For far, far too long have I waited for this rematch!
Yojimbo
Kugane Ohashi is a 
Trial from Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood. The party of eight players take on the sole boss Yojimbo, who reveals himself to have been Gilgamesh in disguise.
Kugane Ohashi is the first trial since The Steps of Faith in A Realm Reborn to not receive an Extreme mode.
Story[]
In the Far Eastern realm of Hingashi, in the pitch of night, perched atop a ship's mast, a warrior waits. In his hand, a sacred treasure, a sword without peer. Yet the enigmatic Yojimbo is a man with many secrets secreted within his many sleeves─all which he is prepared to bring to bear against his most fearsome and radiant foe...
In-game description
Progression[]
On the bridge is the mercenary for hire Yojimbo, ready to settle his rematch with the party.
- Inoshikacho- Yojimbo will summon blue butterflies on players positions and explode in a circular AoE.
- Metta-giri- Raid wide damage.
- Unveiling- Yojimbo will move to the center of the arena and enter a platform to change his appearance to Gilgamesh.
- Gekko- The party will each get a circular AoE, that will turn into Kasha, which will form a donut around where the initial AoE formed.
- Bitter End- Occasional tank buster.
- Tiny Song- Every party member will get a dark red marker on their head and will need to stand with at least one other player to avoid being turned tiny.
- Dragon Night- Gilgamesh will summon dragon heads that will move from one side of the arena to the other and give a vulnerabilty stack and at the end do raid wide damage.
Once Gilgamesh reaches a low percent he will disappear and a giant version of him will appear from the water with a giant Ame-no-Murakumo. Two forms of him called Embodiments will appear and Giga Jump on both tanks, they will use Gilgamesh's ability from the fight until defeated. They must be defeated before Gilgamesh's Divine Epicness meter fills or the party wipes.
Gilgamesh will return once again with a Giga Jump, and make electric orbs cover 95% of the arena that will explode and give a vulnerability stack.
- Enchain- Gilgamesh will enchain a few players, the chains must be defeated for them to be freed. The further away the enchained players are, the easier it is for them to be broken free.
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Etymology[]
Kugane (黄金?) refers to the metal gold (Au), money, or the color gold in Japanese. The kogane (こがね?) reading is the more common kun'yomi for this term, compared to kugane (くがね?) and kigane (きがね?).
Ōhashi (大橋?) means "big bridge" in Japanese, with the trial occurring on a large bridge in the city of Kugane, which serves as a hint towards Yojimbo's true identity.
Yōjinbō (用心棒?) means "bodyguard" in Japanese.
Gilgamesh is the main character of the Epic of Gilgamesh, an Akkadian poem considered the first great work of literature. He is a demigod with superhuman strength who builds the walls of Uruk to defend his people and travels to meet the sage Utnapishtim, a survivor of the Great Flood.
Gilgamesh is believed to have actually existed by many scholars. It is estimated he lived sometime between 2800 and 2500 BC. The Sumerian King List claims Gilgamesh ruled the city of Uruk for 126 years.
Gilgamesh in Final Fantasy is also based on Benkei, a famous character in the Japanese mythologies and chronicles of the Genpei War. A powerful warrior monk said to have personally defeated 200 men in every battle he engaged in and said to have had the strength of demons, Benkei's introduction sees him set out to collect 1,000 weapons, and to this end he posted himself at Gojō Bridge in Kyoto and challenged every warrior who attempted to cross. On his 1000th duel Benkei was defeated by Minamoto no Yoshitsune, the only defeat he had ever known, and became his faithful retainer throughout the rest of his life.
From the story of Benkei, Gilgamesh takes his preference for the naginata (Benkei's traditional weapon as a monk), his penchant for fighting on bridges, his collecting of weapons from enemies he defeats, and his friendship with the player's characters who defeat him. Benkei's devotion to Yoshitsune is the basis for Gilgamesh's association with Genji equipment—the Minamoto Clan is also called the Genji Clan, using the alternate pronunciation for the Chinese characters for mina and moto, gen and uji, respectively. Gilgamesh's face paint is based on traditional kabuki actors, for which Benkei is a popular character to portray.
