- Not to mention the optional scene where Danette plays with Odie's manikin and snaps his neck, with apparently no major (read: long-term) side-effects...
- In Father Valerio's sermon on the origins of the races, he refers to the Dracon being born by lightning cast by the gods. The Dracon are (supposedly) superior to all of the past races, learning from their mistakes; however, they also grow too obsessed with the past and ignore the future, to the point that they are completely unable to cope with change... a flaw shared by the Drazillians. Presuming that his sermon has some basis in fact, the Dracon could well be an early attempt by the Drazillians to impose their will on Haephnes, crafted in their likeness and fully expected to thrive by following the Drazillians' ideology exactly...
- Um, since when are Drazilians arrogant? Their gods, sure, but the Drazilians themselves are pretty much the exact opposite of arrogant, having no individuality and thus no sense of self-worth. Also, there's no indication that any Dracons other than Kanan and the rest of the Thurists worshipped anything but the gods of Apis, same as everyone else. And Dio is pretty much the only Dracon who's shown to be particularly arrogant. Most of the Dracon NPCs found in the various towns and cities come off as a bit reserved, but generally friendly.
- Were you paying attention to the end of the game? All the Drazilians looked down on Layna, and indeed anyone who isn't a Drazilian. Not to mention the heads of the Drazilian world tried to program Gig to destroy the earth world.
- I might ask the same question of you. They weren't looking down on her; they honestly thought that anyone who didn't look like them was deformed, which wasn't an unreasonable assumption, given that they'd never seen anyone who didn't look like them before. Furthermore, their initial reaction to her (to try to 'help' her, as opposed to driving out the 'freak') is, under the circumstances, about as far from arrogant as you can get. The 'heads' you refer to are the aforementioned Drazilian gods, who were responsible for brainwashing them into that state, and were indeed exceedingly arrogant. And all of this still doesn't address the fact that the Dracon as a whole do not show any signs of either being particularly arrogant or of worshipping any differently than the rest of the races of Prodesto.
- The Drazilians do have individuality and self-worth. Just before Layna's first conversation with Danette, Gig, and the Main Character: one Drazilian notes how sad it is to see someone with a face like Layna's (i.e. not like a local's), and the next Drazilian immediately after states that her face is "...quite unusual. That's no good. You must fix it, quickly!" Two quite different ways to say essentially the same thing. A later Drazilian notes how lucky the party must be to be "Red Citizens", who are allowed to carry weapons, as opposed to the "Blue Citizens", who aren't allowed to even buy kitchen knives and such utensils, let alone weapons. A Drazilian mother tells the player that she named her baby "Haguro Forty-Two" because it was the forty-second child to be born on Haguro Street. They may not be too creative with it, but they do possess individuality and self-worth. They have a tightly controlled society that is pressed down upon them by Drazil and his flunkies, and that is what makes them so meek and trusting. But, that isn't the issue. Dracons could be the Drazilian mold cast into a different environment (or, vice versa). And, because so many biological characteristics are shared by the races of Prodesto, enough for Nereids to be able to reproduce with males from other species, presumably any of Prodesto's sapient species, any of the races could have a direct genetic link to the Drazilians.
- Were you paying attention to the end of the game? All the Drazilians looked down on Layna, and indeed anyone who isn't a Drazilian. Not to mention the heads of the Drazilian world tried to program Gig to destroy the earth world.
- Jossed by Disgaea 3. Gig and Revya (a female Revya, at that!) appear in the post-game quest as separate characters with their own bodies. All of the good endings on the Normal Path incorporate this idea in some way, whereas both of the Demon Path endings contradict it. Danette's cameo in Revya's Holy Justice attack drives the point home, as that attack was only available on the Danette-friendly Normal Path.
- They're downloadable content though. Characters such as Human Kurtis and Frog Tink also appear as DLC, so not all (if any) of the DLC is canon.
- Given that FMA is six years older than Soul Nomad, it seems likely it was, at least, a major source of inspiration. I'd contest the 'lesser' status as one crimson tear (albeit a very potent one) was able to form an inter dimensional portal between Haephnes and Drazil, and another one was used to bind a god to the soul of a human.
- As the Stable Time Loop entry states, I don't think you're alone on this. In fact, I thought it was outright stated by the game (Presuming Raksha is Gig, because he's more powerful, and Thuris is Revya because of the Scarlet Iago connection).
- Alternatively, assume Thuris is Gig (murderous psychopath who does it For the Evulz), and Raksha is Revya (sick and tired of being an Unwitting Pawn for his entire existence). Sure, it adds disturbing implications to female!Revya's ending with Levin, but the personalities line up better.
- For the above two, probably both. Drazil himself stated that he waited until both souls fused together, meaning when the result was split, the two parts contain elements of both characters.
- There are also small hints that Raksha is mostly made of Gig's soul. You can get a dialogue from a character saying that they saw a small figure flying above the game's Throw-Away Country. Raksha later admits that it was him while possessing Levin's body. What's the first ability you get in the Demon Path after accepting Gig's power? The ability to fly. His edicts also make a lot more sense (most edicts in the game describe the characters in some way) when you realize they refer to his original self, Vigilance. For Thuris it explains why he's the weakest. He's made from mostly a particularly powerful human while the others are made from gods.
- Personally, I've always assumed that he used them to make Gamma and Joules.
Danette and Layna's survival may feel a bit Deus ex Machina, but it's due to Layna finally deciding to fight back against the nightmare. Similarly, the Heel Face Turns are due to her regrets, acknowledging that they would have made fine allies. If Revya claims that he/she wants to go back to the way things were, Grunzford launches into his massive What the Hell, Player? speech; this is actually Layna forcing herself to acknowledge that she can't restore this nightmare to the way it 'should be', and her regret over manipulating them. Danette's Heroic Sacrifice is salt in the wound; surely she considered the possibility that she had the potential to become a Crimson Tear before... The bad ending takes the worst case scenario all the way to its logical conclusion, while the good ending is Layna taking control of the nightmare anyway and dealing with the problems she created at great personal cost, following which the real Revya and Danette defeat the Drazilian Gods, allowing her to escape Purgatory and return to life.
- Jossed. Soul Nomad takes place 10 years after Phantom Brave, making it the last known game in the Nippon Ichi verse time line. Baal has been around during Phantom Brave.
- Except that Lujei was able to influence matters in Phantom Brave, bringing Sulpher back to the world. Even counting that she's a 'time witch' travelling dimensions, the fact that she's the root cause for basically the majority of the situation in Soul Nomad means it cannot be discounted entirely. 'Timeline' doesn't mean much because of the circumstances.
- I believe this as well. The endings could just explain what everyone's up to. This would mean that the most likely canon endings are either the Danette or Gig ending.
- This is proven for the most part by what Grunzford says in the Male!Revya ending with Gig.
- A crossover with Makai Kingdom. Since Asagi left Zetta it makes sense he'd follow her when he could. Possibly bringing Salome and Alex along (well, Alex wasn't really brought along). Oh, and Zetta's out of the book! The real reasons for this - besides the hilarity of Zetta and Gig snarking at one another - are twofold.
- Castille tags along for her touching reunion with her brother.
- It allows Gig to be a playable character while being sealed in the sword...the same way Zetta was playable while being sealed in a book. Yup, Baal's here, and he's taken Gig's soulless body as his own.
- This builds up to the Optional Boss battle against an entire army of Baals and Prinny Baals. It will be epic.
- Oh, and Demon Revya would show up at some point, and good Revya would have to fight him/her.
- I do remember something mentioned on the original Japanese site about a cellphone game that detailed Layna's confrontation with Virtuous and how Layna eventually agreed to let Virtuous fuse with her. Perhaps a Layna Mode?
- In fact... Maybe Revya is not the only Dark Signer. Everyone who joins her is. Galahad and Kanan were killed in battle, but were spared by Cusillu and Aslla piscu respectively. Thorndyke, Cuthbert and Shauna allowed Revya to kill them and were spared by Ccapac Apu, Uru and Ccarayhua. The only exception is Lobo, who was lucky enough to keep his life, as Chacu Challhua did not see him as worthy, so they decided to keep him around so he can be The Evil Genius. Big mistake
- This theory also has the benefit of giving the normal campaign a interesting Becoming the Mask subtext.
- They both (try) to use the Yoshitsuna to destroy the planet when things don't go their way, both seem to take their fans for granted, and both are the only female ones to have In-Universe fans shown.
It seems strange that Gig would immediately return to his gentle Vigilance persona upon regaining his memories seeing as his personality remains mostly the same when a similar event happens in the normal path. Heck, Gig in this route should have even more reason to scorn his past life since he hasn't grown anything even resembling a conscience.
Keep in mind that when Gig regained his memories, Revya had been completely defeated and cornered. And despite how much he liked the kid, he wasn't willing to go down with the ship, so he decided to play the role of the remorseful goody two-shoes hoping that the resistance would spare him. And seeing how quickly he was Easily Forgiven, his gambit paid off. Gig likely intends pick up where he left off once things calm down and everyone's guard is down.
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