ShB story did not go the way I thought it would. (Spoilers)

[Iscah]

Exactly this... plus, Uncle Emet essentially gives you a hint early on in the MSQ when he says...

Allies worthy of bearing the burden of truth.

And yet curiously enough, instead of echoing that quote, the quest in which he explains the murals to us is called "The Burden of Knowledge" rather than Truth.