Dark Knight (Final Fantasy XIV)

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Dark Knight
暗黒騎士 (Ankoku Kishi?, lit. Darkness Knight)
Classification
Type	Discipline of War/Extra Job
Role	Tank
Starting city	Ishgard
Job master(s)	Fray, Sidurgu
Abilities
Primary attribute	Vitality
Arms	Greatswords

Dark Knight is a job in Final Fantasy XIV, introduced in the first expansion pack, Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward. Dark Knight requires no base class and begins at level 30, unlocked by completing the quest "Our End" offered by an Ishgardian Citizen at The Pillars (13, 8).

See also: Dark Knight

Profile

The pious Ishgardian clergy guide the flock, and the devout knights protect the weak. Yet even the holiest of men succumb to the darkest of temptations.

None dare to administer justice to these sacrosanct elite residing outside the reach of the law. Who, then, defends the feeble from the transgressions of those meant to guide and protect them?

A valiant few take up arms to defend the downtrodden, and not even the holy priests and knights can escape their judgment. Pariahs in their own land, they are known by many as "dark knights".

These sentinels bear no shields declaring their allegiance. Instead, their greatswords act as beacons to guide the meek through darkness.

Lodestone

Dark Knight is a tank job, with similar abilities as Paladins and Warriors. The job wields greatswords. In battle, Dark Knights use magicks to infuse their blades with the powers of darkness to strike down their enemies and defend their allies. Most of their abilities involve draining HP from enemies.

Story

Heavensward

After the citizen tells the Adventurer about Dark Knights, they eventually discover Fray. Confident that the Adventurer has the potential to become a great Dark Knight using the darkness within them, Fray instructs them to go on various heroic tasks and bring out the darkness within them and with every meeting, Fray asks them to commune with the voices they've been listening to to further strengthen their darkness. Later on, after helping innocents from the Amalj'aa in Eastern Thanalan, Fray tells the Adventurer that while they are close, they are not fit for the job, although they do not completely give up.

Eventually, cracks within Fray's mind become more visible over time and his body starting to wear, becoming disappointed with the Adventurer's sporadic communions with voices, along with the frustration over helping others with little to no compensation for their trouble. After slaying a gang of Qiqirn bandits at La Noscea and retrieving stolen goods, the adventurer is berated by the distressed original owner and demands compensation, causing Fray to have an emotional outburst over their deeds being unrewarded or worse, criticized.

Eventually, the darkness and frustration within Fray reaches an apex as he is later seen attacking the Whitebrim Front. The adventurer is alerted by Drillemont to attend to the scene. Fray eventually reveals his true identity as the physical manifestation of the Adventurer's own dark side, of everything the Adventurer has been wanting to say deep down inside. Fray's body falling to the ground lifeless as the dark aura around him coalesces into the form of the Adventurer, but wearing a dark suit of armor and a sword unlike theirs. The Esteem brandishes their sword with the intent of cutting down the Adventurer and becoming their own person, beholden to no one. The adventurer defeats the doppelganger, but tells them that they've now seen them for what they really are. However, Drillemont and the inhabitants at Whitebrim raise their voices, proclaiming that they would never forsake them for all they had done or even what they are, restoring the Adventurer's confidence and trust in those around him. the Esteem merely scoffs it off as mere willful ignorance, claiming that the Adventurer is more akin to Weapon of Light if they could be so easily controlled and hailed a a hero. The shade claims it's not too late to change now and free themselves, but the Adventurer, having come to an understanding, embraces the darkness and casts aside their doubt. Though the darkness leaves the Adventurer in peace, it claims it will be waiting still for when they finally tire of the "charade".

Some time after Fray's passing, the Adventurer meets an Auri Dark Knight named Sidurgu, an old friend of Fray who protects a female Ishgardian youth, Rielle, from devout Temple Knights who are on the hunt for her. Rielle eventually reveals that the Temple Knights are hunting her as she is the daughter of a heretic who drank the blood of a dragon. Moreover, the one leading the charge is her own mother Ystride de Caulignont of House Caulignont, which bears strong ties to the Ishgardian Orthodox Church. Ystride challenges the Dark Knights to a duel to determine Rielle's fate, per Ishgardian tradition. Faced with the possibility of having to fight the higher ranking Temple Knights from an influential House of Ishgard, Sidurgu seeks out more power. Their journey brings them to the Mourn in Dravania where, from a Dravanian acquaintance of Rielle's, discovers that the dark knights have ancient ties to Moghome.

Upon journeying to Moghome, Rielle is kidnapped by a group of mischievous Moogles who threaten to keep her to themselves. This causes Sidurgu to fly into a blind, murderous rage as the Moogles taunt Sidurgu of her fate. With the adventurer's help he manages to push them into defeat where they then release Rielle. Through this farce, the Moogles taught Sid that the true power of the dark knight stems from love of those close to them. As a dark knight's power is tempered by pure emotion, an especially powerful one like love and the feelings that emerge from wanting to save and protect those closest to them, can draw out their true potential. Sidurgu initially denies this, but cannot deny that there is a hint of truth to it.

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Equipment

Dark Knights wield two-handed greatswords in battle. They share "Fending" armor and accessories with Gladiators and Marauders, but obtain their own artifacts. At level 50 a Dark Knight is given an equivalent in the form of high-quality Heavy Wolfram gear (the item used to obtain it describing it as armor issued to apprentice Dark Knights), but this can be equipped by any tank-role job. At level 60 a Dark Knight obtains a Chaos set, a spiky, black, and thick-plated suit of armor with a tattered chainmail skirt and cloth over-skirt, and accompanying face-obscuring helm. At level 70 a Dark Knight obtains an Abyssal set, a smoother and thinner suit of plate-armor more directly modeled off of Cecil Harvey's appearance, including a white-eyed and fully-enclosed helm. At level 80, a Dark Knight can obtain a Bale set, resembling Cecil's armor the most in its helmet, though leaving the mouth exposed. The rest of the ensemble is a smoother armored open coat with a striped sash around the waist.

Job Gauge

Blood Gauge

The Job Gauge was introduced in 4.0 Stormblood. The Dark Knight uses the Blood Gauge. The Blood Gauge features a heart-shaped blood-red gem set on a base covered with blue spikes. The gauge indicates whether the Dark Knight is in a defensive stance (Grit). When Grit is in effect, the Dark Knight's ability to repel damage increases but their ability to deal damage decreases.

The Blood Gauge also incorporates a sword shaped gauge that displays how much Blackblood the knight has accumulated. The gauge is refilled by certain weaponskills, such as Souleater, and is spent by other weaponskills, inclulding Delirium and Bloodspiller, for higher damage.

In 5.0, the Dark Knight received a second Job Gauge in the form of Darkside, originally the DPS stance for Dark Knights. Represented by a dark knight helmet, it glows and fills when using the new abilities Edge of Darkness and Flood of Darkness, increasing the user's potency for all attacks as long as it's active. When The Blackest Night has absorbed enough damage, it is converted into a Dark Arts state indicated by a symbol which allows the use of Edge and Flood of Darkness without MP cost. When Living Shadow is used, a second timer will appear alongside the Darkside gauge.

Abilities

Ability	Level	Type	Cast	Recast	Cost	Range	Radius
Hard Slash File:FFXIV Hard Slash Icon.png	1	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	3y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 200.
Syphon Strike File:FFXIV Syphon Strike Icon.png	2	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	3y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Hard Slash Combo Potency: 300 Combo Bonus: Restores MP
Unleash File:FFXIV Unleash Icon.png	6	Spell	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Spell Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	—	5y circle
	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 150 to all nearby enemies.
Grit File:FFXIV Grit Icon.png	10	Ability	Instant	10s	—	—	—
	Significantly increases enmity generation. Effect ends upon reuse.
Unmend File:FFXIV Unmend Icon.png	15	Spell	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Spell Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	15y	—
	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 150. Additional Effect: Increased enmity.
Souleater File:FFXIV Souleater Icon.png	26	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	3y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 100. Combo Action: Syphon Strike Combo Potency: 400 Grit Combo Bonus: Restores own HP Cure Potency: 300 Combo Bonus: Increases Blood Gauge by 20
Flood of Darkness File:FFXIV Flood of Darkness Icon.png	30 (Complete the quest "Ishguardian Justice")	Ability	Instant	2s	3000 MP	10y	10y line
	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 250 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Additional Effect: Grants Darkside, increasing damage dealt by 10% Duration: 30s Extends Darkside duration by 30s to a maximum of 60s. Shares a recast timer with Edge of Darkness.
Blood Weapon File:FFXIV Blood Weapon Icon.png	35	Ability	Instant	60s	—	—	—
	Increases Blood Gauge by 10 and restores MP upon landing weaponskills or spells. Effect does not stack when hitting multiple targets with a single attack. Duration: 10s
Shadow Wall File:FFXIV Shadow Wall Icon.png	38	Ability	Instant	120s	—	—	—
	Reduces damage taken by 30%. Duration: 15s
Edge of Darkness File:FFXIV Edge of Darkness Icon.png	40 (Complete the quest "Heroic Reprise")	Ability	Instant	2s	3000 MP	3y	—
	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 350. Additional Effect: Grants Darkside, increasing damage dealt by 10% Duration: 30s Extends Darkside duration by 30s to a maximum of 60s. Shares a recast timer with Flood of Darkness.
Dark Mind File:FFXIV Dark Mind Icon.png	45	Ability	Instant	60s	—	—	—
	Reduces magic vulnerability by 20%. Duration: 10s
Living Dead File:FFXIV Living Dead Icon.png	50 (Complete the quest "Our Answer")	Ability	Instant	300s	—	—	—
	Grants the effect of Living Dead. When HP is reduced to 0 while under the effect of Living Dead, instead of becoming KO'd, your status will change to Walking Dead. Living Dead Duration: 10s While under the effect of Walking Dead, most attacks will not lower your HP below 1. If, before the Walking Dead timer runs out, HP is 100% restored, the effect will fade. If 100% is not restored, you will be KO'd. Walking Dead Duration: 10s
Salted Earth File:FFXIV Salted Earth Icon.png	52 (Complete the quest "The Knight and the Maiden Fair")	Ability	Instant	90s	—	15y	5y circle
	Creates a patch of salted earth, dealing unaspected damage with a potency of 60 to any enemies who enter. Duration: 15s
Plunge File:FFXIV Plunge Icon.png	54 (Complete the quest "Kindred Spirits")	Ability	Instant	30s	—	15y	—
	Delivers a jumping attack with a potency of 200. Maximum Charges: 2 Cannot be executed while bound.
Abyssal Drain File:FFXIV Abyssal Drain Icon.png	56 (Complete the quest "Original Sins")	Ability	Instant	60s	—	15y	5y circle
	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 200 to target and all enemies nearby it. Additional Effect: Restores own HP Cure Potency: 200
Carve and Spit File:FFXIV Carve and Spit Icon.png	60 (Complete the quest "Absolution")	Ability	Instant	60s	—	3y	—
	Delivers a threefold attack with a potency of ' 450. Additional Effect: Restores MP
Bloodspiller File:FFXIV Bloodspiller Icon.png	62	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's SkillSpeed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	50 Blackblood	3y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 600 Blood Gauge Cost: 50
Quietus File:FFXIV Quietus Icon.png	64	Weaponskill	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Skill Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	50 Blackblood	—	5y circle
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 210 to all nearby enemies. Blood Gauge Cost: 50
Delirium File:FFXIV Delirium Icon.png	68	Ability	Instant	90s	—	—	—
	Allows the execution of Quietus and Bloodspiller without cost, restoring MP when landing either weaponskill. Duration: 10s
The Blackest Night File:FFXIV The Blackest Night Icon.png	70 (Complete the quest "Our Compromise")	Ability	Instant	15s	3000 MP	30y	—
	Creates a barrier around target that absorbs damage totaling 25% of target's maximum HP. Duration: 7s Grants Dark Arts when barrier is completely absorbed.
Stalwart Soul File:FFXIV Stalwart Soul Icon.png	72	Spell	Instant	2.5s (Base value; the higher the character's Spell Speed stat, the lower the recast time will be)	—	—	5y circle
	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 100 to all nearby enemies. Combo Action: Unleash Combo Potency: 160 Combo Bonus: Restores MP Combo Bonus: Increases Blood Gauge by 20
Flood of Shadow File:FFXIV Flood of Shadow Icon.png	74	Ability	Instant	2s	3000 MP	10y	10y line
	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 300 to all enemies in a straight line before you. Additional Effect: Grants Darkside, increasing damage dealt by 10% Duration: 30s Extends Darkside duration by 30s to a maximum of 60s. Shares a recast timer with Edge of Shadow.
Edge of Shadow File:FFXIV Edge of Shadow Icon.png	74	Ability	Instant	2s	3000 MP	3y	—
	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 500. Additional Effect: Grants Darkside, increasing damage dealt by 10% Duration: 30s Extends Darkside duration by 30s to a maximum of 60s. Shares a recast timer with Flood of Shadow.
Dark Missionary File:FFXIV Dark Missionary Icon.png	76	Ability	Instant	90s	—	—	15y circle
	Reduces magic damage taken by self and nearby party members by 10%. Duration: 15s
Living Shadow File:FFXIV Living Shadow Icon.png	80	Ability	Instant	120s	50 Blackblood	—	—
	Conjure a simulacrum of your darkside to fight alongside you. Duration: 24s Blood Gauge Cost: 50

Role Actions

Action	Level	Type	Cast	Recast	Range	Radius	Role Affinity
Rampart File:FFXIV Rampart Icon.png	8	Ability	Instant	90s	—	—
	Reduces damage taken by 20%. Duration: 20s
Low Blow File:FFXIV Low Blow Icon.png	12	Ability	Instant	25s	3y	—
	Stuns target. Duration: 5s
Provoke File:FFXIV Provoke Icon.png	15	Ability	Instant	30s	25y	—
	Gesture threateningly, placing yourself at the top of a target's enmity list while gaining additional enmity.
Interject File:FFXIV Interject Icon.png	18	Ability	Instant	30s	3y	—
	Interrupts the use of a target's action.
Reprisal File:FFXIV Reprisal Icon.png	22	Ability	Instant	60s	—	5y circle
	Reduces damage dealt by nearby enemies by 10%. Duration: 10s
Arm's Length File:FFXIV Arms Length Icon.png	32	Ability	Instant	120s	–	–
	Creates a barrier nullifying most knockback and draw-in effects. Duration: 6s Additional Effect: Slow +20% when barrier is struck Duration: 15s
Shirk File:FFXIV Shirk Icon.png	48	Ability	Instant	120s	25y	—
	Diverts 25% of enmity to target party member.

Traits

Name	Level	Description
Tank Mastery File:FFXIV Tank Mastery Icon.png	1	Reduces damage taken by 20%. Furthermore, grants a bonus to maximum HP based on your vitality attribute, and a bonus to damage dealt based on your strength attribute.
Blackblood File:FFXIV Blackblood Icon.png	62	Allows for Blood Gauge accumulation upon the landing of certain actions.
Enhanced Blackblood File:FFXIV Enhanced Blackblood Icon.png	66	Allows for Blood Gauge accumulation upon the landing of any weaponskill or spell while under the effect of Blood Weapon.
Darkside Mastery File:FFXIV Darkside Mastery Icon.png	74	Upgrades Flood of Darkness and Edge of Darkness to Flood of Shadow and Edge of Shadow respectively.
Enhanced Plunge File:FFXIV Enhanced Plunge Icon.png	78	Allows the accumulation of charges for consecutive uses of Plunge. Maximum Charges: 2

PvP Actions

Ability	Type	Cast	Recast	Cost	Range	Radius
Hard Slash File:FFXIV Hard Slash PVP Icon.png	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	—	5y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 1,000. ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Syphon Strike File:FFXIV Syphon Strike PVP Icon.png	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	—	5y	—
	Delivers an attack to target. Combo Action: Hard Slash Combo Potency: 1,200 Combo Bonus: Restores 500 MP ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Souleater File:FFXIV Souleater PVP Icon.png	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	—	5y	—
	Delivers an attack to target. Combo Action: Syphon Strike Combo Potency: 1,400 Combo Bonus: Absorbs 100% of damage dealt as HP Combo Bonus: Increases Blood Gauge by 25 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Unleash File:FFXIV Unleash PVP Icon.png	Spell	Instant	2.4s	—	—	5y circle
	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 600 to all nearby enemies. Additional Effect: Restores 250 MP for each enemy hit ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Stalwart Soul File:FFXIV Stalwart Soul PVP Icon.png	Spell	Instant	2.4s	—	—	5y circle
	Deals unaspected damage to all nearby enemies. Combo Action: Unleash Combo Potency: 800 Combo Bonus: Absorbs 100% of damage dealt as HP Combo Bonus: Increases Blood Gauge by 25 ※This action cannot be assigned to a hotbar.
Unmend File:FFXIV Unmend PVP Icon.png	Spell	Instant	2.4s	—	15y	—
	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 800. Additional Effect: Increases Blood Gauge by 10
Bloodspiller File:FFXIV Bloodspiller PVP Icon.png	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	50 Blackblood	5y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 1,800. Darkside Potency: 2,000 Additional Effect: Restores 500 MP Blood Gauge Cost: 50
Quietus File:FFXIV Quietus PVP Icon.png	Weaponskill	Instant	2.4s	50 Blackblood	—	5y circle
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 1,000 to all nearby enemies. Darkside Potency: 1,500 Additional Effect: Restores 250 MP for each enemy hit Blood Gauge Cost: 50
Edge of Shadow File:FFXIV Edge of Shadow PVP Icon.png	Ability	Instant	1s	2500 MP	5y	—
	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 1,000. Additional Effect: Grants Darkside, increasing damage dealt by 10% Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Reduces target's HP recovered by healing actions by 20% Duration: 10s Extends Darkside duration by 15s, to a maximum of 30s.
Flood of Shadow File:FFXIV Flood of Shadow PVP Icon.png	Ability	Instant	1s	2500 MP	10y	10y line
	Deals unaspected damage with a potency of 600 to all enemies in a straight line. Additional Effect: Grants Darkside, increasing damage dealt by 10% Duration: 15s Additional Effect: Reduces target's HP recovered by healing actions by 20% Duration: 10s Extends Darkside duration by 15s, to a maximum of 30s.
Plunge File:FFXIV Plunge PVP Icon.png	Ability	Instant	30s	—	15y	—
	Rushes target and delivers an attack with a potency of 600. Recast time is reset if Plunge records a KO or an assist. Cannot be executed while bound.
Delirium File:FFXIV Delirium PVP Icon.png	Ability	Instant	45s	—	—	—
	Allows the execution of Quietus and Bloodspiller without cost. Duration: 6s
The Blackest Night File:FFXIV The Blackest Night PVP Icon.png	Ability	Instant	15s	2500 MP	30y	—
	Creates a barrier around self or target party member that absorbs damage equivalent to a heal of 3,000 potency. Duration: 6s Grants Dark Arts when full 20% is absorbed. Dark Arts Effect: Consume Dark Arts instead of MP to execute Edge of Shadow or Flood of Shadow
Dark Missionary File:FFXIV Dark Missionary PVP Icon.png	Ability	Instant	60s	—	—	15y circle
	Reduces damage taken by self and nearby party members by 10%, while increasing HP recovered via healing actions by 10%. Duration: 10s

Common Actions

Common Actions have no cost.

Action	Type	Cast	Recast	Range	Radius
Low Blow File:FFXIV Low Blow PVP Icon.png	Ability	Instant	30s	5y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 600. Additional Effect: Stun Duration: 2s
Bolt File:FFXIV Bolt PVP Icon.png	Ability	Instant	30s	—	—
	Movement speed is increased. Duration: 10s
Vanward Potion File:FFXIV Vanward Potion PVP Icon.png	Ability	Instant	15s	—	—
	Restores own HP. Cure Potency: 2,000 Potency increases up to 6,000 as HP decreases. Maximum Charges: 3

Additional PvP Actions

Players are restricted to equipping two Additional PvP Actions at once. These actions have no cost.

Action	Type	Cast	Recast	Range	Radius
Full Swing File:FFXIV Full Swing PVP Icon.png	Ability	Instant	30s	5y	—
	Delivers an attack with a potency of 1,000. Additional Effect: 15-yalm knockback
Weapon Throw File:FFXIV Weapon Throw PVP Icon.png	Ability	Instant	30s	15y	—
	Delivers a ranged attack with a potency of 400. Additional Effect: 10-yalm draw-in
Reprisal File:FFXIV Reprisal PVP Icon.png	Ability	Instant	60s	—	5y circle
	Reduces damage dealt by nearby enemies by 10%. Duration: 10s
Rampart File:FFXIV Rampart PVP Icon.png	Ability	Instant	60s	—	—
	Reduces damage taken by 20%. Duration: 10s
Retaliation File:FFXIV Retaliation PVP Icon.png	Ability	Instant	60s	—	—
	Counters all incoming attacks. Counter Potency: 800 Duration: 10s

Limit Break

Main article: Limit Break (Final Fantasy XIV)

Dark Knights' Limit Breaks focus on drastically raising the defense and magic defense of the entire party for a short period of time. Dark Knight has the same Level 1 and Level 2 limit breaks as other Tanks.

Ability	Level	Description	Image
Shield Wall	1	Reduces damage taken by all party members by 10% for a period of 10 seconds.
Mighty Guard	2	Reduces damage taken by all party members by 20% for a period of 15 seconds.
Dark Force	3	Reduces damage taken by all party members by 50% for a period of 12 seconds.

Gallery

Artwork of Sidurgu.

Render of Sidurgu.

In-game render of an Auri Dark Knight.

DRK Soul Crystal.png

Dark Knight Soul Crystal

Dark Knight Sprite.

CG artwork.

Artwork for Shadowbringers.

Artwork for a Hyuran Dark Knight.

Victory pose.

Artifact equipment from Stormblood.

Artifact equipment from Shadowbringers.

Dark Knight in the Benchmark.

Actions

Hard Slash.

Syphon Strike.

Unleash.

Grit.

Souleater.

Benchmark DarkKnight 02.jpg

Shadow Wall.

Blood Weapon.

Plunge.

Abyssal Drain.

Carve and Split.

Bloodspiller.

Quietus.

The Blackest Night.

Stalwart Soul.

Flood of Shadow.

Edge of Shadow.

Dark Missionary.

Living Shadow.

Removed Actions

Darkside.

Dark Arts.

Dark Passenger.

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Trivia

• The journal entries for the Dark Knight are much more personal in nature and only become increasingly more aggressive over time, extending to even the in-game objectives themselves. This appears to be the power of the soul crystal itself at work, heavily implying a level a sentience as well as Fray's real identity.
• At Fan Fest 2018 Las Vegas, Dark Knight was revealed to be the default job for the Warrior of Light in Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
• The Dark Knight class has a few references to Cloud Strife:
  • The male idle pose when their weapon is drawn is based off of his iconic pose with his sword slung over his shoulder.
  • Similarly, the Victory Pose emote is identical to Cloud's.
  • The second mentor of the Dark Knight job, Sidurgu, wields a large two-handed sword, has a spiked hairstyle, and has a brooding personality.