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The Anchor (Secure)

Core Traits: Emotionally balanced, self-aware, resilient, honest.

Grief Response: Open, Trusting &Forgiving

Accepts the pain of loss but seeks healthy coping mechanisms. Open to support from others and gradually integrates the loss into their life narrative.

Behaviors in-game:

• Revisits memories with bittersweet affection.
• Accepts help from others when offered.
• Chooses dialogue expressing their feelings.
• Taking their time processing each stages with healthy emotions.

Emotional Arc: Moves through the stages of grief steadily, though not without pain. Most likely to reach the True Acceptance ending without being stuck.

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The Sword (Disorganized/Fearful Avoidant)

The fearful avoidant attachment style is considered to be the most psychologically distressing of the insecure styles. The fearful avoidant attachment style originates from a childhood in which fear is present, so essential needs remain unmet.

Core Trait: Volatile, expressive, cynical

Emotional Core: Abandonment and helplessness

Grief Reaction: Experiences grief in powerful waves. May swing between anger, despair, and fleeting moments of joy or connection. Often lashes out or retreats suddenly.

Behaviors in-game:

• Inconsistent or incoherent patterns of behaviors.
• Destroys or protects sentimental objects based on mood.
• Engages emotionally with hallucinations or distorted memories.
• Selects intense, impulsive responses.
• A strong belief that others will hurt them.

Narrative Impact:

Most reactive to environment changes. May get stuck in the “Anger” or “Depression” stages but can achieve the “True Acceptance” ending through catharsis, self control, and find peace in memories.

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The Shield (Avoidant/Dismissive)

Core Trait: Independent, Stoic, and dismissive of emotions.

Grief Reaction: False hope

They focus on “staying strong” and try to fix everything externally to avoid facing internal pain. Detaches from their feelings, isolates themselves, and rationalizes the loss instead of feeling it.

Behaviors in-game:

• Refuses to engage with personal or emotional items.
• Avoids mirrors, messages, or anything that reminds them of the loved one.
• Avoids talking about the deceased directly, referring to them in vague or practical terms.
• Sees support from others as weakness.

Narrative Impact:

May get stuck in Denial or reach a False Acceptance ending. Can only progress by being forced to face suppressed emotions and choose dependent and vulnerability.

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The Wand (Anxious)

Core Trait: Hopeful, introspective, clingy, passionate.

Emotional Core: Desperation and longing.

Grief Reaction: Searches for meaning in the loss. Replays memories and “what-ifs,” trying to find a path where things turned out differently. Often bargains with the universe or spirals into magical thinking.

Choices:

• Keeps personal items of the lost loved.
• Constantly revisits memories, seeking validation and assurance
• Talks to the deceased as if they’re still present.
• Chooses dialogue that questions fate, justice, or time.

Narrative Impact:

Most drawn to metaphors and dreamlike scenario. Can reach “True Acceptance” if they learn to stop denying, bargaining and accepts the truth.

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