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Xxain on 28 March 2018
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Wright said:
Xxain said:

When you say "it doesn't make sense", its just done to eliminate answers you dont like. What about the game has said those not of royal lineage must die when using the ring? It just says a blood price (sacrifice) must be made. Hell, even the rightful bearers pay a price. They start to develop scars after use.

It doesn't make sense means it's not consistent how it is portrayed all along, not that it eliminates answers I don't like - because there are no answers. Alternate Verse makes a pretty poor impression of the Ring of Lucii considering Ignis actually suffers no long-term injury. But that's fine, since it's a what if.

I would have preferred a proper explanation of it, not the fact that the Kings can demand whatever when they feel like. "Rightful bearers" include Nyx, Noctis and Ignis, because they can bear the ring without automatically dying in the process (non-rightful bearers are outright killed by the Kings), so it's redundant that you mention that. When a Glaive as Nyx is asked for a life, and Noctis has to surrender his life to enter the Beyond and employ the power of the Kings (which also consumes him), Ignis is deemed worthy of using the ring only at the cost of his sight, and this has virtually no explanation whatsoever (heck, he can even see traces of light as stated elsewhere in the main game, and the only scar that appears is just over his left eye). Both Nyx and Ignis find themselves having to resort to the ring to safeguard the future (Nyx protecting Lunafreya, Ignis protecting the Chosen King), yet Nyx is the one that gets royally screwed the most because...because the Kings felt bitchy that day or something.

Your right, its not consistent. That is why I am asking where did the did the idea of death being the blood price come from. Nyx and Ignis did not gain access to ring because they were chosen. There are people who use then will die, then there are ones like Nyx and Ignis, while not lineage have potential to use it but at a offering, due to their connect with family. Remember, both Ignis and Nyx have limited access to the lineage magic and both are directly responsible for aiding the lineage. Makes sense why the Kings would be willing to allow them use. The access was granted because what they were willing to sacrifice for it was consider worthy. Noctis was not killed by the ring. He in a sense had to commit suicide to allow the ring to to his soul to the other dimension.