Great review !
I'd like to give a special mention to Wuk's nanny tho, who managed to :
- Be there right on time to ruin our Xak Tural moment by losing the bracelet her favorite catgirl gave her (gotta make sure we don't forget about Wuk after all)
- Get stuck in the thunderdome for 30 years and manage to die at the exact moment Wuk decides to show up (maybe she heard the news and couldn't bear it - prob would've happened to me too)
- Manage to cross path with Wuk once again in Living Memory so that the catgirl can have one more tears-inducing moment (or swearing-spitting moment, you choose).

That's one hell of plot device driven character.