It comes from the depths of the Darkhold

[Catapult]

I don't know if this is a mistake or not, but since we don't have a lore forum, I'm going to post this here regardless.

Compare the pair:





So either the name of this voidsent was duplicated in error, or Atomos is trolling us.

"That thing that used to give you trouble in Dzemael? Yeah, he's just one of my clerks..."

Will he be spawning Batraal's brothers and sisters come October?

[PSxpert2011]

Will he be spawning Batraal's brothers and sisters come October?

I may just be asking the same questions... With fire raining down from the skies and Dalamud desending on us, anything can happen and Batraal bros & sistas may want to have a party!

[Anonymoose]

The Void encompasses everything beyond the realm we can comprehend. I assume The Void is a catch-all term for anything that doesn't share our senses of reality and/or lives in different dimensional space. Therefore, it's reasonable that the mobs we see coming through are just those from a certain area of The Void where things aren't overly dissimilar from where we dwell.

Inside the Darkhold, a rift has been opened between the worlds. Batraal entered and slaughtered everyone working there, and all of the other mobs flooded through as well. In this case, it's Atomos that has linked the realms and is flooding it with enemies, but theoretically they're from a relatively similar space as those that now in habit the Darkhold.

Much like how hippogryphs were able to find their way out of the Void into Eorzea, the ogres have as well. This time, wherever the Deepvoid Slaves come from is where the Atomos pulled from, I guess.

Or they just felt like copypasta was a good idea.

[Fernehalwes]

The Void encompasses everything beyond the realm we can comprehend. I assume The Void is a catch-all term for anything that doesn't share our senses of reality and/or lives in different dimensional space. Therefore, it's reasonable that the mobs we see coming through are just those from a certain area of The Void where things aren't overly dissimilar from where we dwell.

Inside the Darkhold, a rift has been opened between the worlds. Batraal entered and slaughtered everyone working there, and all of the other mobs flooded through as well. In this case, it's Atomos that has linked the realms and is flooding it with enemies, but theoretically they're from a relatively similar space as those that now in habit the Darkhold.

Much like how hippogryphs were able to find their way out of the Void into Eorzea, the ogres have as well. This time, wherever the Deepvoid Slaves come from is where the Atomos pulled from, I guess.

Preach it, Anonymoose!

Or they just felt like copypasta was a good idea.

Hey...

[Catapult]

Preach it, Anonymoose!

That sounds like a good affirmation. You're good, Moose.

[Jinrya-Geki]

I don't understand Atomos.

It manipulates time/space.

It can summon monsters from the void. What keeps it from just making everything not exist?

[Catapult]

I don't understand Atomos.

It manipulates time/space.

It can summon monsters from the void. What keeps it from just making everything not exist?

...maybe it wants something? Seems to like chewing up aether.

[Anonymoose]

I don't understand Atomos. It manipulates time/space. It can summon monsters from the void. What keeps it from just making everything not exist?

Usually, Atomos isn't working of its own accord in the FF-verse. It has been used as a summon previously, and in FFXI it was performing the bidding of The Goddess Altana through the Cait Sith (eating away the True Future, where the Crystal War had continued until both aggressors mutually destroyed each other and the world, leaving only the contents that would create the future we played in).

Now, in Vana'diel, Atomos actually gets to decide which future continues to exist when they come to a head - this could be what's going on now.

Let's return to the Prophecy of Mezaya Thousand Eyes:

Ne'er till land consumes sun can sea bear moons.
Heavens spew crimson fire. Hell seeps black doom.
Stray seeds quicken in ash's grey embrace.
Valiant blades forged under the Twelve's good grace.

When the sixth sun (Sixth Astral Era) sets, the seventh moon is revealed (Seventh Umbral Era, ushered in by water - seen in game as a great deluge of rain; remember those?). From the sky comes fire (Meteor; Dalamud), and the void spills black dooms (unnatural enemies). In response to this, "Stray Seeds" (powerful individuals from all over the world; The Archons - Louisoix, Y'shtola, Urianger) are brought to action, their intervention intended by The Twelve themselves (each seems to represent one of them).

Perhaps the Atomos were summoned by Louisoix for the same purpose, to prevent the future we're destined for, consume it (returning it to the void), and land us somewhere else in time until this can be dealt with. When you defeat an Atomos, you're left with a Voidstone - which sometimes reveals that the world around it is becoming distorted, giving some weight to this theory.

Though, this has some negative side effects - the rapid consumption of aether to one area overaspects all crystals, clusters, and gates, and the connection between Eorzea and the Void allows even more creatures to spill through.

That's not a big threat compared to total annihilation via the empire, especially since when it gets out of hand we can take down both the Voidsent enemies AND the Atomos that has gone meltdown.

[Zahak]

If Atomos would just make himself cease to exist...he wouldn't have to go through the trouble of eating aether

[Jinrya-Geki]

What I mean is, crystals have been in almost every storyline of Final Fantasy in some way, just like Atomos.

What keeps it from going to the point where crystals were made, and it just absorbs them for ultimate power?

It's like the ultimate force, yet it isn't at the same time.