Realization strikes me:

Fandaniel is the Kefkaesque (pun intended).

Kefka is from VI.

Azys Lla is a giant shout-out to the Floating Continent of VI from which Kefka hails.

Most if not all of the stuff on Azys Lla is Meracydian in origin.

CONNECTION?!

(Either way, if Zenos has assumed the throne he better watch his back... we all know what Kefka did to Gestahl...)