So there's nothing inherently supernatural about the title? His speech on the ship just gave me this unsettling feeling of "This isn't really death for him. He wouldn't say he would fight the hero again on the sea if he had accepted he would die, right?"

Well, I guess they wouldn't bring up prince of Obel so late in the game unless he would play a role, right? *scratches head* So I'm guessing the exact happenings of that "Vanishing Village" is also left out of the game? I read on SARS that that was where Graham Cray's son died and where Cray cut off his arm, but they barely mention in-game.