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Gilgamesh, also known as Veritas of the Frost (氷刃のヴェリアス, Hyōjin no Veriasu?, lit. Vellious of the Frostblade), is a minor character in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and a major character in War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.
A member of the original Sworn Eight of Paladia, his whereabouts in the present day remain a mystery, with only his discarded armor appearing in Brave Exvius. In War of the Visions it is revealed that he orchestrated the conflict that engulfed the continent of Ardra long ago, in an attempt to bring about an incident known as the Time of Judgment.
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Appearance
As the Frostlord, his Veritas armor is a blueish gray. His helmet has two long lateral horns that point upwards. He wears a pinkish cape shaped in several strands of clothing. When fought as a boss he carries several weapons on his back.
In War of the Visions Gilgamesh dons a new suit of elaborate blue, silver, and black samurai armor with an array of six bladed wings granting him the power of flight. His hair is long and white, spilling out of his helmet.
His appearance without his suit of armor remains unknown.
Personality
As the Frostlord he was brash, reckless, disobedient, aggressive, arrogant, and battle-thirsty. He looked down on people who did not match his power and refused to take orders from anybody who wasn't close to him in strength. Even then he was disrespectful and picked just to satiate himself. Being more a believer of brawn rather than brain, he dismissed strategy-planning as pointless and preferred to resolve things by his own hand.
Story
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
Gilgamesh lived on the world of Paladia. When the world fell into war between Aldore and Hess as the latter wanted to achieve independence from the rest of the world, Gilgamesh remained loyal to Aldore and served as one of its main lieutenants, joining the Sworn Eight of Paladia and gaining an immortal body and powerful battle armor.
The original Veritas of the Dark wanted to enact a plan to stop the war by sealing Hess' Eight Sages into Crystal to force negotiations, but Frostlord thought the plan nonsensical. Restless and unable to wait or understand the importance of the operation, he boasted he could take on the Sages himself. Darklord did not take his words kindly and reminded him to stay put and obey. Frostlord challenged Darklord into stopping him by force, but Darklord knew the operation could be jeopardized as a result of the injuries sustained opted to let Frostlord go his own way. Frostlord was disappointed and left.
Word of his defeat spread and the rest of the Sworn Eight believed he was felled, much to the disbelief of Veritas of the Bolt who wondered how somebody like Frostlord could have been defeated. The Sworn Eight could never truly confirm his death as neither his body or suit of armor could be found.
At some point Gilgamesh arrived in Lapis on the continent of Ardora, in the kingdom of Ariale. There he worked with an unknown female member of the Eight Sages of Hess to create a new, more powerful suit of winged armor and forge a powerful blade named Excalibur that can cut through dimensions. Utilizing his new armor's gift of flight he orchestrated the War of the Visions by pitting the lords of various feudal houses against each other in order to bring about an incident known as the Time of Judgment.
Although he is not seen in Brave Exvius, his discarded Veritas armor lays in Gronoa, worshipped by a town. Raegen uses this armor to masquerade as the Frostlord both to force Rain's party in a tournament in order to test them, as well as gain a needed power boost to face his former comrades.
In Season Two, a fake Frostlord appears in Vlad's massive Ogre body as a defensive system, along other fake Sworn Eight copies. They are all defeated by the Sworn Six of Paladia at the cost of their immortality. No further mention of the Frostlord is ever made.
War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
Gilgamesh is a mysterious figure and known to be involved with the different nations and in some form coerce their actions to bring his goals into fruition. He operates mostly as an observer and rarely shows himself. He is feared and venerated, almost like a God by the people of Ardra.
He is largely unseen for a large part of the story, making his debut in Chapter 5, discussing the current situation of Leonis with his ally and their current disadvantaged position. Believing their early demise to hinder their plans he decides to interfere.
When Mont and Sterne are in the middle of their grueling battle, Muraga Fennes celebrates the idea that the Leonis' royal bloodline will be vanquished. Soon after Gilgamesh appears and using his powerful Flash ability draws a line with his magic power which develops white wings which envelop themselves before exploding, creating a gap that separates the armies and effectively stopping the fight declaring that the current battle would be a mockery of his grand scheme and orders the parties to wait it out. Sadali Crysthea protests his interference as he is not interested in Gilgamesh's plans, but the latter purely threatens to kill him if he does not comply. He promises to allow them to kill one another without interfering when the time is right.
Gameplay
Playable character
Gilgamesh appears as a summonable unit in both Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. In both games he is a powerful hybrid physical and magical attacker who makes use of Ice-elemental attacks and Time Magic, and can uniquely wield a powerful sword named Excalibur which provides him with ATK and MAG bonuses.
War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
Gilgamesh makes his debut as a playable character in this game. He is an UR rarity unit of the Ice Element whose main job is the unique Winged Being, and whose sub jobs are Time Mage and Soldier. His Trust Master Reward is the Helm of the Sworn. His signature Excalibur is acquired as a pre-registration bonus via logging in game for the first time. It is a powerful weapon that can easily be upgraded to its fullest potential without extensive material costs.
Gilgamesh is adept at both physical and magic damage and can be built for either or both forms of damage. Gilgamesh is a rather powerful unit with an array of devastating abilities which can attack from afar. He is also able to use Self-Haste to further gain advantage in battle. Some of his passives yield a large sum of AP and even reduce the cast time for his abilities. His Limit Burst is Flash, which deals large Magic damage in a 5x5 cross area.
Although undoubtedly flexible and strong, Gilgamesh is hampered by both a lower than normal chance to be summoned in comparison to other UR rarity units, as well as having more pricey shards than the norm. Combined they make Gilgamesh an unfriendly unit for either new players and especially those not committed to spending.
Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
Gilgamesh appears in game as a summonable unit during War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius collab events, as his Winged One variant rather than his Frostlord alter-ego. He is a 5★ base rarity unit and can be upgraded to 7★ whose roles are Physical Damage, Magic Damage and Support.
Gilgamesh is a rather unique Hybrid unit in that he has separate Physical and Magic damage abilities rather than actual Hybrid Damage abilities. In fact, only his Limit Burst, Flash is Hybrid Damage. Gilgamesh is a Dual-Wield oriented unit that can be built for either form of damage, or both although the latter is unwise given the lack of Hybrid Damage in his arsenal. For Physical Damage he can chain with the Absolute Mirror of Equity chain family, while his Magic Damage chains with the Chaos Wave Awakened (Mystic Cross in the Japanese Version) chain family. Gilgamesh can imperil Ice resistance to enemies, as well as use Time Magic related abilities to fill the LB gauge. He can also use support abilities like the Sworn Eight of Paladia's signature Defensive Barrier or Healing Aura to restore HP/MP to the party.
His Trust Master Reward is the Helmet of the Sworn, which proves ATK/MAG +45 and DEF/SPR +25. His Super Trust Master Reward is the Wings that Transcend Time materia which provides a boost to ATK/MAG by 60% and Equipment ATK/MAG by 50%.
In Brave Exvius, his signature Excalibur, can be upgraded in Steel Castle Melfikya with an unique ability, Dimension Slicer which provides a boost of ATK/MAG by 40%.
Battle
Veritas of the Frost is fought as a boss during the second half of Gronoa. At 300,000 HP he has the highest HP value of the story bosses at the point he's fought. Frost uses Nonpareil and No Fear to increase his own stats and Frozen Hell to deal Ice Damage and debilitate the party's ATK/MAG.
Other appearances
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Etymology
Veritas is Latin for "truth".