A tribute to a hero [SPOILERS INSIDE]

[Sterre]

The feels... ;-; poor Hauchy :'(

[Amberyl]

.........I hope she's not done with yet, she doesn't have to reappear...but I want more details.

Indeed. I don't want her trivialized into another Auntie Aerith, who pops up just when you were finally getting over how sick to the back teeth you are of her... But at the same time, I do desperately want to know more about her.

It's nice to see such strong supporting cast members in this expansion. Sure, both she and Estinien are troped to hell, but they're well realized archetypes, and their stories play out enjoyably, even if they are predictable.

More of this, and less bland nobodies, ala the Mor Dhona era.

[Celef]

Why, I'm a ****white mage, why can't I bring him back ? T.T

[Eul]

WHY THE RAISE/RESURRECTION/ASCEND ISN'T WORKING ON NPC?!

[Alleo]

Oh my this makes me sad all over again Q_Q. RIP Haurchefant you will be missed forever.
I want his minion right now...need something to hug

[Ayuhra]

You don't see this kind of worship for Ysayle...

Why is that?

A few possible reasons

-Lord Haurchefant has been around for as long as Realm Reborn has. Ysayle popped up late into 2.x and we didn't really learn anything about her until Heavensward.
-While Ysayle is certainly an ally, and a true and valuable one, the way the game threw us back at Dragonhead after major moments of plot-related trauma set Haurchefant up as a good friend to our player character...if not a potential lover, in some versions of the game. In English it takes more reading between the lines (but, yes, he is just as fond of your character if your character is male)
-Ysayle died running interference so we could get into Azys Lla. She rode in on a dragon, turned into a goddess and attacked a Garlean airship until the thing blasted her out of the sky. Really, as deaths go you couldn't ask to go out in a more epic way. Haurchefant died in our character's arms after struggling to breathe because Zephirin lanced him in the gut. I think if we'd seen him fight Zephirin then tackle him off the side of the Vault or dropping after severely wounding Zephirin then his death wouldn't have been so sad.
-Ysayle is a powerful user of the Echo and one of Hydaelyn's chosen. Her consciousness may well be out there still, I wouldn't write her out of the game just yet.

[Millerna]

You don't see this kind of worship for Ysayle...

Why is that?

When Haurchefant bit the dust, I didn't care all that much. I felt sad during the bit where his father got the news though.

However, Ysayle... During the first Ravana cutscene I was already OH NO! .. After she died, I felt like just shutting down the game for the day right then and there.

Needless to say, the only minion I use at the moment is wind-up Iceheart.

[Ayuhra]

Tiny!Iceheart is pretty great...ever just sit and watch her poses?

Anyway, I think some people doubtlessly miss both. You can like more than one thing.

[Amberyl]

Anyway, I think some people doubtlessly miss both. You can like more than one thing.

There's little vocalization of it for Ysayle, tho. I'd hate for Square to think we don't miss her.

[Ayuhra]

There's little vocalization of it for Ysayle, tho. I'd hate for Square to think we don't miss her.

Probably for the reasons I listed above. I also genuinely believe that Haurchefant is probably dead for good. He may come up again somehow but our companion/friend/lover is most certainly dead. This is sad.

Ysayle I think we haven't seen the last of. As a powerful Echo user, a fellow child of Hydaelyn, and a friend (it seems she made amends) of Hraesvelgr there are some very interesting ways her consciousness might help us undo that THIRD bit of Elezen Trauma.

Separating the beings of Nidhogg and Estinien

She also has a legion of followers and may have set up a contingency plan we don't know about, who can say.

Bottom line is Ysayle is clever and powerful, like our own Warriors of Light. The body might be gone but she might not be.