Grandia II/Tear Jerker

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  • Pretty much everything involving Aira. She was born with poor eyesight, and, when she is seemingly cured, it eventually turns out that she was actually possessed by the Eyes of Valmar. On top of this, her mother's efforts to cure her sight beforehand get her labelled as a witch after the fact, turning the entire village against the both of them. As if this wasn't bad enough, all the girl wanted was for everyone in her village to stop fighting and be happy, when, in reality, she was actually causing the the suffering they were currently going through. Add to that a Priestess intent on "purifying" both her and her mother (and the village itself, at the rate things were going) simply because she was possessed, and the poor girl finally snaps. In the end, the Eyes Of Valmar are removed from her, but, in the process, her soul is more or less destroyed, leaving her in a coma. The townspeople, upon realizing what happened, are so stricken with guilt that they can barely function, and the party is more or less marked as an enemy by the aforementioned Priestess, who despite all that happened was still intent on "purifying" everything, though she reluctantly stepped out after urging from the villagers. She eventually gets better, but still...



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