Just replaying the part in EW where Fanny spills the beans about being Amon. During that flashback, Emet mentions it’s a great time for Amon to become Fandaniel because the Ascians happen to be short one Fandaniel at the moment.

First question: Why were the Ascians missing an active Fandaniel/Hermes?

Second Question: Is that missing Fandaniel/Hermes dead, or did he simply part ways with the Ascians?

Third: Is it possible that the missing Fandaniel/Hermes was more like the Hermes we meet in Elpis?

I was thinking about this, because Hermes and Meteion seem a little random in EW. They’re characters we’ve never really met before, who are now central to the MSQ’s endgame.

But what if instead of meeting them for the last time in EW - we’re actually meeting (at least one of them) for the first time, and will continue seeing them in the next ongoing storyline?

Could another Fandaniel/Hermes be out there? One who doesn’t have the crazy Amon personality dominating? (Because he’d be a Hermes soul shard from another reflection - so a different starting person entirely).

Here’s a wild thought. What if it’s Deryk - who is concerned for the leftover Elpis creations currently masquerading as Gods on the Source? (Just a theory).