Seven Hells?

[Haxaan]

Speaking of the Void... What of Diabolos... I understand that we haven't seen him as of yet... but he seems like the perfect entity to come from the void given his penchant for using gravity distortion fields as his abilities and using time/space as a weapon. Seems only right for him to make an appearance. Guess we'll see... there is A LOT of time for him to come around but I have a sneaking feeling he will be showing up as we find out more about the void... any thoughts?

[Catapult]

Speaking of the Void... What of Diabolos... I understand that we haven't seen him as of yet... but he seems like the perfect entity to come from the void given his penchant for using gravity distortion fields as his abilities and using time/space as a weapon. Seems only right for him to make an appearance. Guess we'll see... there is A LOT of time for him to come around but I have a sneaking feeling he will be showing up as we find out more about the void... any thoughts?

I'm not about to get too far ahead of ourselves. Diabolos screams out "future expansion content" to me. I'm happy worrying about the implications of atomos first.

[Anonymoose]

Any thoughts?

My first thought is that someone at SE, by now, must be saying, "What is it with these people and the Void!? It's been in a bunch of our games and it's always just a side attraction and now everything's the about the Void!" Well, (A) Loremongering is in vogue and (B) that's what you get for making Promyvion my favorite zone in FFXI.

My second thought is that SE has plenty of options to choose from. Diabolos is simultaneously established enough to have some thematic elements to him, but rare enough that he hasn't been typecast into a role like the Cid (engineer), Goblins (merchant inventors), etc.

• Twice, Diabolos has shown up as a result of defeating dragons (VI; Type-0), and, as we know, dragons play a prominent role in FFXIV, so perhaps he'll be linked into that mythology. Considering that enemy of the dragons is Ishgard, which regards itself as a holy city (complete with Holy See and an Archbishop), the demonic entity would be quite a foil to the ideal. SE has a habit of making the biggest cities and most religious people the antagonists, so imagine Diabolos getting wrapped up in that.

• In FFXI, Diabolos created dream worlds and wove powerful magicks. There's all sorts of weird ways to weave that into the story, especially considering that people who aren't very good at controlling the gift of the Echo often pass out at random. If those chosen by the Crystal could have her gift corrupted ...

• Among the voidsent invading our realm is a race of demons that look quite similar to Diabolos. Tying him to their visage would be an interesting twist. It's only appropriate for this thread to wonder ... if these demons are sentient, they must have a social status. To whom to their lords report? Could Diabolos be the Black Warden's true name?