Alexander & the expansion

[Khamsin]

Ramuh was in the... Ramayana? Rig Veda? One of those, I think. Its been a while since I've read any of the stories based out of those. He was the one who defeated Vrtra. Unless I'm thinking of Indra. But I think Ramuh and Indra are the same person. Like I said, its been a while since I read up on any of that, so I probably don't know what I'm talking about anymore.

I have no idea... all I know is Odin isn't anything like Ramuh.

What, you don't see the similarities between some young Indian guy used to warm climates and always out on quests to save his family and people, and some old one-eyed Norse guy used to the cold northlands, who pretty much stayed out of human affairs?

...Unless my idea of Ramuh is off, but I seem to remember him being like that.

[BRP]

Olduum is directly connected to Ramuh. He was a sage and they asked for his help several times. The one time he ignored them, they were wiped out. However, I doubt SE will make the effort to continue that story.

Odin will be the Divinity of Darkness and Alexander(wasn't he named to existed before in CoP already?) will be the Divinity of Light. Both will be avatars, but not summonable.

[rahvin]

Too bad Summoners will never get Odin, Phoenix, Bahamut, or Alexnader. And whoever said Ramuh is like Odin, are you retarded? Ramuh doesn't have a 6 legged horse and doesn't come out from the clouds and use Zenzetsuken cutting your enemies in half.

didnt you leave?

[Eaglestrike]

SMN is still very powerful between Astral Flows (ask Tiamat), adding in Astral Flow only summons would just increase the jobs awesomeness.

Exactly. I'd rather them increase other jobs to be somewhat useful in other areas before they buff an already excellent job.

[Rocl]

Olduum is directly connected to Ramuh. He was a sage and they asked for his help several times. The one time he ignored them, they were wiped out. However, I doubt SE will make the effort to continue that story.

Was this in a quest I missed or something? I havent been able to do all the quests in the new areas yet so D: I'm curious

If you look at the stellar map, the Alexander constellation does have the star "Gordius" in it and Ramuh has the star "Olduum". Other interesting thing is the Leviathan constellation has "Veydal" in it; isnt there some fish with a similar name?

[miokomioko]

Back to the topic of Alexander being in the storyline... heh.

Puppetmaster job backround story mentions this:

"Ghatsad has never explained what he hoped to achieve with the creation of automatons, but rumors say that the gigantic automaton-like being that appears in Aht Urhgan's founding myth is the ultimate goal of his work."

(http://www.playonline.com/ff11us/topics/060417.html)

What screams Alexander more than a legend of a giant robot? I think it's safe to go ahead and assume Alexander will be a part, if not a very important part of the future ToAU storyline. 47 PUP so far and I'm hoping they will hint to Alexander some more in the AF quests... whenever they put those in...

[Septimus]

Olduum is directly connected to Ramuh. He was a sage and they asked for his help several times. The one time he ignored them, they were wiped out. However, I doubt SE will make the effort to continue that story.

Was this in a quest I missed or something? I havent been able to do all the quests in the new areas yet so D: I'm curious

If you look at the stellar map, the Alexander constellation does have the star "Gordius" in it and Ramuh has the star "Olduum". Other interesting thing is the Leviathan constellation has "Veydal" in it; isnt there some fish with a similar name?

I wish I could find it, but I saw a summoner web page earlier this week that had stories about the terrestial avitars. I think in the Leviathan story, Veydal was the name of the ship captain who set out to find the Levaithan and kill it. The stories were all quite good, so chances are they were from Square.

I wonder if they also have stories for Odin and Alexander.

[Koga]

Olduum is directly connected to Ramuh. He was a sage and they asked for his help several times. The one time he ignored them, they were wiped out. However, I doubt SE will make the effort to continue that story.

Was this in a quest I missed or something? I havent been able to do all the quests in the new areas yet so D: I'm curious

If you look at the stellar map, the Alexander constellation does have the star "Gordius" in it and Ramuh has the star "Olduum". Other interesting thing is the Leviathan constellation has "Veydal" in it; isnt there some fish with a similar name?

I wish I could find it, but I saw a summoner web page earlier this week that had stories about the terrestial avitars. I think in the Leviathan story, Veydal was the name of the ship captain who set out to find the Levaithan and kill it. The stories were all quite good, so chances are they were from Square.

I wonder if they also have stories for Odin and Alexander.

I'll pretend to be a hot galka if you can find that link.

[Priran]

Too bad Summoners will never get Odin, Phoenix, Bahamut, or Alexnader. And whoever said Ramuh is like Odin, are you retarded? Ramuh doesn't have a 6 legged horse and doesn't come out from the clouds and use Zenzetsuken cutting your enemies in half.

Any particular reason you're using a Japanese name for something a Norse god is doing?

[layoneil]

Any particular reason you're using a Japanese name for something a Norse god is doing?

because Odin in Final Fantasy isn't a Norse God and that's the name of his most famous move in other FF games.

[Khamsin]

They are translations of the original stories in pre-NA launch Vana'diel Tribunes, where they explained the backstory behind the avatars.

[Eternus]

Any particular reason you're using a Japanese name for something a Norse god is doing?

because Odin in Final Fantasy isn't a Norse God and that's the name of his most famous move in other FF games.

Yet he rides the horse Slepnir.. and has all the characteristics of the Norse god... shares the same star alignment lol. SE just picks and chooses the stuff they lift off of mythology to suit their needs. They freely mix shit that has nothing to do with the origins of what they used to make the character. Kinda like how Hollywood does with books. It is called using artistic license.

[Nagamaki]

Wait so there's untranslated backstory tribune articles? The character and event backstory articles were by far the most interesting thing about the tribune, there's so much stuff in this game that's unexplained and its nice to find out more details... If anyone can dig out links to that stuff it would be pretty awesome.

[McSpiffy]

arent odin and ramuh pretty much the same

uh.. no.

Was it one of the earlier FF games (IV or VI) that somehow, Ramuh upgraded to Odin in a way? I think that may be where he got the idea.

[Tahngarthor]

Split the thread, deleted the useless drama, left the speculation on Alexander.

Man, I really hope Alexander never becomes an avatar in the game...wyverns are enough to make me lag during besieged already.

I want Alexander, Odin, Bahamut, and Phoenix to be summons in the game, but I want them to be different from normal summons- I want them to only be able to be used during Astral Flow.

Picture it, fighting something, you get a lot of links. Oh noes! What do we do now?!

Summoner pops Astral Flow- the mobs get a snoot full of Terra Flare.

One minute later, have a little Holy Judgement.

Another minute goes by, here comes the Atom Edge.

And if you have enough blood pact gear, you can use Rebirth to raise the fallen members of you party.

You wouldn't have to worry about Bahamuts and Alexanders and Phoenixes flying around (and Odins hoofing around) lagging out zones, they pop in and pop out when their spell is cast. Everyone gets awesome summons, everyone is happy.

This fails because the current design of the summoner requires you to have an avatar summoned before you can activate astral flow.

[Russta]

Split the thread, deleted the useless drama, left the speculation on Alexander.

Man, I really hope Alexander never becomes an avatar in the game...wyverns are enough to make me lag during besieged already.

I want Alexander, Odin, Bahamut, and Phoenix to be summons in the game, but I want them to be different from normal summons- I want them to only be able to be used during Astral Flow.

Picture it, fighting something, you get a lot of links. Oh noes! What do we do now?!

Summoner pops Astral Flow- the mobs get a snoot full of Terra Flare.

One minute later, have a little Holy Judgement.

Another minute goes by, here comes the Atom Edge.

And if you have enough blood pact gear, you can use Rebirth to raise the fallen members of you party.

You wouldn't have to worry about Bahamuts and Alexanders and Phoenixes flying around (and Odins hoofing around) lagging out zones, they pop in and pop out when their spell is cast. Everyone gets awesome summons, everyone is happy.

This fails because the current design of the summoner requires you to have an avatar summoned before you can activate astral flow.

It only fails because of the current design they could always change, other than that, I think it's a pretty great idea.

Lets throw Yojinbo in that too! 'Sup minute chance of Zenmetsu every two hours.

[Septimus]

Split the thread, deleted the useless drama, left the speculation on Alexander.

Man, I really hope Alexander never becomes an avatar in the game...wyverns are enough to make me lag during besieged already.

I want Alexander, Odin, Bahamut, and Phoenix to be summons in the game, but I want them to be different from normal summons- I want them to only be able to be used during Astral Flow.

Picture it, fighting something, you get a lot of links. Oh noes! What do we do now?!

Summoner pops Astral Flow- the mobs get a snoot full of Terra Flare.

One minute later, have a little Holy Judgement.

Another minute goes by, here comes the Atom Edge.

And if you have enough blood pact gear, you can use Rebirth to raise the fallen members of you party.

You wouldn't have to worry about Bahamuts and Alexanders and Phoenixes flying around (and Odins hoofing around) lagging out zones, they pop in and pop out when their spell is cast. Everyone gets awesome summons, everyone is happy.

This fails because the current design of the summoner requires you to have an avatar summoned before you can activate astral flow.

They made a whole new two-hour for Dragoons, no reason they couldn't change Astral Flow.

[Khamsin]

arent odin and ramuh pretty much the same

uh.. no.

Was it one of the earlier FF games (IV or VI) that somehow, Ramuh upgraded to Odin in a way? I think that may be where he got the idea.

No, Odin was upgraded to Raiden in FFVI. Ramuh had no part in any of it.

Wait so there's untranslated backstory tribune articles? The character and event backstory articles were by far the most interesting thing about the tribune, there's so much stuff in this game that's unexplained and its nice to find out more details... If anyone can dig out links to that stuff it would be pretty awesome.

Someone translated the Tribune stories on this thread on KI:

http://killingifrit.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=104327

Or, if KI is too slow for your tastes, I'll plagiarize it right here for you in a moment.

[McSpiffy]

Ah, gotcha. I suppose I need to dig out my PS1 copy of FFVI, with all it's damn battle lag, and get my facts straight.

I wouldn't care what capacity he is in, seeing Alexander in FFXI would completely rock.

[Khamsin]

WARNING: Wall-o-Text Ahead

From KI: http://killingifrit.com/forums.php?m=posts&q=104327

Legends of the Constellations: The Ice Queen Shiva--A Tragedy of Treason

Long, long ago in the southern regions of Vana'diel lived a solitary queen who reigned over a tiny kingdom. This queen was named Shiva. Following the will of her mother, she became the sovereign of her country at the age of 15. Due to her youth, however, she was placed under the tutelage of her uncle, the Duke. From the very start, this arrangement plunged the kingdom into terrible anxiety.

In spite of this, the young Shiva, who had been seen disparagingly as a simple marionette lacking independent thought and free will, was a prodigy in both the realms of diplomacy and the battlefield. In the face of the unreasonable demands of empires far greater than her kingdom she debated with the utmost ingenuity; in times of war, she fought alongside her forces on the front lines, giving them a sense of unrivaled encouragement. It was for these very reasons that she became ingrained in the memories of the people as the most brilliant ruler of her dynasty.

Several years passed. Her wisdom and the prosperity it brought to her people further spread throughout the continent, bringing in flocks of merchants and artisans within the castle walls. The name of Queen Shiva was heard even in the farthest regions of the world, and at this time, not even the most powerful monarchs easily dared to overthrow what was known as The Great House of Shiva.

Everyone in kingdom came to be truly grateful for Shiva's rise to the throne. With the exception of a handful of the noblesse.

Worrying over their gradual loss of influence and wealth, they sought to consult the Duke, whose place as Shiva's official guardian and tutor had not been completely forgotten.

To the Duke, their sense of dissatisfaction was a very convenient thing indeed. In all truth, from the very instant of the late queen's death, his heart became deeply filled with an ambition for the seizure of kingdom's throne.

Becoming the guardian of the then-inexperienced queen, he had hoped to place the control of the country in his hands behind her back; however, despite his intentions and the pre-conceived notions of the upper aristocrats, Shiva was a sagacious and tactful ruler. As a result of her growing popularity, even his lofty position as the kingdom's Duke had become endangered.

Upon gaining the support of the noblemen, Shiva's uncle contracted a secret alliance with the neighboring empires, and thus completed his meticulous plan to surround Shiva in a deadly political triangle.

The coup-d'état succeeded all too easily.

Betrayal and usurpation by the man she had embraced with her utmost trust was completely unexpected by Shiva. By the time she understood what was being done to her, her Uncle, who sat on the gilded throne while grinning in a demonic fashion, made his first decree as the kingdom's sovereign: Shiva would be banished to the Northlands. In truth, the wicked Duke, despite his deepest wishes, dared not order Shiva's execution due to her state of high esteem amongst the people; thus, her quiet and frigid death in the Northlands was seen by him as the easiest way to accomplish his goals without provoking public uproar.

The tragedy thus continued.

In reality, the empire that contributed the most to the success of rebellion was even cleverer. As soon as the Queen had departed, the imperial century that had been under the command of the Duke began to plunder the city in a wild frenzy, refusing to listen to the Duke's futile orders for restraint.

Upon seeing this, the nobles' opinion of the Duke's competence faded, and it was not long before chaos within the court erupted. All along, the empire had waited for this opportunity. The army seized the castle, arresting the royal house, bringing the country to its knees. In a short week, the tiny kingdom that had been so lovingly adored was no more, reborn under the flag of the Great Southern Empire.

The Duke was killed in a short execution thereafter and the small remnants of the Kingdom's soldiers, having lost both their ruler and mother country, scattered. One of Shiva's loyal subjects, the general Aeomatra, however, had the idea of leading out a rescue party to the artic regions to save their Queen.

Despite their determination, their Southern ways were their weakness. Unaccustomed to the frigid glaciers, the party faced many difficulties and one after another, the soldiers that had so yearned for Shiva slowly froze to death.

Finally, Aeomatra and 10 of the remaining soldiers came to discover their queen.

However, what they had found was a breathtaking yet saddening sight. Sleeping eternally, frozen in a crystal of ice, was the great Shiva.

With their last bits of strength, they drew their swords from their scabbards and shouted cries of their allegiance. And in those few moments they drew their last breaths, shouting aloud:

"Even if we become frozen in ice, we shall remain forever loyal to our Queen! If only the dreaded empires of the south would feel our vengeance for their sinful acts!"

Sometime afterward, hail began to fall inexplicably in the lands of the Southern Empire. Some time passed, and amongst the people it became rumored that this hail was a form of Shiva's vengeance.

Year by year, the blizzards became stronger. The Southern Emperor, rightfully fearful of Shiva's vengeance, ordered the erection of a shrine in the name of Shiva, as suggested by one of his vassals.

The Goddess Altana, watching the tragedy of Shiva's kingdom from above and the Emperor's decision to reform his traitorous ways, descended to the Artic and quelled the aura of fury cast upon the Northlands by the curse of the frozen knights--the rage that could be felt on every bitter squall disappeared, returning the perpetual snowfall of the region to a sense of silent harmony. The Goddess then called Shiva to the celestial plane, where she could watch over and protect her kingdom forevermore.

And since that time, hail has never come to fall in the Southern Lands.

Legends of the Constellations: Garuda, The Queen of Birds--A Tale of Granted Wishes

In ages past, in a tiny country facing the Befhel gulf, there was a young prince who dearly loved all kinds of birds. With a rather frail constitution, he was unable to venture outside for extended periods of time. Thus, he took pleasure in placing several birdhouses within the castle walls and coming to see some of the several birds that often took temporary residence within them.

In one of these birdhouses in particular was a tiny female bird whose feathers were the hue of jade. The prince had taken it upon himself to raise this bird from when it was a wee chick, naming it Garuda. Having had taken well to him, she was always found in his presence, either perching on his shoulders or flying by his side, which calmed his heart greatly.

One day, the young prince left the castle to go bird watching by himself. Like always, Garuda was resting her wings on his shoulders. It was in that moment when a viper lunged towards the two in a sudden, soundless attack.

The prince, who had barely noticed the attack, nudged off the viper with his arm, thus ensuring Garuda's safety; however, the young prince was bitten by the snake in Garuda's stead.

That night, the prince was nursed by the royal physicians within his chambers. It was the small bird Garuda who flew to the castle earlier that afternoon and alerted the vassals to where the prince's feeble and unconscious body laid.

Despite their best efforts, the prince became paler and paler as the hours passed . Already ill from the start, the prince continued to fall into the depths of sickness. The doctors were, in all truth, utterly unable to help the young boy as the type of snake venom by which his body was poisoned was virtually unknown to them.

Peeping in from outside the prince's window was Garuda, who rested on one of twigs of a small sapling. Upon seeing the doctors shake their heads in dismay, she flew hurriedly to awaken the other birds of the castle to consult them for advice.

"….The King of Birds, who lives between the stars and the clouds, seems to take the form of a handsome man. If memory serves me right, he has the ability to awaken the divine curative powers of the wind Vuychap. This special wind is said to be able to cure any malady……..but ,again, this is only a folktale…."

Without waiting for the rather knowledgeable Akbaba to finish his sentence, Garuda tore off into the night sky.

"I want to save the prince I love!" This thought was the only thing that race through her mind as she glided the skies.

Before she noticed, Garuda was engulfed in the light of dawn. Peering downwards, she could see the peninsula of the castle and the beautiful sea that surrounded her familiar home. Flapping one wing after another, she became gradually more tired, and in her exhaustion she felt as heavy as lead. Even breathing became a painful ordeal. Re-strengthening her resolve, she again continued to flutter her wings, flying upwards.

At the end of the second day, Garuda continued to fly until she reached a place higher than any cloud.

There, no matter where one looked, was nothing. It was a realm of pure, absolute sky.

With nothing in her field of sight, nothing but the sound of her own flapping reached her ears. The King of Birds that the Akbaba talked about was nowhere to be found.

Despair consumed her.

"Why have I flown to such a place?" While that sense of doubt flitted across her mind, all of the strength of her body left her. She was not only drained of her physical strength, but also her own willpower to continue on what she perceived to be a fruitless journey. She felt herself falling at terrifying speeds; even closing her eyes, she knew what was happening.

In the instant before her body smashed against the ocean, Garuda was about to give up everything. Suddenly, the smiling face of the prince who she adored so dearly flashed in her mind.

It was in fact that same prince's smiling face that met Garuda's young eyes in the moment she hatched from her shell. It was the first smile she ever saw. What she remembered next was the happiness of the idyllic days she spent with the prince, followed by the startling image of his body plagued by the high fever caused by the venom's poison.

"I want to save the prince I Love!"

With strength previously unknown to even herself, Garuda began to beat her wings again as hard as she could. Somehow, all of her strength had returned to her.

She sensed strongly this change within herself. Without her noticing, her wings had grown much larger, and her form now strongly a human's. She had taken the form of the Ruler of Birds.

After descending to the room where the young prince slept, Garuda flapped her wings slowly and awakened the wind of Vuychap, healing the child from the effects of the deadly poison.

Garuda had saved the prince.

However, she felt something within her heart. In her current form, she could never return to her place on his shoulder. In the moment that the prince opened his eyes, Garuda nodded sadly and flew into the dawn sky.

As her wings beat slowly, guiding her to the kingdom's outer limits, tears filled Garuda's eyes. Coupled with the subtle pain of a life of loneliness before her was the strong feeling of relief that the prince she cherished was safe once more. Garuda peered down towards the vast expanse of the ocean, and while she lost her focus, images of the boy's smiling face and of the happiness he would bring to many others filled her mind with sweet and silent warmth. Garuda then resolved to remember this very powerful happiness despite her loss of the prince's company.

Several years later, the prince, who from that time had become a robust and muscular youth, was unable to forget the figure of the mysterious woman that had healed him; for a great deal of time, he tirelessly searched the world for her. One day, he met once again with Garuda in a moment of fate. It is said that he then took her as his wife. For many years, they lived happily together, treasuring each other's company like a precious gift given at every coming dawn.

The Goddess, touched by Garuda's courage, called her to the heavens after her death and bestowed her with the position of the Queen of Birds. Ancient legends state that it is Garuda herself who guides every bird on their flights throughout Vana'diel.

Legends of the Constellations: Leviathan, Guardian God of the Sea

In the Golden Age of the ancients, huge ships connected the countries of the world.

However, many vessels making their return trips on the Gugru Sea mysteriously began to disappear, shocking many people. Amongst seafarers, a rumor that the Great Sea Serpent Leviathan was warning humans of the great disturbance they caused the sea became widespread. Thus, many turned away from riding these ships, and panic slowly crept into the hearts of many.


At the island kingdom that served as a waypoint between the two most popular ports lived many traders and merchants. Fearful that the flow of business would be severely interrupted, they sent out a great deal of mercenaries and pirates to attempt to suppress this mysterious threat. However, they often just circled around the shore, bringing back alligator skins and lying about how they defeated the dreaded Leviathan. Needless to say, the problem was not resolved.

After many an exasperating ordeal, the traders finally hired a man named Veydal, who was a former Admiral. Known rather infamously as the "One-eyed Demon", Veydal was a quite well known war hero; however, with the passing of time, he began to live as a rather hermitlike fisherman. While he initially showed no interest in taking up the desperate request of the merchants, Veydal's wife (to whom he had been married for many, many, years) encouraged him with just a few words, and in his remaining eye a glint of the adventurous spirit of his youth seemed to have returned.

"It's wonderful to still have something that only you can do, isn't it?" she said.

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The news of the legendary Admiral's acceptance of the mission spread quickly, arousing the courage and vigor of a good number of sailors (many of whom had come to feel a sense of terror at any mention of the sea in the months).

It was not long before Veydal gathered a fleet of 5 of the city's finest ships and set off for departure. Boarding on the vessels were some of Veydal's former crew (who deeply admired him) and several young sailors who had heard word of the valorous deeds he performed in his prime. From within that crowd, Veydal picked the man whom he had raised from infancy as his First Mate, whom he believed to be of virtuous character.

Several days passed. Under Veydal's careful instruction, the fleet eventually began to veer off the standard trading route. Within only a few minutes, the ships encountered a shocking sight.

While it was thought that all the trading vessels had been sunk, what now filled the crew's eyes was a field of stranded boats--perfectly intact--floating on the ocean.

Upon close observation, giant roots could be seen ensnaring many of the ships' hulls. There was no doubt in Veydal's mind. Stingy merchants (knowingly risking the safety of their crews) must have given orders to veer off the trade route and to take a dangerous shortcut, hoping to cut travel time and labor costs. Veydal, who knew from past experience that this was the breeding season of the Sea Morbols, had suspected something like this since the journey's very start.

Unable to find any survivors, the party that had previously aimed to suppress Leviathan completely lost their goal. That night, while they were in the process of returning to their home port, a particular incident occurred. To the right of the fleet appeared several objects that resembled small islands, running in unison close to the surface of the water. One of the watchmen quickly shouted.

"It's Leviathan!"

With a mammoth body and scales that shone a mysterious, pale blue, the serpent surfaced.

While the ships' crews stood in a shaken daze, a voice issued an attack without delay.

The voice that had ordered the assault was not Veydal's, but instead, that of his First Mate. Envious of Veydal's distinguished military record, he too wished to leave his mark on history.
Veydal was too late to stop him, and a barrage of harpoons shot out towards Leviathan. Angered by this sneak attack, Leviathan lunged towards the sailors, initiating a struggle to the death.

Despite Veydal's detailed instructions, the galley of ships fell one by one to the Great Sea Serpent. When only one ship remained, he made his final instructions.

In those moments, Veydal ordered a charge towards Leviathan. Ramming Leviathan's unguarded throat with the ship's bow, the ship jostled violently. With a fury still very much aroused, Leviathan continued to batter the fleet relentlessly. Veydal, who was riding on the bow, then unsheathed his sword and jumped into the sky and landed on Leviathan's head. Having the full attention of the god, Veydal shouted

"Guardian God of the Great Sea! I apologize for the great offense that my crewmembers have committed. I beg of you, silence your anger and spare their lives. In their stead I offer you mine own."

Leviathan, while attempting to shake off Veydal, fell together with him into the depths of the sea.

After several days had passed, the severely damaged fleet returned to its island port. Veydal's First Mate, who was welcomed home as a hero, spread word that Veydal had run away in fear. Furthermore, he made Veydal's heroic deeds part of his own glory.

A lavish parade was held that night in his honor. Feasting and dancing till the twilight hours, the First Mate told the tale of his daring serpent slaying countless times.

The next morning, Leviathan's body washed up upon the island shore. Thrust in the center of its head was a simple sword, covered in blood. The fact that the blade was not the property of the First Mate was clear to anyone, however. From that very moment, many were left guessing as to the identity of its owner. Rumors and debate over the sword's true owner became widespread as the villagers began to talk amongst themselves day after day.

But once question remained in the hearts of the townsfolk: Why did the severely wounded Leviathan swim all the way to the shore?


The only ones who understood the whole truth were the General's wife and Veydal's long-time shipmates.

The Goddess, who had been watching the sea from afar since the dawn of time, called Veydal, the man who sacrificed his life for his comrades, and his worthy opponent Leviathan-- whose strong will to promote justice compelled him to restore Veydal's honor-- to the heavens, where they would assume positions as heroes forever after.