Gash said he was the Seeker leader before Cainus was destroyed. He does refer to Cainus as the location of “his people” however. Maybe there was a Seeker base hidden within the village?
Gash wasn’t from Cainus afai can tell, and he was the leader of the Seekers all through PDS. ‘Shadow Eye’ is the title given to the leader remember? And when we first meet him he says he is ‘Shadow Eye’ Gash.
“New leader” can imply a recent change from within a year or many years. The Seekers think long term, so a five year old leader could be relatively new.
I think Gash said he was the new leader to suggest Lundi died. I’d still like to know what happened to both of them.
Gash was willing to wait another 30 years to destroy Sestren. That shows he was thinking long term. If Edge hadn’t decided to go then, he would have done so.
That’s true, but the point is it was Gash who claimed to be the Seeker’s new leader. His words. And the impression is given from the Seeker’s motives that they do work long term (they have existed for hundreds of years).