They quickly found out that they had guessed correctly—the crown gave the Controller the ability to place temporary markers on people, bringing them into the time loop for a limited time, while the dagger allowed the Controller to place a special kind of marker on a specific soul, letting the time loop know it should not recreate that soul in future restarts. Soulkill, as Red Robe called it.
Just like the orb and the ring, both items also had a mundane function that even normal people could use. The crown acted as personal mana storage, which they already knew thanks to Quatach-Ichl, but it was nice to have confirmation. In particular, Quatach-Ichl’s story had not made it clear whether the amount of personal mana stored in the crown was proportional to the one using it or fixed. Now they
