That's why I urge an exploration of the relationship with the dwarves. As for Hope's line of dialogue.... We have to take it with a grain of salt, as her madness can play tricks on her (and consequently misinterpret). But of course, being crazy doesn't make or break a reason. It is a matter of interpretation of course, but there is no veracity in turn.
Hope has outbursts, but she is pretty accurate most of the time. Yes, she thinks, she is skinned at one point, but I'm pretty sure, that that was done to her and that she was kept ina state of not knowing, in what condition she is in.
I agree with your first sentence. I really want to know more about the Hearthflame sisters. They are both so much more interesting, than a lot of otehr characters, that get a lot of space, I would not necessarily include Raphael here, since he is pretty well written, but most certainly Haarlep, who quite frankly is a waste of space - and that only to maybe get a cheap mic drop on Raphael.
I really would love to see the story of the sisters a bit mroe fleshed out.
And as for the people calling for a Raphael romance: He probably isn't the strangest request around (coughsipderboychaough), but keep in mind, what the Halsin crowd is going through - be careful, what you wish for. I generally would be in favour of more content around the hells and Raphael and his father Mephistopheles, plus Zariel with Karlachs storyline, because that is a topic, I find interesting and haven't delved into much in all my time of playing DnD as a ttrpg. But characters tend to get worse, the more the focus goes to their romance, so I personally am not a fan. That doesn't mean, you can petion, of course - I mean we have at least fours threads and a lot of feedback on Larian DIscord about this stupid ascended Astarion kiss, so I don't see the problem here.
