Parallel paths & the Pale Raven

Nintendo describes the four hero stories as parallel paths that can be progressed alongside one another. Players switch between them at the Pale Raven’s perch in Dagsion. This supports an interwoven campaign structure, but it does not confirm four mutually exclusive routes.

Confirmed

• Four principal heroes have distinct paths or storylines.
• Those stories can be progressed in parallel.
• The player can change the active hero story at the Pale Raven’s perch.
• The Heroic Games provide a shared narrative and battle framework.
• Actions involving the heroes’ past fates are directed toward preventing the ruined future.

Not confirmed

• Route exclusivity.
• Route-specific endings.
• A “golden route,” secret route, or true ending.
• A conventional New Game Plus mode; Nintendo instead confirms chapter replay and merged character development.
• Whether one hero can defeat or eliminate another.
• Branch counts, chapter counts, or calendar duration.
• Whether choices create alternate timelines or overwrite one timeline.

Nintendo’s September 15 developer interview confirms that the paths converge later and the recruited characters come together for the final battle. Players may focus on one protagonist through to the end or progress several paths in parallel; completing all four is not required to reach the end. Character development from different paths and repeated playthroughs is merged later, but the interview does not publish the exact merge formula. Chapter-start saves let players revisit chapters, maps, cutscenes and battles, and Nintendo says there are no permanently missable elements. Nintendo, checked October 8, 2026 ↗