perhaps this should be another thread, but here it is. How many Aeil would accept serving the DO if it means living and channeling? I don't think all who went would, but a majority, 50/50, less?

And it would be the sparkers, which is the minority of channelers, and those that don't die from the initial sickness, which kills off a few.

Just think it may not be as many as one would expect, and Ishy would have been the one to get the ball rolling there, free the first one of the taint and teach him how to free the rest. They may still be under Ishy.