#& ouyang haunted and grieving and tortured by choices he made

[tina-rocket]

As painful as it is to imagine Esen joining the ghosts that follow Ouyang, I really don't think he does.

Ghosts in SWBTS are described as hugry, restless and born of resentment, but Esen accepted his death! He didn't understand Ouyang enough to know this was coming, but his death was inevitable from the very beginning of the story and Esen only understood that when Ouyang had already staged a coup against him. It doesn't matter that they loved each other, it doesn't matter that Ouyang will spend the rest of his life haunted by his choices, Esen needed to die for Ouyang to be free and complete his revenge. If Esen didn't accept his fate, why would he just let himself be killed?