Metaphor: ReFantazio - All Endings Explained

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has multiple endings, each of which is provoked by a particular decision in its final chapters. The main thrust of the story follows a nameable protagonist (canon name Will) in the service of his childhood friend, the Prince of Euchronia. The action begins with the assassination of Euchronia's current king, Hythlodaeus V. With the Prince in hiding and presumed dead, fatally cursed during an earlier assassination attempt, Will is sent to the capital city of Grand Trad, where he intends to take revenge on the King's assassin, Louis Guiabern, thereby hoping to breaking the Prince's curse.

[Warning: This article contains spoilers for Metaphor: ReFantazio.]

Shortly after Will's arrival in Grand Trad, a massive incarnation of the King's face appears in the sky, and announces that a democratic election will be held to select the new king, with the frontrunning candidates appearing as stony statues in his eye. Will also awakens to a great power called an Archetype, said to be a manifestation of royal virtues in those who fight for noble causes. He eventually learns that it was not the army officer Louis, but religious leader Sanctifex Forden, who was responsible for cursing the Prince through his follower Rella.

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Will and his allies defeat Rella, who reveals to all of Euchronia that the Prince is still alive. Louis then challenges the Prince to a duel for the throne, as Will sets off to find the Prince and deliver the news.

's first bad ending is entitled "," and begins shortly after Will returns to the Prince's bedside to receive some shocking revelations. First, he finds that the Prince died immediately after Rella's curse was broken. However, Will begins hearing the Mysterious Voice that's narrated much of his journey throughout the game. The Voice explains that it's the disembodied spirit of the Prince's mother, and that