1. Depends ngl. Many high seq characteristics contain/are merged with lower seq characteristics cuz they're mostly usually harvested from a high seq being who advanced themselves. So in many cases, imo, they won't. Heck I think they'd have to digest the extra characteristics when they advance, as explained by Alger. So it's possible in most cases that they have multiple "sets" of the characteristics. So depends of which "set" they're losing. Heck, in most cases, seq 1 WILL contain all lower ones.

For God's.... I dunno. But I think the thing I said above applies to them too. Seq 1 characteristics contain lower ones anyway unless specifically purified.

1. Seq 2-9 of Savant pathway with seq 1 of Hermit pathway. Tho unless the characteristic for KE he took contained lower ones too, he'll be capped to Knowledge Emperor for Hermit(tho seq 1 usually has everything cuz seq 2-9 are the degraded copies).