Critical Conversations 01: House of Chains Chap 26 with Steven Erikson (SPOILERS House of Chains)

but it's a stranger's armor and we know from dead house gates the armor that she had put round herself was her own personal armor that bowden's death broke

but i mean i just that i know that some people feel that because there wasn't a big battle at the end that this was in some way a letdown and yet for me the emotional impact of this of building up to this that this is far more impactful than another battle sequence of a whole load of soldiers killing a whole load of other soldiers

you actually spell it out in memories of ice where they talk about tavor's options and it is spelled out that tavor couldn't have actually done anything more

and in fact esselmont picks up on it in return of the crimson guard really neatly and he has some very nice moments in that deal specifically with this