by Victor » Sun Jan 29, 2006 2:46 pm
In the reaches ending there is an alternate Landorin Massacre map where instead of dead little boys and girls are Lexus, Cetsa, Lyrra, and The Girl lying dead.
Actually, I'm not sure if that map is used or not. I just got the reaches ending this morning, but I can't remember if I saw it or not. I didn't realize it until I was taking a look around in RM2k.
While I assume that's meant to be symbolic, since neither Lexus nor Cetsa were at the Landorin Massacre, and the sprites seem to be the adult versions, the fact that The Girl is there would mean that she has some significance. Personally, I think it's more proof that she is Serena.
As for an explanation of why Serena's aura would be there even though Jeruh killed her, I have thought of one possibility. Perhaps the sword doesn't retain the auras, it merely attracts them to its wielder. So when "Rhue" killed Jeruh, he ended up absorbing all the auras Jeruh had collected, including Serena's.
We were told that eventually a wielder of a shadow sword goes crazy and kills himself, releasing all the auras. This makes a lot of sense if it's the wielder that holds the auras, as opposed to the sword itself.
If I remember correctly, Rhue also found himself in Dream Estrana when he was separated from his sword.
As a tangent, assuming it's just the opposite, perhaps Traziun by wielding the shadow sword and killing himself caused the sword to release all of its auras.