#for later reference

I was just watching the second half of the episode and something struck me when Brennan was going over/synthesizing the info Bolaire had on Termina and coffin, etc. Taliesin had a moment of shock at the thought that a sliver of the trickster goddess could be living in the mask.

I found it interesting that Bennan emphasized that to Bolaire's memory, what they did did not break Termina. Taliesin had a very good point in saying, "So why would I think she was destroyed if she wasn't? Why would you put that in a thing's head unless there was a reason to not go looking for them?"

Brennan also made a point to remind them that this coffin was designed with the halfling plates in the halfling tradition for Olbalad who was their Celestial and was made, seemingly, very much in line with the other profane objects revolving around celestials and the path from life to death (along side the candle, the stone of night song, and the amphora of paint (which could be what was taken from Azgraz blood in Tannesar -- a thought for another day)).

Now why would someone make a coffin relating to Olbalad and end up with the mask that was supposedly worn by Rauwyn during that ritual? Unless, perhaps, she never did. It has not been stated specifically who all else wore the other five Panto masks for the ritual, but it would logically follow that they could have been the other celestial beings who were directly a part of Rauwyn's 'court' so to speak, including a right hand, her psychopomp Olbalad.

Was Termina, the mask that was believed to have been used on Rauwyn to trap her in the Panto, the story that killed her, actually worn by Olbalad? Did Rauwyn successfully switch places with her psychopomp? Is this how Termina ended up in a casket designed to profane the hafling celestial Olbalad and the means of passage from life to death? Did that switch crack her? Did Rauwny change Bolaire's perception of the way that ritual truly went?

I have so many questions.

I also find it very curious that while we have heard about five barrowdells, we have not heard about one for where Rauwyn fell yet. What we have learned so far is missing the Rauwyn and the Beastfolk Shaper (who is also unnamed as of yet).

Eternal Night - Tansul

Stormwrack - Torzhan

The Wastes - Sylandri

Unammed - Barrowdell of Illumi - noted as causing the world wide issues with long distance teleportation, scrying, etc.

The Blooming - Azgra

I will be very curious to know if we learn of one for her what form it takes if its there at all. The Barrowdells all have elements of being opposite of their Shapers form in their 'curse' on the land: Sun god caused eternal night in his absence, the goddess of life caused a blighted land where everything is withered and dead, the goddess of the forge's absence cause the land to be soaked in a forever-storm so no flame can be sparked, and the god of war that ruled over a ruinous land of smoke and ash left a verdant, life abundant land in his wake. How may an opposite of "trickery" manifest as a curse on the land?

Another little thing that I found interesting is that Rauwyn had taken Memnir, the Father of Waves as her consort. With all this recently emphasis on the Sea Door, the vision of the Tachionis sailing off into the mists, the mists pooling in the coffin pocket dimension to somewhere, it all has me raising an eyebrow.

Now all of this is just pure conjecture. But If Rauwyn still exist out there I don't imagine she would have got out of that ritual unscathed. She likely still lost some part of herself to it. We know the Shapers were not the originators of life on Araman, but rather beings that came to Araman from elsewhere and used their access to the primordial beings to elevate themselves and tapping some font of power of the world to elevate themselves to Godhood and shaped world and the peoples upon it.

Could she exist still in the cracks in the world, in a half life? Not dead, but not fully alive? Could putting Rauwyn down for good or prevent her from coming back be the end game for the campaign?