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Noctis: "What're you doing here? Didn't you say you had no interest climbing down 'this filthy hole'?"
Ardyn: "Oh, I did and I still do. But then where would you be without my guidance? I suppose someone will have to drag your sorry remains back to the surface when things turn sour, and from what I've seen, you are entirely incapable of staying out of trouble."
Gladio: *smirks* "Will you look at that. He cares."
Ignis: "Hardly. I suspect it's rather his personal investment in our endeavour that he worries about."
Ardyn: "Your Royal advisor's observation is as astute as always. But then again, does it truly matter why I've come to help you?"
Noctis: "Yea. Yea it does."
Gladio: "A lot."
So, I tried bringing Ardyn with me into the Crestholm Channels dungeon, which didn't work at first, I guess because he doesn't have an animation for climbing ladders. But, once I've walked far enough away from the entrance, he just shadowstepped teleported after Noctis & Co.
Learned a couple of things about this supposedly broken party member:
Ardyn can take damage, but won't enter Danger state or drop dead. HP and Max HP recover at a normal pace.
It's not possible to use items on him, as he doesn't pop up in the selection.
He uses different walking animations when exploring a dungeon, just like the Chocobros. Also wears a more tense look.
It's possible to equip swords in Ardyn's primary and secondary weapon slot, but he can't use them or attack in general. He does, however, rush at enemies from time to time so his battle AI might not be entirely broken. Would love to have given him the Mutant Rakshasa Blade, but since it's a great sword, it's not part of the "sword" selection.
He ended up getting stuck on the ledge when I dropped down to fight the Nagarani (which is a pity, because I have yet to find out if he can suffer status ailments) and I chose to teleport out of the dungeon because frankly, I've gotten lost way too many times in Crestholm Channels in my previous playthroughs.
I was recently reminded of one of Phoenix's many near death experiences and that in turn reminded me of my headcanon that Sissel (from Ghost Trick) exists in his universe and is constantly having to save his life
This obviously leaves the glaring issue of why Sissel hasn't saved anyone else's lives, but I guess we can just say Wright is special and Sissel doesn't like to interfere too much