History Characters / FinalFantasyXVIEikonsAndNotableBeings

The Eikon of Water, who apparently possesses no Dominant and has been lost to legend. For this reason, it is referred to as "the Lost." It is set to finally make an appearence in the DLC Story ''The Rising Tide''.

* TheGhost: Virtually nothing is known about Leviathan and its Dominant(s). None of the various nations of Valisthea are mentioned in game to have had anything to do with it, and nowhere does it appear in any of the lore. The only mention of it at all is the fact that there were 8 Eikons before Ifrit showed up and [[spoiler:Joshua]] off-handedly mentioning it as "Leviathan [[LampshadeHanging the lost]]" when seeing the full Eikon mural that's been appearing around the game. [[spoiler:Notably, Leviathan's absence has no bearing on Ultima's endgame, indicating that its been out of the action long enough that Ultima's centuries-spanning plot planned around it.]] It makes its appearance known in ''The Rising Tide'' DLC.

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* AmbiguousSituation:
** Leviathan's absence in the game. Although it's established the Eikon will be "reborn" after a certain amount of time if their Dominant dies, the fact that Leviathan is not mentioned anywhere in the game and has no connection to any of the existing countries in Valisthea implies it's been out of action for a long time or the Dominants of Leviathan have been in hiding. [[spoiler:It's also possible the "clan" tied to Leviathan like Phoenix's Motes of Fire have all died out and the Eikon itself is dead for all intents and purposes.]] ''The Rising Tide'' DLC seemingly confirms the former theory as Clive receives a letter asking him to save Leviathan's Dominant.
** In ''The Rising Tide'' trailer, [[spoiler:Ultima refers to Leviathan as his "most profane fragment"]]. The exact meaning for this is unclear at the time of this writing, beyond that [[spoiler:Leviathan and its Dominant did ''something'' to earn Ultima's ire]].

* AmbiguousSituation: Leviathan's absence in the game. Although it's established the Eikon will be "reborn" after a certain amount of time if their Dominant dies, the fact that Leviathan is not mentioned anywhere in the game and has no connection to any of the existing countries in Valisthea implies it's been out of action for a long time or the Dominants of Leviathan have been in hiding. [[spoiler:It's also possible the "clan" tied to Leviathan like Phoenix's Motes of Fire have all died out and the Eikon itself is dead for all intents and purposes.]] ''The Rising Tide'' DLC seemingly confirms the former theory as Clive receives a letter asking him to save Leviathan's Dominant.

The Eikon of Darkness, whose power is contained by Barnabas Tharmr, King of Waloed. He is the fifth and final Eikon to to be fought by Clive and the last to have his powers absorbed.

* AmbiguousSituation: Leviathan's absence in the game. Although it's established the Eikon will be "reborn" after a certain amount of time if their Dominant dies, the fact that Leviathan is not mentioned anywhere in the game and has no connection to any of the existing countries in Valisthea implies it's been out of action for a long time or the Dominants of Leviathan have been in hiding. [[spoiler:It's also possible the "clan" tied to Leviathan like Phoenix's Motes of Fire have all died out and the Eikon itself is dead for all intents and purposes.]]

* CompositeCharacter: Its ''XVI''[='=]s incarnation of Omega, a recurring boss in the ''Final Fantasy'' series, but the incarnation seen in ''XVI'' shares characteristics with the recurring summon Alexander, due to both being artificial summons (Eikon in the case of Omega).

* TheGhost: Virtually nothing is known about Leviathan and its Dominant(s). None of the various nations of Valisthea are mentioned in game to have had anything to do with it, and nowhere does it appear in any of the lore. The only mention of it at all is the fact that there were 8 Eikons before Ifrit showed up and [[spoiler:Joshua]] off-handedly mentioning it as "Leviathan [[LampshadeHanging the lost]]" when seeing the full Eikon mural that's been appearing around the game. [[spoiler:Notably, Leviathan's absence has no bearing on Ultima's endgame, indicating that its been out of the action long enough that Ultima's centuries-spanning plot planned around it.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: Ultima confirms he and his kind are not native to Valisthea and created humanity, though it's not clear exactly ''where'' they're from.

* MythologyGag: [[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.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:''Flames unforgiving'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''Ice unfeeling'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''Levin untamed'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''Gales unrelenting'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''Earth unyielding'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''Light undying'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''Darkness unending'']]

The Eikon of Water, who apparently possesses no Dominant and has been lost to legend. For this reason, it is referred to as "the Lost."

* AGodAmI: How Ultima sees himself compared to the humans he created, [[RecurringElement and an aspect he shares in common with many of the franchise's villains]], though unlike many of them he has some claim as [[DemiurgeArchetype the creator of humanity]]. 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.

* GenreRefugee: Ironically enough, out of all characters in the game, he is the one who most feels like he came out of a JRPG, being a DemiurgeArchetype with [[HumanoidAliens otherworldly origins]], lots of symbolism taken from the UsefulNotes/{{Kabbalah}}, and having a radically different appearance from all other characters in the game. In short, Ultima has more in common with other JRPG villains like [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyI Chaos]], [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Lavos]], or [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles Zanza]] than he does with the rest of ''XVI''[='=]s a ''Series/GameOfThrones''-esque LowFantasy cast.

* 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 humanoid spirit the size of a small {{Kaiju}} with disproportionately large arm and no legs.

* ItCanThink: Eikons are usually mindless or near-mindless forces of destruction given intelligence and personality by their Dominants, but Odin has the unique talent to create egis (magical minions that contain a fraction of an Eikon's power) with just as much sapience as a human being. [[spoiler:One of them even serves as the second-in-command of King Barnabas of Waloed.]] the game leaves it ambiguous whether these are separate creations, or external manifestations of Odin's own personality, but either way, they're far smarter and more independent than any Eikon (or Eikon-derived entity) should be.

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* BeamSpam: As the fight drags on, Omega will throw out increasing numbers of energy projectiles.at the heroes in an attempt to overwhelm them. This includes spamming its [[WaveMotionGun Wave Cannon]] attack, shooting dozens upon dozens of energy balls that fall rom the sky, on top of additional lasers from every concievable direction.

* MythologyGag: Omega's battle music includes riffs from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRHVX2A8L5s "eScape"]], Omega's battle theme in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' as well as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYOSYDBJyZg "Order, yet Undeciphered"]] the theme of the Allagan research facility Azys Lla that experimented on the eikons that XIV's Omega captured. On top of this, its TotalPartyKill move, "Omega Protocol", is named after the [[{{Superboss}} Ultimate Raid]] from the same game.

* {{Expy}}: Of [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 Zanza]]. Both originate from the technologically advanced worlds predating the events of their respective games, eventually become their {{God}}s by creating man to worship them and claim themselves to be the absolute power of their worlds. However, their scorn for and lack of interest in their creations result in them being forgotten by the world, and most importantly, both require the main protagonist to act as their vessel and imbue them with immense power in order to do so (Clive being able to wield all of the Eikons, Shulk being the heir to the Monado).

* {{Expy}}: Of [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 Zanza]]. Both originate from the technologically advanced worlds predating the events of their respective games, eventually become their {{God}}s by creating man to worship them and claim themselves to be the absolute power of their worlds. However, their scorn for and lack of interest in their creations result in them being forgotten by the world, and most importantly, both require the main protagonist to act as their vessel and imbue them with immense power in order to do so (Clive being able to wield all of the Eikons, Shulk being the heir to the Monado).

* MetaMecha: [[spoiler:Titan Lost is revealed to be this—rather than being a transformation of Titan, it is a gargantuan suit of stone armor he constructed around himself, being the "Meta Mecha" to Titan being Hugo's "HumongousMecha". When Ifrit defeats Lost and falls into its remains, he finds Titan alive and well inside the contruct.]]

* BiggerIsBetter: If the murals are anything to go by, Leviathan would be the single largest Eikon, dwarfing even Titan in both length and sheer volume.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In other entries in the series, Typhon is either a neutral summon or part of a GoldfishPoopGang alongside partner-in-crime Ultros, with the duo generally being PunchClockVillains at their worst. Here, Typhon is a herald of the BigBad serving as KnightOfCerebus, far from its comedic roots with no Ultros in sight.

* KnightOfCerebus: Typhon's arrival heralds [[spoiler:Ultima]] taking a more direct role in the plot, and things get much darker from there.

* 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.

** 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.
** One piece of lore also states that a previous Dominant of Shiva was accompanied by a legendary wolf named Fenrir, mirroring how Iceheart owned a hoarhound named Fenrir as her personal attack dog. [[spoiler:Torgal turning out to be a descendant of Fenrir carries on this relationship with the current Shiva.]]

** 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.

* GroundWave: Oen of its attacks has it send waves of fiery energy along the ground that home in on Clive.

* MythologyGag: Omega's battle music includes riffs from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRHVX2A8L5s "eScape"]], Omega's battle theme in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'', as well as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYOSYDBJyZg Order, yet Undeciphered]] the theme of the Allagan research facility Azys Lla that experimented on the eikons that XIV's Omega captured. On top of this, its TotalPartyKill move, "Omega Protocol", is named after the [[{{Superboss}} Ultimate Raid]] from the same game.