Wasn't Deathborne Xol supposed to be, broadly speaking, a good guy? Or at least not Hades' right-hand man anymore? Was he working deep cover for Hades to betray August in the failed Serpent Labyrinth expedition, or is he under deep cover now and about to betray Hades? And if he's not Teodor, which is not a definite thing but seems less likely than it did yesterday, then I'm not sure what role there is for Teodor in a plot that sort of implies it's one or two patches away from resolution. There's still two other "Xol"s in the Triumvirate, but if Deathborne is acting like this, not much chance for the other two to be any better. Or maybe they're all named Deathborne Xol to be as confusing as possible, this one is one of the bad two, and Teodor is the good one?
The several reveals in this patch did not go quite the direction I was expecting, and even though it's basically at the "ok hero, time to enter the Last Dungeon" point, it seems like there's an awful lot of backstory/what's-REALLY-going-on-this-time-for-serious being held back. And a lot of characters without enough resolution for the setups they've been given. And a lot of no explanation for how the whole Yggdrasil/Hades/etc lore fits in to the world lore that we already have. I'm a little worried it's about to take the ToAU route and say "screw all that side stuff we've been waving our hands at vaguely, THIS IS HAPPENING."
Which is not at all to imply that the cutscenes and plot wasn't awesome this time around, because it was awesome. I don't know if Xol's personality and dialogue is in the JP version, or if it was a product of the translation team, as sometimes happens, but it's pretty amazing. "And now for something completely different", indeed.