That's interesting that Minthara thinks Aradin took the weapon, does she say from Nere? Does that mean it came from the temple or the forge? Did the nautiloid/SH start there?
As far as I can remember, everyone who is taken to Moonrise either don't understand or don't remember what is done to them there. Either our batch is special for reasons yet unknown, or the fact that the process was interrupted makes us objects of interest.