Has anyone else ever considered that one death was kind of dumb? You have a political leader in a time of impending war who didn't trust all of the people working closest to him. He also makes impenetrable armoured clothing. And yet he somehow, was stabbed in the back. Literally, in the back. Putting aside the fact that it was not smart of Ravel to assume that Ghastly wasn't wearing any armoured clothes under his elder robes, it was even less smart of Ghastly to not be wearing them. Because why on earth wouldn't you be in that situation? It's not like he has to have a full suit under there, he's perfectly capable of making smaller items just as impenetrable (see Valkyries freak mask from Kingdom of the Wicked). So there really is no reason, other than stupidity for him to not be wearing at least a bullet-proof t-shirt at all times.