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I kind of understand why people keep saying that NPCs shouldn’t steal the spotlight from PCs, but that really doesn’t work in practice.
Think about it: What are the moments that are most memorable in games?
For me, it’s usually when some NPC does the “unspeakable” and one-ups me. It’s a challenge aimed at me at that point. With that challenge, I end up having to say “Oh, it’s ON NOW” and committing to showing that I’m better than them in some way.
The challenge or recognition of skill is one of the most satisfying things in games. Getting rid of Trahearne or (mostly) any other character that acts as a foil to spur motivations forward is contradictory to an interesting story.
As for the claim that “the majority of Destiny’s Edge is awful and someone please do something to make them just not”, I pretty much agree, but they work mostly because they don’t really mesh well in the original story. Caithe is great, though, if only for the fact that the Nightmare Court makes me laugh.