Quote Originally Posted by KizuyaKatogami View Post
Except we're told by Yshtola before it happens that they can be brought back, so ut renders that entire plot point moot.
No, it doesn't, because bringing them back carried the risk of failure of the mission. So when they sacrificed themselves, they did that knowing it could be permanent.

IT's just another example of fake death flags and it becomes rather tone deaf again, when the expansion is about suffering and dealing with it, yet the scions dont have to deal with that and are brought back. What about all those people in thavnair and garlemald? They dont have the luxury of being brought back magically. Theyre gone and have to deal with actual problems and consequences.
I think it's a fake death flag by design, because people would complain about them being brought back, so they at least told us that they could be brought back in advance.

And why are you putting the Scions up against the rest of the people? The fact that not everyone could be saved only serves the point of the stakes. It's not a competition between who will survive and who won't and the people who are gone don't have to deal with anything because they're gone.