Indeed. It has such a gloomy feel yet it's also beautiful. The grief and anger that is evident but left unsaid makes one's heart ache..
I just feel extremely bad for Norra since he's one of the ones that whilst learning to keep his head down he also rose to a position where he could one day tell Shuli his feelings or continue watching her from the shadows, whereas Jeremy and the others only realised how much she meant when she left and was never able to come back.
The war afterwards would have been in a very gloomy look, with the church being able to sneak away after planting the seeds of doubt.
i always go back to this just to read the chapters of what happened after shuri died bc its just so cinematic. i wish theres more bc i want to see how the siblings coped with her death