Maybe the powers the goddesses give out are personalized to the knight ?

She declares herself Goddess of Swords, so if the hero needed magical hats, they would be out of luck…

Re: Captain Xivia. That was kind of confusing to me. And she doesn’t seem incompetent per se. Plus she has main cast vibes.

Unwillingness to retreat is incompetence for a commander. She’s probably one of those better off as a fighter than a commander.

But it did sound like Xenias(?) at the Hero Command camp had different orders from whomever Xivia was taking orders from, so command confusion on the same side is entirely possible, especially with everyone except the heroes on medieval tech.