>>533661556
It is first and foremost a video game where the creators' main purpose is to sell you new characters and the story is little more than the driving force that presents you with new toys to spend money on. Characters come and go as they need to be promoted or the writer(s) want their favourite(s) to appear again
Trying to dissect it as if it was a universe in an actual fantasy epic is a waste of time because far too much of the game world simply falls apart under scrutiny
>>533661589 This is but one example