Those who are aware of Suikoden 2's plot need little introduction to Jowy, and little convincing that he is a charlatan of the highest degree. His "career" is marked by little that isn't deception or underhanded murder, and he ends up pointlessly dragging out a destructive war that ends with his kingdom being decisively defeated by a stronger opposing force, led by the hero himself. Yet, strangely, I found the scene where he got redeemed and forgiven of all his sins oddly striking and appealing. So I decided to do a little soul searching and figure out exactly what about this scene impressed me so greatly. The idea of anybody being capable of redemption is of course nothing new. Many religions have stories talking about how even the most vile of people were saved by, of course, turning a new leaf and enthusiastically adopting the tenets of the religion narrating the story. The idea presented in these is fairly straightforward, both in explanation and appeal - redempt...