Board Thread:The Last Sovereign Discussion/@comment-27713488-20181103233945/@comment-35006067-20190109230358

Wondering if Simon will die at the end of Chapter 4, or just be removed from the great game (by dying, retiring, ascending to a higher plan of existence, whatever) at the end of Chapter 5, in the final epilogue, stopping playing a role in the way of the world at the same time the player will stop playing.

I don't doubt he will eventually go. Pretty much all of Chapter 4 so far has been about change and the girls taking the lead in their own domain of competence, with far less direct intervention from Simon. The logical continuation story-wise would be for Simon to step back entirely, proving he changed the world so much that things will not revert back to the way they were as soon as he stops giving them a push.

Robin has also received a serious boost as of late with her new transformation, and even impersonated the Doom King personally during the fight with the Fucklord. I may be reading too much into this, but this makes for serious foreshadowing of her inheriting (maybe with a bit of help from Riala) (and Ginasta) (RobinxGinasta OTP) (yeah, I don't think they've ever interacted; don't try to use logic on my ship) the role of the Doom King's muscles, with Iris (the true heroin of the last update) and Megail continuing to be the day-to-day brain.

As for timing, the conclusion of Chapter 4 makes for good drama. Simon is at the height of his power, his kingdom stable, the world a better place for non-human species, his first wife has a cool new body, he just vanquished Estaven... And then the Anak kills him by surprise (perhaps with the help of the useful pawn the Lustlord is), striking with his full power when Simon and his allies are exhausted from his fresh fight with another Incubus King. Because, come on, Xerces pretty much already announced that the only reason he lets us running around is because the danger of the Fucklord must be dealt with first.

Gameplay-wise, that'll make for an interesting twist for the following Chapter 5, with the role of the protagonist shifting to Robin, or even being shared more or less equitably being different key players.

Also, I think Sierra would appreciate an opportunity to write more on grief (the subject has been broached here and there, but was never the full focus of any section).

However, killing Simon may alienate a part of the fanbase. Not necessarily a huge part, but it has been proven over and over how much damage a few dedicated haters can do to a creator. So I'm not sure this is a risk Sierra is willing to take.

Of course, this problem can be work around, for example by having Simon missing for a long time (sealed somewhere for example) and the adventure continuing as if he was technically dead, but without the problem of having to actually kill him. But that's already been done in Chapter 2, so this doesn't sound likely.

tl;dr: Valar morghulis.