Quote Originally Posted by PotatoTree View Post
Can someone clarify one thing for me:

Did the derplander die? He said he wanted to go home but Alphinaud said something after about them actually returning to the lifestream?
Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post
If I remember right yes, Darklander and co. did end up dying as a result of returning to the First Shard... though I'm not sure why.
The implication was...

That the Warriors of Darkness killed themselves in their original Shard to become beings like the Ascians who inhabited crystals in the Source.. In desiring to return to their Shard, they would apparently lose this capability, and thus truly die and return to the Lifestream.