Zodiark's Thematic Attacks in the Dark Inside FFXIV
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Worth noting:
Themis uses Styx in his fight in Pandaemonium. And Athena is another character who uses Paradeigma.
Given this, I think it’s safe to say that Styx is a power that came from Elidibus originally, and therefore remains with Zodiark. And also, I think Paradeigma is tied to the Concepts that the ancients use to make creatures with creation magic. It’s a pattern that they work from.
If Kokytos is a river of lost souls that helps explain why the Pandaemonium boss of the same name is the way it is
Also related to the theme of the Kokytos, this whole fight happens in the depths of Mare Lamentorum. "The Sea of Lament" named similarly to the "seas" on the moon IRL.
Love your videos ! they're so well done. good job friend. All hail magic history cat
Its fun to hear about some of the intentions behind the naming of actions, gives more life to what i would normally kinda gloss over
ALL IN EXISTENCE, BEND TO MY WILL
*rotates arena 90°*
Big fan of Zodiark, I remembered looking up some of his attack names but didn't have the historical context to really appreciate it the way its laid out in this video. Nor for that matter the throughline of greek themes appearing for other bosses like with the Endsinger. Nice! really good vid
It's unimportant but for what it's worth Zodiark's opener, Kokytos, is his equivalent to Heartless Angel or the like, many final boss-type enemies in the franchise have a similar ability to reduce everyone's HP to 1
They're usually themed after darkness, sorrow, or hopelessness for those attacks. The boss in later patches Zeromus does a 1HP opener, Abyssal Nox, and Nox just means night or darkness in Latin.
I think the Paradeigma is mostly influenced by Fandaniel/Amon’s history. As an Allagan technologist, those two creatures were experimented heavily and are shown in the Crystal Tower raids.
And funnily you mention the Minotaur because in Fandaniel’s past as Amon, he did turn a man into one by replacing his head with a bull’s. This actually isn’t uncommon with him because he did this to others as tortuous punishment. Scylla for instance, was given two dog heads attached to her own and she was deathly afraid of them. So constantly tortured by the sounds of her dog heads.
It was probably all deliberately connected that way. The writing is very clever. In The Labyrinth of the Ancients, you encounter King Behemoth (Minotaur in the Labyrinth). Additionally, there's Thanatos which in Greek mythology is the personification of death and then Phlegethon is the final boss.
Paradeigma is also used by Athena, so I think it’s likely related to creation magic too.
I mean for me it's like "OMG aoe"
I'm not thinking about the theme during the fight
"ApomnimonEvmata" xD
Not, exactly related to the video itself, but this is the first time Ive ever seen trimorphos exoterikos be three triangles, and I’ve done that trial over a hundred times between normal and extreme
Ok I love this series
Thank you!
It’s funny that Adikia is mentioned as one of his attacks, because the heart of Zodiark was Elidibus, aka Themis, named after a Titan (?) representing justice. Maybe you could stretch and say it’s because Amon/Fandaniel is the pilot now.
These vids have been utterly fascinating, thank you for your insight!
A quick comment on Styx-- it doesn't quite mean shuddering, but rather "hate"or "hateful" and is related to the anc. Greek verb στυγέω.
Interesting. I initially learned it as similar to "Shuddering" used in the same way you'd use "Downtrodden" or "Scorned"
Granted it's usually in a religious context that I interact with Greek so maybe that's why it was used this way.
Thank you.
@@Ailuromage Oooo, I see where you're getting that from. M.L. West uses that translation of the Theogony, but, to me, it reads like a slightly obscuring and archaizing translation. He might be drawing from a potential Proto-Indo European root that maybe was connected to pushing, but going from that to the loaded English term "shuddering" gives me a bit of pause. The translation as "Hatred", "hated", "hostility", etc. are a bit firmer. :D Great work though! I love that you have these videos as a resource, since compiling the attacks and doing any amount of research is a serious undertaking.
Very cool!