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-->'''Cheria:''' [[TimeStandsStill Infinite blades and emotion... Let me free you from torment! Now sleep, Lambda!]]
-->'''Hubert:''' [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Allow me to free you, Lambda! Sleep forever!]]
-->'''Asbel:''' [[IaijutsuPractitioner For our fate... For our destiny! This ends here! Lambda!]]
-->'''Sophie:''' [[LightEmUp Lambda... you were... you were another me! Forgive me... I will defeat you!]]
-->'''Malik:''' [[ElementalPowers You'll be the last to see this... This'll be your resting place, Lambda! You won't be forgotten!]]
-->'''Pascal:''' [[RapidFireFisticuffs For Sophie's sake! For everyone's sake! I will manifest victory! Ruby Inferno!]]

* The dialogue immediately before the FinalBoss is Asbel's biggest moment of awesome in the entire game. As Lambda is ranting about how HumansAreBastards and how he's going to KillEmAll, Asbel's response is simple, yet [[ArmorPiercingQuestion effective]]: "{{And then what}}?" Asbel [[{{Deconstruction}} points out what would happen if Lambda actually went through with the plan]], basically leaving Lambda entirely alone in an empty, dying world. The [[{{Beat}} brief silence]] from Lambda afterwards shows that he hadn't really thought that far ahead.

* The dialogue immediately before the FinalBoss is Asbel's biggest moment of awesome in the entire game. As Lambda is ranting about how HumansAreBastards and how he's going to KillEmAll, Asbel's response is simple, yet [[ArmorPiercingQuestion effective]]: "AndThenWhat" Asbel [[{{Deconstruction}} points out what would happen if Lambda actually went through with the plan]], basically leaving Lambda entirely alone in an empty, dying world. The [[{{Beat}} brief silence]] from Lambda afterwards shows that he hadn't really thought that far ahead.
** You know what, the entire final battle is one big SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome for Asbel. What happens after the above? [[spoiler: He manages to bring Richard to his senses, then is able to physically separate him from Lambda (both of which '''No one''' thought he'd be able to do). After the inevitable OneWingedAngel boss battle, Lambda is severely weakened, but not dead; The defeat was only temporary and he ''will'' return and try to destroy the world again unless Sophie makes a HeroicSacrifice. Asbel says "nuts to that" and opts to TakeAThirdOption. '''''He willingly becomes Lambda's next host''''' and instead of a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, he has a peaceful conversation ''[[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath and convinces Lambda to his way of thinking.]]'' Let's repeat that. ''He talked down the BigBad [[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal]] EldritchAbomination and got it to agree to peacefully coexist with him'' (effectively starting Lambda down the road to a HeelFaceTurn).]] How many {{JRPG}} heroes have been able to pull ''that'' off?

* Perhaps not on the scale as the above, but near the end of ''Lineage and Legacies,'' Asbel [[spoiler: prepares to let Lambda temporarily take over his body to shut down Fodra's core.]] The crowning moment is for Hubert, though:
-->'''Hubert:''' [[spoiler: Hear me well, Lambda. If you refuse to release my brother, I will not be held responsible for the consequences.]]
** How's ''that'' for staring down the [[spoiler:OmnicidalManiac?]]

** You know what, the entire final battle is one big MomentOfAwesome for Asbel. What happens after the above? [[spoiler: He manages to bring Richard to his senses, then is able to physically separate him from Lambda (both of which '''No one''' thought he'd be able to do). After the inevitable OneWingedAngel boss battle, Lambda is severely weakened, but not dead; The defeat was only temporary and he ''will'' return and try to destroy the world again unless Sophie makes a HeroicSacrifice. Asbel says "nuts to that" and opts to TakeAThirdOption. '''''He willingly becomes Lambda's next host''''' and instead of a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, he has a peaceful conversation ''[[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath and convinces Lambda to his way of thinking.]]'' Let's repeat that. ''He talked down the BigBad [[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal]] EldritchAbomination and got it to agree to peacefully coexist with him'' (effectively starting Lambda down the road to a HeelFaceTurn).]] How many {{JRPG}} heroes have been able to pull ''that'' off?

** You know what, the entire final battle is one big MomentOfAwesome for Asbel. What happens after the above? [[spoiler: He manages to bring Richard to his senses, then is able to physically separate him from Lambda (both of which '''No one''' thought he'd be able to do). After the inevitable OneWingedAngel boss battle, Lambda is severely weakened, but not dead; The defeat was only temporary and he ''will'' return and try to destroy the world again unless Sophie makes a HeroicSacrifice. Asbel says "nut's to that" and opts to TakeAThirdOption. '''''He willingly becomes Lambda's next host''''' and instead of a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, he has a peaceful conversation ''[[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath and convinces Lambda to his way of thinking.]]'' Let's repeat that. ''He talked down the BigBad [[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal]] EldritchAbomination and got it to agree to peacefully coexist with him'' (effectively starting Lambda down the road to a HeelFaceTurn).]] How many {{JRPG}} heroes have been able to pull ''that'' off?

-->'''Pascal:''' [[RapidFireFisticuffs For Sophie's sake! For everyone's sake! ''I will manifest victory!'' Ruby Inferno!]]

-->'''Sophie:''' [[LightEmUp Lambda... you were... you were another me!Forgive me... I will defeat you!]]

-->'''Sophie:''' [[LightEmUp Lambda... you were... you were another me!]] [[Shoryuken Forgive me... I will defeat you!]]

** You know what, the entire final battle is one big MomentOfAwesome for Asbel. What happens after the above? [[spoiler: He manages to bring Richard to his senses, then is able to physically separate him from Lambda (both of which '''No one''' though he'd be able to do). After the inevitable OneWingedAngel boss battle, Lambda is severely weakened, but not dead; The defeat was only temporary and he ''will'' return and try to destroy the world again unless Sophie makes a HeroicSacrifice. Asbel says "nut's to that" and opts to TakeAThirdOption. '''''He willingly becomes Lambda's next host''''' and instead of a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, he has a peaceful conversation ''[[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath and convinces Lambda to his way of thinking.]]'' Let's repeat that. ''He talked down the BigBad [[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal]] EldritchAbomination and got it to agree to peacefully coexist with him'' (effectively starting Lambda down the road to a HeelFaceTurn).]] How many {{JRPG}} heroes have been able to pull ''that'' off?

* The dialogue immediately before the FinalBoss is Asbel's biggest moment of awesome in the entire game. As Lambda is ranting about how HumansAreBastards and how he's going to KillEmAll, Asbel's response is simple, yet [[ArmorPiercingQuestion effective]]: "AndThenWhat" Asbel [[{{Deconstruction}} points out what would happen if Lambda actually went through with the plan]], basically leaving Lambda entirely alone in am empty, dying world. The [[{{Beat}} brief silence]] from Lambda afterwards shows that he hadn't really thought that far ahead.

-->How's ''that'' for staring down the [[spoiler:OmnicidalManiac?]]

->'''Hubert:''' [[spoiler: Hear me well, Lambda. If you refuse to release my brother, I will not be held responsible for the consequences.]]
->How's ''that'' for staring down the [[spoiler:OmnicidalManiac?]]

-->'''Hubert:''' [[spoiler: Hear me well, Lambda. If you refuse to release my brother, I will not be held responsible for the consequences.]]

How's ''that'' for staring down the [[spoiler:OmnicidalManiac?]]

** You know what, the entire final battle is one big {{CMOA}} for Asbel. What happens after the above? [[spoiler: He manages to bring Richard to his senses, then is able to physically separate him from Lambda (both of which '''No one''' though he'd be able to do). After the inevitable OneWingedAngel boss battle, Lambda is severely weakened, but not dead; The defeat was only temporary and he ''will'' return and try to destroy the world again unless Sophie makes a HeroicSacrifice. Asbel says "nut's to that" and opts to TakeAThirdOption. '''''He willingly becomes Lambda's next host''''' and instead of a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, he has a peaceful conversation ''[[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath and convinces Lambda to his way of thinking.]]'' Let's repeat that. ''He talked down the BigBad [[OmnicidalManiac Omnicidal]] EldritchAbomination and got it to agree to peacefully coexist with him'' (effectively starting Lambda down the road to a HeelFaceTurn).]] How many {{JRPG}} heroes have been able to pull ''that'' off?

* The Sophie versus Richard scene in Lhant where the duo go head to head and end it with the former slamming the latter into a cliff after a dueling with masses of light and darkness. Also Asbel's BigDamnHeroes moment when he saves Sophie when Richard has her cornered.

* The Sophie versus Richard scene in Lhant where the duo go head to head and end it with the former slamming the latter into a cliff after a dueling with masses of light and darkness.

* When you get back to Lhant after Strahta takes over, there's the Sophie versus Richard scene where the duo go head to head and end it with the former slamming the latter into a cliff after a dueling with masses of light and darkness.

* The dialogue immediately before the FinalBoss is Asbel's biggest moment of awesome in the entire game. As Lambda is ranting about how HumansAreBastards and how he's going to KillEmAll, Asbel's response is simple, yet [[ArmorPiercingQuestion effective]]: "AndThenWhat" Asbel [[{{Deconstruction}} points out what would happen if Lambda actually went through with the plan]], basically leaving Lambda entirely alone in am empty, dying world. The [[{{Beat}} brief silence]] from Lambda afterwards shows that he hadn't really thought that far ahead.

* The Final Battle of the Main Storyline is one big CMOA for Asbel.