History TearJerker / FinalFantasyXII

** Even worse, it is heavily implied that the Elder Wyrm you fight shortly after this is in fact a manifestation of the Wood itself, created specifically to hunt down and punish Fran for "betraying" it.

--> "If anything happens to that sweet child..."

-->'''Reddas:''' (''to Ashe'') Do not forget Nabudis. That is my only counsel for you.

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[[folder:''Final Fantasy XII'']]

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[[folder:''Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings'']]
* After having spent most of the game opening up to you and regaining his anima, when Llyud performs a HeroicSacrifice, and takes an attack from Feolthanos meant for Vaan, although he survives, Llyud is striped of the anima he spent ''the whole game regaining''. He's just an emotionless shell again. What makes this ''worse'' however, is if you go an talk to Llyud on the Bridge, or in the Sky Saloon, with him only saying that it "feels like a fire inside [of him] has gone", "words elude me", and the worst one of the lot: "..." Not only is it a TearJerker, it's a pretty darn big PlayerPunch too.
** Earlier, there's the night where the party learns the truth about Velis, the man that they've been guarding since they became stranded, and who has been warming up to Penelo ever since they met. He is [[DeadToBeginWith already dead]]. Not only that, but he used to be the Judge of Wings' lover, and she personally turns him into Odin and makes him fight you. Just before the battle, Penelo breaks down, unable to bring herself to fight him, and at the end of the battle, the party can't bring themselves to put him out of his misery. So Llyud, who has realized at this point that he is devoid of emotion, [[ShootTheDog does it himself]]. Even worse, after that, Penelo breaks down crying, and Llyud says "I cannot even understand why you cry".
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** This also pays off negatively for Penelo later. She gets kidnapped because Balthier was seen giving her a handkerchief - making it look like she was a friend of his. The scene of her locked up and pleading with her captors that she doesn't even know Balthier is incredibly sad. In fact it had to be cut from the Japanese release of the game because it hit [[TooSoon too close to home for a recent tragedy involving a serial killer who kidnapped young girls.]]

* Malboro Kings [[WasOnceAMan were once humans]].

** Even worse, it is heavily implied that the Elder Wyrm you fight shortly after this is in fact a manifestation of the Wood itself, created specifically to punish Fran for "betraying" it.

* The end of the Prologue, when [[spoiler: Reks calls out his brother's name before dying.]]
** Later, Vaan has a dream after the Rabanastre break-in, where it's revealed that [[spoiler: Reks survived long enough to meet his brother and told him and everyone else about how Basch is a traitor. His expression is that of not only sadness, but disappointment, and it didn't change even when Vaan brought in his favorite flowers, the Galbana lilies (which in retrospect also made the scene where the lilies got trampled earlier sad).]]
* Vaan's angry lash-out against Basch in Nalbina Dungeon. He may not know that [[spoiler: it's not Basch who killed Reks and betrayed Dalmasca]], but from his point of view, he just met with the murderer of his only living family. From his dialogue, he sounds like he's on the verge of crying.
* Basch's TraumaCongaLine, really. [[spoiler: Not only did he witness both of his prince and king die before his eyes and all of his comrades slaughtered, his identity was taken by his identical twin who proceeded to make him branded a traitor of Dalmasca. Then he's tortured for years in a horrible dungeon until a bunch of bandits freed him, and even then, there's still a long way for him to clear up his name as people after people lash out at him for apparently betraying their trust. Even at the end, Basch's name isn't cleared up completely since an information that has been planted for two years can't be gone in a blink of an eye, many people still think that he's already executed, and thus he has to find peace elsewhere by taking his brother's position as Judge of Archadia.]]
* [[spoiler:Vossler's]] FaceHeelTurn means [[PlayerPunch you have to fight him]], after which he is killed.
* The scene that plays upon your return to Eruyt Village after [[spoiler:rescuing Mjrn]]. To sum up: [[spoiler:Mjrn, having seen the world outside of their home, begs her sister, the Viera leader Jote, to change their isolationist and essentially xenophobic ways. Fran, however, convinces Mjrn to stay so she'll never have to deal with the same pain and loneliness she went through by abandoning the Wood. This leads Mjrn to run off crying. Fran then asks Jote if the Wood hates her and, after speaking to it, Jote replies that it doesn't. Fran's reply before leaving is quite solemn: "A pleasant lie, that."]]
** Even worse, [[spoiler:it is heavily implied that the Elder Wyrm you fight shortly after this is in fact a manifestation of the Wood itself, created specifically to punish Fran for "betraying" it.]]
* The death of [[spoiler: Judge Drace at the hands of Gabranth, who is forced to do it to prove that he's not in league with her. Her last request is for him to take care of Larsa, now that the young prince has enemies from everywhere in the higher ranks. This may what push him to finally rebel against Vayne in the climax of the game.]]
* After [[spoiler:Judge Bergan is defeated in Mt. Bur-Omisace,]] the devastation is terrible. Talking to the wounded refugees and seeing the burning of their tents in the distance only adds to the PlayerPunch. But the final blow is the sad music that plays in the background. [[spoiler:Fortunatly, after the player defeats the Fafnir in an optional hunt, a Viera named Relj will become inspired by the deceased pensioner of the hunt to rebuild the camp and give the refuges hope]].

** Throughout the game, "Nabudis" seems to be employed as a magic word that instantly humbles the recipient and makes them think twice about their position. Reddas in particular is fond of it; not surprising, since [[spoiler:he was the person responsible for its destruction in the first place.]]

* "Hadn't you best be off, fool of a pirate?" [[spoiler: Even if you were meant to hate Cid, his death has a way of making you terribly upset, even if it is short.]]
** ''All'' of him is a TearJerker. [[spoiler:Balthier]] recounts how, years ago, the man was a good father and devoted to his family... until he began [[spoiler:researching the stones]]. And by the end of the game, we've learned that [[spoiler:this was because Venat chose him to carry out his plot, and Cid himself believed he was doing the right thing freeing humanity from the Occuria]]. So, [[FridgeBrilliance we're subtly told]] that [[spoiler:Cid went insane and neglected his family ''because'' he wanted to make a better world for them]]... even if he was too far gone by the end for it to make any difference.
*** Adding to this, [[spoiler:the credits appear to show Balthier holding a baby, until you realize that it's actually '''Cid''' holding a baby Balthier, looking both completely sane and just like his son. [[PlayerPunch The fact that the music in the credit swells to a heartbreaking violin piece does not help the matters.]]]]

-->Our dear Cid? [[spoiler:Slain by his son. [[SelfMadeOrphan A common tale of late...]]]]

-->'''Basch''': I would ask you the same. Let this end...[[spoiler: Noah.]]

** And he does indeed: he fights alongside your party during the second stage of the final boss fight with [[spoiler: Emperor Vayne.]]
* When [[spoiler:Judge Gabranth]] dies in the ending, and asks [[spoiler:his brother to look after Larsa, the only person he cared about...]]

* Balthier and Fran's [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice at the end to stop Bahamut from crashing down on Rabanastre. Sure, they are revealed to be alive and well at the end, but the context of the scenes make it seem that they wouldn't survive, complete with Fran being knocked unconscious, Balthier deciding to sit down with her to FaceDeathWithDignity, and Ashe's [[NotSoStoic almost-crying]] begging for him to get out.]]
* The position that Larsa endures throughout the game. His wisdom makes it extremely easy to forget that Larsa is still 12 years old, a minor who has to adapt to the complex politics of not only Archadia, but the world as a whole. The one time his facade cracks, [[spoiler: when he receives news that his father has died, unknowingly by his brother]], [[HeroicBSOD he shuts down and can't respond to anything]]. Then in quick succession, [[spoiler: Vayne and the two Judges he's closest to, Drace and Gabranth, die as well]], leaving him with nothing but himself [[spoiler: and Basch's help as he's crowned Emperor with the daunting task of managing the decolonization efforts and peace treaty with Rozarria.]] One wonders how he's able to keep his mind straight.
* [[spoiler: [[KillerRabbit Fury's]]]] [[AlasPoorVillain death scene]].
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIIRevenantWings'', after having spent most of the game opening up to you [[spoiler:and regaining his anima,]] when Llyud [[spoiler:performs a HeroicSacrifice, and takes an attack from Feolthanos meant for Vaan, although he survives, Llyud is striped of the anima he spent ''the whole game regaining''. He's just an emotionless shell again.]] What makes this ''worse'' however, is if you go an talk to Llyud on the Bridge, or in the Sky Saloon, with him only saying [[spoiler:that it "feels like a fire inside [of him] has gone", "words elude me", and the worst one of the lot: "..."]] Not only is it a TearJerker, it's a pretty darn big PlayerPunch too.
** Earlier, there's the night where the party learns the truth about Velis, the man that they've been guarding since they became stranded, and who has been warming up to Penelo ever since they met. [[spoiler:He is [[DeadToBeginWith already dead]]]]. Not only that, but he used to be [[spoiler:the Judge of Wings' lover, and she personally turns him into Odin and makes him fight you]]. Just before the battle, Penelo breaks down, unable to bring herself to fight him, and at the end of the battle, the party can't bring themselves to put him out of his misery. [[spoiler:So Llyud, who has realized at this point that he is devoid of emotion, [[ShootTheDog does it himself]]]]. Even worse, after that, Penelo breaks down crying, and [[spoiler:Llyud says "I cannot even understand why you cry"]].

* After [[spoiler:Judge Bergan is defeated in Mt. Bur-Omisace,]] the devastation is terrible. Talking to the wounded refugees and seeing the burning of their tents in the distance only adds to the PlayerPunch. But the final blow is the sad music that plays in the background.

** Throughout the game, "Nabudis" seems to be employed as a magic word that instantly humbles the recipient and makes them think twice about their position. Reddas in particular is fond of it; not surprising, since [[spoiler: he was the person responsible for its destruction in the first place.]]

* [[spoiler: Fury's]] death scene.

* Vaan's angry lash-out against Basch in Nalbina Dungeon. He may not know that [[spoiler: it's not Basch who killed Reks and betrayed Dalmasca]], but from his point of view, he just met with his the murderer of Reks, his only living family. From his dialogue, he sounds like he's on the verge of crying.

* The fate of [[DoomedHometown Nabudis]]. Since it's never shown in the story proper, the player may be left wondering what kind of destruction that would raze a whole city to the ground. Then you accidentally stumble upon two strange zones to the northwest of Salikawood while busy locating the moogles to fix the broken gate and realize that the foggy and swampy valleys you see, the haphazard netherworld-like ruins you traverse through, ''are'' what [[SceneryGorn remains of Nabudis]].

** Throughout the game, the word "Nabudis" seems to be a magic word for someone to instantly become depressed and make them think twice about their position. Reddas in particular is fond of it, not surprising, since [[spoiler: he was the person responsible for the explosion in the first place.]]

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIIRevenantWings'', after having spent most of the game opening up to you [[spoiler:and regaining his anima,]] when Llyud [[spoiler:performs a HeroicSacrifice, and takes an attack from Feolthanos meant for Vaan, although he survives, Llyud is striped of the anima he spent ''the whole game regaining''. He's just an emotionless shell again.]] What makes this ''worse'' however, is if you go an talk to Llyud on the Bridge, or in the Sky Saloon, with him only saying [[spoiler:that it "feels like a fire inside [of him] has gone", "words elude me", and the worst one of the lot: "..."]] Not only is it a TearJerker, it's a pretty darn big PlayerPunch too.
** Earlier, there's the night where the party learns the truth about Velis, the man that they've been guarding since they became stranded, and who has been warming up to Penelo ever since they met. [[spoiler:He is [[DeadToBeginWith already dead]]]]. Not only that, but he used to be [[spoiler:the Judge of Wings' lover, and she personally turns him into Odin and makes him fight you]]. Just before the battle, Penelo breaks down, unable to bring herself to fight him, and at the end of the battle, the party can't bring themselves to put him out of his misery. [[spoiler:So Llyud, who has realized at this point that he is devoid of emotion, [[ShootTheDog does it himself]]]]. Even worse, after that, Penelo breaks down crying, and [[spoiler:Llyud says "I cannot even understand why you cry"]].
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', the scene that plays upon your return to Eruyt Village after [[spoiler:rescuing Mjrn]]. To sum up: [[spoiler:Mjrn, having seen the world outside of their home, begs her sister, the Viera leader Jote, to change their isolationist and essentially xenophobic ways. Fran, however, convinces Mjrn to stay so she'll never have to deal with the same pain and loneliness she went through by abandoning the Wood. This leads Mjrn to run off crying. Fran then asks Jote if the Wood hates her and, after speaking to it, Jote replies that it doesn't. Fran's reply before leaving is quite solemn: "A pleasant lie, that."]]
* [[spoiler:Vossler's]] FaceHeelTurn means [[PlayerPunch you have to fight him]], after which he is killed.

* When [[spoiler:Judge Gabranth]] dies in the ending, and asks [[spoiler:his brother to look after Larsa, the only person he cared about...]]
** Admit it, his entire back story is extremely tragic in nature.
* [[spoiler: Fury's]] death scene.
* After [[spoiler:Judge Bergan is defeated in Mt. Bur-Omisace,]] the devastation is terrible. Talking to the wounded refugees and seeing the burning of their tents in the distance only adds to the PlayerPunch. But the final blow is the sad music that plays in the background.

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', the scene that plays upon your return to Eruyt Village after [[spoiler:rescuing Mjrn]]. To sum up: [[spoiler:Mjrn, having seen the world outside of their home, begs her sister, the Viera leader Jote, to change their isolationist and essentially xenophobic ways. Fran, however, convinces Mjrn to stay so she'll never have to deal with the same pain and loneliness she went through by abandoning the Wood. She then asks Jote if the Wood hates her and, after speaking to it, Jote replies that it doesn't. Fran's reply before leaving is quite solemn: "A pleasant lie, that."]]

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII: RevenantWings'', after having spent most of the game opening up to you [[spoiler:and regaining his anima,]] when Llyud [[spoiler:performs a HeroicSacrifice, and takes an attack from Feolthanos meant for Vaan, although he survives, Llyud is striped of the anima he spent ''the whole game regaining''. He's just an emotionless shell again.]] What makes this ''worse'' however, is if you go an talk to Llyud on the Bridge, or in the Sky Saloon, with him only saying [[spoiler:that it "feels like a fire inside [of him] has gone", "words elude me", and the worst one of the lot: "..."]] Not only is it a TearJerker, it's a pretty darn big PlayerPunch too.

-->Our dear Cid? [[spoiler:Slain by his son] [[SelfMadeOrphan A common tale of late...]]]]

* [[spoiler: Fury's]] death scene.

* "Hadn't you best be off, fool of a pirate?" [[spoiler: Even if you were meant to hate Cid, the way his death has a way of making you terribly upset, even if it is short.]]

* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'', the scene that plays upon your return to Eruyt Village after [[spoiler:rescuing Mjrn]]. To sum up: [[spoiler:Mjrn, having seen the world outside of their home, begs her sister, the Viera leader Jote, to change their isolationist and essentially xenophobic ways. Fran, however, convinces Mjrn to stay so she'll never have to deal with the same pain and loneliness she went through by abandoning the Wood. She then asks Jote if the Wood hates her and, after speaking to it, Jote replies that it doesn't. Fran's reply before leaving is quite solemn: "A pleasant lie, that."]] This troper found those four words to be among the most heartbreaking he's ever seen in the series.

** This troper was shocked not only when [[spoiler:Reks died]], but a few cutscenes after when he was [[spoiler:in the hospital and Vaan sees Reks as a broken shell of what he was]] in the Prologue. This troper literally put the game down for 15 minutes and shed a tear for him in that moment. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh052DaQ56M&feature=related Link for the scene is here.]]

* THE CREDITS. UGGGGHHHH. Every single picture makes you think of how much these character's lives were ruined. Rasler and Ashe? [[spoiler: He's dead, and she's [[LonelyAtTheTop all alone]] and is no longer the happy little girl she apparently once was.]] Vaan and Penelo? [[spoiler: All their family is dead.]] Balthier and Fran? [[spoiler: She can no longer return to her home and family, and his father is crazy and dead.]] Al-Cid? [[spoiler: Oh wait, he's got a ton of girls, nevermind.]] Basch and [[spoiler: Noah]]? [[spoiler: Separated for years, and now one's dead, the other is still seen as a traitor and is stuck as Noah's replacement.]] Vayne and Larsa? [[spoiler: Vayne died fighting for an ''essentially'' noble cause, and Larsa has no family left and the weight of an empire on his young shoulders.]] Cid? [[spoiler: BAWWWWWW UGHHHH LOOK AT HIM AND BABY BALTHIER! *sob*]] The somewhat cheerful music somehow makes this all so much worse, like you're looking at how things ''should'' have been. Yeah, good luck making it to the end of the credits without feeling depressed.

* In ''{{Final Fantasy XII}}: Revenant Wings'', after having spent most of the game opening up to you [[spoiler:and regaining his anima,]] when Llyud [[spoiler:performs a HeroicSacrifice, and takes an attack from Feolthanos meant for Vaan, although he survives, Llyud is striped of the anima he spent ''the whole game regaining''. He's just an emotionless shell again.]] What makes this ''worse'' however, is if you go an talk to Llyud on the Bridge, or in the Sky Saloon, with him only saying [[spoiler:that it "feels like a fire inside [of him] has gone", "words elude me", and the worst one of the lot: "..."]] Not only is it a TearJerker, it's a pretty darn big PlayerPunch too.

* In ''FinalFantasyXII'', the scene that plays upon your return to Eruyt Village after [[spoiler:rescuing Mjrn]]. To sum up: [[spoiler:Mjrn, having seen the world outside of their home, begs her sister, the Viera leader Jote, to change their isolationist and essentially xenophobic ways. Fran, however, convinces Mjrn to stay so she'll never have to deal with the same pain and loneliness she went through by abandoning the Wood. She then asks Jote if the Wood hates her and, after speaking to it, Jote replies that it doesn't. Fran's reply before leaving is quite solemn: "A pleasant lie, that."]] This troper found those four words to be among the most heartbreaking he's ever seen in the series.

* [[spoiler: Fury's]] death scene.