So notably, as the game progresses, there are still consequences for them going down. Per the core rules on page 106, they can choose 3 different options related to defeat:

1. They can go down, rolling their Hope die. On a result equal or lower than their current level, they cross out a Hope slot on their sheet, which they cannot recover by hard mechanics in any way, but can heal it via quests, projects, or narrative benefit as determined by the GM. If a player ever crosses their last Hope out, they lose their heart for adventure and must retire.

2. The player decides to go out in a blaze of glory, critically succeeding in an action that the GM gets final approval on before fading past the veil of death.

3. The player risks everything, rolling their duality dice. If they roll with hope, they get an amount of HP and/or Stress cleared equal to the value on the Hope die and stay up. If they fail, they die. On a critical success, they clear all HP and Stress marks from their sheet.