I heard that they will be releasing a NG+ at some point, so I plan on playing through the story again to see if I can catch some things that I missed before. With the downfall of the church I think it's possible they could have be released from their agreement. You hardly get to know them and then they're gone. Did anyone else feel like the bird town in Shambala's mass suicide came out of nowhere? I understand WHY they did it, but it seemed quite abrupt.

It seemed very abrupt to me, but maybe I missed sommething. He seems to know Victor as well, which I don't believe is fleshed out. Somewhere in Act II, however, he becomes this knowledge base that explains all of these things to Glenn and Lenne.

Was Ba'Thraz's transition from FF VI Shadow like character to Order or Leonar sage like character explained? When he shows up with Sienna he seems like Shadow from FF VI.

It seemed to me that the story of the game outgrew the need for Frederick, but the developers couldn't just let him live, so this was thrown in there. I suppose it was a Darth Vader type moment, but we weren't able to see anything prior to this that lead us to believe he was capable of a sacrifice.

Did anyone else feel that Frederick's end made no sense? His suicide to 'unite the country' runs counter to the power hungry tyrant he'd been.

I understand they were protecting Lenne due to her importance with the Harbinger, but those Vaen seemed very different from the others (and Gwayn seemed to mourn their loss).

Who were the Vaen that protected Lenne? This was very confusing for me as right after this you learn that the Vaen are a problem.

Maybe there are good explanations that I'm missing. I figured I'd post them here and get your thoughts. I think it is a great story with great lore/gameplay, but I couldn't help but think that there were some confusing story beats throughout the game. I had a great experience playing Chained Echoes. This post contains many spoilers, too much to just black out, so avoid if you haven't beaten the game.

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