I think shati handed me the whole pile of books in 2008 and explained that her favorite thing about the series was that it was only Arthurian for a hot second, so I was prepared, but not, like, fully prepared ....

I think there is still probably a faint possibility that Telemakos will get to Britain and it will turn out Lleu has been alive all along (since we did not see him die on-page) but honestly at this point I would find it disappointing. Killing them all unceremoniously off was not necessarily the best technical choice from a narrative storytelling perspective, but it was so brassy!