Quote Originally Posted by Saix027 View Post
True, tho, in his case he only transfered his memorys also, while the Scions had to transfer there memories AND soul/body in the shard. Maybe it just is explained poorly and got lost in translation also, for me it seemed it is just his memory we carry over so he can continue his own legacy. Feels awkard still, since i mean Ardbert not just merged or overwritten our memories after all as well.
An important detail does seem to be getting lost in translation, as you say.

The Exarch didn't transfer only his memories. Both his soul and memories are in the crystal, just like the other Scions. The only difference is that he didn't put both in at once.

When the Scions transfer themselves into the crystals, first they transfer their memories and the red part begins to glow. Then their souls enter the crystals and the white part begins to glow.

Now look at the final scene with the Exarch - cutscene #5 of "Hope's Confluence".

When we first show him the crystal, only the red part is glowing from the memories he transferred into it earlier.

He tells us that his "mind and memories" will travel with us while his body remains here.

We hold it out to him, he looks at it, and it begins to glow white. This means his soul has gone into the crystal - but unlike the Scions, who simply vanish into aether, he has a physical body to leave behind.

If anything, it seems that his soul was holding back the complete transformation of his body, and it's only after he leaves it that the crystallisation takes over.



Also it doesn't seem like merging his two souls has "overwritten" the younger G'raha, just added to him. When you talk with him afterwards at the Rising Stones, he seems like a balance between the two. He has the Exarch's memories, of course, but he just seems younger and different. It will be interesting to see how he acts from here onwards.