Quote Originally Posted by Akiza View Post
Since going into the life stream Y'Shtola is more like an elemental now than man. Kan-E-Senna said the main difference between elementals and man is that man percievse the world by their senses and elementals percieve the world through aether. I'm guessing that Y'Shtola got transformed into an elemental as a result of using a forbidden spell and going into the life stream.
I made this connection as well and wonder what significance it might have going forward. It's also possible that the spell was not the cause of her change but rather the elementals either did it deliberately as a 'cost' for them retrieving her or they accidentally put her back together wrong. Hopefully we'll find out eventually as the amount of attention the change has gotten in the script suggests it may have a narrative purpose beyond just being a cost for the use of dangerous magic.

I'm surprised more people haven't questioned the fact Thancred didn't return with her though. Was he not caught up in the same spell? Did he perhaps end up where Y'shtola originally intended to teleport to?