So who is the Destroyer?

Matias wears a noose around his neck (something that causes “normal” Beltinians to shun him) and claims to be a spirit mount. Is he? How many real spirit mounts do we have to compare him to? We know he did extract Nasha’s soul from the Well. Point for him. And he has an ability similar to the spell slip sideways (might be a weird Beltinian power, might not) and he seems to be using some variation of thrall on the women of the Golden Court (not Likely to be a Beltinian power).

If Matias is the destroyer he’s too powerful for PCs to directly confront. He definately bears watching and PCs should be on the lookout for any clever ways to indirectly hinder his plans

So the only way to make sure he dies will be a flintlock to the head…

Load up the silver bullets!

[…] Matias is of a sect that is “mounted” by spirits, so we don’t really know if Matias is Matias. Maybe he was Matias, but as part of previous events he picked up a hitchhiker “somewhere.” If a spirit could be the Destroyer, he could be almost anyone. It also raises the potential for him to raise his “army” from anywhere (or one place in particular) and then turn the pre-existing forces of good into forces of…. evil. I think it is very important to keep a very close eye on the well in the coming period.
I independently had similar thoughts. While it’s possible that Matias is bad, it’s also possible that a spirit carried within him is causing the body to do bad things. It might be a matter of partial control or influence (comparable to the split soul some PCs can have) rather than outright control of the body.

Taking it a step further, said spirit might be happy to push it to the point of angering powerful people and warriors and on purpose to get Matias slain so that all the spirits within can escape.

My best ideas on containing the souls within Matias should they get out are to be careful on any potential death or other circumstances when they may escape: