Fascinating! Yeah especially with how reapers are involved in EW and the lore on Monks.
Right now this character of mine is still in HW (I have played through EW on another character, however) but I do sometimes wonder how the story putting him through the ringer will change him. Well, maybe when I get into RP I'll be able to better understand that... or my usual pondering.
I have read a fanfic where a WoL became numb to pain and did purposefully harmful actions at themself (taking on dangerous tasks even though their body is still in poor condition post EW) just to feel something again.