The Theocracy of Canceri pg 9 wrote:
With each battle, the Sword of the Heavens slaughtered more of their numbers, vanquishing rebels by the thousands. At the darkest hour, when all seemed lost, two figures emerged to give the rebels a faint glimmer of hope. One a sickly boy whose power, which the Sarishians both marveled and cursed at, was the ability to break Oaths and the resultant effects. ...
The second figure to come to the aid of of the rebels was a mysterious sorcerer named Amath, who claimed to hold the secret to Leonydas' destruction.
The Theocracy of Canceri pg 14 wrote:
Before launching his crusade to retake the First City, Leonydas had been warned by Basuhe, the head of the Sisters of Nier, that the Avatar of the Oath Breaker had once again taken human form. She warned him that, like it had done millennia before, this creature would once more prove his undoing should it not be dealt with, once and for all. After many sacrifices and burnt offerings performed in the old ways, Basuhe divined that this creature could be killed within the holy inner chamber of ...
I purposely stopped the sentence short for suspense. But anyone who owns the book or pdf can read the rest.
My point is there was a second Avatar besides Leonydas, if Avatar=Paragon perhaps we could be dealing with several of them during this war.
The Theocracy of Canceri pg 14 wrote:
"Only one will emerge from <redacted>, Lord. The other shall suffer as few have in this life or the next." For the first time in his life, Leonydas val'Virdan was given pause, for he knew that Baushe spoke not with her own voice, but that of Nier Himself.