A person must have at least three souls in order to have one pathway. If they don't have at least three souls, they can never become godclads.
So it is already lucky that their slaves were able to become godclads. It will be more difficult for them to have the six souls needed to have two pathways or the nine souls required to have three pathways.
Even before they undertook the task, they already knew that many of their slaves would die. Five of the current nine slaves that they have don't have six souls and can't have two pathways. This means that they will have to be replaced.
Of the four that meet the requirements for two pathways, it is likely that half of them will die during the assimilation process. This is the bad news.
