I already have a love interest in the game. Even if I wasn't romancing someone in the game I most certainly would not want to romance Nyrissa. They should have at least made it either love or a true friendship. Without knowing the background (i.e. first time playing) who is going to love someone who lies to you and wants to destroy you? Almost impossible to always pick positive dialogue choices with her from the start of the game unless you know about it. Then the love is a lie in some ways. Course not sure you have to do that - just that I read you have to always be nice to her and pick the nice options, even when she is screwing you over, to get her to love you. It may not be that absolute though and maybe there is some point where you find out what happened and try to help her anyhow.
Anyhow I do like the idea of defeating the Lantern King (you said letting go … I don't know if you can kill him ever or just defeat him … I read he was immortal). But since I don't feel any love for Nyrissa it isn't possible (unless I meta-game) for me to truly love her and hence get that ending. I Also can't see spending eternity with her
I guess he is one of those powerful entities you have to accept. I mean I can't punish Lamastu (sp), or any of the archdukes of hell, or Ungathard (sp?) or other evil gods/beings. So in my mind not being able to punish the LK isn't much different then not being able to punish evil deities. At best you hope you can thwart their plans.
In a very removed way I do sympathize with Nyrissa. She seems nice before her emotions were removed and she got cursed. Her Lost Prince seems nice (yea I read some spoilers) and really the LK is mostly to blame, although even the Elder had decided to kill her I think for daring to try and become another Elder (little hazy on that lore since I only skimmed reading as I was just trying to find out about killing Nyrissa when reading some spoilers). So she was in love and wanted a kingdom and the LK was a total dick about it all.
So then our world suffers for the various machinations of the First World. Although ... Stolen Lands ... one thing I haven't checked yet - are the stolen lands originally from the First World and belonged to the LK? And hence the only reason we have this kingdom in the mortal world is because it was created out of the first world? Hazy on that as well.
Anyhow 90 days from end of curse 5 so I expect I will find out soon enough.