History Characters / FinalFantasyXIVPrimalsAndBeastmen

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** It has been revealed that there is nothing that truly separates beastmen from the spoken races, with the racism in Eorzea having been fueled by various interests (often Lalafellin or Garlean in the modern era) seeking to benefit from conflict by making a false distinction between them. The "Five Races" term was even coined by said spoken races to make themselves out as superior to the other spoken races, beastmen and playable races Au Ra, Viera, etc. alike. [[spoiler:This gets especially ironic given who one of the "beast races" of Norvrandt are.]]

* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler:Their personal nightmare eventually infests the dream world and is slowly killing them. Their nightmare then manifests itself as an Angra Mainyu where it constantly tells them how worthless they are and that no one cares about them, something An Lad kept telling themselves when they couldn't make any friends. Beating it saves An Lad and they become more at ease with themselves.]]

->''"You who would inherit the future... You have proven yourself... worthy!"''

* EnemyWithout: [[spoiler: Their personal nightmare eventually infests the dream world and is slowly killing her. Their nightmare then manifests itself as a giant Arahim where it constantly tells them how worthless they are and that no one cares about them, something An Lad kept telling themselves when they couldn't make any friends. Beating it saves An Lad and they become more at ease with themselves.]]

* SignatureAttack: Earthen Fury. Titan's anger summons a PillarOfLight to engulf the battlefield.

Lord of Crags and the second primal players fight in the story. Titan's love for his followers, the Kobolds, is equal only to his hatred of the sons of man that kill, mistreat, and drive his children from the land, breaking a treaty the Lominsans had formed with the Kobolds in the past.

Lord of the Whorl and the primal of the Sahagins, Leviathan seeks to sink the isle of Vylbrand to wipe out the humanity that has defied him, and to ensure a stable spawning ground for his people. Like Ifrit, Leviathan is one of the primals prone to tempering but is the only primal to have thralls of untempered human worshippers; pirates known as the Serpent Reavers who refused to settle down and become farmers or privateers, continuing their piracy with the aid of the Sahagin. Tempered Reavers are known as the Drowned and are implied to be granted underwater breathing, but become an EmptyShell in the process. Leviathan is regarded as the most terrible primal aside from Garuda due to the fact that he's nigh-omnipotent so long as he's in the open ocean.

* BossArenaUrgency: Eden!Leviathan’s “Undersea Quake” attack destroys half the floor, leaving the party with much less room to dodge “Temporary Current” or spread out for “Tsunami”. Fortunately, Ryne will restore the missing sections of the floor after a minute or two.

* {{Knockback}}: Eden!Leviathan’s “Tsunami” attack marks two players with “Surging Tsunami”, delayed shockwaves that push all other players away from them. Since the arena has no walls, this can easily lead to a RingOut. It also has Shinryu’s version of “Tidal Wave”, which knocks the whole party away from one side of the arena.

Witnessing the children of the Crystarium complain about their nightmares, the pixie Tyr Beq became determined to restore the Garden of Dreams, Lyhe Mheg to return pleasant dreams to mortals. To this end they enlist the Warrior of Light to undo the work of the mysterious pixie An Lad, who has been conjuring nightmares for an unknown purpose.

* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Arabian mythology. Par for the course as both a Primal and the member of the First Brood. The use of Arabric names instead of Norse ([[WatsonianVersusDoylist besides being iconic]]) distinguishes him and Tiamat from the leaders of the Dravanian Horde

The primals are manifestations of elemental aether given physical form by the "summoning" rites performed by the beastmen [[EthnicGod who worship them as gods.]] In addition to being creatures of great destructive power, the primals are dangerous because they distort the natural flow of aether in the world: not only are vast quantities of aether required to summon them, but once given form the Primals will go on to instinctively seek out and gorge themselves on as much aether as they can find. Furthermore, the Primals can use a process known as "Branding" to {{brainwash}} innocent people into their lifelong subjects, whose worship in turn increases the power of the Primal. They have a weakness, however: people with the Echo, like the [[PlayerCharacter Warrior of Light]], are immune to tempering and can stand up to the Primals, thus slaying them is the player's main job throughout the story.

The primals are manifestations of elemental aether given physical form by the "summoning" rites performed by the beastmen [[EthnicGod who worship them as gods.]] In addition to being creatures of great destructive power, the primals are dangerous because they distort the natural flow of aether in the world: not only are vast quantities of aether required to summon them, but once given form the Primals will go on to instinctively seek out and gorge themselves on as much aether as they can find. Furthermore, the Primals can use a process known as "Branding" to {{brainwash}} innocent people into their lifelong subjects, whose worship in turn increases the power of the Primal. They have a weakness, however: people with the Echo, like the [[PlayerCharacter Warrior of Light]], are immune to Branding and can stand up to the Primals, thus slaying them is the player's main job throughout the story.

* ThroatLight: The backs of Eden!Leviathan’s mouths glow bright blue whenever it’s charging up one of its deadlier attacks.

* MultipleHeadCase: [[spoiler:The version summoned by the Warrior of Light during the Eden raid]]

* DidntNeedThoseAnyway: It says something about how much he wants you dead when he can keep fighting without his ''heart''. [[spoiler:Before Eden!Titan becomes [[OneWingedeAngle Titan Maximum]], he sheds the armor to fuse with the mountain range, though its downplayed, as during the last phase of the fight, he summons the armor to continue fighting the Warriors.]]

* MakeMyMonsterGrow: [[spoiler:During the fight against Eden!Titan in Savage, he suddenly strips himself of all of his AdaptiveArmor, jumps of the platform, and then ''fuses himself with the nearby mountain ranges'' to become [[OneWingedeAngle Titan Maximum.]]]]

** MakingaSplash: Can summon Water Elementals, and use some Water attacks. Can combine occasionally with his wind attacks for a dual elemental attack. He also summons two serpentine like adds, one is aspected in water, and the other in wind, make an appearance.

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Averted. All Vanu Vanu look exactly the same, regardless of their gender, but unlike some other beast tribes, Vanu Vanu do address themselves and each other with gender pronouns. They also have specific naming conventions for each gender. Males are called Vanu and females are called Vali. Linu Vali is the only exception by being smaller than a typical Vanu Vanu and wearing a headdress made out of flowers.

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Averted. All Vanu Vanu look exactly the same, regardless of their gender, but unlike some other beast tribes, Vanu Vanu do address themselves and each other with gender pronouns. Linu Vali is the only exception by being smaller than a typical Vanu Vanu and wearing a headdress made out of flowers.

%%* BadassGrandpa

* AdaptiveArmor: [[spoiler:Eden!Titan fought in Eden’s Gate wears a suit of mechanical armor. That armor can detach from Titan and transform into either a giant ATV for him to ride, or a pair of gauntlets that let him create powerful shockwaves by punching the ground.]]

* {{Knockback}}: Eden!Leviathan’s “Tsunami” attack marks two players with “Surging Tsunami”, delayed shockwaves that push all other players away from them. Since the arena has no walls, this can easily lead to a RingOut.