That was an awesome prologue, it was short, but the writing is really tight
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the intro scene was really well written, so much so that I feel the commander's loss super well
also with the fun subtext of the commander being a souls boss (even if in just vibes and not literally), Solenne seemed like the Lady Maria or the Malenia type, so her death also means no superboss for whoever chosen-tarnished-undead-hunter-one is gonna show up in the far future when the kingdom falls to ruin lmao
then again, dead doesnt mean gone in souls games, so maybe they get their superboss fight, but not for our poor Commander :(