Posting form iPad, so hard to quote. You do make good points, and I can see that it could be her. But as for the fading away to aether, I didn think that happened to the human bosses. I know she didn't, but I don't recall any of the human type enemies doing so.

Granted ,it's hard to say how much time has past, but they really pointed out how untrusting Ishgardians are amd how we, the Warriors of light, will have to earn their trust. And even in 2.4 Ishgard is clearly no friend to the garleans. One of the Blakc Wolfs legates becoming the trusted, high ranking second in command to the temple Knights?

That's a hard sell.