
Originally Posted by
Big D
Shuyin's spirit couldn't reach the Farplane because he was held in this world by his intense rage, resentment and despair at his - and Lenne's - brutal deaths. Strong emotions, such as these, can create a 'bond' that prevents a spirit from crossing over. Normally, someone in his situation - like the victims of Sin in the original game - would wander and become a fiend; however, such was the strength of Shuyin's passion that his despair remained a force of its own. His spirit, kept whole by his enormous sense of loss, drifted around before settling and festering in the Den of Woe. There, it brooded on the most troubling aspects of Shuyin's death, namely the way he died so close to the one he loved most, but unable to reach out and touch her, or speak to her.