Metaphor: ReFantazio – All Endings Explained

Metaphor: Refantazio Has multiple endings, each of which is provoked by a particular decision in its final chapters. The main thrust of the story follows a named 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 The king’s murderer, Louis Goyabern, hoped to break 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 choose the new kingWith the frontrunning candidates appear like stone statues in his eyes. 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 is not the army officer Levi, however Religious leader Sanctifex Forden, who was responsible for cursing the Prince By his follower Rela.

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, Will sets out to find the Prince and deliver the news.

Deny your future

metaphorThe first bad ending is entitled “Fantasy is dead,” and begins shortly after Will returns to the prince’s bed to receive some shocking revelations. First, he finds that The prince died right after Rella’s curse was broken. However, Will begins to hear the mysterious voice that tells much of his journey throughout the game. The voice explains it This is the disembodied spirit of the Prince’s mother, and that Will is secretly the Prince’s own archetype.. His destiny is to merge with the Prince once again at this moment, thereby bringing him back to life and allowing him to claim the throne.

More revelations about the Elda, Will and the Prince’s oppressed tribe will follow. It is explained that The Elda are the oldest tribe in the worldPredating the discovery of magic. Once magic was introduced, all the other tribes fought over it so violently that much of the world was destroyed. The Twist Monsters called “People“Which appear in Metaphor: Refantazio are people who are mutated by prolonged contact with magic. The Alda, however, were not affected, and their children have survived to this day.

The first bad ending, Fantasy is Dead, begins if Will decides to deny his destiny, refuse to merge with the prince and take the throne. The player will have two opportunities to avoid this ending, and must choose the dialogue options “Nothing came,” “It was a mistake,” and “…lies before me dead“In order to see it. Then, the game ends pretty abruptly, with a short monologue in which it is revealed that Levi, without any argument, became king of Euchronia. After seizing power, Louis destroyed the kingdom so that history forgot it.

Teaming up

The rest of Metaphor’s endings can only be seen if the protagonist agrees to join the Prince, then proceeds to confront Louis. In this way, it is revealed that Levi is also an Elda (And indeed, when the party sees him again, he is without the pencil horns). He has extensive knowledge of history, including the destruction of humanity through the discovery of magic, and intends to bring something similar once again.

In his villainous monologue, Levi explains that he plans to use the King’s Royal Scepter to turn the entire population of Euchronia into humans. – The monstrous kind. Citing examples of humans who overcame their anxiety and transformed back into their original selves, Levi evokes survival of the fittest. Under his rule, the strong-wild can reverse their transformation, eventually defeat the remaining humans, and create a society of elites.

At the end of Louis’ game, Will can simply say, “You are absolutely right“To begin the fantasy is ruined ending. In this ending, He has a relationship with Lois, and the two become joint rulers of Euchronia. The epilogue is short here, explaining that all of Euchronia has been turned into mindless monsters according to Levi’s plan. For them, there is no concept of history or future – only a terrible, violent present. Thus, the last words of the play are, “What happened to the world that followed? For these people, the question is irrelevant.”

This is effectively the same bad ending as Fantasy Is Dead – The only difference is that Will is involved with Louis’ plan instead of being ignorant of it. The humans presumably destroy everything around them after Louis’ coronation, erasing Euchronia from the pages of history. There may have been some survivors, like the Alda of old, but they were left with a broken world, and they were forced to rebuild it from scratch.

Refusing to accept reality

If Will instead denies Louis, and agrees to fight him, he is hit with a powerful blast of magla, and corrupts his heart. Will rips out his own heart and crushes it as he prepares to summon his archetype. This time, however, nothing happens – Will crawls over dead, to Louis’ surprise and Galica’s despair.

will wake up in Academeia, the strange library in which he first learned of Archetypes in the early game of metaphor: ReFantazio. The mysterious mare, who previously described himself as the author of the utopian novel Gifted to Will by the Prince, offers an alternative explanation: Will’s journey and the entirety of Euchronia is just an illusionA closed world that exists only in fantasy. More believed that it would eventually become a utopia, but he gave up the struggle. Fortunately, the real world – the one in his book – is much better.

More Transports himself and wants into the world of his novel, a modern city as we know it, and explains that it is actually real.. But then he gives a false description of it, claiming that no prejudice exists in the world. He says that he will allow Will to continue living in it if he admits that the world he was born into was a fantasy, past the point of redemption. He sympathizes with Louis, characterizing Will’s world as a miserable cycle of people taking out their anxiety on others. Even the chaos of Louis’ rule would be preferable.

In order to see the fantasy is only fiction ending, Will must tell Levi, “I understand… you are right” when prompted. More monologues about the pointlessness of fantasy, and the two walk off together. finally, The ending contradicts some of the game’s main themes, which hold that fantasy is a mirror of the real world, and has the power to create change by showing true utopia.. This is also one of the least satisfying endings, because it immediately brings up the stories of Strohl, Hulkenberg, Galica and all the other companions of the player.

And they all lived happily ever after

When Will instead refuses Mer’s offer of an easy escape, Mer reveals that it was just a test to see how easily Will would give up. He allows Will to return to life, where he defeats Louis in an extended battle. Claiming the royal scepter for himself, he destroys it instantly, preventing it from ever falling into the wrong hands again. This is how it begins Fantasy Lives On Variation – metaphorS heel happy ending.

With his greatest rival gone, Will takes the largest sector of the votes, and is thus declared king. The apparition of Hythlodaeus V disappears from the sky above Grand Trad, and more goes, explaining that he was the king’s archetype, created to help him find a successor. The player then has a chance to run around Grand Trad and get the final congratulations from any followers whose bonds they maxed out.

In an epilogue, Mer thanks the player directly for helping him realize his vision of utopia. The action then cuts to Will, his party, and Maria on a Gauntlet Runner. They do that The destruction of the scepter has already caused grass to grow in the desert outside Grand TradAnd decide to explore the rest of the world. The implication here is that Will, with the help of his allies, sets out to resolve the issues plaguing Euchron’s aftermath..

Prejudice still runs rampant, and the oppressed tribes still live in poverty. Many still struggle, but there are still those who believe that a better future is possible. It could be a setup for a sequel or DLC (or, being Atlus, an enhanced re-release with additional story chapters), but this is where the story of Metaphor: Refantazio Ends – for now.