Talk:Daimon/@comment-4813003-20130514160506/@comment-74.101.163.121-20130514205426

Warning: Major spoilers and speculation, incoming:

Indeed. My take on it is that Ashe was transformed into a Daimon because of his hatred for the cycle that took Grette away from him plus the anguish wrought from losing his pawn lover, Olra. He was granted the power to end the cycle by the last shred of humanity that Grette had while she was the Dragon. As a Daimon, Ashe built Bitter Black Isle to lure Arisen into its depths to murder them and attempt to gain enough power to challenge the Senechal and kill him/her once and for all, thus putting a stop to the endless chain.

I don't know how long ago Ashe lived as an Arisen but I like to assume it was before Savan was named Arisen since we see him on the front and back of the box art and the fact that Ashes' clothing is unlike any other in the game. Maybe Ashe was too powerful to be stopped so Savan fled BBI to face the dragon? Who knows.

His second form intruiges me though. One would assume his "soul" had left his body to reunite with Grette/Olra's to find peace in the beyond. His body, however, is left behind and does not decay and fade away like every other enemy in the game. I think it's the remaining power of the Dragon(Grette) kept within the body. The very last semblance of hatred Grette had for the cycle, given form. This is why we see spectral arms that look like the Dragon's when he attacks, and the Dragon's entire upper body when he begins his Rift Vortex attack. When we kill his second form, we finally see Ashes' physical body and I believe the voice we hear as it fades into the ground is the Senechal's. Calling his body into what lies beyond the rift in order to never have it resurface onto the world ever again.

I got to hand it to the developers, they know how to make people think when it comes to the lore of this game.