All right. Compelled by Inquiry, the ghosts can reveal...
Why are the ghosts here? The Lady Hatisse locked them in the temple, to avoid that they should take vengeance against Arha.
What is in that sarcophagus? The remains of Lord Arha.
As for Lan Wangji's questions:
How did these ghosts come to be? Lord Arha and his people murdered them.
Why? They travelled the canyon with their own caravan and encountered the army in its yearly voyage. They told Arha he had passed and how. Angered and unable to bear the truth, he ordered his men to slaughter them.
What would set them to rest? They were but innocents who sought to help Lord Arha's soul rest, through honest revelation. Some wish vengeance against him now. Others only want that their fate should not visit others. The Lady has sought to ensure that by closing off the Stairs of Sighs, except for the short yearly period of Lord Arha's pilgrimage — but some of the ghosts would want the canyon brought down, so that no one can be tempted to travel it and live through what they have done.
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Why are the ghosts here?
The Lady Hatisse locked them in the temple, to avoid that they should take vengeance against Arha.
What is in that sarcophagus?
The remains of Lord Arha.
As for Lan Wangji's questions:
How did these ghosts come to be?
Lord Arha and his people murdered them.
Why?
They travelled the canyon with their own caravan and encountered the army in its yearly voyage. They told Arha he had passed and how. Angered and unable to bear the truth, he ordered his men to slaughter them.
What would set them to rest?
They were but innocents who sought to help Lord Arha's soul rest, through honest revelation. Some wish vengeance against him now. Others only want that their fate should not visit others. The Lady has sought to ensure that by closing off the Stairs of Sighs, except for the short yearly period of Lord Arha's pilgrimage — but some of the ghosts would want the canyon brought down, so that no one can be tempted to travel it and live through what they have done.