Theory on the ending.
I'm still sorta confused about the ending but i saw this on a another forum and i thought i would share it here. After reading this i am leaning towards faith being alive at the end.
One glaring quote that stands out at the ending was Bufkin recounting that Faith used to "hide her beauty to escape her kingdom". This hints that Faith has a history of disguising herself to deceive others. Unless Faith never glamoured herself to look like anybody else, why did Telltale find it so important to include this line in the ending?
Episode 2: Nerissa: "They used to call me the Little Mermaid". Like the whole Faith disguising herself line in the ending, this initially feels out of place because there's no parallel line for Faith in the little montage inside Bigby's head (ex. Faith: "I need to tell you something" Nerissa: "I have to tell you something). Could this innocuous line from Nerissa mean that she literally no longer is the Little Mermaid i.e. a glamoured Faith?
Another out of place quote at the ending is where Bigby inquires about the state of Faith's body only to hear that Swineheart is "running some tests". If that really is Faith's body and not say...some glamoured Fable that is meant to look like Faith, why would this quote be so significant.
When Bigby attempts to find Faith using the magic mirror, he can't find anything. This is because the ribbon was blocking his powers. However, the ribbon has already been removed from Faith's corpse (she's been decapitated) so what is blocking his power? Is Faith disguised as another Fable?
IF Faith was killed before Episode 1 started and a glamoured Nerissa went to see the Woodsman, how did Faith's head have the same bruising that she had when she was being hit by the Woodsman? Faith even makes notice of the bruising. She pulls out a mini flip mirror and says "Shit" when she realizes she's been all beat up. If Faith had already died, Nerissa wouldn't be able to recreate her bruising pattern on Faith's corpse. Also to people saying "thats why the Woodsman kept asking if Faith recognized her" Lilly was his regular, not Faith. Faith didn't recognize him because he wasn't a regular of his.
Nerissa glamoring herself as Faith during that initial scene and Faith truly being dead = not "wow" plot twist moment
Faith glamoring herself as Nerissa throughout the entire game and Nerissa actually being dead in her place = wow plot twist moment
Comments
since faith's body was in the water we don't now if she had a glamour tube on her.
if the glamour is meant to be such a good way to copy someone is a bruise really that far of a stretch,
now if faith had been to woody's for the call and left, then narrisa as faith goes back to ensure bigbys interest.