I don't know Schezo, the whole discussion around the NL made it into something way bigger than it was. Two town wagons, waiting for a hammer, people are online for the hammer, scum don't have any motivation to hammer themselves, better let Bard do it.
Of course, I'm not claiming that scum wouldn't hammer or would hammer, because it's not a big deal. That's why the entire discussion was useless to begin with, and now you're using it as a defense.
HW, opinion on NL? Also, claim.
--cut: I'm not sure if that's an absolute. DID they have to know her role? They could in theory claim lovers in a way that doesn't make sense flavor-wise and get away with it. Also, there's a possibility that they knew about Shadoweh's name but not her powers, I guess. OR they did cop her and decided to not kill her - it wouldn't be the only weird NK itg. I'm not seeing any clear conclusion to be drawn from this.