"Vermilion Fire" (朱雀の炎, Suzaku no Honō?, lit. Vermilion Bird's Fire) is the final boss theme of Final Fantasy Type-0. It was composed by Takeharu Ishimoto and arranged by Kentaro Sato, with the lyrics written by Team Zero and translated into Latin by Dr. Robert Zaslavsky.
It is an orchestral theme with a Latin chorus mixed with the tunes from the main theme of the game, "The Beginning of the End".
Lyrics[]
No official lyrics for "Vermilion Fire" were released but it shares some of the lyrics from "The Beginning of the End".
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Game appearances[]
Final Fantasy Type-0[]
"Vermilion Fire" is played during the final battle against the Rursan Arbiter.
Various tracks of the game are incorporated into the piece; "Tempus Finis" (0:00), "Rem Tokimiya" (0:30), "Wings of Fire" (0:54), "Machina Kunagiri" (1:19), and "The Beginning of the End" (1:42).
The theme appears on Final Fantasy Type-0: Original Soundtrack, Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Composer Selections Soundtrack, The Best of Final Fantasy Type-0 HD & Final Fantasy Agito, and Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Original Soundtrack.
Final Fantasy XV[]
"Vermilion Fire" is the seventh track of Memories of FF TYPE-0, purchasable from Altissia for 1000 gil. It can be played in the music player.
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT[]
"Vermilion Fire" was a reward from winning “Battle of the Gods – Act 1” (Oct. 2016).
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call[]
"Vermilion Fire" appears as a Battle Music Sequence for Final Fantasy Type-0.
Etymology[]
Vermilion Bird is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. According to Wu Xing, the Taoist five-elemental system, it represents the fire-element, the direction south, and the season summer, correspondingly. Thus it is sometimes called the Vermilion Bird of the South.
TheIt is known as Zhuque (Joo-choo-eh) in Chinese, Suzaku in Japanese, Jujak in Korean, and Chu Tước in Vietnamese. It is described as a red bird that resembles a pheasant (also dubbed as either a sparrow or a peafowl) with a five-colored plumage and is perpetually covered in flames, though it is not to be confused for a phoenix.
Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.