted ><

The question I have is less when he was taken and more why Lahabrea-as-Thancred looks pretty much exactly the same as Lahabrea-not-as-Thancred. I think we're supposed to assume that Lahabrea habitually Dark Crystals male hyurs and that the mask, hood, and robe cover most of the defining features of whoever he's presently wearing, thus making it easy for players to identify him in cutscenes and easy for the Development Teams to toss in a twist like, "IT WAS THANCRED THIS TIME! OH MAN!" anytime they want to without sculpting a new model.

I'm just a little wary of how this might play out in the future. Thancred was a good guy, Thancred was missing, Thancred was possessed, Thancred was a good guy again - and all the while, Lahabrea was the same guy wearing different meat suits. There's not really a shift in the status quo, there's just a moment of shock value. I can't tell if this was their way of working into the story how the dark crystal mechanic works, which would be a masterful touch, or whether this is going to be a constant future story mechanic, which would get cheap fast. With something that has the potential for substantially diminishing returns, I figure feedback is important is all.

I'm also curious as to if anything with the ascians has changed. Shadows are a little tough to see at times, in game, and I honestly don't recall if Lahabrea-as-Thancred or any of the robed ascians had shadows, does anybody have conclusive shots? Moreover, I've yet to see the reaper form ascian at all. I had assumed that this was their true form.