As for Luka pledging his loyalty to Edna so quickly... Chessentans did not call someone "captain" lightly.
Otherwise, Dervis would have called her Captain from the start instead of Miss Edna.
Dervis knew Edna understood why they had been reluctant to follow her. That was why she had let them act on their own.
If she had given them orders outright, they would have obeyed.
But however reluctant they had been, once Dervis saw that Edna surpassed them in every way, he decided to stop resisting. Chessentans knew when they had lost.
Besides, Edna was his teacher's daughter. There was no shame in following her lead. He could just think of her as his teacher's foremost disciple!
Dervis had brought Luka along because he knew the man was straightforward and had little desire to control anyone else.
Luka found making potions more appealing than anything else, but he had no wish to obey someone less capable than himself.
Edna was strong enough, and she had offered him a tempting prospect. Naturally, Luka had gone along with Dervis after only a little hesitation.
As for the other two... They were both followers of Azuth, but they came from different cities. Dervis had no intention of speaking for them.
Whether they submitted or kept causing trouble was up to them.
He and Luka had not been close before, but Dervis knew him well enough. As the Transmutation School's foremost apprentice, Luka was so skilled at alchemical potions that Archmages often introduced him to the beautiful, adorable, lively daughters of their families. Any girl who married Luka would never drive her husband into bankruptcy!
That was why Luka had reacted so strongly when he heard Edna's father describe his daughter. He had promptly brought a selection of handsome men in every style to