Quote Originally Posted by EdwinLi View Post
Doubt Ryne will die if Minfilia returns. As Minfilia said herself, she was basically a Ascian taking over children's bodies to achieve her own goals which is why she accepted her own death. If anything, if Minfilia return it most likely maybe by giving her a body she can call her own once again that does not require sacrificing another soul to take over it.
Coming out of my lurk because I had a thought on this: what if Minfilia was Venat? Or her "shade" or whatever you want to call the form she chose despite being the heart of Hydaelyn?

"But raini," I can hear, "why would she have no knowledge of it?" Because Hydaelyn has been weakened. That weakness caused Ascilla's memories to be walled off of who she was, and iirc she had the Echo. Her line about how she felt like an Ascian makes me wonder if she knew that something was weird with her, something more than just being the Word of the Mother, a voice for Hydaelyn.