History Characters / FinalFantasyXIVHildibrandAllies

** Also while the other three end up in much better places by the end thanks to Hildibrand and co warming their hearts and helping them out (Briardien getting a girlfriend and lightening up, Cyr moving to live happily in Idyllshire as an inspector himself, and Shigure getting to join the Sekisegumi like he always dreamed), Delion ends off the questline more or less how he started it; as a conspiracy theorist looking for any signs of hostile alien or cryptid lifeforms. The only change in disposition is his outlook on Sharlayan (for [[MoralMyopia purely egotistical reasons]]) and an admittance that he is how he is because he ultimately wants to keep the world safe an on alert for any more threats from beyond like the Final Days, and not ''every'' extraterrestrial lifeform is innately hostile..

** He (correctly) reaches the conclusion that the Scions of the Seventh Dawn are only "disbanded" on paper and went underground to avoid the public eye. But he thinks it's because they're alien mind-slave/cohorts manipulating the world.

** He ultimately ends up being correct that [=Pupu=]'s species does present some degree of threat. [[spoiler: When they finally rescue [=Pupu=]'s missing companion, it immediately tries to launch a violent invasion and genocidal conquest of Hydaelyn. However while Delion's entire basis on this was just thinking AliensAreBastards, it's more that the poor alien had been driving into a Final Days level of despair and grief after Vanhudi abused and mistreated it and once the misunderstanding is cleared up and it's calmed down, it proves to be perfectly kind and reasonable and apologizes profusely for how it acted.]]

** He ultimately ends up being correct that [=Pupu=]'s species does present some of a threat. [[spoiler: When they rescue [=Pupu=]'s missing companion, it immediately tries to launch a violent invasion and genocidal conquest of Hydaelyn. However while Delion's entire basis on this was just thinking AliensAreBastards, it's moreso that the poor alien had been driving into a Final Days level of despair and grief after Vanhudi abused and mistreated it and once the misunderstanding is cleared up and it's calmed down, it proves to be perfectly kind and reasonable and apologizes profusely for how it acted.]]

* BreakingOldTrends: Delion fills the same role as Briardien, Cyr, and Shigure as a newcomer character introduced to the insanity of Hildibrand's antics. But ''un''like them, he doesn't serve as the OnlySaneMan. Instead, he makes Hildibrand and Nashu seem sane and intelligent by comparison. His tendency to assume the worst as a ConspiracyTheorist about aliens (and people in general) makes him come across as an annoying, self-righteous jerk.

** He ends up even closer to the truth during the 6.45 quests, assuming that Hildibrand's inhuman durability is due to being an alien. A short while later [[spoiler: it's confirmed that the Mandervilles are descendants of a dying Hyur man who had willingly fused with a parasitic Mandervillian alien to save its life... Only for it to later be revealed by Godbert that at some point in the family tree, the Manderville name was paased down through adoption rather than blood, leaving the true explanation onve again a mystery.]]

** He ends up even closer to the truth during the 6.45 quests, assuming that Hildibrand's inhuman durability is due to being an alien. A short while later [[spoiler: it's confirmed that the Mandervilles are descendants of a dying Hyur man who had willingly fused with a parasitic Mandervillian alien to save its life.]]

* BadassSanta: In the Starlight Festival events, he often appears dressed as the Saint of Nymeia, Eorzea's version of Santa Claus.

* FamilyBusiness: The Mandervilles have been artisans ever since the days of Godbert's ancestor, another legendary artisan named Godbrand who produced weapons of purportedly peerless power. The Manderville Weapon quests begin with Godbert recovering his family's manual of secret smithing techniques and striking a deal with Gerolt to get these weapons remade.

* HumongousHeadedHammer: Godbert has the inexplicable ability to make his ordinary goldmsith's hammer grow to enormous proportions, making the haft and the head longer than he is tall. He uses this reach to batter his foes in mid-air before sending them careening down to earth.

''Class and Job Questlines'': [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIVDisciplesOfWar Disciples of War]] | [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIVDisciplesOfMagic Disciples of Magic]] | [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIVDisciplesOfTheHand Disciples of the Hand]] | [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIVDisciplesOfTheLand Disciples of the Land]]\\

** The Gold Saucer is a land of GameplayAndStorySegregation, since its business model couldn't possibly keep it open if it were a real business. Godbert is richer than the Twelve, but the Gold Saucer has to be hemorrhaging gil to keep up. While the limit of buying MGP makes sense so everyone is on even playing ground, it's akin to a real-life casino telling their resident High Rollers that they can only buy so many chips. Most minigames are super easy; the only way to real way to lose money is a bad Triple Triad streak with [=NPCs=], a long chain of bad mini cactpots, or trading your last MGP for prizes. All of this means little actual gil is flowing into the Saucer. Where the prizes come from and how they're made is a mystery too. One can safely assume they're made by crafters in the Saucer's employ (or maybe Godbert himself, given that he's a goldsmith strong enough to kill a chimera), but where the materials come from and what they are is a mystery that isn't elaborate upon, beyond the assumption they're under Godbert's ownership. Keep in mind that all of this is just considering ''the players alone''; the upper-class in Ul'Dah are also playing the Saucer. And that doesn't even factor in the costs of paying numerous people to act as hosts, servers, instructors, and general customer service reps. In short, there is simply no way that the Gold Saucer should be turning a profit, and yet it remains a very stable business.

* HappilyAdopted: To detour the Inquisition from targeting Gigi, Count Edmont suggests that Hildibrand adopt Gigi as a ward of House Manderville. Both parties are elated by this, with Gigi dubbing Hildibrand "Papa Hildi".

''Antagonists'': [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIVAscians Ascians]] ([[Characters/FinalFantasyXIVEmetSelch Emet-Selch]]) | [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIVGarleanEmpire Garlean Empire]] ([[Characters/FinalFantasyXIVZenosYaeGalvus Zenos yae Galvus]] | [[Characters/FinalFantasyXIVBozjanGarleans Bozjan Garleans]]) \\

* Foil: To Cyr Blyme from the ''Heavensward'' quests. Both are law-enforcement figures in the major city for their respective expansions (Cyr being a Halonic inquisitor and Shigure being in the Sekiseigumi), but Cyr's position has been rendered obsolete by the end of the Dragonsong War, and he spends much of the questline desperately trying to prove he still has relevance. In contrast, the Sekiseigumi are and remain relevant in Kugane (even if the Samurai questline reveals they have some InternalReformist struggles), and Shigure is simply a prospect-turned-new-recruit making an effort to do his part as one of them.

--->'''Nashu:''' He thinks he's a friend to the people, but I don't think any people are his friends.

* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler:Despite all the abuse and shenanigans that gets thrown his way, Hidlibrand ''finally'' recovers the Treaty Blade.]]

** The Endwalker Hildibrand quests reveal that [[spoiler:Hildibrand's family's unnatural strength and resilience come from the fact that Godbrand, the first of their line, was infected by a parasite that made him extremely strong and durable. However, the alien lineage is revealed to be a RedHerring in the questline's finale, as it was eventually extinguished, and Godbert and Hildibrand are not Godbrand's biological descendants. The true source of the Mandervilles' extreme strength and durability remains a mystery, though Godbert offers a MaybeMagicMaybeMundane guess]].

* HumanAliens: [[spoiler:Subverted. During the ''Endwalker'' Hildibrand quests, the heroes learn that House Manderville's, Godbrand Manderville, was an alien parasite who took a willing human host, granting him and his progeny his superhuman LightningBruiser physique. However, upon review, he learned that there was a break in the family tree where a lord without heirs passed the family name to an adoptive child, meaning that Godbert and Hildy are ''not'' direct descendants of the Mandervillians.]]

* InexplicablyAwesome: While he certainly has a HeroicBuild, that doesn't explain how he can leap several hundred yalms in one jump, throw people around like they were weightless, and run faster than a chocobo on its best day. And how is he able to make a goldsmith's hammer grow to enormous size, and use his sweat as the final ingredient for a secret Manderville weapon? There's no explanation for any of it, he's just that good, and that's all there is to it. [[spoiler:The Endwalker Hildibrand Quests reveal that the Manderville line was descended from the last of the Mandervillians, an alien race who merged with a dying Hyuran man, granting their bloodline surpassing physical attributes. However, Godbert states that there was a break in the Manderville bloodline some years past, and claims the Manderville strength is due to nothing more than their rigor and discipline. Julyan also suggests they might be unconsciously tapping into dynamis to perform their superhuman feats.]]

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: He was present in Radz-at-Han during the events of Endwalker and defended the city when [[spoiler:the Final Days hit the region.]] Given what he's capable of, it was probably quite the spectacle though Godbert himself feels ashamed and guilty that he wasn't able to protect everyone and some people still died.

* HonestCorporateExecutive: Much like her husband, she is a full partner in the Manderville business and maintains the same moral standards. Her involvement in the Endwalker Relic Quest is due to her concern that the weapons are not worth their prohibitious expense and she makes it clear she won't let her partners, even her husband, waste the company's money on a vanity project.

* VomitIndiscretionShot: In ''Endwalker'' where Hildibrand and the rest of the group use the experimental teleport to go from Thavnair to Sharylan, the young man manages to follow them through the teleportation and can be found nearby puking his guts out as he suffers from teleportation sickness.

* NaiveNewcomer: He plays this role for the Endwalker Hildibrand questline. A good example is when Godbert launches himself into the air, everyone else books it while Delion stares in amazement, then gets sent flying from the impact of Godbert's landing.

'''Epithet''': Agent of Enquiry, Inspector Extraordinaire\\
'''Discipline''': Lancer]

* AmbiguousSituation: While he is called by a variant of the title, is Hildibrand officially a Warrior of Light chosen by Hydaelyn? There is certainly a lot of evidence to suggest as much, the strongest being that he is summoned to The First by Elidibus alongside various Warriors of Light from other worlds, as well as his immunity to the Sil'dihn zombie powder. On the other hand, he seems incapable of understanding "Master [=PuPu=]" while on his own and is wary of the prospect of battling against Asura due to the possibility of being Tempered.

* AmbiguousSituation: While he is called by a variant of the title, is Hildibrand officially a Warrior of Light chosen by Hydaelyn? There is certainly a lot of evidence to suggest as much, the strongest being that he is summoned to The First by Elidibus alongside various Warriors of Light from other worlds, as well as his immunity to the Sil'dihn zombie powder. On the other hand, he seems wary of the prospect of battling against Asura due to the possibility of being Tempered.

** The Endwalker Hildibrand quests reveal that [[spoiler:Hildibrand's family's unnatural strength and resilience come from the fact that Godbrand, the first of their line, was infected by a parasite that made him extremely strong and durable. This seems to clear up where their unnatural fortitude comes from, except Godbert remembers some sort of detail about their family tree that makes it improbably that they are actually fully related to Godbrand by blood. He shrugs this off though and nothing else comes of it.]] In the finale of that questline, however, it is revealed that [[spoiler:the alien lineage was a RedHerring, as it was eventually extinguished, and Godbert and Hildibrand are not Godbrand's biological descendants. The true source of the Mandervilles' extreme strength and durability remains a mystery, though Godbert offers a MaybeMagicMaybeMundane guess]].

* AmbiguousSituation: The Endwalker Hildebrand quests reveal that [[spoiler:Hildebrand's family's unnatural strength and resilience come from the fact that Godbrand, the first of their line, was infected by a parasite that made him extremely strong and durable. This seems to clear up where their unnatural fortitude comes from, except Godbert remembers some sort of detail about their family tree that makes it improbably that they are actually fully related to Godbrand by blood. He shrugs this off though and nothing else comes of it.]]
** In the finale of that questline, however, it is revealed that [[spoiler:the alien lineage was a RedHerring, as it was eventually extinguished, and Godbert and Hildibrand are not Godbrand's biological descendants. The true source of the Mandervilles' extreme strength and durability remains a mystery, though Godbert offers a MaybeMagicMaybeMundane guess]].

* TheProtagonist: Hildibrand is the main character of his questlines. The Warrior of Light is his HyperCompetentSidekick.

* HilariouslyAbusiveChildhood: Implied. Godbert describes the impactful wrestling moves he uses on Hildibrand as him showing his love and implies he developed some of the moves as a way to wake Hildibrand up when he was younger. When the two meet out in the world, Hildi will typically react with horror and try to flee the inevitable beating, though these are never treated as anything more than AmusingInjuries and once they're out of the way the two are quite amicable with one another. The eventual reveal that both of them [[spoiler:are near-invincible HumanAliens]] casts this in a different light; Godbert is well aware that he'd have to try a lot harder than that to actually ''hurt'' Hildibrand.

* InexplicablyAwesome: Despite being ostensibly a Hyuran accountant with no experience fighting as a soldier, Julyan is even ''more'' powerful than her monstrously strong husband. [[spoiler:She suggests the Mandevilles might be tapping into dynamis, which Godbert agrees would definitely apply to her as well.]]

* RealityWarper: Not consciously, but it's a fact noticed by a few different characters, some of whom comment that the laws of the universe seem to bend around Nashu and (especially) Hildibrand to let them survive what should otherwise kill them. [[spoiler:In patch 6.55, Julyana suggests that they're all tapping into Dynamis]].

* WhatTheHellAreYou: After the reveal of why the Manderville men are the physics defying superhumans they are, Nashu notes that Julyan married into the family, meaning wouldn't have that reason, and wonders how she's able to do the things she does.

* RealityWarper: Not consciously, but it's a fact noticed by a few different characters, some of whom comment that the laws of the universe seem to bend around Nashu and (especially) Hildibrand to let them survive what should otherwise kill them.