

What happened to Argo the rat by the end of SAO (that is, the end of Aincrad)?
Did she survive? Or was she killed before that? I can't seem to find anything
about her fate in the novel. Did Kawahara-sensei confirmed her fate anywhere
else?


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What happened to Argo the Rat by the end of SAO Aincrad?


On [Argo's Wikia page](http://swordartonline.wikia.com/wiki/Argo) it says
under [Appearance - ALfheim Online (Lost
Song)](http://swordartonline.wikia.com/wiki/Argo#ALfheim_Online_.28Lost_Song.29)

> In the non-canon game adaptation, Sword Art Online: Lost Song, Argo plays
> ALfheim Online as a Cait Sith. Her avatar has blonde hair and yellow-green
> eyes, a new outfit similar to that worn by her SAO avatar, and a pair of
> wrist-mounted blades as weapons.
>
> ![ALO Argo](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tf43n.jpg)

however Lost Song is not canon to the novels/anime as indicated in in the
quote above, nor does her appearance in ALO in Lost Song constitute as a
official statement she did start playing ALO like other SAO Players seen at
the end of of the first season as indicated in the final point of her [Trivia
Section](http://swordartonline.wikia.com/wiki/Argo#Trivia)

>   * Argo is the first canon Sword Art Online player to be included in Lost
> Song without having been confirmed as an ALfheim Online player in the canon
> timeline.
>

however, on her page for the [Aincrad
Arc](http://swordartonline.wikia.com/wiki/Argo#November.2C_2024), it is
presumed that she was one of the remaining 6,147 players who were freed after
Kirito's victory over Heathcliff

> November, 2024
>
> It is presumed that Argo was among the remaining 6,147 players logged out of
> the death game after Kirito killed Heathcliff, prematurely clearing the
> game.

While this can be a baseless assumption as there are no citation for this on
the 24th of October, 2024, Kirito returned to Floor 22 with Asuna to buy a
house but the hosue was missing and was later found to be apart of the quest
«Witch of the West and the Three Treasures»

> On October 24, 2024, Kirito returned to the floor with Asuna to buy a
> detached house in the forest. However, the house they were looking for was
> not present at the location that it was supposed to be and they later found
> out that the house was part of the «Witch of the West and the Three
> Treasures» quest. After triggering the quest, they were taken to an isolated
> location in the northwestern area of the floor where they had to defeat the
> Witch of the West before being able to buy the house. Afterwards, the couple
> spent nearly two weeks on the floor, engaging in various activities and
> adventures.

Source: [22nd Floor (Aincrad) - History (2nd
Paragraph)](http://swordartonline.wikia.com/wiki/22nd_Floor_%28Aincrad%29#History)

On Argo's Page under [Chronology - The Day
Before](http://swordartonline.wikia.com/wiki/Argo#The_Day_Before) (from the
[bonus side story](http://swordartonline.wikia.com/wiki/The_Day_Before) that
came with the limited edition version of volume 1 of the DVD/BD sets for the
anime) it mentions a quest Argo was doing on the 22nd Floor which Kirito and
Asuna was caught up in which seems to be the same quest which moved the house
Kirito was looking to buy.

this means Argo was alive at the end of October 2024 and SAO was "cleared" on
the 7th of November 2024, which means that unless something catastrophic
happened in these 2 weeks (`(31 - 24) + 7 = 14`) we can logically assume that
Argo was alive when SAO was cleared and her fate after that can be left to
speculation of what elements of Lost Song can still actually remain canon

* * *

in regards to the Sword Art Online Games (Hollow Fragment, Lost Song) as
already mentioned above Argo appears in Lost Song which takes place after
Hollow Fragment. in Hollow Fragment the events leading up to the Boss Battles
on Floor 75 occur the same as the light novels/anime (aside from Kirito's
attire). the deviation from the original plot occurs during Kirito's battle
with Kayaba in which Kayaba disappears and everyone continues to Floor 76.

Argo is alive in Hollow Fragment on Floor 76 at the Teleport Gate of Arc
Sophia. she headed up to Floor 76 because contact with the Assault Team was
cut off due to players reaching Floor 76 being unable to return to lower
floors. since everything up to Kayaba's disappearance is still the same this
appears to be further proof that Argo was alive during the Boss Raid on Floor
75 and not apart of the Assault Team who was there. i recall when reuniting
with her she said that she was on a much lower floor at the time before
investigating the sudden loss in communication with the Assault Team.


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