Knights of Tezoth

I still don't understand why he took Ferlutz away, didn't leave Nebka the wyvern, and even killed you

I was hoping to finally get you with the nail and figured that if you lost your pumpkin, my chances would be slightly less than zero. But in the end, I still never got you...
And my last hope was the retaliation from Ferlutz and the blood flow when you'd be left 1 on 1. But that was not meant to happen either...

Stephanie would have needed to keep casting for about 70 turns straight. Not impossible, but highly unlikely. Statistically, even without the blood flow, she would take down Ferlutz within 35 rounds.

Yes. But there were no other options to counter the organized coalition "Let the NPCs suck us off" anyway...

At this stage, indeed. As I already said, Ferlutz's priority should have been Steph, not Alsira. Or Churchell, if she had survived. Such is the nature of the competition.

Blight kind of justified it by saying that taking out the team leader was priority #1.

Yes. That's exactly right. A leader is a leader. Plus the speed bonus, and the ability to move anyone first, given that she was first in initiative. You also took out Drozdrang among the first, didn't you...
The funny thing is that the Heroist was afraid of dying to the pumpkin, but at that moment it wasn't actually a threat to him. The Chocolatier would have hit you if there was a need. But Ferlutz with Avesom is a different story... For them, Alsira was the primary target. Stephanie was next, but it didn't work out...