Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Guessing ahead in history

I'm finally caught up on Radiant Historia's sidequests. I've still got to find two more of the pacts required to unlock the game's secret boss that's more difficult than the boss waiting at story's end and finish a couple of other quests along the way, and that's it.

Progressing a little bit into the Final Chapter of the Alternative History, a huge twist has been rounded. Heiss is the one with the Black Chronicle - since he disabled the Flux manipulating powers of the chamber beneath Granorg castle. Plus, it's also become possible that Heiss is the previous ruler of Granorg, King Victor.

All I have to back up this guess is Heiss' mysterious origin, his possession of the Black Chronicle (since King Victor was its last owner), and Aht's realization that there's something similar about Heiss and Stocke. If Stocke is a revived half of Ernst's (Eruca's brother, whom King Victor slew for the Flux ritual) soul, then it makes sense that Heiss possesses the soul's other half as the performer of the Flux ritual. In short, such an arrangement means they share a soul, and that's likely what Aht noticed about them.

It all sounds crazy, but that's what makes these sorts of J-RPGs awesome.

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