Ewan Karthos is dead. Died in an accident, dead before the Phantom could even react. Brance Locahain will be dead soon. His death was used to show how ruthless the Quotiar family is, and to set up Reedely's revenge. But now Ewan Kurt is Brance Locahain, and he knows that he will die no matter what happens. So he'll give those Quotiar a warning while he's at it.