Quote Originally Posted by Nep_Nep View Post
Please Square.. have the Ascians do something. It would be soooo messed up but I would love EVERY minute of that scene.
I think they might.

Under spoiler tags because my thoughts on this are too dumb for the world.


The ways I can see it happening are

1) We know Ascians can and do possess corpses (SMN quests) and they are mobilizing
2) Many of the folks at Dragonhead loved him and you can still hear them crying. The Count is in rough shape too. Some people predict the next Primal will be snow and thunder and we haven't seen Ixion yet.
3) Ser Zephirin is somehow alive even if Thordan is not, you kill him and take his latent magic to bring Haurchefant back to life ("Life for death! I shall have Ser Zephirin's heart for what he did to Haurchefant"-Warrior of Light 3.0; "Life for death. A fair exchange. Other bargains will be struck."-Midgardsormr 2.55)
4) He is simply a spirit that watches over us. Count Edmont said wherever we went, Haurchefant's spirit went too. Bonus observation: Our kitty friend sees aether
5) He ostensibly died in our arms but Missing Body Syndrome could mean he didn't.... After the reset button being hit on Ul'dah this would be extremely annoying


If Haurchebro came back, even if not alive, it would be heartbreaking but a favorite scene for sure. I am a sucker for emotive scenes and he's my third favorite character in the game (second if my WoL doesn't count) so it would be nice to see him still have some sort of presence.

Speaking of emotive scenes, I did also unironically enjoy that whole Assassination/Flight from Ul'dah thing.