Mafia 16. I.A.O

a cone of mystical flame passed through the water, creating a corridor of glass

Look at Ellina's avatar, a glowing portal, or rather a mirror-glass. I'm sure that Neyra's death is her doing!

there was a feeling that the killer was just a pawn in someone's game: he was clearly controlled by someone, like a puppet

a puppet is essentially a doll; maybe I'm paranoid, but again, TaKo's avatar, the figure of a goddess, is essentially like a doll-puppet. I seem to have been wrong about the Ice Maiden, though. In fact, I'm sure that TaKo's transes are a theft of ND; she stole ND from the Ice Wizard last time...

there were traces of tears at his feet

I think the tears were from the Ice Wizard, since the one she wanted to strike down didn't die!

I suggest we put these two girls on the agenda; I haven't decided which one is more dangerous, but I will definitely vote for one of them!