Unfortunately common where the Scourge is involved, but Ardyn is a level above and beyond.
[Izunia stares down at his hand, opening and closing his fingers as though the dagger's still there.]
He didn't simply die. He vanished in a cloud of black smoke, like any other daemon. I was... beyond distraught, and sought the council of the gods.
That was my mistake.
[There's a little buried anger, now, that makes his resemblance to Ardyn bleed through again.]
The Draconian told me that I had sealed his fate - destroyed what little remained of my brother and left his body for daemons to puppet around. And so I took out all my anger and my grief on that body, with never a thought that the gods might be lying to me.
I... I knew it wouldn't even do anything. That only the Chosen King could actually destroy that daemon, and I was never chosen. Only a second choice, at best.
[Prompto won't have any idea what he's referencing, but there's a tinge of irony to the tone and a little pained smile.]
I'll spare you the details, but I'm sure you can imagine. All the while not realizing that it was truly my brother still who bore all that pain and suffering.
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[Izunia stares down at his hand, opening and closing his fingers as though the dagger's still there.]
He didn't simply die. He vanished in a cloud of black smoke, like any other daemon. I was... beyond distraught, and sought the council of the gods.
That was my mistake.
[There's a little buried anger, now, that makes his resemblance to Ardyn bleed through again.]
The Draconian told me that I had sealed his fate - destroyed what little remained of my brother and left his body for daemons to puppet around. And so I took out all my anger and my grief on that body, with never a thought that the gods might be lying to me.
I... I knew it wouldn't even do anything. That only the Chosen King could actually destroy that daemon, and I was never chosen. Only a second choice, at best.
[Prompto won't have any idea what he's referencing, but there's a tinge of irony to the tone and a little pained smile.]
I'll spare you the details, but I'm sure you can imagine. All the while not realizing that it was truly my brother still who bore all that pain and suffering.