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    Quote Originally Posted by Cilia View Post
    Emet-Selch doesn't kill you after the Crown of the Immaculate because he doesn't want to. His plan was to see if the PC could absorb all the Lightwardens' primordial Light and still retain their self; if they succeeded he'd acknowledge their worth and continue trying to sway the PC and Scions to his side, while if they failed he'd just wait for them to become an uber-Lightwarden and usher in the Flood of Light. Either way, he wins - but he knew from the outset the PC succeeding was a long shot (at best).

    He shoots G'raha (and thus stops him from doing his heroic sacrifice) not because he wants G'raha to survive, but because his sacrificial plan would have stopped the PC from becoming an uber-Lightwarden like he wanted.

    All his shots at the Scions not killing them could also be interpreted as the typical Ascian arrogance - why bother when the PC is moments away from turning into an uber-Lightwarden and killing them anyway, or restarting the Flood of Light which would also kill them? Emet-Selch can see "soul colors" but refuses to believe the PC is anything more than a "broken husk" of Azem, which is why he goes so hard into denial prior to the final showdown (since if the PC is Azem, his best friend is telling him what he's done is wrong). He does start trying to kill the PC after Ardbert's soul willingly merges with them because at that point his plan is in disarray due to an anomalous factor he did not foresee (Hythlodaeus actually has better "soul vision" than Hades, and thus saw Ardbert's soul where Hades did not).

    It's unclear who planted the Ascian soul crystals, but that doesn't mean it was Emet-Selch, and he helps you in the final showndown with Elidibus both because your defeating him convinced him mortals have some potential (or at least deserve a chance to forge their own futures), and as a service to Elidibus (so he wouldn't be forced to continue the Ascians' mission while his memories and identity slowly but surely degraded).
    So Ishikawa wrote a whole expansion on un-intended consequences? Is that what you really believe? Given that Emet have a big hand in the creation of the light warden. I would think he would know exactly how much Aether you can absorb. You are mixing up his words and his deeds. You have to remember that he's an arrogant SOB that thought everyone is beneath him and that's the way he speaks to everyone. Since he have long seen Arbert walking beside you. Why even give you the opportunity to join? This is not a James Bond Movie where the villain tells Bond his every plan and leaves him alive to come foil his plans.
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    Last edited by Wiz33; 11-07-2021 at 04:46 AM.

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