I was reviewing the FFX script to check something after I'd written most of the last chapter.

I came across this as the party is leaving the Calm Lands.

Guado: Summons from Lord Seymour! Come with us!
Guado: Lord Seymour's commands must be obeyed. You will come! I warn you, the maester doesn't need you alive!


I thought I'd come up with that gruesome little plot twist myself, but it's right there in plain sight. Ha.