ie that of pushing her hero past "insufferable jerk" to "pure evil". And in book three it just gets even better.

SCSF: Exactly! Along with the skill "make your story as outlandish and hard to follow as possible".

To absolutely no benefit or relevance to the plot either, might I add. And also it's right the fuck out of nowhere.

I really do not see what the point of it is beside giving Azhure some super-pets.

OH MY GOD HOW DID I MISS THAT?!

I missed it, too, and I even wrote it!