History TearJerker / DragaliaLost

** If you've read the castle story "That Which Remains" and his Gala story, [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation this gets much, much worse if you look at his character in another way.]] the former's ending reveals that due to severing his chain of casuality, people won't remember who he is at all eventually, while the latter showcases that [[YourDaysAreNumbered he is running out of time.]] So when Audric denied Cassandra's request to reconnect him to the chain of causality, '''[[DeathSeeker he was essentially asking her to let him die.]]'''

* Chapter 24 doesn't stop with the punches, either. The party goes to Lefkos to find the Primordial Dragons, and the truth behind the destruction of Lefkos is revealed. During a war between another nation, Sheila sought to help out her homeland by investigating The Dragon Necropolis. Thanks to the black mana within the lake, the soldiers started getting corrupted and attacked each other, and could do nothing but watch. [[NoSell after realizing that she wasn't affected by the black mana]], she tried to control it. Key word being tried, because '''[[GoneHorriblyWrong she lost control of the black mana, and wasn't able to stop it.]]''' As a result, [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom it overflowed Lefkos]], [[WatchingTroyBurn forcing her to witness the destruction of her homeland by]] [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom her own hands.]] From what we've seen of black mana, [[NothingIsScarier we can only imagine what happened next...]]

* Surprisingly, [[JerkassGod Elysium]] elicited a [[CryForTheDevil sympathetic reaction from the fandom]] once his perspective was put into mind accompanied with his dragon story alongside his [[AlasPoorVillain genuinely tragic death in Chapter 24]]. Putting into mind that he is an AllLovingHero who's methods became questionable [[WellIntentionedExtremist simply because he loved the world and it's people that much]], alongside seeing the world doomed over and over and over again. His caring attitude [[TheMcCoy devolved into irrationality all because he cared about people THAT much.]]

* Chapter 26, and the game as a whole, has a BittersweetEnding. Euden, having been created from the Other (and by extension, Mordecai), is a part of Xenos' heart. Thus, he starts to fade away after Xenos himself is put down for good. Euden proceeds to use the power of creation to make sure the world is restored, at the cost of none of his friends being able to remember him. Midgardsormr is the only exception, and he hangs a lampshade over the unfairness of Euden not being able to be happy in the world he fought so hard to save.

* While it isn't touched upon as much, poor Leif's got it rough, especially when it comes to his two closest friends, Harle and Cecile. Leif has to witness Harle [[TookALevelInJerkass become a horribly wicked and cruel bastard committing many atrocities,]] not knowing that the real Harle was actually banished to another world and replaced with Loki, the impostor he sees now. And Cecile, who was once a noble knight, [[BrokenBird became incredibly traumatized after being made to kill innocent dragons and people, and has become a shaky, panicking drug addict to cope with her trauma.]] Even when Leif finds out that the real Harle is alive and well, Harle [[ButNowIMustGo ends up having to go into hiding]] [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies to protect him and Cecile from the many other enemies he's made apart from Loki, without even getting a chance to reunite.]]

* Chapter 26, and the game as a whole, has a BittersweetEnding. Euden is revealed to be a part of Xenos' heart, similarly to Mordecai, and starts to fade away after Xenos is put down for good. Euden proceeds to use the power of creation to make sure the world is restored, at the cost of none of his friends being able to remember him. Midgardsormr is the only exception, and he hangs a lampshade over the unfairness of Euden not being able to be happy in the world he fought so hard to save.

** With all this talk of severing one's own chain of causality and all that it entails, Chapter 25's second half suggests that ''Zena'' is about to make that same choice as well; one can chalk it up to knowing that failure means all she loves will be erased anyway, but knowing that doesn't make it hurt any less. Of course the choice to sever her chain of causality is made easier at the cost of her own brother, having finally freed him from [[DemonicPossession Morsayati's control]] with the Prince's help but only to reveal that he's [[MoreThanMindControl Xenos's puppet like Phares from the main world was]], [[AllForNothing blowing up their world and many others upon his demise]], leaving her with nothing to come home to and no one from her original world to remember her as they are annihilated completely. At the very least, Zena has finally accomplished her initial mission of freeing her brother, even as he reveals upon regaining control of himself that he supports the destruction of all possibility with his original personality that she loved restored. This makes her [[SiblingMurder stopping him]] not only more heartbreaking than ever for her, but ultimately futile as the Otherworld Prince ignites the vast quantity of black mana in their world and destroys it and every other world attached in a vicious chain reaction post-mortem. With all that she had sacrificed to save her brother, she has nothing left to show for it but to save the remaining world left. Poor Zena indeed...

** With all this talk of severing one's own chain of causality and all that it entails, Chapter 25's second half suggests that ''Zena'' is about to make that same choice as well; one can chalk it up to knowing that failure means all she loves will be erased anyway, but knowing that doesn't make it hurt any less. Of course the choice to sever her chain of causality is made easier at the cost of her own brother, having finally freed him from [[DemonicPossession Morsayati's control]] with the Prince's help but only to reveal that he's [[MoreThanMindControl Xenos's puppet like Phares from the main world was]], [[AllForNothing blowing up their world and many others upon his demise]], leaving her with nothing to come home to and no one from her original world to remember her as they are annihilated completely. At the very least, Zena has finally accomplished her initial mission of freeing her brother, even as he reveals upon regaining control of himself that he supports the destruction of all possibility with his original personality that she loved restored. This makes her [[SiblingMurder stopping him]] not only more heartbreaking than ever for her, but ultimately futile as the Otherworld Prince ignites the vast quantity of black mana in their world and destroys it and every other world attached in a vicious chain reaction. Poor Zena indeed...

** With all this talk of severing one's own chain of causality and all that it entails, Chapter 25's second half suggests that ''Zena'' is about to make that same choice as well; one can chalk it up to knowing that failure means all she loves will be erased anyway, but knowing that doesn't make it hurt any less.

--> '''Audric:''' I care not if I am cut free of the world, nor if I become a nameless warrior. Once the battles are fought and won, all will forget about the fool king who brought down the world. Is that not preferable?
* With that in consideration, this paints his final line in his Gala Story towards a different light.
--> '''Audric:''' [[TogetherInDeath I'm coming, my beloved progeny.]]

* Phares's story is brutal. First, it's revealed that even after being cured of wyrmscale, he is still dying. Second, we find out that his pactdragon Uranus, whom we had never seen on heard about until recently, was killed by his own hand in his research. Third, when he assembles a team of the Halidom's finest researchers to look into the progenitor and prepares to pass leadership to Cassandra only for her to demand she look into helping him recover, he refuses. Unlike with Audric, Cassandra refuses to take no for an answer, and Chelle is also as determined to save him no matter how much he tells them to let him die. It takes an ArmorPiercingQuestion from Chelle to get Phares struggling to answer. Fourth, Leonidas send report that Valkaheim is being attacked by black mana infused fiends in hopes of Phares being able to help, and Phares takes it upon himself to deal with the situation. Among the attackers is revealed to be Uranus who had been brought back by the black mana and turned hostile. Finally, when Uranus attempts an attack on Leonidas, Phares [[TakingTheBullet takes the blow]] and thinks this enough to kill him once and for all, only for Leonidas remind him how hard he fought to survive. With the strife to live, he gets Leonidas to help him end Uranus's suffering.

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* On March 21st, 2022, Cygames announced that the final chapter would be released in July and the game would shut down at a later date with the March 30th Gala dragalia being the last showcase with new characters. Many fans who stuck with the game for a while were very saddened to read the news.

-- '''Gatov:''' I hear you, my daughter. And if that's how it is, let us take responsibility together. You need not suffer alone anymore, for we will share the burden!

-->"Let us walk togehter forever."

-- '''Gatov:''' Your past, your sins, your punishment, AND your future are all your own. [[YouAreNotAlone But you need not be imprisoned by them or suffer alone. Whatever you may become, your father will be at your side.]]