Originally Posted by Sozz
There's also the influence of the artifact at play, at least it forces Shadowheart to stalk us, driving her mad if we refuse to journey with her. If maybe there were some more subtle clues in that direction i'd certainly be mollified.
You know... since... when we don't have shadowheart in the party... the artefact senses the player in danger... laugh

It is clearly already in our heads. They should really work with it more.