ok but like yeah we need to visit ravenna much earlier (maybe during the story break) where we meet the nobles and are celebrated for helping frostmill, so the whole “reveal baron/officer” actually has a bit of weight.
like as I said, maybe you’re invited to the castello for saving frostmill, and you get to meet the entire family or at least some nobles, that way, elius and carina are actually real in this world and not just spawn in the moment we do something