Talk:Seneschal/@comment-73.247.69.244-20160723041544

Here's a theory of mine: In the "Servitude" ending, the fallen Arisen's main pawn doesn't absorb the Arisen's soul. They still have the link, and the fallen arisen's pawn is still bound to him. On top of that, your main pawn witnessed the exchange with Grigori if they survived the battle... An exchange that forcefully hints at the fact that Grigori was an arisen himself. The fallen arisen's main pawn would know what the dragon is if they were paying attention. The bestowal of spirit that progresses with the main pawn allows for them to execute free will, and would theoretically grant resistance to the corruption caused by loss of a master.

Now, that's all important because, pawns are only able to be summoned by arisen. And that's before getting into the connection that arisen and pawns share. So, a pawn, unaccompanied by anyone else, approaches the fallen arisen trying to detail this past life. There's no evidence of falsely implanted memories in Grigori, so it's reasonable to assume that the fallen arisen is aware of a glaring hole in his personal history. That circumstance means that, even if the fallen arisen can't restore his memories, he'd be more open to whatever the pawn has to say about it. Also of note is the fact that the main pawn would be far more equipped to track the fallen arisen than any arisen created by the fallen arisen, given their previous experience with tracking the dragon(Granted, that advantage would be temporary).

Assuming the persuasion goes well and there's a huge paradigm shift in the fallen arisen, the cycle would finally be broken since no more arisen would be created, and, presumably, no additional dragons could be sent out by the Seneschal so long as the fallen arisen lives. The seneschal pretty much becomes powerless to do anything, and life goes on with that many less tragedies in the future..