All men must serve, each in their own way.
Ser Vellguine
Ser Vellguine de Bourbagne is a non-playable character in Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward. He is the oldest and longest-serving member of the Heavens' Ward.
History[]
Early life[]
Known as the Unbreakable Stone Spear for his stern and solemn disposition, Ser Vellguine was the second hand to the former Very Reverened Archimandrite Ser Vaindreau de Rouchemande[2], and was expected to become the next archimandrite following his death. Believing himself to be better suited to his current position, he declined the archbishop's offer and recommended Ser Zephirin assume the role.[1][3]
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward[]
Ser Vellguine, alongside his fellow Heavens' Ward, joined Thordan VII in the Singularity Reactor, after the Warrior of Light defeated both Lahabrea and Igeyorhm. The knights transformed into the Knights of the Round and assisted King Thordan in combat against the Warrior.
Upon defeat, Vellguine and the other knights fell to the ground, and were encompassed in a swell of aetherical light.
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker[]
A man who had been recovering in Saint Vaindreau's Grace, a civilian hospital in the Firmament, succumbed to the corruption of dynamis between his aether, triggered by the coming Final Days.[4] The man, naming himself "Vaindreau", was an Allagan cloned body found within Azys Lla meant to be used to resummon King Thordan, but instead the souls of the Heavens' Ward awoke inside it. He claimed to be a member of the Heavens' Ward, though he could not remember exactly which soul in his thoughts was meant to be his. The hospital ward Loverick informed 'Vaindreau' of the death of the Heavens' Ward and Thordan VII, who in turn felt his purpose and place in the world null with no archbishop to protect. With their souls still tempered, Vaindreau escaped the hospital, wandering into the streets of Ishgard. He was noticed by Erenville right before his transformation into the blasphemy Profane Fafnir.
As the blasphemy, the souls of the Ward flew low over Ishgard, near the rooftops of the Vault, taking refuge near the crashed airship they had used to previously flee Azys Lla, the personal airship of Thordan VII before his death. Aymeric de Borel summoned Profane Fafnir to the Vault's summit, who used the archbishop's coronet to call forth "his knights". Aymeric, Artoirel de Fortemps, and the Warrior of Light fought the blasphemy to lay the memory and souls of Vellguine and his fellow knights to rest.
Characteristics[]
Appearance[]
Ser Vellguine is a Wildwood Elezen with short gray hair, a gray beard, and pale eyes. Though only thirty-eight, he wears his age on his face. He wears Ward Knight's attire, which is a form of pure white Adamantite armor with dark blue trimmings and bears his order's crest. In battle he wields The Destroyer's Stead, a long polearm with a steel axe head attacked to a fine spear. It is decorated with blue and gold accents.
Personality[]
He prefers to serve as the shadow of the Ward, observing Ishgard and its people with a quiet vigil. Content to remain elusive, he refrains from providing advice unless asked. He deeply respects Ser Zephirin. He is stern, solemn, and a patient man.
Gameplay[]
Ser Vellguine is fought as one of King Thordan's knights in 
The Singularity Reactor and 
Dragonsong's Reprise (Ultimate).
In Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood, Ser Vellguine is fought once more as a simulacrum of memory, alongside his fellow Heavens' Ward, in the Dark Knight level 70 duty 
Our Compromise.
In Endwalker, Ser Vellguine and his fellow knights' memories lay within the blasphemy Profane Fafnir, and is fought one final time in the Magical DPS level 90 duty Ever March Heavensward.
