So ever since I first started Chains of Promathia way back when (nearly 6 years ago), the lore has always been mentioning emptiness but I never really quite got a clear idea of what exactly it WAS. The things that I was sure of was that it was memory (specifically forgotten memories?), and that it was Promathia's will. Anyway, today I went onto the Final Fantasy wiki (not FFXIclopedia) and did a little bit of reading. Basically, my understanding of it now is:
Promathia's goal is to reign over everyone through death, and emptiness is a manifestation of his will. Therefore, emptiness is the manifestation of complete death. The fact that complete death manifests itself as "memories" probably alludes to the idea that memories are the only things that truly remain of someone once they die. Thus, complete death would be when those memories are forgotten and thus turned into emptiness.
So... am I right?
(Here's where I got/extrapolated all this, by the way: http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Promathia Obviously there are spoilers but this expansion is old as balls so I expect all of you to be familiar with the basics of the story anyway).
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What is Emptiness? (or Am I Correct?)Follow
Pikko wrote:
I'm curious as to what would lead someone to think they're playing FFXI with Elton John?
As I understand it, emptiness refers to the void left behind when the light of the crystals is dimmed. All life on Vana'diel sprouted from the crystals, which were originally one single jewel and shattered when Promathia was destroyed (hence the Gods ressurection and subsequent rejoining of the crystals).
As the life giving power of the crystal fades, it leaves in it's wake fragmented memories of the former hosts resulting in the fauna of the Promythion areas and the general disarray of all the Promythion areas.
...at least that's how I've come to understand it.
As the life giving power of the crystal fades, it leaves in it's wake fragmented memories of the former hosts resulting in the fauna of the Promythion areas and the general disarray of all the Promythion areas.
...at least that's how I've come to understand it.
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