I didn't like the second visit to Amh Araeng when I first played Shadowbringers. Having to find material to fix a Talus so he could push you on a cart to get to the other side of the zone seemed like a pointless fetch quest, particularly when the player is dying to see Minfilia again. And while I did sympathize with Magnus—the foreman turned drunk who couldn't get over the death of his wife in a mining accident—I really didn't get why Ryne got so emotional about him, and her outburst felt completely random to me. Then it finally hit me.
Magnus' story with his wife is a mirror for what Thancred is going with over Minfilia. He's a broken man, full of regrets, who just wants his loved one back. When the player finds the Talus heart that his deceased wife protected with her dying breath, you're encouraged to believe that it's going to solve everything. You think you're going to show it to him, he's going to realize that his wife would have wanted him to live on, and then immediately get up and get his life together. But instead he shrugs you off. And when you finally put the heart in and get the Talus up and running, he breaks down and starts punching the it, in one of the most gut wrenching scenes in the game. The fact that his wife protected this artifact and wanted him to keep going means nothing to him. He's flayed inside. He'd give it all up just to see her again.
When Ryne runs off afterward, it's because she realized the scene was an exact metaphor for her, Thancred, and Minfilia. Magnus is Thancred. His deceased wife is Minfilia. And she's the Talus. It doesn't matter that Minfilia gave Thancred a mission and wanted him to live for Ryne. Ryne knows that Thancred's in pain and wants to see Minfilia again above all else.
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Magnus' story with his wife is a mirror for what Thancred is going with over Minfilia. He's a broken man, full of regrets, who just wants his loved one back. When the player finds the Talus heart that his deceased wife protected with her dying breath, you're encouraged to believe that it's going to solve everything. You think you're going to show it to him, he's going to realize that his wife would have wanted him to live on, and then immediately get up and get his life together. But instead he shrugs you off. And when you finally put the heart in and get the Talus up and running, he breaks down and starts punching the it, in one of the most gut wrenching scenes in the game. The fact that his wife protected this artifact and wanted him to keep going means nothing to him. He's flayed inside. He'd give it all up just to see her again.
When Ryne runs off afterward, it's because she realized the scene was an exact metaphor for her, Thancred, and Minfilia. Magnus is Thancred. His deceased wife is Minfilia. And she's the Talus. It doesn't matter that Minfilia gave Thancred a mission and wanted him to live for Ryne. Ryne knows that Thancred's in pain and wants to see Minfilia again above all else.
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