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Good King Moggle Mog XII is a primal in the form of a moogle that appeared in the legacy Final Fantasy XIV and now appears in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn.

Story

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Moogles originated in the Churning Mists and were loyal servants of the gods. Due to a war, the moogle king led his subjects to the realm of mortals in secret to live a life of peace. The moogles found the distance to the land below too great for their wings, and thus the journey would be made by rope, the longest ever woven. The king grasped onto one end of this lifeline as his subjects, one after the next, half clambered, half slid their way to the Promised Land, except for Good King Moggle Mog XII who had not the means to lower himself. Mourning their lost king and touched by his sacrifice, the moogles have since abstained from naming a successor and revere his name—though, in truth, some moogles remained in the Churning Mists while the ones that escaped made their home in Gridania.

Ages later, at the dusk of the Sixth Astral Era and again during the Seventh Umbral, the Mooglesguard of the Twelveswood, the sworn defenders of mooglekind, grow worried about the threats to the forest and feel compelled to bring Moggle Mog to Eorzea via a ritual taught to them by the kind masked stranger who approached them. Many note, however, that this shouldn't be possible as Moggle Mog is believed to be a legend. What the Mooglesguard had summoned is revealed to be their desire for Moggle Mog to be real given physical form.

While moogle legends describe Moggle Mog as a kind, benevolent presence, the primal summoned by Mooglesguard is driven by the need to feast on ever-greater amounts of aether along with a large following to further solidify his being. Thus the adventurer and company defeat Moogle Mog on two separate occasions before he does irreparable damage, not just to the other citizens of the Twelveswood, but to the moogles themselves.

Rather than recognizing their folly in summoning the king, the Mooglesguard are filled with anger and summon him forth once more. More powerful than his previous incarnation, it assumes the title of Great King Moggle Mog XII. Despite his increase in power, the adventurer defeats both the King and the Mooglesguard yet again.

Spoilers end here.

Gameplay

Main article: Thornmarch

Good King Moggle Mog XII is fought as a boss during which he is aided by a zealous band of moogle warriors.

Musical themes

"Good King Moggle Mog XII"

Main article: Moogle Theme § Final Fantasy XIV

Good King Moggle Mog XII's eponymous theme plays during the battle against him. It is a remix of the traditional Moogle Theme, albeit more spooky in nature. It resembles "This Is Halloween", the opening theme to The Nightmare Before Christmas, written by Danny Elfman.

Other appearances

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game

Good King Moggle Mog XII appears as an Ice-elemental card.

Triple Triad (Portal App)

Good King Moggle Mog XII appears on a Triple Triad card.

Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances

Guardian Cross

Long believed to be a myth, this moogle king has now descended to Eorzea.
Description

Good King Moggle Mog XII appears as a card on the mobile card game Guardian Cross.

Gallery

Trivia

While most moogles in the franchise have names derived from moogle or mog (i.e. Montblanc, Mogsy, Moguel) with the exceptions of Stiltzkin and Artemicion, the moogles fought in the Good King Moggle Mog XII battle have names derived from "Kupo", the moogle's trademark noise (i.e. Pukna Pako, Kupli Kipp, Kupti Koop). This naming convention was previously used in the SNES translation of Final Fantasy VI, for the names of the Ten Moogles, with the exception of Mog.
The lyrics to the song in Phase 2 (Post-Memento-Moogle) describe the moogles in the fight (including the king) and their personalities/specialities. Players assume the moogles are either introducing each other or themselves, but nothing in the lyrics confirms this. It is possible the lyrics were written as a mnemonic device for players.
During development and in legacy Final Fantasy XIV, there was confusion over whether Moggle Mog was a "true" primal—including contradictory statements from the development team at differing times. Amusingly, this has been transferred to the canon itself, as a significant part of the A Realm Reborn Moggle Mog questline involves puzzling over the nature of the being the Mooglesguard have summoned.

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+'''Good King Moggle Mog XII''' is a [[primal]] in the form of a [[Moogle (race)|moogle]] that appeared in the legacy ''[[Final Fantasy XIV/Legacy|Final Fantasy XIV]]'' and now appears in ''[[Final Fantasy XIV|Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn]]''.
 ==Story==
 {{spoiler}}
+Moogles originated in the [[Churning Mists]] and were loyal servants of the gods. Due to a war, the moogle king led his subjects to the realm of mortals in secret to live a life of peace. The moogles found the distance to the land below too great for their wings, and thus the journey would be made by rope, the longest ever woven. The king grasped onto one end of this lifeline as his subjects, one after the next, half clambered, half slid their way to the Promised Land, except for Good King Moggle Mog XII who had not the means to lower himself. Mourning their lost king and touched by his sacrifice, the moogles have since abstained from naming a successor and revere his name—though, in truth, some moogles remained in the Churning Mists while the ones that escaped made their home in [[Gridania]].
-Legend holds that, in a time long forgotten, moogle-kind abided in the heavens as loyal servants of the gods. However, due to a terrible war that erupted, the moogle king decided to lead his subjects to the realm of mortals in secret, to have a life of peace.
+Ages later, at the dusk of the Sixth Astral Era and again during the [[Seventh Umbral Era|Seventh Umbral]], the Mooglesguard of the Twelveswood, the sworn defenders of mooglekind, grow worried about the threats to the forest and feel compelled to bring Moggle Mog to [[Eorzea]] via a ritual taught to them by the kind [[Ascian|masked stranger]] who approached them. Many note, however, that this shouldn't be possible as Moggle Mog is believed to be a legend. What the Mooglesguard had summoned is revealed to be their desire for Moggle Mog to be real given physical form.
-Soon, the moogles discovered that the distance to the land below was too great for their wings, and it was decided that the journey would be made by rope, the longest that has ever been woven. Thus, the king grasped onto one end of this lifeline as his subjects, one after the next, half clambered, half slid their way to the Promised Land, except for Good King Moggle Mog XII, who had not the means to lower himself.
+While moogle legends describe Moggle Mog as a kind, benevolent presence, the primal summoned by Mooglesguard is driven by the need to feast on ever-greater amounts of [[aether]] along with a large following to further solidify his being. Thus the [[Warrior of Light (Final Fantasy XIV)|adventurer]] and company defeat Moogle Mog on two separate occasions before he does irreparable damage, not just to the other citizens of the Twelveswood, but to the moogles themselves.
-Mourning their lost king and touched by his sacrifice, the moogles have since abstained from naming a successor to the crown, and have forever revered his name - though, in truth, the moogles have been in Eorzea for so long that Moggle Mog is really little more than a legend.
+Rather than recognizing their folly in summoning the king, the Mooglesguard are filled with anger and summon him forth once more. More powerful than his previous incarnation, it assumes the title of Great King Moggle Mog XII. Despite his increase in power, the adventurer defeats both the King and the Mooglesguard yet again.
-Ages later, at the dusk of the Sixth Astral Era and again during the Seventh Umbral, the Mooglesguard of the Twelveswood, the sworn defenders of mooglekind, grew worried enough about the threats to the Twelveswood and the moogles that they felt compelled to try and bring Moggle Mog to Eorzea at last - using the ritual taught to them by [[Ascian|the kind masked stranger]] who approached them. As many note, however, this shouldn't even be possible - Moggle Mog is not a Primal in the truest sense. What the Mooglesguard has summoned seems to be some kind of "manifested wish"; the Mooglesguard so desired that Moggle Mog be real, and provided enough aetheric crystals, that something resembling the Moggle Mog of their desires manifested.
-Unfortunately, while moogle legends describe Moggle Mog as a kind, benevolent presence, and while the Mooglesguard summoned him with the very best of intentions, ultimately once in Eorzea the thing claiming to be Moggle Mog is driven, whatever he/it may actually be, by the same urges that all terrestrially-summoned [[Primal]]s are - to collect and feast on ever-greater amounts of Aether, and to gain more and more worshipers to further solidify his being (which leads to multiple moogles commenting on his behavior being out-of-character compared to legend). This necessitated, in "Legacy" ''XIV'', and again in ''A Realm Reborn'', the intervention of the Circle of Knowing/the Scions of the Seventh Dawn and the player characters, to put down the rampaging god-moogle before he did irreparable damage - not just to the other citizens of the Twelveswood, but to the moogles themselves.
 {{endspoiler}}
-==Battle==
+==Gameplay==
-{{Main|Good King Moggle Mog XII (Boss)}}
+{{Main|Thornmarch}}
-Good King Moggle Mog XII is fought as a boss. During battle, he is aided by a zealous band of moogle warriors.
+Good King Moggle Mog XII is fought as a boss during which he is aided by a zealous band of moogle warriors.
-==Music==
+==Musical themes==
+{{audio|filename=FFXIV Moogle Theme.ogg|title="Good King Moggle Mog XII"}}
 {{Main|Moogle Theme#Final Fantasy XIV}}
-Good King Moggle Mog XII's eponymous theme plays during the battle against him. It is a remix of the traditional Moogle Theme, albeit more spooky in nature. It resembles "This Is Halloween", the opening theme to ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'', written by Danny Elfman.
+Good King Moggle Mog XII's eponymous theme plays during the battle against him. It is a remix of the traditional Moogle Theme, albeit more spooky in nature. It resembles "[[wikipedia:This Is Halloween|This Is Halloween]]", the opening theme to ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'', written by Danny Elfman.
+{{clear}}
+==Other appearances==
-==Non-Final Fantasy Appearances==
-===''Guardian Cross''===
+===''[[Final Fantasy Trading Card Game]]''===
+[[File:GoodKingMoggleMogXII TCG.png|right|100px]]
+Good King Moggle Mog XII appears as an Ice-elemental card.
+{{clear}}
+===''[[Triple Triad (Portal App)]]''===
+[[File:388a Good King Moggle Mog XII.png|right|100px]]
+Good King Moggle Mog XII appears on a [[Triple Triad (Portal App)|Triple Triad]] card.
+{{clear}}
+==Non-''Final Fantasy'' guest appearances==
+===''[[Guardian Cross]]''===
 [[File:Guardian Cross Good King Moggle Mog XII Card.png|right|100px|thumb|Guardian Cross card.]]
-{{Q|Long believed to be a myth, this moogle king has now descended to Eorzea.|Description}}
+{{Quote|Long believed to be a myth, this moogle king has now descended to Eorzea.|Description}}
 Good King Moggle Mog XII appears as a card on the mobile card game Guardian Cross.
-{{-}}
+{{clear}}
 ==Gallery==
+<gallery>
-{{Gallery
-|File:FFXIV King Moogle Artwork.png|Artwork of Good King Moggle Mog XII.
+FFXIV King Moogle Artwork.png|Artwork of Good King Moggle Mog XII.
-|File:FFXIV KingMoggleMog.png| Good King Moggle Mog XII's render.
+FFXIV KingMoggleMog.png|Good King Moggle Mog XII's render.
-|File:Guardian Cross Good King Moggle Mog XII Full.png|Full version of Good King Moggle Mog XII's card in ''[[Guardian Cross]]''.
+Guardian Cross Good King Moggle Mog XII Full.png|Full version of Good King Moggle Mog XII's card in ''Guardian Cross''.
+</gallery>
-}}
 ==Trivia==
-*While most moogles in the franchise have names derived from moogle or mog (i.e. Montblanc, Mogsy, Moguel) with the exceptions of [[Stiltzkin]] and [[Artemicion]], the moogles fought in the Good King Moggle Mog XII battle have names derived from "Kupo", the moogle's trademark noise (i.e. Pukna Pako, Kupli Kipp, Kupti Koop). This naming convention was previously used in the SNES translation of ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', for the names of the [[Ten Moogles]], with the exception of Mog.
+*While most moogles in the franchise have names derived from moogle or mog (i.e. [[Montblanc]], Mogsy, Moguel) with the exceptions of [[Stiltzkin]] and [[Artemicion]], the moogles fought in the Good King Moggle Mog XII battle have names derived from "[[Kupo (term)|Kupo]]", the moogle's trademark noise (i.e. Pukna Pako, Kupli Kipp, Kupti Koop). This naming convention was previously used in the SNES translation of ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', for the names of the [[Ten Moogles]], with the exception of [[Mog (Final Fantasy VI)|Mog]].
-*The lyrics to the song in Phase 2 (Post-Memento-Moogle) describe the moogles in the fight (including the king) and their personalities/specialties. Players assume the moogles are either introducing each other or themselves, but nothing in the lyrics confirms this. It is possible the lyrics were written as a mnemonic device for players.
+*The lyrics to the song in Phase 2 (Post-Memento-Moogle) describe the moogles in the fight (including the king) and their personalities/specialities. Players assume the moogles are either introducing each other or themselves, but nothing in the lyrics confirms this. It is possible the lyrics were written as a mnemonic device for players.
-*During development and in Legacy ''XIV'', there was confusion over whether Moggle Mog was a "true" Primal - including contradictory statements from the development team at differing times. The confusion, amusingly, has been transferred to the canon itself, as a significant part of the ''Realm Reborn'' Moggle Mog questline involves puzzling over the nature of the being the Mooglesguard have summoned.
+*During development and in legacy ''Final Fantasy XIV'', there was confusion over whether Moggle Mog was a "true" primal—including contradictory statements from the development team at differing times. Amusingly, this has been transferred to the canon itself, as a significant part of the ''A Realm Reborn'' Moggle Mog questline involves puzzling over the nature of the being the Mooglesguard have summoned.
-{{FFXIV}}
+{{navbox characters FFXIV}}
 [[Category:Moogles]]
-[[Category:Final Fantasy XIV Characters]]
+[[Category:Characters in Final Fantasy XIV]]
+[[Category:Primals in Final Fantasy XIV]]