Horizon Forbidden West: Why Sylens Stays with Aloy and Her Companions
To say Sylens and Aloy have a love-hate relationship comeHorizon Forbidden West would be an understatement, to say the least. Sylens is a little rough around the edges, but he’s not truly antagonistic until the second game and is hinted as such at the end of Horizon Zero Dawn. Prior to release, many believed Sylens would be showing his true colors, and he did—just not in a way that many expected.
WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD FOR HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST’S ENDINGAt the beginning of Horizon Forbidden West, Aloy and Sylens are not so different. Aloy has taken on the mantle of restoring GAIA and saving the world all on her own, resisting Varl’s help once he discovers her and more. She believes it's her responsibility to bear, but throughout the game, she learns that she has to trust in others. Varl, Erend, Zo, Kotallo, Beta, Alva, and even Sylens all come together to see her mission through to the end.
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Meanwhile, Sylens has always been a loner. He has a deep respect for Aloy and her capabilities, but his pursuit of knowledge has seen him in isolation for most of his life. His indirect aid to Aloy in Horizon Forbidden West early on and even for the first game mostly is from afar. This pursuit of knowledge also means that he is the first to know of Nemesis’ existence, outside of Horizon Forbidden West’s Far Zeniths. He concocts a plan, one to survive Nemesis, but he also knows Aloy will never go along with it—putting the two at odds.
When Sylens is beaten at his own game, he has to join Aloy and her companions in their assault of the Far Zenith base. When all is said and done, Sylens faces a choice: he can survive the arrival of Nemesis and obtain his
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