History Characters / FinalFantasyXVITheHolyEmpireOfSanbreque

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* MythologyGag: They are a reference to the Kingdom of San d'Oria from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' and the Holy See of Ishgard from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''. From both they take their vaguely French aesthetics and are the home countries of the Dragoons, while from Ishgard specifically they take their theocratic society, overall visual style and bond with dragons. Their imperialistic inclinations and abuse of magic-users also makes them a send up to the Garlean Empire from the latter game. The emperor of Sanbreque and the emperor of Garlemald are both referred to as "Your Radiance", reflecting the deific reverance both rulers have from their people.

* MythologyGag: They are a reference to the Kingdom of San d'Oria from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXI'' and the Holy See of Ishgard from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV''. From both they take their vaguely French aesthetics and are the home countries of the Dragoons, while from Ishgard specifically they take their theocratic society, overall visual style and bond with dragons.

* UncertainDoom: Dion sends Sir Terence to Twinside to find Kihel and take care of her, as thanks for how she rescued him. [[spoiler:Shortly afterward, Ultima raises Origin up from beneath Twinside, completely destroying the city and everyone in it. It isn't shown if Kihel or Terence make it out alive, or if her slum was far enough outside the city to avoid the destruction]].

* LightIsNotGood: The empire's emblem is made up of bright colours and its champion is known as the Warden of Light. Trailers imply that the empire's forces also play a key role in the fall of Rosaria, on top of its monarch wishing to expand the empire's influence through force.

* GivenNameReveal: [[spoiler:Her actual given name is Carla, which she went by before fleeing the Dominion. Isabelle is an alias to hide from the authorities.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: Eventually, Dion snaps and tries to murder his brother to stop the war - [[spoiler:[[SelfMadeOrphan and ends up hitting his father by accident instead]] when [[TakingTheBullet Sylvestre unexpectedly jumps in front of his spear]]. Later, he succeeds, but this is after finding out his brother became an undead puppet.]]

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->''"When our people look to the heavens, the sight of him gives them hope."''\\\

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** [[spoiler:He's the only one in Sanbreque’s royal family to possess anything resembling a conscience and be a genuinely well-meaning man. This is in strong contrast to his father and stepmother, who turn out to be thoroughly loathsome egomaniacs despite paying lip-service to the good of the people, and are responsible for some of the most horrific atrocities in the storyline. He himself turns on them when it becomes clear that Anabella hates him and wants to cast him aside in favor of Olivier, and he's also the only one who catches on to Ultima's manipulations, which both his parental figures completely fell for.]]
** He's also this among the [[spoiler: Dominants that Clive is forced to fight, not including Jill, as the only reason they fought is because Dion had gone berserk from accidentally killing his father. In the aftermath, he holds no ill feelings towards Clive and readily joins him in his fight against Ultima.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Dion meets his end by taking Joshua's place in order to stop Ultima from killing Clive, buying the brothers enough time to survive and gather what's remaining of their powers to finally defeat their foe. He takes the whole blow of Ultima's attack as a price, and falls to his death, satisfied with his choice and conclusion.]]

* AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:In the end he turns out to be a puppet for Ultima to manipulate, but at what point Olivier became Ultima's puppet is unclear, as is how much autonomy he had, if any.]]
** [[AllThereInTheManual The FFXVI Ultimania reveals]] that [[spoiler:Ultima has been using him as his akashic puppet since his birth, meaning that Oliver has essentially been an EmptyShell his entire life.]]

* AssholeVictim: Several of the ones Clvie kills get a just deserved death.

* BlackCloak: Almost all of them sport a piece of black fabric, befitting their status as dark wizards.

* UptownGirl: Dion has a secret relationship with his closest attendant, Terence, who both love each other dearly. However, their relationship is complicated by their difference in status, as an enormous scandal would break out if they were ever discovered embracing one another. Dion himself wishes that Terence were ''his'' master instead, while Terence insists that he will always be Dion's loyal servant.

* HateSink: They turn out to be one of the most loathsome factions Clive faces off against, with nearly every scene they're in involving them committing horrific atrocities against largely defenseless Bearers. Their cruelty is matched only by their borderline delusional levels of self-righteousness, as they genuinely seem to believe that carrying out these "dark deeds" is essential to bring about a new dawn for Rosaria. Unlike Anabella, who they work for, there is absolutely ''nothing'' humanizing or redeemable shown about these people, and you're encouraged to slaughter them to your heart's content. [[spoiler:In fact, they continue to be an odious presence even after Anabella's death, as a late-game sidequest reveals that their remnants simply went to work for the former Supreme Justice of Sanbreque, who did [[SarcasmMode such wonderful things]] like hunting Bearers for sport and having a colleague's entire family killed when he dared to take him to task over this.]]

* WeHardlyKnewYe: He gets killed by the Ironblood just several minutes after defeating Jill.

** [[AllThereInTheManuel The FFXVI Ultimania reveals]] that [[spoiler:Ultima has been using him as his akashic puppet since his birth, meaning that Oliver has essentially been an EmptyShell his entire life.]]

** He's also this among the [[spoiler: Dominants that Clive is forced to fight, not including Jill, as the only reason they fought is because Dion had gone berserk from accidentally killing his father, but he holds no ill feelings towards Clive in the aftermath.]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Stewart Clarke (English), Creator/YuichiNakamura (Japanese)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VA=]s]]Tony Marot (French), Luca Appetiti (Italian), Toni Michael Sattler (German), Armando Guerrero (LA Spanish)[[/labelnote]]

** [[spoiler: He's also this among the dominants you fight, not including Jill, as he's gone berserk from accidentally killing his father, but holds no ill feelings to Clive.]]

* RightForTheWrongReasons: [[spoiler:His decision to sentence Anabella and Olivier to death, specifically the latter. Anabella is [[HateSink understandable]] given her betrayal of Rosaria and [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi-like]] FantasticRacism towards Bearers, but Olivier is merely a child who was being used as a political pawn and wasn't old enough to understand the full implications of his actions. At least, until it's revealed that "Olivier" was actually [[BigBad Ultima]] in disguise, something Dion only realized too late.]]

* ProperlyParanoid: [[spoiler: He sentences his step-mother, who sold out her own kingdom just to climb higher socially, to death. While she never got to enact her own plans, Dion suspected his own father would end up dead.]]

* RightForTheWrongReasons: [[spoiler:His decision to sentence Anabella and Olivier to death, specifically the latter. Anabella is [[HateSink understandable]] given her betrayal of Rosaria and [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazi-like]] FantasticRacism towards Bearers, but Olivier is merely a child who was forced into the position against his own will. At least, until it's revealed that "Olivier" was actually [[BigBad Ultima]] in disguise, something Dion only realized too late.]]

* JavelinThrower: Dion's spear is as good for throwing as it is for skewering [[spoiler: this maneuver is actually what does in his father and brother]].

* TheUnreveal: We never do ever find out what he looks like Semi-Primed.