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* Jade telling the Hero that she's spent the last sixteen years blaming herself for dropping his bassinet and them being separated, ignoring the fact she was only ''a young child'' at the time and was struggling to keep herself afloat in the river she had fallen into.

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* Jade telling the Hero that she's spent the last sixteen years blaming herself for dropping his bassinet and them being separated, ignoring the fact she was only ''a young child'' at the time and was struggling to keep herself afloat in the river she had fallen into. ''While trying to flee from monsters.''

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** If you visit Kainui again after Michelle's suicide, he says that if he could live that night over again, he'd never have let go of her hand and allowed her to walk in to the ocean and turn to foam. He also says that after meeting her, [[LoveAtfirstSight he understands how his grandfather felt about her]]. Later, after Yggdrasil falls, he tells the party that even with everything that's happened, he still can't stop thinking of Michelle. Even worse, there's a lady in the village who likes him, and now it's probably never going to work out.

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** The circumstances of how Kainui's mother came into Kainoa's care is no less tragic. Her birth mother was Kainoa's ex-fiancée, who had gotten married with someone else and had her, but he and Kainoa's ex's father ran afoul of a storm of similar caliber that sunk Kainoa's boat that eventful night. Unlike Kainoa, however, who was saved by Michelle, they were not as fortunate and both died to the storm. Hearbroken, she was DrivenToSuicide, flinging herself off a cliff with baby in tow to be TogetherInDeath, much to Kainoa's horror, who witnessed the jump. Kainoa tried, but he could only save the baby.
** If you visit Kainui again after Michelle's suicide, he says that if he could live that night over again, he'd never have let go of her hand and allowed her to walk in to the ocean and turn to foam. He also says that after meeting her, [[LoveAtfirstSight he understands how his grandfather felt about her]]. Later, after Yggdrasil falls, he tells the party that even with everything that's happened, he still can't stop thinking of Michelle. Even worse, there's a lady in the village who likes him, and now it's probably never going to work out.out, [[HistoryRepeats just like the last time]].



** Atsuo gives an AlasPoorVillain speech in Haiku. This would normally be narm, but [[NarmCharm he makes it work]]. He even omits the truth to spare the villagers, who [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regret their actions strongly]].

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** Atsuo gives an AlasPoorVillain speech in Haiku. This would normally be narm, but [[NarmCharm he makes it work]]. He even omits the truth to spare the villagers, who [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone already regret their actions strongly]].



* Learning the true history behind Erdwin's Lantern: Finding out that Erdwin was betrayed and killed by his best friend, followed by Serenica spending the rest of her life searching for a solution only to fail in her attempt to go back in time and die wallowing in despair.

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* Learning the true history behind Erdwin's Lantern: Finding out that Erdwin was betrayed and killed by his best friend, friend Morcant, followed by Serenica spending the rest of her life searching for a solution only to fail in her attempt to go back in time and die wallowing in despair.despair, and transformed into the Timekeeper.



** Also, while it's difficult to hear at first due to partially not having a dialogue box, when Dave rescues Sylvando from the beach he panics after he passes-out on him. There's desperation in his voice as he tries to bring his captain and best friend back around.

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** Also, while it's difficult to hear at first due to partially not having a dialogue box, when Dave rescues Sylvando from the beach he panics after he passes-out on him. There's desperation in his voice as he tries to bring his captain and best friend back around.around, fearing he may have just saw Sylv pass on before him.



* Veronica's sacrifice is a huge one in its own right, but it's when you look closer at the flashback cutscene that it becomes even more so. Veronica uses both Zing Stick and Staff of Salvation to revive everybody; the former revives an ally 100% of the time with up to half of their HP, while the latter heals from 130-150HP to one ally. She does this for eight people (the Luminary, Erik, Serena, Sylv, Rab, Jade, Hendrik and King Carnelian). Her base magical mending is a whopping ZERO throughout the game; it's a miracle she even managed such a huge feat, and it explains why we see Sylv and Erik waking-up in pain in their side stories; they weren't healed properly. It can be assumed the same of the other characters, too.
* One of the [=NPCs=] in The Last Bastion is a child who was playing Hide 'n' Seek with his friend when Yggdrasil fell, and feels guilty he couldn't find a single one of them before fleeing the city

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* Veronica's sacrifice is a huge one in its own right, but it's when you look closer at the flashback cutscene that it becomes even more so. Veronica uses both Zing Stick and Staff of Salvation to revive everybody; the former revives an ally 100% of the time with up to half of their HP, while the latter heals from 130-150HP to one ally. She does this for eight people (the Luminary, Erik, Serena, Sylv, Rab, Jade, Hendrik and King Carnelian). Her However, her base magical mending is a whopping ZERO throughout the game; it's a miracle she even managed such a huge feat, and it explains why we see Sylv and Erik waking-up in pain in their side stories; they weren't healed properly. It can be assumed the same of the other characters, too.
* One of the [=NPCs=] in The Last Bastion is a child who was playing Hide 'n' Seek with his friend when Yggdrasil fell, and feels guilty he couldn't find a single one of them before fleeing the citycity.
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* The villains destroying the barrier and laying seige to Nautica in Act II. It's also tear jerking when you see the protagonist being forced to swim away while watching Nautica get ransacked.

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* The villains destroying the barrier and laying seige siege to Nautica in Act II. It's also tear jerking when you see the protagonist being forced to swim away while watching Nautica get ransacked.



* Rab's sidestory involves him being put through TheLastTemptation by Grand Master Pang. The first couple of scenes are true, but the birthday party is something that would have happened had Dundrasil not fallen. It hurts Rab to have to break away because of this.

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* Rab's sidestory involves him being put through TheLastTemptation TheFinalTemptation by Grand Master Pang. The first couple of scenes are true, but the birthday party is something that would have happened had Dundrasil not fallen. It hurts Rab to have to break away because of this.
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* One of the [=NPCs=] in The Last Bastion is a child who was playing Hide 'n' Seek with his friend when Yggdrasil fell, and feels guilty he couldn't find a single one of them before fleeing the city

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* One of the [=NPCs=] in The Last Bastion is a child who was playing Hide 'n' Seek with his friend when Yggdrasil fell, and feels guilty he couldn't find a single one of them before fleeing the citycity
* The reveal that Serenica became the Keeper of Time after failing to change the past to revive Erdwin. We see her collapsing to the ground and dying before her soul becomes the Keeper. Serena and Veronica ask her if she is indeed Serenica, but the Keeper has seemingly forgotten who she is. It isn't until she sees the party fly away on the armoured Cetacea that she finally begins to remember.
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** Rab's reaction is no less upsetting. He mourns [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth why the good must always die young]], no doubt reminded of the deaths of his son and daughter-in-law.

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** Rab's reaction is no less upsetting. He mourns [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth why the good must always die young]], no doubt reminded of the deaths of his son and daughter-in-law.the Hero's birth parents.
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** Rab's reactions is no less upsetting. Rab mourns [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth why the good must always die young]], no doubt reminded of the deaths of his son and daughter-in-law.

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** Rab's reactions reaction is no less upsetting. Rab He mourns [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth why the good must always die young]], no doubt reminded of the deaths of his son and daughter-in-law.
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** Rab's reactions is no less upsetting. Rab mourns [[TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth why the good must always die young]], no doubt reminded of the deaths of his son and daughter-in-law.
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** If you visit Kainui again after Michelle's suicide, he says that if he could live that night over again, he'd never have let go of her hand and allowed her to walk in to the ocean and turn to foam. He also says that after meeting her, he understands how his grandfather felt about her...the implication being that Kainui had fallen in LoveAtFirstSight himself.

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** If you visit Kainui again after Michelle's suicide, he says that if he could live that night over again, he'd never have let go of her hand and allowed her to walk in to the ocean and turn to foam. He also says that after meeting her, [[LoveAtfirstSight he understands how his grandfather felt about her...her]]. Later, after Yggdrasil falls, he tells the implication being party that Kainui had fallen even with everything that's happened, he still can't stop thinking of Michelle. Even worse, there's a lady in LoveAtFirstSight himself.the village who likes him, and now it's probably never going to work out.
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** If you visit Kainui again after Michelle's suicide, he says that if he could live that night over again, he'd never have let go of her hand and allowed her to commit suicide. He also says that after meeting her, he understands how his grandfather felt about her...the implication being that Kainui had fallen in LoveAtFirstSight himself.

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** If you visit Kainui again after Michelle's suicide, he says that if he could live that night over again, he'd never have let go of her hand and allowed her to commit suicide.walk in to the ocean and turn to foam. He also says that after meeting her, he understands how his grandfather felt about her...the implication being that Kainui had fallen in LoveAtFirstSight himself.
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** If you visit Kainui again after Michelle's suicide, he says that if he could live that night over again, he'd never have let go of her hand and allowed her to commit suicide. He also says that after meeting her, he understands how his grandfather felt about her...the implication being that Kainui had fallen in LoveAtFirstSight himself.
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** Shortly after this, the Luminary and Erik go to where Chalky guided them to find two letters. One from Chalky, explaining that he remembers speaking to the teenage hero and giving some help and encouragement to him, signing off with "All the love in the world". The other is from his mother, who died in trying to save him and tells him how much it broke her heart to have to leave, but how proud of him she is for what he'll accomplish.
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-->'''Dave:''' Sylv! Syyylv! Fank goodness yer alright! Sylv! Stay wiv me, Sylv! C-Come on...
* Veronica's sacrifice is a huge one in its own right, but it's when you look closer at the flashback cutscene that it becomes even more so. [[spoiler: Veronica uses both Zing Stick and Staff of Salvation to revive everybody; the former revives an ally 100% of the time with up to half of their HP, while the latter heals from 130-150HP to one ally. She does this for eight people (the Luminary, Erik, Serena, Sylv, Rab, Jade, Hendrik and King Carnelian). Her base magical mending is a whopping ZERO throughout the game; it's a miracle she even managed such a huge feat, and it explains why we see Sylv and Erik waking-up in pain in their side stories; they weren't healed properly. It can be assumed the same of the other characters, too.]]

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-->'''Dave:''' --->'''Dave:''' Sylv! Syyylv! Fank goodness yer alright! Sylv! Stay wiv me, Sylv! C-Come on...
* Veronica's sacrifice is a huge one in its own right, but it's when you look closer at the flashback cutscene that it becomes even more so. [[spoiler: Veronica uses both Zing Stick and Staff of Salvation to revive everybody; the former revives an ally 100% of the time with up to half of their HP, while the latter heals from 130-150HP to one ally. She does this for eight people (the Luminary, Erik, Serena, Sylv, Rab, Jade, Hendrik and King Carnelian). Her base magical mending is a whopping ZERO throughout the game; it's a miracle she even managed such a huge feat, and it explains why we see Sylv and Erik waking-up in pain in their side stories; they weren't healed properly. It can be assumed the same of the other characters, too.]]
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* Veronica's sacrifice is a huge one in its own right, but it's when you look closer at the flashback cutscene that it becomes even more so. Veronica uses both Zing Stick and Staff of Salvation to revive everybody; the former revives an ally 100% of the time with up to half of their HP, while the latter heals from 130-150HP to one ally. She does this for eight people (the Luminary, Erik, Serena, Sylv, Rab, Jade, Hendrik and King Carnelian). Her base magical mending is a whopping ZERO throughout the game; it's a miracle she even managed such a huge feat, and it explains why we see Sylv and Erik waking-up in pain in their side stories; they weren't healed properly. It can be assumed the same of the other characters, too.

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* Veronica's sacrifice is a huge one in its own right, but it's when you look closer at the flashback cutscene that it becomes even more so. [[spoiler: Veronica uses both Zing Stick and Staff of Salvation to revive everybody; the former revives an ally 100% of the time with up to half of their HP, while the latter heals from 130-150HP to one ally. She does this for eight people (the Luminary, Erik, Serena, Sylv, Rab, Jade, Hendrik and King Carnelian). Her base magical mending is a whopping ZERO throughout the game; it's a miracle she even managed such a huge feat, and it explains why we see Sylv and Erik waking-up in pain in their side stories; they weren't healed properly. It can be assumed the same of the other characters, too.]]
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* The villains destroying the barrier and laying seige to Nautica in Act II. It's also tear jerking when you see the protagonist being forced to swim away while watching Nautica get ransacked.
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* Jade telling the Hero that she's spent the last sixteen years blaming herself for dropping his bassinet and them being separated, ignoring the fact she was only ''a toddler'' at the time and was struggling to keep herself afloat in the river she had fallen into.

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* Jade telling the Hero that she's spent the last sixteen years blaming herself for dropping his bassinet and them being separated, ignoring the fact she was only ''a toddler'' young child'' at the time and was struggling to keep herself afloat in the river she had fallen into.



* The [[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Switch]] version allows you to marry ([[AmbiguousSituation or at least have a stronger connection with]]) any of the other female party members. Meaning, you can inflict one on Gemma because she'll have to cope with the fact that her childhood crush [[AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder grew apart from her]] during his journey. Made more heartwrenching for Gemma since he returns to Cobblestone with his new bride, so she'll also have to watch another woman enjoy the life that [[DidNotGetTheGuy should've been]] ''hers''. Ouch.

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* The [[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Switch]] version allows you to marry ([[AmbiguousSituation or at least have a stronger romantic connection with]]) any of the other female party members. Meaning, you can inflict one on Gemma because she'll have to cope with the fact that her childhood crush [[AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder grew apart from her]] during his journey. Made more heartwrenching for Gemma since he returns to Cobblestone with his new bride, so she'll also have to watch another woman enjoy the life that [[DidNotGetTheGuy should've could've been]] ''hers''. Ouch. That said, in her actual dialog she is always happy for the Luminary if he chooses another girl.
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* Jade telling the Hero that she's spent the last sixteen years blaming herself for dropping his bassinet and them being separated, ignoring the fact she was only ''seven'' at the time and was struggling to keep herself afloat in the river she had fallen into.

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* Jade telling the Hero that she's spent the last sixteen years blaming herself for dropping his bassinet and them being separated, ignoring the fact she was only ''seven'' ''a toddler'' at the time and was struggling to keep herself afloat in the river she had fallen into.
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* One of the NPCs in The Last Bastion is a child who was playing Hide 'n' Seek with his friend when Yggdrasil fell, and feels guilty he couldn't find a single one of them before fleeing the city

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* One of the NPCs [=NPCs=] in The Last Bastion is a child who was playing Hide 'n' Seek with his friend when Yggdrasil fell, and feels guilty he couldn't find a single one of them before fleeing the city
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* Veronica's sacrifice is a huge one in its own right, but it's when you look closer at the flashback cutscene that it becomes even more so. Veronica uses both Zing Stick and Staff of Salvation to revive everybody; the former revives an ally 100% of the time with up to half of their HP, while the latter heals from 130-150HP to one ally. She does this for eight people (the Luminary, Erik, Serena, Sylv, Rab, Jade, Hendrik and King Carnelian). Her base magical mending is a whopping ZERO throughout the game; it's a miracle she even managed such a huge feat, and it explains why we see Sylv and Erik waking-up in pain in their side stories; they weren't healed properly. It can be assumed the same of the other characters, too.

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* Veronica's sacrifice is a huge one in its own right, but it's when you look closer at the flashback cutscene that it becomes even more so. Veronica uses both Zing Stick and Staff of Salvation to revive everybody; the former revives an ally 100% of the time with up to half of their HP, while the latter heals from 130-150HP to one ally. She does this for eight people (the Luminary, Erik, Serena, Sylv, Rab, Jade, Hendrik and King Carnelian). Her base magical mending is a whopping ZERO throughout the game; it's a miracle she even managed such a huge feat, and it explains why we see Sylv and Erik waking-up in pain in their side stories; they weren't healed properly. It can be assumed the same of the other characters, too.too.
* One of the NPCs in The Last Bastion is a child who was playing Hide 'n' Seek with his friend when Yggdrasil fell, and feels guilty he couldn't find a single one of them before fleeing the city
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-->'''Dave:''' Sylv! Syyylv! Fank goodness yer alright! Sylv! Stay wiv me, Sylv! C-Come on...

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-->'''Dave:''' Sylv! Syyylv! Fank goodness yer alright! Sylv! Stay wiv me, Sylv! C-Come on...on...
* Veronica's sacrifice is a huge one in its own right, but it's when you look closer at the flashback cutscene that it becomes even more so. Veronica uses both Zing Stick and Staff of Salvation to revive everybody; the former revives an ally 100% of the time with up to half of their HP, while the latter heals from 130-150HP to one ally. She does this for eight people (the Luminary, Erik, Serena, Sylv, Rab, Jade, Hendrik and King Carnelian). Her base magical mending is a whopping ZERO throughout the game; it's a miracle she even managed such a huge feat, and it explains why we see Sylv and Erik waking-up in pain in their side stories; they weren't healed properly. It can be assumed the same of the other characters, too.
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* The [[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Switch]] version allows you to marry any of the other female party members. Meaning, you can inflict one on Gemma because she'll have to cope with the fact that her childhood crush [[AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder grew apart from her]] during his journey. Made more heartwrenching for Gemma since he returns to Cobblestone with his new bride, so she'll also have to watch another woman enjoy the life that [[DidNotGetTheGuy should've been]] ''hers''. Ouch.

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* The [[UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch Switch]] version allows you to marry ([[AmbiguousSituation or at least have a stronger connection with]]) any of the other female party members. Meaning, you can inflict one on Gemma because she'll have to cope with the fact that her childhood crush [[AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder grew apart from her]] during his journey. Made more heartwrenching for Gemma since he returns to Cobblestone with his new bride, so she'll also have to watch another woman enjoy the life that [[DidNotGetTheGuy should've been]] ''hers''. Ouch.

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