>>724876073
>Messmer's oddly irrelevant to the larger plot
He isn't though. Only his kindling can burn the Shadow Marika created. He represents all the sins of Marika, and is the gatekeeper of the invocations and curses directed to them.
>>724876649
>The Scadutree clearly has a straight, central trunk with not one sign of having previously
Except it isn't and you can clearly see it's two huge trunks with one wrapped around the other