Gamerescape E3 Interview

[EdwinLi]

I do understand how this multiverse works, and the way it works should mean we don't have alternate versions of anyone. The world and cultures have gone in radically different directions, and it should be expected that people's lives have done the same. Different people live, die, meet, fall in love... and the consequence is that it's highly unlikely that the same chain of ancestors over 12,000 years should come together for anyone, let alone large numbers of characters. And they still shouldn't (in my opinion) be regarded as the same person, just a chance doppelgänger who happens to look alike.


Right now I'm dreading that they're going to go the "Haurchefant still lives somewhere, so you don't need to be so sad that he died" route, because it would just devalue how his death has been played up to this point... but thus far the DRK writing has annoyed me when handling emotional stuff, so I wouldn't put it past them. I may need to throw something if they do that.

Just because there is a Haurchefant in the First does not mean he is Haurchefant we know.

The First Haurchefant most likely lived a completely different life than Source Haurchefant to a point the only similarities he has is just his appearance and name while his personality and beliefs are completely different so we can consider him as a different person.

You have to remember that a alternate reality/world version of someone has to be treated as a completely different person and not a replacement for the person we know since their past, beliefs, and personality are completely different due to the difference of the different worlds.

If we meet a First version of Haurchefant then I will be more sad because it will most likely be a scene where we know the person by appearance and name but then realize he is a different person due to the difference in personality and beliefs thus we have to accept this person is just a different person that only looks and sounds like Haurchefant. Then we may get even more sad because we learn that for First Haurchefant to be alive today is because First Aymeric died in his place by a Sin Eater or turned into a Sin Eater when the First version of Ishgard (under a different name) fell to the Flood of Light.