Thread: Revelations from Patch 5.3

Originally Posted by Alleo

About Ardbert

Maybe I missed something but why is he still that much with us? At the end of Shadowbringers I thought he joined fully with us and is gone (since our soul was stronger and healed afterwards) I always took that walk towards his friends as symbolic.

When Minifila fully joined with Ryne she stopped existing so why does Ardbert still exist?(Not that I am not happy just confused)

It is most likely because he is a actual fragment of our original soul why he still exists as part of our being. With Ryne she was a new soul and not a fragment of Minfillia's soul.

However, since Ardbert is actual part of our soul thus he has become us and we have become him in the best way I can describe things. I will say more but it gets very confusing even for me and is going into Persona series level of a person's inner/true self, mentality, and desires.

In both Ryne and Minfillia case, both were separate beings that could not be compatible with each other thus one has to be delete for or else both will die due to constant rejection of both souls by the body. If both souls were compatible then they would have fused together like Ardbert and our character thus combining both memories and powers together. However, since their souls were far too different and the body was rejecting the existance of two different souls not compatible with each other, one had to disappear or else both could have died.