The revelation of the Wolfriders' mortality still makes me sad, not for them but for Leetah, who will probably eventually see her lifemate and children die.

Well, Ember, anyway -- isn't Suntop immortal to begin with? Or is that line about "Ember drew the wolf blood to her" (or whatever it was) just metaphorical talking about their personalities?

(dunno if we're worrying about spoilers here, but I'll spoiler-space the relevant bit...)

I thought it was really poignant when way down the line, in Kings of the Broken Wheel, Skywise begged Leetah to take away his wolf blood and make him immortal so that he would have time enough to find everyone, and not die first, especially as Leetah compares the deed to Winnowill's similar changing of Windkin. Something struck me as a bit "cheap" about that being repeated with various other elves, though (or am I misremembering that it was?).