FFXIV RECAP – Pandæmonium: Abyssos

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4 thoughts on “FFXIV RECAP – Pandæmonium: Abyssos”

  2. A few potentially useful parallels to other FF games in this story.

    The first time the name “Pandemonium” was used in the franchise was in FFII. It was the final dungeon; a palace built in Hell, where the dead-and-risen Emperor of Paramecia launched his final invasion of the world. The emperor is given no name in the game, but a dubiously-canon novelization gives him the name “Mateus”, which has been referenced in other games in the series.

    One game that referenced Mateus was FFXII; Mateus the Corrupt was one of the Espers/Totema/Lucavi/Scions of Darkness that can be summoned in the Ivalice games. Lore entries for almost every Esper names (but doesn’t depict) a Scion of Light in opposition to them. Matched to Mateus is Lahabrea the Abyssal Celebrant; this is the first use of the name Lahabrea in the franchise.

    So, there is a thematic connection for why we have Lahabrea as the master of Pandæmonium; Hephaistos nicely parallels the Hell Emperor who was the final boss of FFII.

    Remakes of FFII added another story, though. Soul of Rebirth is a side story that follows four heroes who die in the course of FFII’s story, exploring what they think is Hell and its palace of Pandemonium. At the end, though, they find a serene-looking figure who tells them they’re in Arubboth; a palace built in Heaven. This is also the Emperor. When he died, his soul was split in two; all his vices, he says, descended to Hell and became the Hell Emperor, while his light half took control of this palace in Heaven. The party rejects his offers, and sees him as just as power hungry as he was in life, before fighting him.

    This kinda makes Hephaistos even more fitting of the parallel; he is also part of Lahabrea’s soul that was torn from him.

    We could be stepping into something entirely different than what we think when we take this final journey into Pandæmonium. It could be Arubboth, and someone else entirely could be at its head.

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