After continue+ing my new+ game onto another save file, I was able to add Harle to my party before the Chronopolis sequence. She can be used for mild comedic effect in some of the situations that ensue towards the end of the game.
[After the dragons have merged, in Terra Tower, Belthasar explains what has happened]
Belthasar:
But all that changed when
FATE was vanquished and its
powerhold was eliminated!
At that moment, the seven
Dragons who had been
rendered almost powerless
and forgotten...
traveled across the
dimensions to reunite
into a single entity!
Harle:
Seven dragons?
I t'ought zere
were only six?!?
Belthasar:
(He rambles on for a bit)
...
The child the others created on
the night of the electric storm
that temporarily caused FATE
to loosen its hold on them...
Belthasar:
I believe you
knew her as...
Harle.
Harle:
......!!!
Unbelievable!
Oh hee hee hee, the irony. I thought was pretty amusing to have Harle talk about herself
Oh, and running quickly through the burning orphanage with Harle in your party is also fun. She simultaneously burns down the orphanage and tries to save it? Fighting FATE in Chronopolis with Harle in your party is kind of funny, too. There's two of them in the room at the same time.
Unfortunately, where most of the characters have dialogue at the end of the game (near the frozen flame, or during the 'right ending') Harle doesn't having any
. I guess the designers took enough care as to make sure no contradictory dialogue messed up the ending. Ho-hum.
Has anybody else found comedic situations in which to use Harle after she's supposed to be gone from your party?