Lumoria

Lumoria is a celestial region in Final Fantasy XI. Once situated on Qufim Island, it has now separated from Vana'diel and floats in space above it. This is the event that gave Qufim Island its crescent shape. Lumoria contains the ruins of the Celestial Capital Al'Taieu, a legendary Zilart city lost over ten thousand years before the beginning of the game's story. It is the ultimate destination of the Chains of Promathia expansion.

Al'Taieu
The twisted landscape of Al'Taieu was once the outskirts of the Celestial Capital. The surviving structures of the Zilartian city loom at its center. It remains the residence of many strange and dangerous creatures including the infamous Absolute Virtue. A phenomenon called an Auroral Updraft connects this place to the Sealion's Den.

Grand Palace of Hu'Xzoi
The Grand Palace is the greatest edifice of the ancient Zilart and the former home of their royal family. It consists of five towers surrounding a wider central structure.

The Garden of Ru'Hmet
The garden contains the upper levels of the Grand Palace. The Zilart King was once seated atop its halls. The central elevator here descends to the Empyreal Paradox.

Empyreal Paradox
The Empyreal Paradox (天象の鎖 Tenshō no Kusari, lit. Weather Chains) lies beneath the Garden of Ru'Hmet, and is closest to the planet of Vana'diel. Qufim Island, the Grand Duchy of Jeuno, and other regions of Vana'diel can be seen through the transparent floor of this area. What occurs here can only be said to determine the fate of the world itself.

Abyssea's Lumoria
In the alternate realm of Abyssea, the Celestial Capital did indeed separate from Qufim Island as in Vana'diel, but rather than floating directly above the planet, Al'Taieu situated itself on the surface of Abyssea's moon, and the Empyreal Paradox separated from the rest of the region. Now disconnected from both Abyssea and the rest of Lumoria, Abyssea - Empyreal Paradox has both a view of the planet Abyssea in the distance and Lumoria situated on Abyssea's moon below.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy


The Empyreal Paradox appears as the representative arena for Final Fantasy XI in Dissidia 012. An FMV scene featuring Prishe speaking to the Warrior of Light takes place in this area. The final battle of the twelfth cycle takes place here - the six new characters, namely Lightning, Kain, Tifa, Laguna, Yuna and Vaan, come here seeking the portal the Manikins are using to cross over from the Interdimensional Rift. After defeating a force of the Warriors of Chaos, the six battle a horde of Manikins and succeed in closing the portal and cutting off Chaos's supply of the creatures, but at the cost of their own lives.

The arena is a large flat expanse with a giant orange crystal in the center. Several smaller crystals line the arena on the outside perimeter, and the world of Final Fantasy XI can be seen below the stage. In the stage's omega version, orbs of light float from this world up to the crystal in the center of the stage. Characters too close to this center crystal steadily lose Bravery the closer they are to it.

Trivia

 * Due to the sea creature-like appearances of Phuabo, Hpemde, and Xzomit, as well as the semisolid water floor in Al'Taieu, the region of Lumoria has been nicknamed "Sea" among players.