Talk:Main pawn/@comment-124.120.165.156-20130520132518/@comment-79.254.50.89-20130520141259

It is a bit hard to explain, but basically its like this (spoiler alert, just to make sure!):

After defeating the Seneshal, you (your Arisen) became the next Seneshal. But because Grigori, the Dragon, gave you the Godsbane, you kill yourself, thus ending the circle. You die and fall from the sky, along with your Pawn. What happens then, is the so called bestowal of spirit. A portion of your heart/soul is given to your main Pawn (this also seems to happen if Arisen and Pawn spend a looong time together, just like with the Dragonforged and his Pawn).

Your Pawn does not take control over your body, his/her body simply changes to take your form, after recieving a part of yourself. Even a part of your emotions are transferred (as Pawn-Olra in Dark Arisen explains briefly) so your Pawn will probably even fall in love with the same person you once loved and so on. After a while, they will even develop their own emotions and will (like Selene) and become human for truth. They even become mortal (as Selene states, that she can now even fear death, finally knowing what mortality is)

My speculation is (since it also fits with the theme song Eternal Return), that you broke through the endless cicle of Seneshals and Dragons and Arisens in your world, since the dragon has been defeated and there is no Seneshal anymore to summon a new dragon, who would then create new Arisens in turn to defeat them and take the place of the next Seneshal again...and so on. It sounds confusing, but the more you think about it, the more sense it makes. Especially after playing through the Bitterblack Island story in DA, also doing the small quests related to the island. Everywhere you can find a small portion of the story, even if its only talking to an NPC a few times at a certain time.

At least, this is what I understood after many playthroughs, if I got something wrong, I'd be glad if someone could correct me^^