"Hic Svnt Leones" (此処に獅子あり ~万魔殿パンデモニウム:辺獄編~, Koko ni Shishi ari ~Banmaden Pandemoniumu: Hengokuhen~?, lit. Here be Lions ~All Demons Palace Pandæmonium: Limbo~) is the boss theme of Asphodelos: The Fourth Circle, the final raid encounter in the first raid tier in pandaemonium, introduced in Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker.
It was composed and arranged by Masayoshi Soken with lyrics written by Michael-Christopher Koji Fox. The vocals were provided by both Fox and Soken.
Game appearances[]
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker[]
"Hic Svnt Leones" plays during the final encounter against Hesperos in Asphodelos, the first raid tier in Pandæmonium.
It is the 62nd track of the Endwalker: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.
Two arrangements also by Soken appear in Pandæmonium. "Where Dæmons Abide" plays as the field theme and "Ancient Shackles" plays as the boss theme for the first three raids in Asphodelos. They are the 60th and 61st tracks on the soundtrack.
Lyrics[]
The official lyrics were released in the Endwalker: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack liner notes.
- English
- Wild shrieks knife through the deep
- Natureless creatures perverted and evil
- From foul nests rise
- A vermin tide
- Teeth bared, clawing the air
- Sin wrapped in sinew the rats do not fear you
- In slaughter's keep
- The piper weeps
- Jaws slack, mark on your back
- Here in the valley your Death casts no shadow
- Seal this fate
- Come storm the gate
- Laid bare
- Picked clean
- Bred deep
- In the bones that feed the menagerie
- Burns hot
- Burns brief
- All hope
- Till there's nothing left but ash
- Dark horizons, boiling seas
- (Pandemonium)
- From the borders chaos bleeds
- Savage nobles, cultured thieves
- (Pandemonium)
- Here be lions, follow me
- Dig in, pull back the skin
- See what's inside you, the sickness that drives you
- Beating black
- Demoniac
- Pride, greed, in mud thrive these seeds
- Rotten and reeking the fruits of your making
- Testify
- Come take a bite
- Bite down, blood in the cut
- Choking on life as your light's slowly swallowed
- Fade away
- Or join the fray
- Laid bare
- Picked clean
- Bred deep
- In the bones that feed your insanity
- Unwind
- Unfold
- Your mind
- Till it shatters just like glass
- Dark horizons, boiling seas
- (Pandemonium)
- From the borders chaos bleeds
- Savage nobles, cultured thieves
- (Pandemonium)
- Here be lions, follow me
Arrangement album appearances[]
The Primals: Beyond the Shadow[]
An arrangement of "Hic Svnt Leones" by GUNN appears in the Primals' fourth album.
Etymology[]
Latin phrase used in medieval cartography to denote uncharted territories. HIC SVNT DRACONES ("here be dragons") is an anachronistic variation made popular in the 20th century.
HIC SVNT LEONES, meaning "here be lions", was a