#c3ep52

When The Mighty Nein resurrected Lucien with the hope of getting Molly back, they didn't expect someone 'new' would come back out of that mess. After Jester restores his mind, Kingsley talks about what it was like being in the Moonweaver's domain.

Molly was only ever a fragment of Lucien's whole. Something left behind in Lucien's body, just enough to let the body come back after everyone thought he was dead. A 'cutting' of a soul, left behind to regrow into a new tree. Lucien was able to will himself to stay together, to not disperse after he died. To seek a return in whatever way possible. And when Cree resurrected him when she learned of Molly's death, Lucien happily returned with no hesitation.

But when Molly died, his new soul just returned to the Moonweaver's domain, blending with the rest of the ocean of souls. When Caduceus called upon the Wildmother to 'put him back', she probably scooped up what had been Molly's soul, which had now mixed with the ocean of souls, becoming something new. That's why we got Kingsley instead.

Like Ashton, Laudna, and Orym all had at least one thing they said that shut down any sort of debate on the subject. "The means don't justify the end", "Who knows what else something that eats gods is capable of", "Everyone we've met who's in on this is batshit crazy"

But they disappear and the other half of the party spirals almost immediately. I love that those 3 are such moral compasses and anchors for the rest of the group. It really makes the party feel whole and familial in the way they look to, and lean on, each other.