Tales from the Shadows

[Daralii]

Especially since the WoL is already not 100% our own. This is a linear story so SE already takes the decisions for us. We may sometimes be able to choose between two to three sentences but I also often find myself not happy with those either. So they are already giving us their character which we can use to fill in the blanks they have left. But with the Amaurot!WoL they are not us. We just share part of their souls but seemingly nothing more.

The part with the gender is also a bit confusing for me too. Maybe they just wanted to use that to show us that we once were that person which makes it more clear if it changes gender depending on which one we have. But at the same time Ardbert, a soul shard of us, is male no matter the character (which makes the talking through us scene a bit funny as a female)...at the same time if Derplander is the canon look of the WoL then they too look nearly identical..just like the soul shards of other people we know do..

About souls and the underworld: If those souls can be seen even after death does that mean that either the underworld in the past did not change the soul or does it even imply that the Scions idea behind the lifestream is wrong and its not just only some souls that continues to exist and be reborn but that everyone does? Or is this just their final moments before they became part of the underworld and disappeared until they are formed into a new soul? I like the idea more that souls will exist no matter what and that maybe the difference to the old time is only in us not keeping our memories..maybe that is why Sadus tribe can see who that soul belonged too..because they still have some of that power left to see the colors of the souls..and it would only make sense to have such souls if they dont disappear and rebuilt right?

If the individuals were so much more powerful then, it's possible that their souls were more resilient and less likely to degrade in the Lifestream. Since each soul has a color, it'd explain why Hades saw an aurora of them in Amaurot and something sickly and putrid after the Sundering- the "colors" were running together instead of staying distinct.