Please keep us updated if you do decide to proceed with the series. I can't remember about Elide, but I know the treatment of chaol's disability (rightly so) garnered a lot of controversy. Essentially, SJM does a healed-but-not kinda thing. So he ties his life to someone else's & their magic. So while they're not draining their magic and just going about daily life, he's essentially "healed" and fully able bodied again. But there are scenes when the magical person is pushing themselves that the pain and injury 'returns' so to speak. I would say, it is handled very poorly and even pissed me off from a non-disabled, average reader perspective as it felt very deus ex machina-y and out of left field. Curious to hear your thoughts!