Originally Posted by Thebazilly
Originally Posted by Olive Tree
Me personally I just wish the Emperor didn't have plot armor and you could murder his whiny ass
Welllll... (serious endgame spoilers)
If you side with Orpheus he shows up in the final boss battle on the opposing side. My character killed him.
You never get to make the choice to kill him when it would actually matter. Stabbing him in Act 2 doesn't do anything. Killing him at the start of Act 3 gives you a game over. You can only make the choice to side with Orpheus which prompts the Emperor to leave you which ultimately makes it his choice and not yours. There's also the option to backstab him for the evil ending or to eat his brain in the epilogue if you turned into a mindflayer. Both of these choices feel very random and lacklustre though and happen at a point in the story where you don't see the consequences of these choices play out. The character is with you for the entire game and no matter what you do, his death has neither a proper build-up nor any real pay-off. He just sort of goes down with a whimper.