History Characters / FinalFantasyXVIEikonsAndNotableBeings

* PowerFloats: Typhon has no legs at all, with twisted lengths of viscera making up its lower body instead. It gets around this by effortlessly floating and gliding through the air with surprising speed. Since it's an avatar for [[spoiler:Ultima]],it makes sense to how it can pull this off.

* HiveMind: There are actually [[ArcNumber sixteen]] of him, some of which were cores of the Mothercrystals while another was sealed within Joshua's body. They later undergo a Doppelmerger prior to the final battle.

* Doppelmerger: One asborbs the others to transform into Typhon the Transgessor.

A divine being who is said to be the ruler of all Eikons, he plunges the world into darkness by using Mothercrystals, coveting Clive to be his ultimate vessel.

* HiveMind: There are actually [[ArcNumber sixteen]] of him, and all of them look exactly the same with the same motivations.

* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: Joshua seals [[spoiler:one of]] him inside himself for several years to give the world a chance to prepare for a fight with him.

* UncannyValley: The most chilling part of his appearance is not his extra arms or pallid skin tone, but that he appears similar to a conventionally attractive man in the face... except for his lack of ''eyelids''.

Except there's much more to the creatures than just that. Ultima plans on turning humans into these things due to his disgust with their willpower making them shun him and his species; he wants this so that humanity can return to a "pure" state that only exists to worship him as a god. To do this, he amplifies the flow of aether on the surface and begins a slow process of spreading it to every human settlement he can.

* CrossSpeciesDisease: Aetherfloods can infect any sentient being: while humans are the most common forms (as they make the best foot soldiers for Ultima) we see, all of the monsters and fauna have the potential to turn, ranging in power from Goblins to a behemoth.

* NoBiochemicalBarriers/CrossSpeciesDisease: Aetherfloods can infect any sentient being: while humans are the most common forms (as they make the best foot soldiers for Ultima) we see, all of the monsters and fauna have the potential to turn, ranging in power from Goblins to a behemoth.

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!!The Akashic

When a natural overabundance of aether floods to the surface of Valisthea, any sentient being who absorbs too much of it into their bodies is turned into a shambling, violent, crystalline beast called an Akashic, functionally killing the victim as there is no cure for the disease.

Except there's much more to the creatures than just that. Ultima plans on turning humans into these things due to his disgust with their willpower making them shun him and his species; he wants this so that humanity can return to a "pure" state that only exists to worship him as a god. To do this, he amplifies the flow of aether on the surface and begins a slow process of spreading it to every human settlement he can.

* NoBiochemicalBarriers/CrossSpeciesDisease: Aetherfloods can infect any sentient being: while humans are the most common forms (as they make the best foot soldiers for Ultima) we see, all of the monsters and fauna have the potential to turn, ranging in power from Goblins to a behemoth.
* DeadlyGas: Aetherfloods are visible as a blue vapour in the air, and anyone infected by it for long enough (save for very few), whether human or not, eventually turns into a monster.
* DeathOfPersonality: Anyone who goes Akashic loses their humanity and becomes murderously aggressive to anyone - including friends and family.
* TheDreaded: Even Dominants are wary of Akashics due to their strength and violent nature. Similarly, aetherfloods are treated as very grim threats for what they do to living creatures.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Turning into an Akashic is largely considered this, as few want to be a threat to their loved ones or lose their personalities. Theo, especially, manages to muster enough HeroicWillpower to say goodbye to Clive and Eloise before slitting his own throat.
* TheImmune: Dominants are afforded total protection from falling ill to the disease, as they command vast amounts of aether through their link with their respective Eikons. Bearers are offered some resistance due to their increased aether, but even they can turn if exposed enough.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: While they can't bite and infect others, they are essentially undead beasts of aether who serve Ultima's will.
* ZombieApocalypse: Essentially what Ultima wants to do to humans as a whole: as his plan gets set into motion, he begins to flood the world with more and more aether to, in his view, purify humans into worshipping him (read: remove their free will by turning them into Akashic slaves).
* ZombieGait: Most Akashic humans will meander around their environs aimlessly... until they spot prey, in which case they go into a vicious rage and attack with the same haste they had in life.
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[[folder:Typhon]]
!!Typhon

A bizarre series of monstrosities who Clive encounters after Cid destroys Sanbreque's Mothercrystal, seemingly unleashing it in the process. It then proceeds to drag Clive's consciousness to "somewhere" and proceeds to battle him at it's master's behest.
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* ActuallyADoombot: Typhon is [[spoiler:not Ultima himself]], but rather one of his many, many mouthpieces as Clive's first encounter ends with him defeating one Typhon, followed by several more appearing.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Like other summoned beasts, Typhon is typically a neutral force whose summoned by the heroes after obtaining the means to summon him or proving their worth. In ''XVI'', Typhon is working for the BigBad.
* AdaptationSpeciesChange: The Eikons, while important, otherwise retain their status as summonable monsters as is usual for the series' norm. Typhon, who is usually among their number, is not a summoned beast this time around and is instead something else. More importantly, Typhon isn't just a singular entity, but seemingly a ''race''.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Serves as the FinalBoss before the five-year TimeSkip [[spoiler:where Clive succeeds Cid as "the Outlaw" and is now set on destroying the Mothercrystals]].
* MythologyGag: One of its attacks is Demon Wall, a recurring monster in previous games.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: In previous games, Typhon was a pink, two-headed pig-like creature with shriveled arms and powerful sneezes; here, it's an ash grey spirit and {{Necromancer}} that is almost humanoid... except for its disproportionately large arms, lack of legs, and being the size of a small {{Kaiju}}.
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[[folder:The Ultimate Eikon ('''WARNING: UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]]
!!Ultima
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarryLloyd (English), Creator/MitsuruMiyamoto (Japanese)

A divine being who is said to be the ruler of all Eikons, he plunges the world into darkness by using Mothercrystals, coveting Clive to be his ultimate vessel.
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* NoBiochemicalBarriers/CrossSpeciesDisease: Aetherfloods can infect any sentient being: while humans are the most common forms (as they make the best foot soldiers for Ultima) we see, all of the monsters and fauna can and do turn, ranging in power from Goblins to a behemoth.

* CrossSpeciesDisease: Aetherfloods can infect any sentient being: while humans are the most common forms (as they make the best foot soldiers for Ultima) we see, all of the monsters and fauna can and do turn, ranging in power from Goblins to a behemoth.

When an overabundance of aether floods to the surface of Valisthea, any sentient being who absorbs too much of it into their bodies is turned into a shambling, violent, crystalline beast called an Akashic, functionally killing the victim as there is no cure for the disease.

* AGodAmI: How Ultima sees himself compared to the humans he created, [[RecurringElement and an aspect they share in common with many of the franchise's villains]]. To him, humans are but ants who deviated from their intended purpose in mindlessly worshipping him, and cannot bear any of his creations rebelling against him.

A divine being who is said to be the ruler of all Eikons, they plunge the world into darkness by using Mothercrystals, coveting Clive to be their ultimate vessel.

* AGodAmI: How Ultima sees themself compared to the humans they created, [[RecurringElement and an aspect they share in common with many of the franchise's villains]]. To them, humans are but ants who deviated from their intended purpose in mindlessly worshipping them, and cannot bear any of their creations rebelling against them.
* AllYourPowersCombined: As Ultimalius, they use all of the Eikons' powers to attack, even temporarily shapeshifting like sprouting draconic wings when using Exaflare or summoning Odin's sword when using Severance.

* BigBad: They're the main antagonistic force of the story, pitting kingdom against kingdom and Dominant against Dominant in order to get the people to destroy each other so they can swoop in and take over whatever remains. They're also the biggest cause of Clive's misfortunes, first by trying to groom him as a vessel, then manipulating others to target him once it becomes clear he won't just give in.
* BishonenLine: As Ultimalius; they shed a lot of their UncannyValley traits such as their sunken lidless eyes and instead appears more conventionally handsome before Clive while still looking unmistakably alien and unquestionably powerful beyond belief.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Clive points out that Ultima's FatalFlaw is that they cannot understand the importance of friendship or putting trust in others. The end of the final battle has Ultima suffering a VillainousBreakdown as they repeatedly wonder just how Clive is able to beat them on equal terms.
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: As humanity's creator, Ultima believes the greatest sin of humanity was developing free will in their absence, as it caused humans to spoil the world and prevents them from becoming vessels for Ultima.
* FinalBoss: Ultima, in their combined form as Ultimalius, is the final boss of the game.
* FreakyElectronicMusic: Their themes incorporate a lot of synthetic instruments and electronica to underly their nature as a SufficientlyAdvancedAlien.

* HeroKiller: They directly kill Dion and Joshua (although the second one survives), and their machinations indirectly kill Cid as well.
* HiveMind: There are actually [[ArcNumber sixteen]] of them, and all of them look exactly the same with the same motivations.
* {{Hypocrite}}: As Clive and Joshua point out, they claim HumansAreTheRealMonsters for abuse of magic despoiling the planet...and also because said despoiling of the planet was preventing ''them'' from terraforming it into a paradise for their species after they despoiled their own planet through overuse of magic. The very flaws Ultima despises humans for are the very same flaws it tried to use humans to circumvent in itself. Combined with how Plan A was to allow the Mothercrystals to drain the world to the point of rendering it a blank slate to shape for the Ultima's people, their critique comes off as more PsychologicalProjection and moral cowardice than anything else.

* MindRape: They have an extremely twisted fixation with Clive once they discover he's the Dominant of Ifrit and begin tormenting him right since the sacking of Phoenix Gate, where they forcibly trigger his awakening, causing him to go berserk and nearly kill Joshua as a result. They once again attempt to break him upon the destruction of Drake's Head, and it's only thanks to Cid and Joshua's intervention that they fail to do so. After that point, they target Olivier, Annabella's child with the Sanbreque Emperor instead, and effectively kill him and use his body as a meatsuit. During Dion's insurrection, they reveal Olivier's true nature to him and then drive him berserk in a manner eerily similar to what they did to Clive in the prologue. And finally, during the confrontation at Drake's Spine, Ultima traps Clive and Joshua in a dimensional rift and eventually violates Clive's mind again, and it's implied they may have succeeded this time if not for Joshua's intervention.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Their primary appearance has four arms.
* MythologyGag: A godlike being called "Ultima" as the BigBad and FinalBoss of a ''Final Fantasy game''? [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics Wouldn't be the first time]]. More specifically, it being a SufficientlyAdvancedAlien who believes itself to be a god and attempts to use the main character as their vessel brings to mind Ultima, the High Seraph from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''.
** Their involvement with the Mothercrystals and their alien race references [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV the Creator]].
** They dwell in the Interdimensional Rift, much like [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Exdeath]].
** One of their attacks is Eternal Darkness, in referencing the [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII Cloud of Darkness]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Necron]]. Another of their attacks named Neutron Flare references Necron's Neutron Ring. Like the Cloud of Darkness and Necron, Ultima is genderless.

* {{Narcissist}}: They created humanity for the sole purpose of worshiping them...and promptly took them for granted by going into a slumber without giving them any guidance on their plans. They then have the gall to chastise humanity for committing the grave sin of developing their own will as a consequence. When Clive starts surpassing Ultima, they freak out and scream about their inherent superiority.
* NoNonsenseNemesis: Downplayed. They will trade verbal barbs with Joshua and Clive, but will quickly drop the fight if they feel there's a chance to claim Clive as their avatar.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Ultima's entire plan is to empower Clive so that he can be the perfect vessel for them. However, the obvious pitfall in that plan is that by empowering Clive with all of the Eikons, Ultima also gives Clive the opportunity to overpower and defeat Ultima.
* OmnicidalManiac: If their corrupting people with aether into becoming their personal army isn't enough, he decides that if humanity is to continue to resist, they'll just terraform the planet to kill the resistance.
* OneWingedAngel: Ultima transforms twice in the final battle - their second phase has them transform into a dark version of Ifrit Risen called "Ultima Risen", and after they're bested in that form, they [[BishonenLine shrink down back into a humanoid form]] called Ultimalius, this time clad in armor and bearing the powers of all Eikons at the same time.
* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: Though the characters refer to Ultima with masculine pronouns, the ATL does not refer to them with a gender at all, as they're a being that goes way beyond what the average person would have as far as a gender goes. Instead, Ultima is referred to as "it" or with gender-neutral they/them pronouns.
* SatanicArchetype: Both their armored (in his first battle when assimilating the remnants of an Ifrit) and Ultima Prime/Risen appearances have taken elements of the Devil, and them being a dark god that created humanity reinforces this.
* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: Joshua seals [[spoiler:one of]] them inside himself for several years to give the world a chance to prepare for a fight with them.
* SoreLoser: When Clive finally defeats them and they lay dying, Ultima poses a question to what he expects of the world to come now that the crystals and magic will fade. When Clive admits that he doesn't know but humanity will still struggle for a better future no matter what, Ultima ponders and even considers it for a moment, before smugly telling Clive that their dying wish is that he and his species spend their remaining days in agony.
* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: It's revealed that Ultima and its "people" were actually an advanced alien species that were functionally gods, to the point where humans who discover their origins just call them divine figures.
* TheStoic: Speaks with a very monotone voice, and reacts to setbacks such as being sealed for years with little more than dull curiousity. Of course towards the end of the game when their goal is within their grasp, but Clive refuses to yield and even begins to surpass them, [[NotSoStoic they start getting a lot more emotional]].
* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: Clive theorizes that the real reason Ultima wants to destroy free will in humans is due to their fear humanity will eventually grow powerful enough to surpass them, leading to this.
* UncannyValley: The most chilling part of their appearance is not their extra arms or pallid skin tone, but that they appear to be conventionally attractive humans in the face... except for their lack of ''eyelids''.
* VillainousBreakdown: They start having one when Clive, as Ifrit, begins surpassing them during the FinalBoss fight. Ultima starts screaming about their inherent superiority over not just other Eikons, but every living being. Clive -- who is understandably sick of how its manipulations have ruined his family's lives, provoked destructive wars, drained the world of life, and led indirectly to the horrific Bearer slavery system -- [[ShutUpHannibal just gets even more angry]].
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: They can take many different appearances in order to push events further, such as controlling Barnabas by appearing as Sleipnir or whispering ideas into Emperor Lesage's ear as his youngest son.
* WalkingSpoiler: The very existence of Ultima turns the entire story on its head once they're revealed. Not only does it cement the BigBad of the story, but it reveals quite a bit about the Mothercrystals, the world of Valisthea, and how far Clive has to go in order to fully enact his revenge.
* XanatosGambit: Members of their own species were used as the cores of the Mothercrystals when they put themselves into stasis. If the Mothercrystals are left alone, they will pump Valisthea's aether to Ultima, spreading the Blight and turning the world into a barren waste. The only way to stop a Mothercrystal is to destroy it... which awakens and releases the slumbering Ultima locked within, which can eventually merge with the collective.

* MythologyGag: Zantetsuken is used in [[spoiler:both of Barnabas' boss fights]] as an attack that must be interrupted through causing enough damage. The Primal Odin from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' is infamous for being a TimeLimitBoss in both its F.A.T.E. and the ''Urth's Font'' trial, as both instances feature an un-interruptible cast of Shin Zantetsuken that will OneHitKill everything within reach should Odin not reach 0 health before the cast bar reaches full.

* ContinuityNod: [[spoiler:The arena in which he is fought is a dead ringer for the ''Bowl of Embers'' trial from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', as both are ruined hellscapes that are surrounded by a RingOfFire.]]

* MythologyGag: [[spoiler:The MirrorMatch against Ifrit/Clive as the Infernal Eikon/Shadow is a faithful recreation of the Bowl of Embers trial against Ifrit in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', from the environs to several of their attacks behaving identically.]]

* ContinuityNod: The arena she's fought in during the first phase of its boss fight has an uncanny resemblance to the arena in the ''Eden's Verse: Furor'' raid from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', in which Ifrit and Garuda are fought as a DualBoss. Fittingly enough, it also marks the point in the story in which Clive transforms into Ifrit again.

* ContinuityNod: [[spoiler:His second phase in which it becomes Titan Lost is a direct reference to the ''Eden's Verse: Sepulture'' raid from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', specifically the Savage version. In that version of that raid, Titan merges with the mountain range that he's fought upon to become Titan Maximum, a being ten times larger than his original size, which then transitions into a final phase that consists of a rematch with his initial form. Although in this case, it's not a mountain that he fuses with but rather an entire Mothercrystal, the exact same process happens when this Titan transforms into Titan Lost and back again to his original form.]]

* ContinuityNod: A rather obvious outcome considering which studio developed this game and how significant Bahamut is in their other major title, but the circumstances surrounding the Bahamut of ''XVI'' is more or less a WholePlotReference to the Dreadwyrm Bahamut from ''Final Fantasy XIV''[[labelnote:note]]although its appearance is more akin to the Bahamut from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX''[[/labelnote]]. To list:
** [[spoiler:This Bahamut is fought while it's under a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, incinerating everything below it and refusing to stop until it destroyed everything in existence — circumstances identical to the Bahamut of ''XIV'' when it went on its rampage during the Seventh Umbral Calamity.]]
** [[spoiler:In its third phase, its coloration changes from a dull silver to black with blue highlights, similar to how Bahamut Prime looks in ''The Final Coil of Bahamut - Turn 4''. The sequence in which it flies outside of the arena, begins casting Teraflare and turns the background of the arena into a blazing inferno is lifted directly from that raid as well.]]
** [[spoiler:Although the method by which it powers up is completely different, it final phase involves it going into a GoldenSuperMode after being defeated by the Phoenix once, much like the final phase of the Ultimate raid ''The Unending Coil of Bahamut (Ultimate)''.]]
** [[spoiler:It's ultimately defeated by being pierced through the heart by the Phoenix — Ifrit and the Phoenix fused together, in this case — as it prepares its ultimate attack, identical to how the Bahamut of ''XIV'' was defeated by Louisoix during the Battle of Carteneau.]]

* MagicMissileStorm: Much like in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', this game's version of Megaflare is a continuous barrage of magical projectiles which twist and arc through the air as they home in on their targets.
* MacrossMissileMassacre: It's capable of casting ''Megaflare'', which sends out dozens of HomingLasers towards its intended target. Every single one of those lasers has enough potency to turn buildings into rubble, [[spoiler:as the innocent citizens of Sanbreque-occupied Twinside came to realize.]]

* ContinuityNod: The way Jill transforms into Shiva via encasing herself in an icicle and re-emerging as the Eikon is the same method in which Ysayle Iceheart and Ryne turn into the Primal Shiva in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''. The one major difference is that Jill's icicle floats into the air before she emerges.

* ContinuityNod: [[spoiler:Zantetsuken is used in both of Barnabas' boss fights as an attack that must be interrupted through causing enough damage. The Primal Odin from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' is infamous for being a TimeLimitBoss in both its F.A.T.E. and the ''Urth's Font'' trial, as both instances feature an un-interruptible cast of Shin Zantetsuken that will OneHitKill everything within reach should Odin not reach 0 health before the cast bar reaches full.]]

* UnfriendlyFire: Cuts a swath through both Sanbrequois and his own soldiers in his introductory cutscene, contrasting him with Bahamut who constantly avoids causing too many unintended casualties in the exact same scene.

* SuperStrength: While all Eikons have this due to their immense size, Ifrit is the standout example as despite being one of the smaller Eikons, it's capable of grappling with foes even larger than it. During the boss fight with Titan, the Eikon of Earth grabs him by the tail and starts [[MetronomicManMashing slamming him around.]] Ifrit is not only able to root himself to the ground with his claws, but is able to use the leverage to ''flip Titan on his back using just his tail.'' [[spoiler:Later, when fighting Titan Lost, he is able to grab one of his massive tentacles and stab him with it.]] When battling Odin, he's strong enough to grab his giant LaserBlade {{BFS}} and snap it in half like a piece of weak glass.

* ReformedButNotTamed: Even when Clive embraces his status as Ifrit's Dominant and starts leaning how to wield the Fire Eikon's powers properly, the Eikon himself is rather fickle as he "comes and goes" as he pleases. Cid notes this is very unuusal since Dominants can prime into the Eikon without much trouble, but concedes that Ifrit's very existence is unusual means that it won't play by the same rules the other Eikons do.

* SoreLoser: When Clive finally defeats them and they lay dying, Ultima poses a question to what he expects of the world to come now that the crystals and magic will fade. When Clive admits that he doesn't know but humanity will still struggle for a better future no matter what, Ultima ponders and even considers it for a moment, before smugly telling Clive that his dying wish is that he and his species spend their remaining days in agony.

* PersonOfMassDestruction: Each of the Eikons is capable of enormous devastation. Ifrit and Phoenix incinerate their surroundings by their mere presence, and the clash between Shiva and Titan remakes the landscape and crushes all of the soldiers unlucky enough to be underfoot. When Garuda goes berserk and creates a giant whirlwind, Cid states her vortex will swallow up the entire forest near Lostwing if she isn't stopped in time. [[spoiler:Bahamut is perhaps the greatest example of all, as he is capable of scorching the entirety of the planet with Zettaflare after drinking the aether of a Mothercrystal.]]

* DavidVersusGoliath: Ifrit's fight with Titan is one long sequence of this, considering the difference in size and strength between them [[spoiler:which only becomes exponentially larger when Titan becomes Titan Lost.]] Note that Ifrit himself is already ''three stories tall''.

* {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:After being defeated once, in an act of desperation, it merges with the heart of Drake's Tail in order to power itself up. Once it's been defeated again, doesn't give up ''even then'', using its remaining power to charge up its ''Zettaflare''.]]

* PersonOfMassDestruction: What else would you expect from an Eikon that's nearly twenty stories tall and can make and unmake entire mountains with a twith of his finger? [[spoiler:Surprisingly [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in his Titan Lost form, despite the massive increase in size and power. He only really succeeds in destroying his own inner sanctum within Drake's Fang -- which was already devoid of people -- and none of the destruction reaches Ran'dellah.]]

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* BadassLonghair: Unlike previous incarnations that were either bald or balding, this Ramuh has a full head of flowing silver locks, in a way that makes him look like [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gandalf]] or [[Literature/HarryPotter Dumbledore]].

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