I just watched Jaethal die in the House at the Edge of Time. How did she permanently die anyway?! If I don't vent a bit, I don't know if I can finish the game.

I really, really wanted to see Jaethal's evil and alive ending slide. I thought I supported her throughout the game: letting her raise that girl as undead, taking the secret of immortality from what's her face, supporting her pursuit of pleasure and using her daughter's body as a new vessel. Still not enough.

To be fair, I was very supportive of Tristian too. He got his wings back.

Why couldn't Owlcat have written four endings to the Tristian-Jaethal story? Both alive and good. One killing the other and vice versa. And one where they are locked in immortal kombat until I show up, if I supported both to the utmost. If I pass a skill check, maybe a high persuasion or neutral-only check, I can stop them. If not, they kill each other. That would have been much more satisfying to me who walks the balance of the Force.

Instead, now I kind of hate Tristian. And I really liked him before.

Maybe this will help:

https://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/344128/how-to-save-all-companions-in-the-house-at-the-end-of-time

Thank you for trying, but that OP of that post lost the evil Jaethal too. I am specifically looking to save the evil, living Jaethal, with the good deva Tristian also saved if possible. I know what happens to the good Jaethal who survives, and I just don't care about that version. For that matter, I don't care much for the evil, undead Jaethal at the end either. Too fanatical in both cases.

It's not possible to save both evil Jaethal and Tristan. You can either save one of them or both, but only if you convert Jaethal to the light side. Easiest way to save her as an evil character would be to not complete Tristan's personal quests while completing hers.

Thank you. I feel sad about that. It's ok though. An evil playthrough is coming. And since I learned that an evil character can bypass both mini-bosses in HATEOT, and I intend to bypass the true ending entirely in future playthroughs, I think it may just shorten the game enough for me to try. It should be an interesting experience.