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I was thinking since Garon is a physical body, Anankos probably put some magic into holding together the corpse of Garon as unlike Sumeragi and the others garon doesn't really revert to his original personality. I though the final form was his corpse literally rotting in place, you litterally can see his skull in the sludge.

Personally I like Robin, Corrin and Byleth main reasons being I find Robin and Byleth's designs very nice and their characters interesting. However, Corrin I only really like for the world they inhabit, Fates is not a well written experience, though I love the world and the aesthetic. I think Kris is okay, I honestly just haven't had any experience with them, same for Mark and as for Kiran... Kiran I'll be honest I just think is way too boring and took way to long to make playable. They should've taken a page out of Dragalia Lost's book and made a banner with a "Kiran Unit" that's playable. I liked the recent addition of my summoner but it honestly isn't that interesting after a bit.

If you want to speculate, he likely was the the reason for Garon's death or at least that's what I like to think. Following the wiki it generally is unclear how Garon died and even though he skills likely come from Anankos we can assume that at least a good portion of his physical abilities and his talent for wielding axes and magic was honed before his death. The difference being that while Sumeragi has basically become a full Vallite troop (meaning he is more or less a physical manisfestation of the man's spirit.) Garon however is basically a corpse being manipulated by Anankos from Valla, (Also why he becomes slime upon sitting on the throne.) There is no way of knowing exactly how it happened, but my personal idea is that Garon encountered the old Vallite King and the two fought with Garon winning but dying shortly after. Note: Looked at other responses, it could be that the Vallite curse created a stronger connection to Anankos not to mention it could have simply been a matter of moving power. For example Anankos could've kept Sumeragi, Mikoto and Arete for the final battle but instead let's them pass on, this is likely not because Corrin slayed them but actually just Anankos releasing his grip as to gain power, similar to how he consumes Garon to get back power.