![]() ![]() In truth, he's an immortal with reoccurring amnesia, meaning that his parents died centuries ago. Parental Abandonment: One cutscene with Eckart establishes that Eike has no memory of his parents, implying this trope.robbery, murder, rape) never even crosses his mind, only to thwart his own death while helping people along the way. Notably, the thought of using his time-manipulation powers for evil or more self-centered pursuits (e.g. Nice Guy: Though his helpfulness depends on the player's choices, Eike is a good, well-meaning person who tries to look out for others' wellbeing in addition to his own.Mellow Fellow: He rarely shows much emotion beyond dull surprise.Long-Haired Pretty Boy: Eike's a handsome, androgynous-looking young man with long, blonde hair. ![]() He admits that when they first met he wondered if Eike was the man's son, but explains after his failed attempt to kill him that even if that's true he shouldn't blame him for what his father might have done. It turns out that Eckart agreed to try and kill Eike not only because Hugo told him he would tell him where his daughter was, but because Eike looked exactly like the mysterious man people saw the day he lost his wife and daughter (in truth a time travelling Eike). Identical Stranger: From the perspective of Eckart at least.The epilogue then cuts to a young man in the present who looks just like Eike save for wearing different clothes, heavily implied to be either his descendant or present reincarnation, since without Homunculus around to mess with their lives in this outcome, Wolfgang's children (Hugo and Dana) were able to live and sire descendants as normal, with Wolfgang himself properly living out his life and passing on. Wolfgang Wagner, being cursed with amnesia, eternal youth and immortality (thus becoming Eike) from coming to pass. Identical Grandson: In the EX endings, Eike vanishes from existence because he prevented the situation that led to his original self, Dr.Either scenario leads to Eike vanishing from existence, since the prevention of Homunculus' creation also means that Wolfgang never got to experience being turned into him, but Eike is okay with this, happy to have broken the cruel cycle of fate he was trapped in at long last. Instead of allowing himself to remain an Unwitting Pawn in Homunculus' machinations, Eike decides to screw the evil djinn once and for all by making sure that Homunculus is erased from existence altogether, either by giving away the Philosopher's Stone to Wolfgang Wagner and instructing him to make an elixir out of it to save Helena's life (thus preventing the need for Wagner to experiment with it), or forcing Homunculus to make contact with the stone and destroying him directly. Go Out with a Smile: This is how Eike meets his end in the EX endings.Finally subverted in the EX endings, where he now remembers every previous timeline and is able to prevent Homunculus from being freed. Complexity Addiction: Uses ridiculously circuitous methods of preventing his death that never address the root of the problem anyway.And myself, I'm going to start living a new life, free of regrets." But I'm going to believe they all had a good life. What happened to them, in all the lives they lived? There's no way to know, not now. ![]()
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