Talk:Seneschal/@comment-26091177-20161219003547/@comment-83.20.50.59-20170107225154

Kind of late to the discussion, although I still hope that maybe someone will see this. My theory and  interpretation of the ending is a bit different. In my opinion, at the very end, our Arisen is not continuing  The Cycle of Eternal Return, he is actually breaking it.

By killing himself, he is granting his Pawn the final/parting gift of humanity/life and also is freeing the whole World from this endless loop, which may actually not be a happy future. That may mean that the World will acutally end at some point, or it may be the chance for the wrold and the poeple to actually move on and develop.

What happens in the NG+ is, at least in my opinion, just a  game mechanic. That allows the player to fight against his own character, which is very cool, or some random Arisen from the Internet. Or it may be the alternative version of events where our Arisen decided to actually take on a role of the new Senechal instead of killing/freeing himself.