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Oct. 29th, 2021 04:38 pmEpisode Ardyn Prologue
I. Capital city, Dawn of the Future light novel excerpt -
An argument with Ardyn's younger brother, Somnus. A heated discussion ensues; is it better to save the world by bringing salvation to one person at a time, or to burn out the threat even should it cost lives in the process?
II. Unnamed village, 3m14s to 4m08s -
[cw: implied immolation, mild body horror, terminal illness] In the midst of his brother's solution to rid the world of the Starscourge, a wandering sage comes to a devastated village and heals the ailing daughter of a surviving family...hiding the toll a divine miracle takes on his own body.
III. Capital city, 8m12s to 11m43s -
[cw: fratricide, death, body horror] Ardyn is summoned back to the capital under the false pretense of having been chosen as king. Resigned to the inevitable confrontation with Somnus, Ardyn faces his brother in the middle of the throne room and proceeds to lose everything--including his humanity.
Episode Ardyn
IV. Angelgard, 8m08s to 11m56s
[cw: crucifixion, death, body horror] The empire of Niflheim comes to a forsaken prison island seeking the legendary terror said to be confined there. They find exactly what they were looking for; an imprisoned daemon in human form. In a resulting clash against the Crownsguard of the kingdom of Lucis, Ardyn learns he might just be the monster they say he is.
V. Niflheim, 28m55s to 33m16s
[cw: hallucination] The empire's chief researcher shows Ardyn the body of one of the six Astrals, Ifrit, and suggests Ardyn could daemonify him for revenge against Lucis. In the chaos of a fight breaking out between Ardyn and Lucian soldiers, Ifrit breaks out and is both defeated and sublimated by Ardyn as he decides that yes, actually, he is tired of being nice.
VI. Insomnia, 51m42s to 57m55s
Having ravaged the capital city of Insomnia with Ifrit and fought its current king to unconsciousness, Ardyn calls out his brother in the form of the Mystic--one of the guardian spirits of the Lucian kingdom. He proceeds to vent all his frustrations in a massive fight with the armored colossus, eventually driving it to take the spectral form of Somnus himself. A handful fo words are exchanged, Ardyn left only more frustrated than he began.
Final Fantasy XV
VII. Altissia, 12m53s to 14m29s
[cw: death] With a city on the water utterly in ruins from the rampaging Leviathan, Ardyn comes to the descendant and mirror image of an Oracle he once knew...and opts to kill her. She meets his aggression and hatred with sympathy, which only serves to infuriate him further.
VIII. Gralea, 31m36s to 34m20s
[cw: death but it doesn't stick] A prince with his brother's face reaches Lucis' blessed Crystal in the heart of enemy territory. While the sacred stone assimilates him for reasons yet unknown, Ardyn chooses to tell Somnus' descendant the truth of who and what he truly is. When the prince's three retainers follow shortly after, Ardyn cheerfully explains he has no idea where the Crystal's taken their monarch, to which two of them immediately kill him. Obviously, he gets right back up and bids them a cheerful farewell.
IX. Insomnia, 36m00s to 44m08s
[cw: corpses, implied sucidal ideation] Noctis Lucis Caelum comes to a ruined city beneath an eternal night to defeat the monster ending their world. Ardyn, having known this would be the result before Noctis was even born, faces him with two thousand years of fury and rage backed by the power of the Starscourge and Lucian blood alike. When all is said and done, Ardyn mocking and shouting frustration at his brother's descendant, he falls defeated...and finds himself just a little relieved it can finally end.
I. Capital city, Dawn of the Future light novel excerpt -
An argument with Ardyn's younger brother, Somnus. A heated discussion ensues; is it better to save the world by bringing salvation to one person at a time, or to burn out the threat even should it cost lives in the process?
II. Unnamed village, 3m14s to 4m08s -
[cw: implied immolation, mild body horror, terminal illness] In the midst of his brother's solution to rid the world of the Starscourge, a wandering sage comes to a devastated village and heals the ailing daughter of a surviving family...hiding the toll a divine miracle takes on his own body.
III. Capital city, 8m12s to 11m43s -
[cw: fratricide, death, body horror] Ardyn is summoned back to the capital under the false pretense of having been chosen as king. Resigned to the inevitable confrontation with Somnus, Ardyn faces his brother in the middle of the throne room and proceeds to lose everything--including his humanity.
Episode Ardyn
IV. Angelgard, 8m08s to 11m56s
[cw: crucifixion, death, body horror] The empire of Niflheim comes to a forsaken prison island seeking the legendary terror said to be confined there. They find exactly what they were looking for; an imprisoned daemon in human form. In a resulting clash against the Crownsguard of the kingdom of Lucis, Ardyn learns he might just be the monster they say he is.
V. Niflheim, 28m55s to 33m16s
[cw: hallucination] The empire's chief researcher shows Ardyn the body of one of the six Astrals, Ifrit, and suggests Ardyn could daemonify him for revenge against Lucis. In the chaos of a fight breaking out between Ardyn and Lucian soldiers, Ifrit breaks out and is both defeated and sublimated by Ardyn as he decides that yes, actually, he is tired of being nice.
VI. Insomnia, 51m42s to 57m55s
Having ravaged the capital city of Insomnia with Ifrit and fought its current king to unconsciousness, Ardyn calls out his brother in the form of the Mystic--one of the guardian spirits of the Lucian kingdom. He proceeds to vent all his frustrations in a massive fight with the armored colossus, eventually driving it to take the spectral form of Somnus himself. A handful fo words are exchanged, Ardyn left only more frustrated than he began.
Final Fantasy XV
VII. Altissia, 12m53s to 14m29s
[cw: death] With a city on the water utterly in ruins from the rampaging Leviathan, Ardyn comes to the descendant and mirror image of an Oracle he once knew...and opts to kill her. She meets his aggression and hatred with sympathy, which only serves to infuriate him further.
VIII. Gralea, 31m36s to 34m20s
[cw: death but it doesn't stick] A prince with his brother's face reaches Lucis' blessed Crystal in the heart of enemy territory. While the sacred stone assimilates him for reasons yet unknown, Ardyn chooses to tell Somnus' descendant the truth of who and what he truly is. When the prince's three retainers follow shortly after, Ardyn cheerfully explains he has no idea where the Crystal's taken their monarch, to which two of them immediately kill him. Obviously, he gets right back up and bids them a cheerful farewell.
IX. Insomnia, 36m00s to 44m08s
[cw: corpses, implied sucidal ideation] Noctis Lucis Caelum comes to a ruined city beneath an eternal night to defeat the monster ending their world. Ardyn, having known this would be the result before Noctis was even born, faces him with two thousand years of fury and rage backed by the power of the Starscourge and Lucian blood alike. When all is said and done, Ardyn mocking and shouting frustration at his brother's descendant, he falls defeated...and finds himself just a little relieved it can finally end.
