tell me about it!! that and the whole post-dragon twist of the world being more fucked up until you complete the cycle is such a wild subversive turn at the end of a 90% heroic fantasy story
the part where ghosts of all the people you’ve met and befriended try to stop you from fulfilling your destiny, and you have to cut them down while the beautiful wistful Cassardis theme plays, and your childhood friend laments that all she ever wanted was for you to be safe and happy… i was shocked that this game could squeeze tears out of me like that
i suspect this stuffs not talked about much because the actual post game questing in the Everfall is blatantly “oops we ran out of budget” and kind of a damp thud after the climactic dragon fight