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Oblivion is an organization in Final Fantasy XIV, introduced in the expansion Dawntrail. They are a resistance organization formed in response to Alexandria's interdimensional fusion with the Source.
History[]
Oblivion was founded by Milallas Robor and Alayla after they defected from Preservation when they learned what the collective attempted to achieve by interdimensional fusion: to steal aether from the Source and other reflections in order to maintain and create more Endless, simulacrums of the deceased Alexandrians created from their memories. Robor and Alayla erased all knowledge about themselves, since Preservation was on their trail, as they had spirited away the key to interdimensional travel to the Source. Even the members of Oblivion didn't know their names.
Without its founders, Oblivion effectively ceased to exist until the First Promise of Tuliyollal, Zoraal Ja, stole the key and used it to enter the Ninth, becoming King of Resolve of Alexandria, he and the Queen of Reason, Endless Sphene, now had the means of initiating interdimensional fusion. They fused Everkeep and the nearby region with Yyasulani in Xak Tural. At some point after the event, Cahciua, who was among those trapped in the dome and died during the three decades of isolation and subsequently converted into an Endless, encountered a pair of drunken patrons who just finished a brawl with the Outrunner she uses to interact with Alexandria's living populace. Together she, along with the patrons Geode and Shale, discovered Oblivion's original headquarters in Solution Nine, the Backroom, and founded a new incarnation of the organization based on old documents found within. This Oblivion continued opposing Preservation like its predecessor, while also having a new goal of opposing Zoraal Ja. They mainly consisted of members who opposed the usage of soul regulators, instead favoring the natural way of life and not forgetting those who had passed away.
They could do nothing to prevent Zoraal Ja from invading his homeland, Tuliyollal. They eventually joined forces with the Vow of Resolve of Tuliyollal, Wuk Lamat, as well as the Warrior of Light and their companions from the Scions of the Seventh Dawn against Zoraal Ja.
In the following crises, including attacks on the citizenry by Alexandria's automaton army, Oblivion organised armed resistance and protected the people.
Etymology[]
Oblivion's name reflects the purpose for which both incarnations of the group were formed, to prevent interdimensional fusion, and later, to stop Zoraal Ja's ambitions for conquest.[1] Both outcomes led to "oblivion" for the world its members lived in. Oblivion's name also stands in opposition to Preservation, the scientific collective who succeeded in preserving Alexandria in the wake of calamity but engineered technology that would threaten the natural order and the other reflections.
Musical themes[]
"Tantalus's Theme (Dawntrail)" plays in Oblivion's hideouts, the Backroom and Earthen Sky. The track is a rearrangement of the Tantalus Theater Troupe's theme from Final Fantasy IX.
Citations[]
- ↑ Final Fantasy XIV, Main Scenario Quest
Gone and Forgotten