Stars Long Dead (Elpis Night Theme) – FFXIV: Endwalker [Rain/Thunder 1hr]



High above the skies of Amaurot floats the empyreal research facility of Elpis. Here you may find the greatest of hope…and despair. As creations flourish and die, a storm rolls in, dumping rain and lightning across its spired landscape. In those moments between the flash of lightning and the sound of thunder, one can almost glimpse the fate of the star through the lens of the past.

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22 thoughts on “Stars Long Dead (Elpis Night Theme) – FFXIV: Endwalker [Rain/Thunder 1hr]”

  1. A great companion for those long nights of doing my college schoolwork for hours on end, glad I found this because before I would often have some FFXIV music on with a rain ambience on top of it in another tab.

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  2. I don't even know how, but Soken has managed to encapsulate ephemeral beauty in music. Although the Ancients thought it eternal, rather than ephemeral, because you, the player/WoL, know of the catastrophe to come, it is ephemeral. To you, this is but a fleeting moment. As are our own lives.

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  3. Whenever I see floating islands like this I can never not see the Kingdom of Zeal from Chrono Trigger. Even though, looking up what it actually looked like, it's much smaller than Elpis

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  4. This….this song destroys me. Not in a crying sort of way; it just makes me sit there in silence and contemplate the meaning of everything. Life is a curse, but it is also beautiful. Maybe it'd be better if none of us existed, but our existence isn't all bad. I think it's important to note that the first time this song plays is when Amon is relaying his final, nihilistic words to a doomed world, but the second time we hear this song is on a quiet, peaceful night on Elpis, surrounded by friendly and loving companions and the visions of a perfect world. This song encompasses both those extremes, rather than adhering to one as the truth.

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  5. I think seeing the twisted remnant of Hermes half an expansion before his defeat, and then going back and seeing the man he truly was, was a brilliant move. The jarring differences between Hermes before and after he was sundered, and the hints of dissatisfaction and isolation he displays prior to Meteion's transformation and escape, really drill in how the remnants of Fandaniel could have become the twisted monster that he was. Hermes's disdain toward the Ancients' apathy for the lives they created and extinguished on a whim, just because something wasn't "ideal" for whatever environment they intended it for, immediately sets the stage for the omnicidal maniac that follows in the wake of the sundering.

    The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

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  6. This game is like a friend who grew with me and taught me so much. Introduced me to many different kinds of people and their dynamics. Went through bad times and bright times with me. Their world and ours.
    Even when I was alone or sad I found so much enjoyment or drowning my sadness into a grind for content. This game even introduced me to the most beautiful person I've ever met. I'm so thankful for all of this.

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  7. aside from fierce and free, this series of uploads has just about every song I seek out in xiv and chill to. this game's soundtrack is nearly flawless. thank you for these ^^d

    I had a whole ramble about the fascinating role hermes and meteion had in the social commentary of the society of the ancients here, but it was embarrassingly long. this song makes me think of them and their candles of hope, even if they went unsnuffed by others for only a moment in our eyes. what wonderfully tragic characters, and equally amazing storytelling. it wasn't just hermes that needed the reminder that he wasn't alone.

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