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The Masked Martial Arts tournament is fought in randomly chosen pairs, meaning fighters who have never even met can end up together. So why is there only a single prize for first and for second place? Vince Vanquish suggested selling the prize if he and the Luminary won it, but the only other scenario would be for one fighter to keep the prize, and the other to get nothing. Why not offer two equal prizes for the winning team - or, even easier, a cash prize?
And discourage the competitive spirit Octogonia was knows for? It was probably designed so they would fight over it, so as to encourage competition.
Why did Serenica going back in time not follow the rules laid out when the Luminary went back in time? The Sword of Light didn't break like it was supposed to, and her saving Erdwin from death didn't seem to change anything in the present day. By all accounts, everything should have been turned on its head. No Erdwin's Lantern, no Mordegon, yet here we are...
This is part of the Many Worlds theory. Just because the main timeline changed, does not mean that the current timeline will.
Another possibility is that whatever Serenica did, the result allowed the timeline she left to somehow still happen. The game is ambiguous as to what exactly she intended to do (beyond find Erdwin).
Regarding the Sword of Light not breaking, this could be (as mentioned on the fridge brilliance page) a way to show that while the Luminary replaced the events of Act 2 with Act 3, making it as if Act 2 never happened (beyond certain lingering effects and residual memories), Serenica created a entirely separate timeline. Since the timeline she left stayed intact, the Sword of Light remained intact. On the other hand, the Sword of Light made in Act 2 shattered because the events that led to it no longer happened (and similarly the Sword of Shadows breaks apart when the events that led to its creation are averted).
If Serenica never died, instead becoming the Timekeeper, how are Veronica and Serena supposed to be her reincarnation?
Reincarnation in this game doesn't seem to be a "one soul becomes a new soul" sort of thing. Souls are able to split apart, regenerate, etc. Basically, if Serena and Veronica are Serenica's reincarnation, one might say they are pieces of her soul that split off when she transformed and grew into new souls while the original soul stayed with Serenica and got restored at the end of the game.
Why doesn't Hero say anything whenever the Dark Tockel appears?
Granted, he had no way of knowing it was Calasmos, but it was still fairly ominous in appearance and his friends are aware that he can see things that are invisible to them. An earlier scene even had Sylvando tell Hero to give them a heads up if he spots something they can't see, yet Hero never says a word. He just stands there watching as the Tockel climbs over his friends bodies. Seriously, What the Hell, Hero?
Its a Tockel. They've been known to the party as cute and friendly little creatures. He'd have no reason to think the Dark Tockel was any different, let alone actually evil.
None of which changes the fact that his friends can't see them, which is why Sylvando told him to give them a heads up if he saw anything they couldn't.
If Veronica and Serena were found abandoned with no idea who their biological parents are, then how does anyone know their birth order?
Maybe the party at one point asked, and said that Veronica was older.
But how would Veronica and Serena themselves know that? How would anyone in Arboria know that without knowing who their biological mother is?
Maybe their adoptive parents took a guess at who was older.
They left an orb of Yggdrasil, with a bird. Explain Tvtropes. I'm listening.
It's implied that the bird stole the orb from Puerto Valor.
There's a book in the mini medal academy's library that outright tells the tale. It was stolen from Don Rodrigo's villa, with Sylv -then Norberto- caught-up in the attack too.
Morcant is Mordegon, Serenica is the time keeper, Erdwin is dead. But Drustan hasn't aged a day. How?
It might be magic. Serenica could've cast the spell.
He outright said that with the Watchers help, he split his spirit from his body. That is what you are talking to, his spirit.
If Jade was royalty once. How did she go around without people noticing her?
Maybe she ditched her royal clothes and got some other clothes.
Yeah, but how did Rab recognize her if she was in different clothes and older?
Rab knows magic. So maybe he recognized using an identity spell.
Or maybe Rab met her immediately after she escapes from Dundrasil.
Jade herself states that Rab fished her out of the river either the same night or the morning after Dundrasil's fall.
Jade was very close to Rab's daughter, Queen Eleanor, who was like a mother to her. Undoubtedly they've met before.
Jade was believed to be dead from the night Mordegon attacked Dundrasil due to Mordegon possessing King Carnelian spreading news that his daughter died from thanks to the Darkspawn. There's a party talk segment where Jade mentions she and Rab created new identities out of fear that someone would recognize them and report their still alive status to King Carnelian.
How did Mordegon know that the dark Tockle (Calasmos) had "defied time"?
Mordegon is really Morcant, Erdwin's most trusted companion. He betrayed his old friend to steal Calasmos' power and with it, turned into Mordegon. It's possible that something akin to Ghost Memory is at play.
How did Hero and Veronica hear Queen Frysabel trapped in the book but Serena and the others didn't?
They were the closest. Veronica was literally holding the book, and the hero was right next to her.
When was Jasper aware of Mordegon possessing King Carnelian and did he seriously not put two and two together that Mordegon was the reason Hendrik was "always given the golden opportunities" or did he simply not care as long as he got power and recognition? Likewise, when did Hendrik find out about Jasper's betrayal?
Hendrik found out about Jasper's betrayal when he was told by Krystalinda that the man who freed her wore a necklace like the one Hendrik has. Hendrik's necklace is unique - there are only two of them in the world, and the other one belongs to Jasper. He was straight up told by a monster with no reason to lie (and no way to know that information without being told) that the person with the other necklace told her to kill him.
Serena is first found in the Cryptic Crypt taking a nap. Did the monsters seriously leave her alone? Rather odd considering the room after that is where Jarvis and Shadow minions are found and fought.
As I recall, she fell asleep in front of a save statue. Those are noted to have a repellent effect on aggressive monsters.
The fixed timeline has a Grey Gordon put a dancing curse on the Phnom Nohn adults. Why were the children unaffected?
The older adults were also not effected. Presumably the Grey Gordon just thought one age group would make better dancers.
Could Pang be over a thousand years old? We know that issue one of the Olgers Digest came out during Drustans time, due to it being a reward he 'cherished' from those days. Pang never got rid of that particular magazine and she is implied to have been a bunny girl in her youth. The bunny girl on the cover of issue one has the same hair and skin color, so maybe she was the model?
