Talk:The Great Hereafter/@comment-33455034-20171023050503

IMO, I don't actually believe that your Arisen ends the cycle at all. There's some pretty significant points that can argue against ending the cycle.

When you "kill yourself" with the Godsbane blade and become one with your main pawn, you can replay on NG+ as your previous pawn (your old body), but when you return to the Seneschal's chamber, it is no longer Savan but your previous character. So technically, he is still Seneschal and not dead.

Also, when Savan first hands you the Godsbane blade, he removes it from his own chest, shining light on the fact that he had also given the gift of life to his main pawn, Salde. Also, Salde does not first appear when you enter the chamber, Savan summons him before the fight. It's pretty easy to assume that this is not actually Salde, but more or less a spiritual copy of his previous main pawn. Just as "you" do when you summon your main pawn as you fight the new arisen.

I think that the bestowal of spirit is just a way of removing ones spiritual essance from your physical body as a means to allow your pawn a chance at real life. Think of Selene, her arisen is still found and can be talked to as her own spiritual essance in the Witchwood before she "moves on". I think the bestowal can be achieved by any arisen/ pawn combo that has the willpower enough for such grand action, not necessarily just the Seneschal. But upon defeating the Seneschal, what purpose do you now have for a physical body? None. You are the creator and the maker of the world now. You have ascended to basically a god, and can just as easily preform the job as a spiritual being. Even before killing yourself, no one can see you when you step foot in Gransys, so what point is there to a physical body? Why not let your main pawn have a chance at a real life while you can watch over them and the rest of the world? I think whether everyone wants to believe it or not, the cycle is unending. There will always be a Seneschal, a dragon, and an arisen.