The Seals are lost and unprotected, Ferenblaud and his people are still safe (some of them guard the seals), and there is every incentive to break a Seal and stop the winter.

The summer elves would have liberated the land and taken Ferenblaud and his monsters away, not cursed everyone with eternal ice.

No, what happened was that Ferenblaud rigged the curse to happen if he was losing. Elves don’t fear the passing of time, especially not if the prison actually protects them. The freezer-burned look isn’t accidental, it’s a deliberately-chosen look.

The Redrunners’ situation is still politically tricky. They should find and choose one seal to defend.

Nekhaka will Break you, which is a problem as you want to use it all the time, and if you don’t people can tell when you do. This is excessive compared to other elf artifacts.

Maha signs aren’t as clever as the writers think. Maybe this is a trap for tourists, or an early attempt at writing that’s no longer fit for purposes. The Pelagia traps are probably just mechanical, but what if they were part of an attempt to invent a primitive computer?

It wasn’t Garmar or the Rust brothers, and you need to explain why you can’t take the armour off. There’s a spell in the spike and this has nothing to do with Teramalda or Garmar.

A tattered parchment can fall or be stolen. The contract should be tattooed in Maha signs on Zygofer’s body instead. That’s why Krasylla has to change.

Merigall must know where their life essence is, and the trap is too slow.

A better solution is to put Merigall’s life essence: probably not inside Zytera, but in a small village connected to the sea, or maybe more than one. Therania and/or Zygofer can trigger the destruction of the life essence. And the players can steal it.

Mentioned in passing: why hasn’t Krasylla tried to steal their contract?

Gemelda, Neyd and Nebulos have no emergent personality, and structurally there is no need to care about them.