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I've speculated that Lock and Key were actually part of the Malerous, but hearing him talk about Frostval, and knowing that they've been a reoccurring thing in a few seasonal events has confirmed it for me.

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The scenes and dialogue that happened for one or two frames angered me a bit so I recorded a second playthrough to go frame-by-frame to see them. <_<

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1) When the Hero predicts Uaanta's next thing about her grandkids, Remthalas (with "???" where his name goes) says "Let's try a little bit of this."

2) Right before they're about to battle, Remthalas (again with the "???" instead of his name) says "And... action!"

3) After the battle, when the Hero is saying they want to know why the Avatars want the Maleurous gone so badly, a negative-color frame appears where the Hero and Remthalas have switched positions, with Remthalas saying that dialogue box instead.

4) When Remthalas is saying "My Dream." then it's the Hero(?) saying "Or is it your dream?", the negative-frame is just the characters being switched as it is during that bit of the cutscene.

5) Right after Remthalas says "Time to wake up." he appears right behind the Hero and says, with italicized text in the dialogue box, "Or are you going to sleep?"

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About the Maleurous, I think I may have gathered, borrowing from other sources, what they are, what they may want, and why they make the Avatars act the way they do. Now, I understand that all non-Dragonfable lore is non-canon untill made otherwise, but it does make for good theory-fodder unless directly contradicted by established fact. THerefore, if anyone has information that does contradict or change anything of this theory, feel free to chime in.

To begin with, the Avatars are unable to manifest themselves on lore without the risk of damaging the very fabric of reality. This is important, as Dragonfable was the first game to suggest this, as in AQ they and other dieties have manifested themselves on a regular basis. In a Design Notes post made by Alina for AQW, we get what might be background. She states that the Elemental Wars involved the Elemental Avatars and compromised their ability to manifest on this plane. It's worth bringing up that this war was mentioned in AQ during the Devourer saga, but it was stated that the Lords and avatars were never involved, and it was purely enacted by their respective churches.

I believe that the Maleurous may be the "agents of chaos" that started this war. Of the two we've seen so far, they seem defined by being elemental in nature, as well as possessing elements of corruption. Such beings, if powerfull enough, could have convinced the Avatars to turn on each other, when their single go al and purpose in life is to maintain a balance which war would destroy. It's even said in the aforementioned Design note that, in repentance for their actions, the Avatars of Fire and Ice crafted a weapon from the other's essence, enchanted them, and gave them to the other. Such is the story of the scythe which would become the Frozen Claymore.

I think this is also why they began to act eratic, almost insane, when they were freed. The Avatars were as gods, even worshipped as such. They were all powerfull, and few could even match their might, let alone challenge them. Then came the Maleurous, and the Avatars were brought to their lowest. Tricked into fighting a vicous battle against those they loved most, the Avatars went from all-mighty and all-important to weak and abused. Being born as gods, it makes sense that they feel like scared, panicking children when they think it cohld happen again

As to what they want, I think the Avatars are right. They each want their own thing from the ensueing chaos. For the one we've met, he strikes me as the mastermind. He seems like the one who engineered the war, manipulating the others of his group to do their part. As to what he wants, we may have to look at AQ again. The one who instituted the war was a Drakel and follower of The'Galin. He believed that hw was doing The Devourer's will by readying the world for Uncreation. Perhapse the one we met Friday is trying to do the same thing: ready the world for The'Galin. I don't believe he is a follower or a member of the Network, however. Perhapse the ones he wants to invade the dreams of are The'Galin and Lorithia, but their manipulation of what they know (see the Devourer saga finale) keeps them from dreaming. Perhapse,.once all is set right, they will dream of each other, and he can gain the power he seeks from that.

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It gets hung up on walls. What I mean by this, take chaosweaver, go to the inn, walk up to the patrons sitting on the right-most side. You will get stuck against it, unable to turn around, and the only fix for this is to teleport away by going to your hometown, house, or opening a quest from the timeline. Then.... there's when this happens in quests. It's a complete hard-stop.

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Also, for whoever's asking, Chaosweaver and Fleshweaver WILL be canon.