Refusaleth remade Shiraadh after she died the first time (#127; note how her eye-frames didn’t fade), so her death wreaks an unimaginable toll on his physical form, as well as his Fortress, which he rebuilt from a Literalist ruin (#136)
Wouldn’t it be crazy if, starting with the first page of the Fargon Saga (#289), the first word of each page formed a secret message that concluded with this page?
Was Karbunkel lying about being in contact with Nefaria? What else could he be lying about?
Shiraadh’s eye-frames disappear as she loses power and dies
Shiraadh of Fargon meets Nefaria the Red Queen, in Bonehenge
Shiraadh averts her eyes and formally addresses Nefaria in panel 6, delineating how Nefaria sank the continent of the Gargiles, and massacred the Glowborgs (which is actually inaccurate)
Shadist “connective darkness” theory; the belief that all dark places are connected, and can be used to go anyplace else that’s dark, by those who know how (Darkana is one example)
Quiatas evidently doesn’t ascribe to Shadist theory (panel 6)