#gaming lore

The older I get, the more I think the Lucian crown in Final Fantasy 15 is basically one of the most dressed-up death sentences in Final Fantasy. The lineage looks glorious on paper, but once you actually think about 113 kings across 2,000 years, the whole thing starts feeling way darker.

That’s what I wanted this Noctis piece to hold onto.

If you want to see the full FFXV collection, it’s here:

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Applying Your Own Standards Of Kindness - Zidane’s Final Fantasy 9 Message

One of the reasons Zidane Tribal stands out so much in Final Fantasy IX / Final Fantasy 9 is that he refuses to become the kind of hero the genre usually expects. He isn’t icy, aloof, or permanently sealed behind trauma. Even when the truth about Terra, the Angel of Death, and his manufactured purpose hits him, the story doesn’t turn him into a colder person. It gives him the chance to fall, and then lets love, friendship, and chosen family pull him back.

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That’s why this collection works so well around him. The SUPER RARE Edition captures Zidane running back through the Lifa Tree for Kuja, choosing compassion where destiny expected detachment. Terra Edition places him between worlds, turning his identity crisis into a moment of self-definition. Lifa Edition leans into raw rebellion and forward motion. Alexandria Edition preserves the lighter, freer Zidane who made the whole game feel alive from the very beginning. And Mono Edition strips him back to what he really is at core — movement, freedom, and a refusal to let the world decide who he has to become.