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thatgoodnightPlayer: Snarky
Character: Noctis Lucis Caelum
Current Canon Point: end of Ch 13, just after Bahamut laid out what's gonna happen
Updated Canon Point: end of the game \o/
Updated Background:
Where we last left Noctis, Bahamut had just told him the World's Worst Bedtime Story and Noctis was left to drift off into the crystal's ... idk. metaphysical space??? Whatever, he's inside the Crystal where he spends the next ten years. We don't actually know the details of what goes on for him in those intervening years - only that they mentally and magically prepare him for the final battle both here and in the afterlife. The Ring of the Lucii - and through it himself - absorbs all the power that has quietly gathered in the Crystal over the ages. Whatever happened in there has left its mark - not only does Noctis possess greater power upon leaving it, but he also is physically changed. The Crystal has taken its toll on him, and he looks considerably older and worn, much as his father had been after years of channeling its power. Furthermore, whatever Noctis experienced left him change mentally as well - ready to face his destiny...
He turns up (somehow?) on an island off the coast, TEN YEARS LATER, where he is greeted by the Messenger dog Umbra. Umbra gives him a note that says, "Be Waiting in Hammerhead." With that as his guidance, Noctis sets off back to shore on his dad's boat which is mysteriously safely moored at the island. Arriving in Galdin Quay, he meets nothing but daemons and darkness. The sky is at best a weird greenish hue in spots but really it's just nighttime all the time now thanks to the Starscourge and Ardyn, the Accursed. When he reaches the main road, he only makes it a short way along it before a truck shows up with bright daemon repelling headlights. The driver turns out to be Talcott, now all grown up. He's been expecting Noctis, and he gives Noct a short summary of what's been going on over the past decade of darkness as he drives the king to Hammerhead.
Once they arrive, Noctis reunites with Gladio, Prompto and Ignis - all ten years older and hardened by their experiences in the decade of darkness but nevertheless happy to see him again and ready to accompany him to the End. After catching up a bit at Hammerhead, they don old Kingsglaive uniforms (and Noctis puts on the royal regalia, cape and all) and make their way back to Insomnia. Just outside the city, they stop to make a final camp. The last gasp before the plunge, as it were. At camp they have a final talk about what's going to happen, and Noctis does his best to spit out what they mean to him, but he's just as shit with words as ever, so all he really manages is, "What can I say? You guys are the best." It's a very touching scene. They all cry, because they all know he's not going to make it out of this.
After this last rest, they fight their way through Insomnia's streets to the Citadel at its heart. Before its gates they are greeted by Ardyn and Ifrit - the one Astral Noctis has yet to encounter. They defeat Ifrit and then ascend to the throne room where Ardyn waits for them, eager for this final battle wherein he will either triumph and thus take his full revenge upon the world and the Astrals and his family or he will at long last be laid to rest forever. However, Ardyn declares this is a battle of Kings and thus should only be between Noctis and himself, so he knocks out Noct's friends with magic then warps to the ground before the citadel. Noctis follows, and they have their epic battle, which of course Noctis wins, ending it at last by impaling Ardyn on his father's sword. Noct assures Ardyn that he will be at peace forevermore this time, and Ardyn says he "will await Noctis in the Beyond" with his dying breath.
The Chocobros are awake by now, and they meet Noctis before the citadel, where they have their parting words. Noctis tells them to walk tall before he turns and makes his way back to the throne room while they fend off daemons.
In the throne room, Noctis at last sits upon the throne and calls forth the past Kings of Lucis that he might take them into himself. They appear and one by one ram into him weapon first, which not only hurts like a bitch but also forces their power into Noctis's soul so that he can carry them with him into death to destroy the Accursed once and for all. The very last of his ancestors is, of course, his father who impales him not with some astral sword but with his own very physical, very real sword that a weakened and dying Noctis hands over. Noctis dies, but as he does so the Ring of the Lucii erupts into blinding light, and in the Beyond he finds Ardyn's soul and confronts him a final time.
Noctis calls upon all his power to destroy Ardyn. Luna helps with her soul's oracle power disrupting Ardyn, while the Lucii emerge from Noctis and annihilate Ardyn (and themselves in the process). Utterly spent, Noctis collapses into motes of light, and the Ring shatters.
"It's finally over..."
Dawn breaks for the first time in ten years. \o/ hooray!
Updated Personality:
The major changes are that Noctis is a lot more settled, centered and more outwardly mature. What was before at times bravado is now genuine confidence. He knows who he is, what he is, what he can do and what he is going to do. There are no more doubts in himself. He is ready (or so he tells the others and himself; in a way, it's impossible to ever truly be ready for what awaits him, and he cannot help the tears that fall as he sits upon the throne and commands his ancestors and braces for death). While not happy about his fate and grieved to say goodbye to his friends and the world, he is nevertheless far more at peace with and resigned to the end than he was ten years ago. He carries with him a certain solemnity and dignity that he never quite managed before, even if it is also coupled with a bone-deep weariness. Moreover, he has a lot more perspective on things and certainly seems more level-headed and a little lest apt to charge headfirst than he once was.
His fury towards Ardyn has cooled in a way - it isn't that he no longer is angry with him (and righteously so!), but more that Noctis has developed a lot more compassion for Ardyn's thousands of years of existence. At the end, he looks upon his fallen foe not with satisfaction but with sorrow. He assures Ardyn that he will at last have peace.
That said, he is openly sorrowful and tries so very hard to tell his friends how much they mean to him and how grateful he is for their friendship and all the time they spent together. But well, some things never change and he's still really bad at articulating his feelings so he stammers and stutters a lot before he manages to spit it out.
Updated Abilities:
1. He's a lot more filled with light, having just absorbed the power of his ancestors & the crystal & then brought back the dawn. Those sensitive to such things could tell that he burns very brightly, so to speak.
2. His Armiger is more potent now and in general his magic is stronger, even if he is physically more worn.
3. Having now formed a covenant with Bahamut, he could in theory call upon the Astral. But as Bahamut is not in Empatheias, this doesn't matter in the slightest.
4. The Ring of the Lucii is gone.
5. the ability to grow facial hair
Other:
Questions:
Lunafreya originally showed up with the Ring of the Lucii, but at the time we apped it was determined that there would be only one ring in the game. Would it revert to being in her possession again? (not that... Noctis would willingly pick it up again, but...!)
Character: Noctis Lucis Caelum
Current Canon Point: end of Ch 13, just after Bahamut laid out what's gonna happen
Updated Canon Point: end of the game \o/
Updated Background:
Where we last left Noctis, Bahamut had just told him the World's Worst Bedtime Story and Noctis was left to drift off into the crystal's ... idk. metaphysical space??? Whatever, he's inside the Crystal where he spends the next ten years. We don't actually know the details of what goes on for him in those intervening years - only that they mentally and magically prepare him for the final battle both here and in the afterlife. The Ring of the Lucii - and through it himself - absorbs all the power that has quietly gathered in the Crystal over the ages. Whatever happened in there has left its mark - not only does Noctis possess greater power upon leaving it, but he also is physically changed. The Crystal has taken its toll on him, and he looks considerably older and worn, much as his father had been after years of channeling its power. Furthermore, whatever Noctis experienced left him change mentally as well - ready to face his destiny...
He turns up (somehow?) on an island off the coast, TEN YEARS LATER, where he is greeted by the Messenger dog Umbra. Umbra gives him a note that says, "Be Waiting in Hammerhead." With that as his guidance, Noctis sets off back to shore on his dad's boat which is mysteriously safely moored at the island. Arriving in Galdin Quay, he meets nothing but daemons and darkness. The sky is at best a weird greenish hue in spots but really it's just nighttime all the time now thanks to the Starscourge and Ardyn, the Accursed. When he reaches the main road, he only makes it a short way along it before a truck shows up with bright daemon repelling headlights. The driver turns out to be Talcott, now all grown up. He's been expecting Noctis, and he gives Noct a short summary of what's been going on over the past decade of darkness as he drives the king to Hammerhead.
Once they arrive, Noctis reunites with Gladio, Prompto and Ignis - all ten years older and hardened by their experiences in the decade of darkness but nevertheless happy to see him again and ready to accompany him to the End. After catching up a bit at Hammerhead, they don old Kingsglaive uniforms (and Noctis puts on the royal regalia, cape and all) and make their way back to Insomnia. Just outside the city, they stop to make a final camp. The last gasp before the plunge, as it were. At camp they have a final talk about what's going to happen, and Noctis does his best to spit out what they mean to him, but he's just as shit with words as ever, so all he really manages is, "What can I say? You guys are the best." It's a very touching scene. They all cry, because they all know he's not going to make it out of this.
After this last rest, they fight their way through Insomnia's streets to the Citadel at its heart. Before its gates they are greeted by Ardyn and Ifrit - the one Astral Noctis has yet to encounter. They defeat Ifrit and then ascend to the throne room where Ardyn waits for them, eager for this final battle wherein he will either triumph and thus take his full revenge upon the world and the Astrals and his family or he will at long last be laid to rest forever. However, Ardyn declares this is a battle of Kings and thus should only be between Noctis and himself, so he knocks out Noct's friends with magic then warps to the ground before the citadel. Noctis follows, and they have their epic battle, which of course Noctis wins, ending it at last by impaling Ardyn on his father's sword. Noct assures Ardyn that he will be at peace forevermore this time, and Ardyn says he "will await Noctis in the Beyond" with his dying breath.
The Chocobros are awake by now, and they meet Noctis before the citadel, where they have their parting words. Noctis tells them to walk tall before he turns and makes his way back to the throne room while they fend off daemons.
In the throne room, Noctis at last sits upon the throne and calls forth the past Kings of Lucis that he might take them into himself. They appear and one by one ram into him weapon first, which not only hurts like a bitch but also forces their power into Noctis's soul so that he can carry them with him into death to destroy the Accursed once and for all. The very last of his ancestors is, of course, his father who impales him not with some astral sword but with his own very physical, very real sword that a weakened and dying Noctis hands over. Noctis dies, but as he does so the Ring of the Lucii erupts into blinding light, and in the Beyond he finds Ardyn's soul and confronts him a final time.
Noctis calls upon all his power to destroy Ardyn. Luna helps with her soul's oracle power disrupting Ardyn, while the Lucii emerge from Noctis and annihilate Ardyn (and themselves in the process). Utterly spent, Noctis collapses into motes of light, and the Ring shatters.
"It's finally over..."
Dawn breaks for the first time in ten years. \o/ hooray!
Updated Personality:
The major changes are that Noctis is a lot more settled, centered and more outwardly mature. What was before at times bravado is now genuine confidence. He knows who he is, what he is, what he can do and what he is going to do. There are no more doubts in himself. He is ready (or so he tells the others and himself; in a way, it's impossible to ever truly be ready for what awaits him, and he cannot help the tears that fall as he sits upon the throne and commands his ancestors and braces for death). While not happy about his fate and grieved to say goodbye to his friends and the world, he is nevertheless far more at peace with and resigned to the end than he was ten years ago. He carries with him a certain solemnity and dignity that he never quite managed before, even if it is also coupled with a bone-deep weariness. Moreover, he has a lot more perspective on things and certainly seems more level-headed and a little lest apt to charge headfirst than he once was.
His fury towards Ardyn has cooled in a way - it isn't that he no longer is angry with him (and righteously so!), but more that Noctis has developed a lot more compassion for Ardyn's thousands of years of existence. At the end, he looks upon his fallen foe not with satisfaction but with sorrow. He assures Ardyn that he will at last have peace.
That said, he is openly sorrowful and tries so very hard to tell his friends how much they mean to him and how grateful he is for their friendship and all the time they spent together. But well, some things never change and he's still really bad at articulating his feelings so he stammers and stutters a lot before he manages to spit it out.
Updated Abilities:
1. He's a lot more filled with light, having just absorbed the power of his ancestors & the crystal & then brought back the dawn. Those sensitive to such things could tell that he burns very brightly, so to speak.
2. His Armiger is more potent now and in general his magic is stronger, even if he is physically more worn.
3. Having now formed a covenant with Bahamut, he could in theory call upon the Astral. But as Bahamut is not in Empatheias, this doesn't matter in the slightest.
4. The Ring of the Lucii is gone.
5. the ability to grow facial hair
Other:
Questions:
Lunafreya originally showed up with the Ring of the Lucii, but at the time we apped it was determined that there would be only one ring in the game. Would it revert to being in her possession again? (not that... Noctis would willingly pick it up again, but...!)
