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[Zeromus]

Spoiler: Hey... i always had the doubt... when Kain was on Mt. Ordeals (it was there, isn't it???... i don't remember well...), in the final scenes of the game... And he is going to train and become a better man before coming back, and all that... what was he really going to do???
At the first time, i thought he was going to jump... cause he was so sad for the things he made and for all things that happened, and maybe he was in a kind of depression or something...
What do u guys think???... Was he really going to commit suicide???

[Takara]

No. Kain may be angsty after what happened, but he's cool. Only un-cool people commit suicide. Cool people learn to deal with whatever life throws at them.

[Evastio]

In the GBA Version he says he'd go back to Baron once he became a better dragoon than his father.

Back then when I first defeated the game 10 or so years ago I thought Kain set himself on fire on Mt. Ordeals. I mistaken his hair for fire.

[Tavrobel]

I believe that he says that he will not return, probably out of shame, until he becomes a better Dragoon in general, in the SNES version (yeah the one with the suck translation), similar to Evastio.

[Jowy]

Of course he's going to jump. He's a dragoon, and that's what they do best!

[Zeromus]

Yeah... he says he will become a better Dragoon... but my first thought when i saw him there was that he was going to jump...
Anyways... who knows if he was confused and really commited suicide instead of training?... if i wanna train i would go to a better place for training... 'cuz enemies on that mountain wasn't good enough for training... but, if i wanna jump from a great height, maybe i'll go to a mountain!...

lol... don't think i'm thinking on suicide... it's just a way to evaluate the fact that Kain choose the mountain for something more than training.....

Originally Posted by Jowy ^

Of course he's going to jump. He's a dragoon, and that's what they do best!

hahaha... xD... i knew someone was going to say this!... i was going to write it too... xD...
Anyway... i don't think he could stand that height...

[Christmas]

Yes

[,,,]

Originally Posted by Zeromus ^

Yeah... he says he will become a better Dragoon... but my first thought when i saw him there was that he was going to jump...
Anyways... who knows if he was confused and really commited suicide instead of training?... if i wanna train i would go to a better place for training... 'cuz enemies on that mountain wasn't good enough for training... but, if i wanna jump from a great height, maybe i'll go to a mountain!...

lol... don't think i'm thinking on suicide... it's just a way to evaluate the fact that Kain choose the mountain for something more than training.....

Originally Posted by Jowy ^

Of course he's going to jump. He's a dragoon, and that's what they do best!

hahaha... xD... i knew someone was going to say this!... i was going to write it too... xD...
Anyway... i don't think he could stand that height...

My impression from the game was that he went to Mt. Ordeals for the same reason Cecil did. Not to fight random encounters until he leveled up more, but to overcome something dark within himself.

And it's pretty clear in the text that he wants to improve himself which rules out suicide, however you look at it. No idea how anyone could get that impression.