That Garlean guy, what was his name? Gaius Van Baelsar

[Nalien]

While his aether was absorbed by Nidhogg's eye instead of Thordan himself, that makes little difference - he was blasted apart into raw aether by that point, no consciousness left.

I wonder about this... Given how surprised they all were when we killed Nabriales, I'm doubtful being "blasted apart" is actually a kill state, but rather an inconvenience... I mean... They were fairly shocked that Nabriales kicked the bucket... They didn't seem aware they could actually be killed, yet they handed out Escape Ropes with the intent purpose of "If you're about to be killed, use this"? That's... Stupid? If being blasted apart is just a matter of "Great, now I've got to speed weeks putting myself back together, and the rest of the guys are gonna laugh at me!" though? Then the Escape Rope makes sense. Putting yourself back together is a hassle, better to warp out before that occurs for a speedier recovery. Seems more like it's a KO'd state, rather than death. Annoying, and worth avoiding, but not life threatening on its own. If Dark Crystals were handed out with the express purpose of avoiding death, then the whole shock that they can die strikes me as incredibly stupid...

I might need to go back and check the cutscenes, but wasn't the aether trail left by Lahabrea being blasted distinctly Ascian-y? Where as the resultant of blasting White Auracite was not? I'm thinking the order matters here. Absorbing them in Auracite, then blasting that into nothing is a kill state. Being blasted then absorbed is, well, just being absorbed. His aether is still knocking around Nidhoggs right eye, whether it reforms into himself is another matter. Meanwhile, Igeyorhms aether (and Nabriales before her) is just gone.

Going back and watching it, the way the Eye absorbs Lahabrea is fairly similar to the way White Auracite absorbed Nabriales. The only difference is that Nabriales wasn't blasted before hand, and the Eye wasn't blasted to destroy it after absorbing Lahabrea... If one was blasted into pieces, I imagine it would be fairly convenient to then be absorbed into one place after... Either way, his aether is now part of Nidhogg. Whether that means he'll be back or not is anther matter, but Lahabrea is in a distinctly different scenario than Nabriales and Igeyorhm. Their aether was trapped and blasted, Lahabrea was blasted and trapped. The former lends itself to utter destruction, while the later leaves the possibility of escape.

Then from his soul Aether being in close proximity Thordin was then able to swalow Lahabrea's soul. Because to a primal, Aether is Aether.

Except it was Nidhoggs Eye in the Ascalon which absorbed Lahabrea, not Thordan. The animation is very specific, and similar to Nabriales being absorbed by the White Auracite which, of course, did not kill Nabriales.

That's where the doubt lies; Lahabrea was absorbed by the Eye, and the Eye is still intact. Nabriales and Igeyorhm were absorbed by Auracite, then we blasted the Auracite into nothingness. Until that Eye is blasted into nothingness, there is (IMO) a chance Lahabrea can break out, the same way Nabriales threatened to break out of the Auracite before we destroyed it. Trapping an Ascians aether seems to be only half the battle, and Thordan skipped the second step...