She did have a bit of a personality. Not much, but it was there. Also, she actually talked and had a design, unlike us.
Personality? Where?
And of course she had design and dialogue. What kind of boss doesn't? (Besides, our silence was self-imposed. Being the original imposer, I should know.)
Well, she talked. She seemed kinda cheerful and trustworthy. Again, she had very little personality, but we had no personality. Also, she wasn't even on the floor until we activated that quest, which makes me suspect that she would've appeared on whichever floor we first activated a statue on.
1. She was "cheerful" and trustworthy because we treated her well. She was a
tabula rasa that we wrote nice things on.
2. Ciro had exactly as much personality as she does now. Really, what new traits have popped up?
3. Of course not. Riltia, like DL 1, is basically blank and unformed until the Target gives it form.
Ciro is the Last Seraphim.
We started on DL1, with some vague memories being the only proof we have that we were above ground previously. In Cain's story, The Thief ascended through the levels, and the Last Seraphim was on the top floor. Additionally, Al jumped into the Warrens (Maybe) because he heard someone scream, implying that he intended to help them. Once inside, he ended up staying there for a while (Read: Probably at least a century), before we came along, got killed, and he helped us. Oh, and what was the machine that was used to save our life, that one could call our sanctuary? The Last Seraphim's Sanctuary.
Interesting, but...well...the theory opens up many questions one can't answer, like why Oric hasn't killed us when he could and why we aren't weirder.
The Lord is the Last Seraphim, and Oric is the King.
...
Duh.
The Lord is "The Devil Herself". The Last Seraphim is Betweenford. Oric killed all the other Seraphims, and allowed Ford to live, the weakest of the Seraphim (I know he's the most powerful angel bear with me). So Oric devises this whole system of cycles and producing energy, yadayada we all read Cain's story. But he basically allows Ford free will as long as he follows orders.
So Ford starts resurrecting the Seraphim. But like the Target, they lack most of their power and memories from their previous incarnations, making Ford more powerful than any of them. Two of whom we've met, and a third who we saw in that Angel flash. They no longer have the title of Seraphim, as they don't have the power behind them to maintain that title. So they are Angels.
Oric starts to catch on. He realizes that Betweenford is up to something bringing these Angel helper minions into the Warrens. When Oric gets word of the new recruit from Spira (On DL3, where we found him keeping shop), he knows for sure that something's up. He knows there's only so many Seraphim, and already suspects that the Angels are resurrected Seraphim. There's only a matter of time before their leader, "The Devil Herself" according to Cain, is resurrected. Little does he know it already happened, and she's back to full strength already. Their Lord doesn't need Betweenford to resurrect and train the Seraphim anymore, bye bye weakest of the bunch, you can go back to being the weakest one; maybe you'll die, and when we resurrect you, you'll be weakened like us, too, and the old pecking order will be restored.
So the Lord is back to full strength (TRAINING'S OVER), doesn't need her tool to ascension anymore (BYE BYE OLD FORD), is about to take down Oric (DOWN WITH THE KING), and is the ruler of the Angels (LONG LIVE THE LORD).
I need to go back and find the relevant quotes to finalize this.
Now this...this is interesting.
