Tales From the Shadows Updated (SPOILERS ABOUND)

[Jandor]

- It sounds like Emet was free to simply "let go" (implied: and surrender to the Lifestream?) at any point.

I got the impression that he could simply "let go" of his Ascian-ness and render himself mortal. Just live out his life as Solus (or whoever) and return to the lifestream upon death as mortals do.

- An odd line about Lahabrea "needlessly prolonging" the Seventh Calamity - isn't that their whole job? I thought they were trying to get an Eighth started.

The seventh calamity was completed, and Emet had already laid the groundwork for getting the eighth started. Emet seems to think that Lahabrea was, to be blunt, acting like a dick just for the sake of it.

- I am now picturing Azem making regular flippant excuses to the Convocation as to why Such-and-such Town absolutely had to be saved from peril.
"There's a fantastic lookout here, I couldn't let it get destroyed in that landslide."
"It's such a marvellous spot for a picnic and that rampaging monster was spoiling the mood."

I'm picturing Azem coming up with lame excuses to save (what I at least am assuming were) mortals ever since Zodiark seeded the world with them, much to the annoyance of the society that's currently debating whether to kill them all off.