I learned this the hard way. In Dark Hero Party , the game features a "Perma-Morale" system. If your lead hero’s despair stat hits 100% during a story event, the game auto-saves the bad ending immediately. You can’t reload a previous auto-save.
"You are ruining the 'Despair Mechanic.' The game is designed to make you weak so the corruption feels impactful. Starting as a Dark Hero cheapens the tragedy." dark hero party save file
Instead of waiting 30 hours for the narrative turn, this save file places you directly into the prologue with: I learned this the hard way