Popola

Lore & Background

Devola and Popola are twin sisters who lead the village where the protagonist and Yonah live. They assign the protagonist odd jobs to earn money to support Yonah. Later, they guide the party to seek parts of a stone key that will unlock a pathway to the Shadowlord. After the party assembles the key and prepares to defeat the Shadowlord, Devola and Popola confront them, revealing themselves to be allied with the Shadowlord in the name of a greater plan. They explain that 1300 years prior, humanity faced extinction due to an incurable disease. In an attempt to survive, they separated their souls from their bodies; the current humans are artificial Replicant bodies who developed their own personalities, while the Shades are human souls—dubbed Gestalts—who are slowly losing their minds through being unable to reunite with their bodies. The Black Scrawl is a side effect of the Gestalts' insanity degrading their Replicant counterparts. The Shadowlord is the prime Gestalt used to stabilize them, and Devola and Popola are androids who oversee the system. The party defeats the twins, with Emil sacrificing himself in the process.