History Characters / FinalFantasyXIVTheFirst

* TookALevelInBadass: In the Tales of the Shadows story "Small Mercies", Beq Lugg is a scholar, not a fighter, and cowers before the slavering monsters chasing him. By the time you meet him in the Grand Cosmos, he's assembled a small army of highly dangerous familiars that have kept out all of the Exarch's attempts to reach them. They're also more than capable of wielding hard-hitting dark magic themself.

* ThemeNaming: Her name indicates her true identity. [[spoiler:She's an Ascian, who all have Greek names. Specifically, she's the reincarnation of one of the Convocation of Fourteen, who are all named after dieties from Greek Mythology.]]

* DemotedToExtra: Due to not being able to travel between worlds, once the Scion's return to the Source, she is unable to accompany them, and becomes mostly a side character.

* GuestStarPartyMember: Joins the heroes as a Trust ally for the first dungeon. No longer selectable once "Avatar" mode is unlocked, but raising every avatar to level 80 unlocks "Scenario" mode, allowing you to play Trust dungeons in their original form once again.

* ThreeAmigos: The friends he's been trying to reunite with are Anfrigg and Bosta-Zia, a male bartender and a female Beehive performer.

* ClippedWingAngel: If the battle against then in Dohn Mheg goes on long enough for them to use Changeling's Fantasia twice, the second one will be far less impressive, as he accidentally turns themself into a helpless toad.
* ForcedTransformation: He can transform players into harmless imps and toads during his second fight. [[spoiler:If he's low on HP when he tries to cast Changeling's Fantasia, they'll accidentally transform himself into a toad instead.]]
* GuestStarPartyMember: [[spoiler:They’ll fight alongside you during the Il Mheg portion of The Heroes’ Gauntlet.]]
* HatOfAuthority: They're the chieftain of the fuath, and their feathered top hat sets him apart from their hatless kin.

* OneWingedAngel: During the second fight, they'll use "Changeling's Fantasia" to temporarily transform himself into a monstrous Shade of Fear. If the fight takes long enough, they'll attempt it a second time... [[ClippedWingAngel with less than impressive results]].

* RedBaron: They has a few grandiose titles for themself, such as "Lord of the Lingering Gaze" and "Lord of the Lengthsome Gait".

* DaylightHorror: How the nature of the Flood of Light and Sin-Eaters plaguing The First can be best described as. Due to The First being essentially locked in a permanent state of daylight, all of the violent Sin-Eater attacks, and the poor victims that they turn into Sin-Eaters, are on full display without any shadows or darkness to obscure them. The Flood itself is essentially a crystalized mass of Light aether that forms the border of what is still left of the world, with everything beyond it being just a barren white void that can't sustain any life at all.

* LightIsNotGood: Nowhere is this more apparent than the First. The Flood of Light has nearly destroyed the world in its entirety and monstrous angelic entities known as Sin Eaters are preying upon its remaining inhabitants.

* OldMaster: An evil version of this trope. He is an eighty-eight-year-old master of martial arts who had fought against the Sin Eaters in an endless war for decades, indeed being trained [[ChildSoldiers before he could form complete sentences consistently]]. His mastery of Gukumatz, a dragon familiar made out of his own aether, gave him a powerful living weapon to aid him.

* ReincarnatedAsThe Opposite Sex: [[spoiler:If the player character is a female then Azem will also be referred to as a woman, but Ardbert stays a man regardless.]]

* AbusiveParents: It has been his duty to raise and train the Oracle of Light but after losing as many foster daughters as he has and being infected by the Light (which tends to result in people's strongest desires getting warped into dangerous monomania), he decided to lock the current Minfilia away where she would be safe.

* AlasPoorVillain: It becomes clear that Ran'jit has been broken by a life time of fighting Sin Eaters and watching all the Minfillias he has raised as surrogates die at their hands. All this after we consider he is the last Gukumatz master with his nation and its culture erased by the flood of light. That Vauthry offers any alternative to the violence has him support the man wholeheartedly. [[spoiler:His last thoughts and words are of his "daughters".]]

* EvilOldFolks: Tales under the New Moon reveals that he is eighty eight years old. He is mentioned to have been serving in his position before Vauthry came into power.

* FallenHero: He was previously one of the greatest champions against the Sin Eaters, both for his sheer martial skill and his superior leadership. However, a long career of seemingly-hopeless fighting, combined with watching his surrogate daughters die in those same hopeless battles again and again, wore him down. Now, he willingly acts as the depraved Vauthry's enforcer solely with the goal of [[spoiler: keeping Minfillia safe, no matter the cost.]]

* LastOfHisKind: Ran'jit's Gukumatz martial arts order, home and culture were completely wiped out by the flood.

* OldMaster: An evil version of this trope. He is a master of martial arts who had fought against the Sin Eaters in an endless war for decades. His mastery of Gukumatz, a dragon familiar made out of his own aether gave him a powerful living weapon to aid him.

* SuperStrength: Ran'jit is incredibly strong. This is best shown when he intercepts the Scions in Amh Araeng: while the Scions are riding on a mine trolley so heavy that only a Talos (big worker golem) can push it, Ran'jit sends both the trolley ''and'' the Talos flying with a single kick.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Subverted, Defied and PlayedForDrama. Anogg and Konogg are obnoxious, arrogant, reckless, they keep poking their noses in incredibly dangerous business and are thoroughly undeserving of the sheer ''hell'' they are put through in the [=YoRHa=] storyline. The story is not shy in pointing out that they did a stupid mistake and had no way of knowing what was coming but, in typical Yoko Taro fashion they are punished just as cruelly as they would have been if they knew leaving the Dig Site Chief aghast at Komra for what they are willing to do to two poor kids.

* AlasPoorVillain: It becomes clear that Ran'Jit has been broken by a life time of fighting Sin Eaters and watching all the Minfillias he has raised as surrogates die at their hands. All this after we consider he is the last Gukumatz master with his nation and its culture erased by the flood of light. That Vauthry offers any alternative to the violence has him support the man wholeheartedly. [[spoiler:His last thoughts and words are of his "daughters".]]

* EvilOldFolks: Looks to be in his fifties or sixties (but is implied to be much more as he was already a mature adult when adopting Minfilia's reincarnations) and is more than willing to enforce Vauthry's will on others. He is mentioned to have been serving in his position before Vauthry came into power.

* InkSuitActor: Ardbert resembles his voice actor Joe Dempsie in his portrayal of Gendry from ''Game of Thrones''. Such a resemblance is purely coincidental as Ardbert's design is based on the default design for a male Midlander Hyur used in promotional material, which was created far before Dempsie was cast.

* TheDreaded: The first rule of dealing with the Fuath is ''do not deal with the Fuath''. They are dreaded even among the fae.
* TheFairFolk: The Fuath are the most outright malicious of the fae, their brand of "fun" coming near exclusively at the expense of mortals' and even other fae folk's lives.

* MakingASplash: Water-elemental frog-like beings. Most of their magic involves drowning people, as they are born from the souls of people who died of drowning. Even a puddle can be weaponized to drown people as they drag them below.

* ForcedTransformation: He can transform players into harmless imps and toads during his second fight. [[spoiler:If he's low on HP when he tries to cast Changeling's Fantasia, he'll accidentally transform himself into a toad instead.]]

A mechanical being that resembles a mix of both Alexander and Omega. It was created by the Disciples of Cid, served as the engine that would send the Exarch and the Crystal Tower through time and space and into the First, [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong in order to prevent the Eighth Umbral Calamity and save the Warrior of Light]]. It is fought in The Twinning.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Combines Alexander's [[TimeMaster control over time]] with Omega's ability to manipulate [[SpaceMaster space]] and vast quantities of ether and also has access Crystal Tower's immense ether hoard as well as the tower's portal to the rift.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Its eventual fate. After it went haywire due to the events of ''Shadowbringers'', the player's team have to fight and dismantle it, thereby keeping the Crystal Tower locked squarely in the First Shard. Coincidentally, this occurs just as Elidibus becomes active with plans to take over the tower, which would have been devestating had it retained its full functionality, leading to speculation that true to its ancestory, Tycoon purposefully caused its own demise to ensure the best timeline.

* TheArchmage: They're considered ''the'' foremost authority on matters of the soul on the First and is a powerful mage besides. Their familiars are strong enough to repel any and all of the Exarch's attempts to reach them, and it takes the Warrior of Light showing up to clear a path to Beq Lugg's chambers. Their aid is essential to getting the Scions back home in one piece as well as [[spoiler:developing a cure for tempering]].

* {{Expy}}: To Matoya in the same game. Both are reclusive hermits with great magical powers that don't want anything to do with people in general. Matoya just wants to be left alone for some peace and quiet while Beq Lugg wants to isolate themselves out of guilt. Y'shtola also lampshades the similarities. It's likely that Matoya and Beq Lugg are shards of the same original sundered soul.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Beq Lugg enchants numerous brooms to both sweep the Grand Cosmos and to ward off intruders. During their initial boss fight, Beq L summons these brooms to wipe away the "stains" befiling their domain, dealing heavy damage, knocking back the victim, and inflicting a damage vulnerability debuff. A particularly unlucky victim could get ping-ponged between them, decimating their HP in the process.
* MyGreatestFailure: Before the Flood, Beq Lugg taught soulcraft to the court mage of Voeburt—the very same court mage seen in the tank role questline, who brought about the fall of Voeburt by killing its princess. Beq Lugg went into self-imposed exile out of guilt for the role they indirectly played in this tragedy.

* TriggerPhrase: Like other Nu Mou, they can't resist helping others if certain dog-like commands are said in their presence. Beq Lugg breaks down after Alphinaud and the Crystal Exarch uses said words on them, though they aren't happy about it and offer to at least listen to their plea.

* TheBattleDidntCount: He bursts into a puddle of water after being defeated the second time, only to reappear no worse for wear a minute later.

* ClippedWingAngel: If the battle against him in Dohn Mheg goes on long enough for him to use Changeling's Fantasia twice, the second one will be far less impressive, as he accidentally turns himself into a helpless toad.

* GuestStarPartyMember: [[spoiler:He’ll fight alongside you during the Il Mheg portion of The Heroes’ Gauntlet.]]
* HatOfAuthority: He's the chieftain of the fuath, and his feathered top hat sets him apart from his hatless kin.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: He attacks by whacking people with a candy cane or a violin bow, depending on which form he's in.
* MagicMusic: For his second fight, he casts most of his spells by playing a lyre. He even lampshades it at the start of the battle:

* MasterOfIllusion: His "transformations" are actually glamours, as is the bottomless pit he seemingly creates.
* OneWingedAngel: During the second fight, he'll use "Changeling's Fantasia" to temporarily transform himself into a monstrous Shade of Fear. If the fight takes long enough, he'll attempt it a second time... [[ClippedWingAngel with less than impressive results]].
* RecurringBoss: He's fought as both the first and last boss of Dohn Mheg.
* RedBaron: He has a few grandiose titles for himself, such as "Lord of the Lingering Gaze" and "Lord of the Lengthsome Gait".
* {{Sizeshifter}}: In the first battle with him he grows to several times his normal size, while in the second he takes on a form with humanoid proportions that towers over the party.

A mysterious group of individuals holding the power of Echo summoned by the Ascian Elidibus and led by the warrior Arbert, a dark counterpart of some nature to the Warrior of Light. The rest of the group consists of the paladin Blanhaerz, the white mage Lamimi, the bard J'rhoomale, and the black mage Naillebert. Though they are first encountered striking down the primal Ravana much like the Warrior of Light and their companions once did, they soon make it very clear that their goals are far from aligned...

* TheAlcoholic: Blanhaerz loves a strong drink. He eventually developed a taste for more expensive liquors and would drink away his party's profits were it not for Lamimi's interference.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Lamimi actually has desires for Arbert, but refuses to act on them to keep from damaging the team.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: When first introduced in ''Heavensward'' they're all rather cruel and wicked, such as J'rhoomale's words toward Alphinaud in Xelphatol as an example. [[spoiler:When they return in ''Shadowbringers'' the flashbacks and way other characters speak of them show that they actually had much kinder personalities, with the assumed explanation for how they acted in ''Heavensward'' being that they had to harden themselves in order to perform their grim task of causing a Calamity in the Source.]]
* CultureClash: There's some implication, both in ''Encyclopedia Eorzea 1'' and in some game cutscenes, that part of their evident sourness (aside from all the other stuff) is that they're experiencing some culture shock compared to where they're from. [[spoiler:Lamimi would almost certainly be getting the worst of it, since the Lalafells of the Source live '''nothing''' like the Dwarves of the First; among many other things, Lamimi has to forego her traditional helmet entirely in order to even blend in.]]

* DarkIsEvil: Among their ranks is a [[BlackMagic Black Mage]] and the whole group is decked out in black. [[spoiler:Though they're not as evil as they first appear.]]

* DishingOutDirt: Lamimi will use Stone III against you.

* InterspeciesRomance: It doesn't come out in their appearance during ''Heavensward'' itself (Lamimi's actual speaking role is ''incredibly'' brief), but the first lore book states that Lamimi has intensely romantic feelings for Ardbert, but hasn't expressed them in full because this is hardly the time for romantic distractions, [[spoiler:especially with them being technically dead]]. A bit of later hindsight makes this even more surprising: on the First, "Dwarves" (aka Lalafells to us) are actually considered a ''beast tribe'', not Spoken, and even their falling-in together for adventure was a bit remarkable (it hinged on Lamitt having left Tomra, ''without permission'', in search of [[spoiler:a cure for stoneblight to help her sister]], and even behelmed, this was still itself breaking a taboo); while it's never directly addressed, from what we see of the Dwarven elders, a full-blown romance between Ardbert and Lamiit would almost certainly be so taboo as to collectively blow off the elders' whiskers, [[spoiler:and despite having accepted her new reality as a non-conformist dwarf, it does seem like just admitting her feelings was a step slightly too far even for Lamitt.]] All this said, [[spoiler:at the end of the healer role quest, Lamitt does at last openly admit her feelings for Ardbert before departing for the hereafter.]]
* KickTheDog: The Ranger J'rhoomale nearly killed Alisaie with a poisoned arrow. She regularly brings up this fact to her twin with a cruel smile on her face.
* KnowWhenToFoldThem: Lamimi gives Ardbert a look, wordlessly telling him they need to leave once Thancred joins the fight.

* TheMentor: Blanhaerz was already a seasoned adventurer when Ardbert was first getting his start. Blanhaerz gave Ardbert counsel, and eventually, the two became inseparable.

* MythologyGag: Notable separate from [[MythologyGag/FinalFantasyXIV the big ol' page]] because it's a gag ''internal'' to ''XIV'' itself - at one point during the stint as Warriors of Darkness on the Source, Lamimi inbues one of J'rhoomale's arrows with fire. This is something the Lamimi-equivalent character in the 1.0 intro cinematic did for the PC stand-in, and ''that'' happened because one of the big features of Conjurer in its original design was going to be granting elemental imbues to fellow party members. This survived in development for a long time but didn't make it into the game as it launched and was never a true player ability; Lamimi using it is the first time it's actually been seen.

* PlayingWithFire: Naillebert is very fond of using Flare. In the cut scene before the battle begins, Lamimi uses a spell to enhance the Bard's arrows with fire (itself a very deft MythologyGag to the 1.0 cinematic intro).

* RescueRomance: Lamimi and Ardbert first met when Lamimi found Ardbert wounded from battle. She healed him and quickly fell in love with him, though she keeps her feelings to herself to avoid potential awkwardness, especially considering in the First, she is technically from a beast tribe.

* SixthRanger: The Lorebooks reveals J'rhoomale as this. Unlike Lamimi, Blaenherz and Naillbert, she was encountered by chance. ''Shadowbringers'' reveals that there was an actual SixthRanger, Cylva. [[spoiler:She was also a SixthRangerTraitor, as revealed in the combined role quests]].
* SlasherSmile: Blanhaerz is fond of this expression. He grins as he tries to kill Y'shtola and again [[spoiler:when reporting to the Warrior after witnessing the death of Nidhogg]].

* TeamMom: The Lorebook reveals that Lamimi is this to the group.

[[folder:Ardbert]]

* MythologyGag: Like Caius Ballad of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2'', Ran'jit was responsible for raising the reincarnation of a powerful young woman (Minfilia for Ran'jit, Yuel for Caius) to help fulfill her duty. [[spoiler:Generations of watching their surrogate daughters die well before their time drove both men mad, leading to their antagonism with the party. Where Caius Ballad took up arms against [[TimeCrash time itself]] to save Yuel from her fate, Ran'jit chose to side with Vauthry and deny the most recent Minfilia the option to even ''have'' a life to lose.]]

* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:One NPC mentions that his body had vanished after his apparently final defeat in the 5.0 storyline.]]

* HappilyAdopted: Whlie their relationship is rocky at fast, Ryne gradually comes to see Thancred as a father figure of sorts, with the official lorebook revealing that she's taken on his surname.

!!Ardbert Hylfyur

!!Minfilia, Ryne