Chaos (Final Fantasy)

Chaos (カオス Kaosu) is the final boss of the original Final Fantasy. He is an incarnation of Garland occurring 2,000 years prior to the majority of the plot of Final Fantasy. The Warriors of Light travel to the past and discover Garland there. He transforms into Chaos and attacks, but is ultimately defeated.

Story


Chaos first exists as Garland, an evil knight who kidnaps the princess of Cornelia at the beginning of the story. However, his plot is foiled by the Warriors of Light, who seemingly kill him while rescuing the princess in the ruined Chaos Shrine. Garland apparently makes an unholy pact with the Four Elemental Fiends of the past (the Lich, Marilith, the Kraken, and Tiamat) to summon him 2,000 years back in time while they are sent into the present to cause mass destruction. This pact will create a time-loop and allow Garland to live forever.

The Warriors of Light return to the ruined Chaos Shrine to use the restored Crystals to travel two thousand years into the past, where they meet a Garland who remembers them, seeks revenge, and absorbs the powers of the Fiends to become Chaos. He is defeated by the Warriors of Light, breaking the time loop that sustained him, thus ending his threat. As the Warriors return to their time, it is stated during the game's ending that Garland waits for them, confirming that he still exists as he had before the time loop, though whether he is still rogue from Cornelia's knighthood is uncertain. Chaos is often remembered for his noteworthy death animation, which showed him being disintegrated after he is defeated, a somewhat innovative phenomenon in games for the NES. This style of death was repeated for final bosses of future games in the series, including Neo Exdeath in Final Fantasy V, Kefka in Final Fantasy VI, and Safer Sephiroth in Final Fantasy VII. However, this pattern was discontinued in Final Fantasy VIII where Ultimecia was shown convulsing in a circular fashion and then vanishing in a form resembling static interference. It was revived as the death scene for Yu Yevon and the Weapon-type fiends in Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2.

Battle


Chaos is always fought as the last boss of the game. While in the NES version he just used the standard battle theme, later editions would give him his own music.

Dissidia Final Fantasy
Chaos is set to make an appearance in Dissidia Final Fantasy as the god of dischord. He summons ten villains from other universes in order to defeat Cosmos, who has summoned ten heroes, and captures the Crystals, placing control of the universes in the hands of evil. As with the rest of the Dissidia cast, Chaos' appearance is drawn from his original artwork, and he thus appears as a four-armed demon sitting on a large throne. His appearance thus far has been limited to a single scene at the end of the most recent gameplay trailer. The ten heroes stand before Chaos' throne, and the God rises into the air and unleashes a shockwave of energy from his palms, declaring he will carve a creed of endless war. He has also been seen in a magazine scan confronting Cosmos directly. It is unknown if Chaos will be playable, although he will likely feature as a boss character.

In addition to his form seen to the right, Chaos seems to be able to manifest as a being of magma, as in several trailers a spout of lava erupts from the earth and takes on the shape of a horned figure similar to Chaos.

Chaos will be voiced by Norio Wakamoto, who has also voiced Al-Cid Margrace in Final Fantasy XII.

Ivalice Alliance
Chaos is one of the Espers of Ivalice, known as the Walker of the Wheel, referencing his constant death and resurrection. He is the Esper of Wind.