Broken family curse.

At the top of Darm Tower was a trapped Reah next to Dalles and his stolen Black Pearl. He was glad to see Hugo but disappointed as well. Dalles gave that power to Hugo, and he just threw it away. Hugo told him that he had no need of such abilities. His own power is more than enough to take down the Darkling leader. He proves this by charging up the Lotusblade. ... It does nothing. Dalles has a shield in front of him that deflects all forms of damage. As a final show of strength, Dalles charges his own magical blast that strikes Hugo. Hugo manages to form his own shield to deflect most of it, but this wave of pure evil is relentless. Dalles suggests Hugo unleash the demon energy, but he refuses. He will not descend to that mockery of power and promises to do it on his own. Tired of this, Dalles decides to kill his annoying interloper. A black death ball forms over his head, which the Darkling drops onto Hugo. His final thoughts are about death, and he apologizes to Epona...

[The Search Party and Feena appear to save him. The battle plays out just as before.]

Dalles is on his last legs. Hugo may have beaten him physically, but his mouth still moves. He tells Hugo that the curse of his Fact lineage will chase him. Later on, Hugo asks the goddesses what he could have meant by that. They respond that it's just a loser trying to get one last mental jab in. He also tried to downplay the twins' powers, so he was simply running his mouth.

Fenna and Reah seal the Black Pearl and are placed beneath the earth. The only difference between his and Yunica's is he decides to stay on land before the transport spell's preparation. The same three people decide to join him then as well, and Roy, who didn't die, also stays back. I don't see a need to write about it, so there's the final summary.

The same final scenes play, and the credits roll.

And that was Hugo's story. I enjoyed it, and I can't believe I forgot all about it. It's a story about overcoming your past, questionable family life, and making something out of yourself with your own power. It resonates with me, but I like Yunica's more. She's a better character and more fun to play as. I think Hugo is an interesting idea, and it's not bad, but I didn't find it too exciting. I did play it in very easy, so maybe that was dumb? Either way...

Beating the game with Yunica and Hugo unlocks a not-so-secret third character. You get to experience the game from the eyes of Toal Fact. His story is the canon one! So here's hoping we get to see more about the Fact history...