History Fridge / OctopathTravelerII

* In Chapter 4 of Throné's route, we encounter the mother of his most recent child, who is simply referred to as "Emaciated Woman." Nothing's said outright, but the woman has obviously been maltreated and she begs the heroes to ''kill her baby''. [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil It's not entirely clear if all of Claude's encounters with those "countless" women were consensual]]. In addition, the fate of the baby in Claude's arms after his death is [[NothingIsScarier completely unknown]], with Throné only commenting that the baby is crying over its father's death. Was the baby given a MercyKill, as requested by the Emaciated Woman? Or will the baby grow up to be another broken vessel like the lingering populace of Lostseed?

* During the final battle of Hikari's story, Mugen declares that he plans to completely exterminate the Lumina bloodline from Solistia to ensure no one can threaten his rule. Considering that Osvald's daughter is revealed to be descended from the Lumina, what would have happened to her, and hell, the entirety of Conning Creek if Mugen had found this out?

* At the end of Partitio's story, the game has you use his path action to buy Roque's steam engine for the 80 billion leaves you now have from Alrond. If you have a follower who gives you discounts, they will not trigger it this time no matter what. While this can be seen as a case of GameplayAndStorySegregation so that money is still relevant in the game (as the game actually adds 80,000,000,000 to your funds for this moment and discounting even 1% off would leave you with 800 million leaves for nothing), it makes a lot more sense when you remember that the deal had already been made by Chapter 2's end. This is simply the transaction part of that same deal, since Partitio is not one to try to weasel out of a deal he already agreed to. By contrast, when Partitio buys the Grand Terry from Terry, follow effects still apply, because Terry never intended to give the shop up until Partitio made a convincing speech for why he wants it, giving him more freedom to haggle with Terry.

* Dolcinaea's boss model in phase one has her flying while her phase two model has her standing on the ground. This serves to show how both performers view Dolcinaea; Dolcinaea initially appears like a towering figure literally carried by her fame and sees herself as better than Agnea, who struggles to keep up with her at first. But when Agnea regains her footing thanks to the support of her friends and sings the Song of Hope, Dolcinaea realizes Agnea is not as weak as she thought and takes it more seriously. Thus she goes from floating above Agnea to standing as her equal, as Agnea now has the fortitude to hold her own against her rival.

** There are two more reasons for her actions. First, she loves to cause people pain and suffering, and break them down with despair. She hoped that revealing she, one of Temenos's companions, is responsible for the deaths of Temenos's two closest friends, would break his resolve to keep fighting. Also, the Order needed to collect Throné to be the proper vessel of Vide. The travelers have proven their strength and intelligence already besting other members of the Order, like Claude, Trousseau, and Harvey, and their other associates (like Kaldena), so subterfuge to collect Throné wouldn't work. Vide snatching her wouldn't have worked because Ochette already saved Castti from him. Direct confrontation is her only option left.