Reaper's avatar

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If anything, we have evidence that runs counter to this, instead, in the form of Golbez who's implied to be Azem's shard similar to the Warrior of Light, who you can fight AS a reaper, with your own avatar. While this might be a case of gameplay and story segregation, the lack of any sort of special dialogue to reference the matter makes me doubt it.

One slight correction to this: we've never fought the Golbez that's implied to be our shard (the one we see flashbacks of in first-person, etc) - in the 6.5 dungeon, we see that he was mercy-killed by Durante during the Contramemoria. The 'Golbez' we're dealing with in 6.x is Durante, wearing Golbez's old armor and taking on his name.

That only reinforces your point, though - the OG Golbez's soul is currently sealed within a memoria crystal, so he can't possibly be our avatar.