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Mine is the power of darkness! Even the stars must bend to my will!
Emperor Xande
Xande is a villain in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, based on the boss from Final Fantasy III. He appears for the first time in patch 2.3 Defenders of Eorzea as the last boss of Syrcus Tower.
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Appearance
Xande has white hair, white pupiless eyes, and dark blue skin with golden yellow markings and red forearms. He appears with great muscle mass shown by his exposed upper body, he wears a blue cape, orange pants, an orange and blue sash wrapped around his waist with a demon shaped buckle at the top-center of it, and brown boots. During battle, the lines on his body glow blue, similar to Amon's outfit.
Compared to Yoshitaka Amano's design for the original Xande in Final Fantasy III, this version appears much more rugged and aged. His facial features are somewhat reminiscent of Highlander Hyurs and Roegadyn.
Personality
While he initially exhibits a very confident and assertive tone during battle, an Echo flashback from late in his reign shows he was pensive and brooding despite having finally conquered Meracydia. He confides to his soulless clone servants that the process of dying and being revived left him spiritually scarred, having realized his accomplishments in life is destined to fade away after death. This nihilistic view ultimately led to his decision to reduce the world to nothingness.
Story
Xande on his throne at the top of Syrcus Tower.
Xande was the founding emperor of the Allagan Empire who desired to expand his dominion prior to death. Though he conquered much of the known world, he could never bring Meracydia under Allagan dominion. Ages later, the current Emperor Amon used the technologies of his people to resurrect Xande within a clone body to restore their empire to its former glory. The reborn Emperor, seeking to fulfill his ambitions from his previous life, made a pact with the Voidsent of the World of Darkness. With this might, Xande's forces finally subjugated Meracydia while guidance from the Ascians allowed Xande to capture the dragons' Primal Bahamut and contained him within the space station Dalamud placed in orbit around the planet in order to collect solar energy.
However, Xande sees the pointlessness of existence and decides to establish the pact in a way that the Cloud of Darkness would wipe out all of Eorzea. As rebellion against his tyranny mounted, Xande ordered that Dalamud transmit all ofs energies to force the Voidgate open. Unable to hold the energy received, the Crystal Tower leaked it into the ground and causes a colossal earthquake that brought his empire to utter ruin and began the Fourth Umbral Era. Though the events of the Fourth Umbral Calamity buried Xande alive within the Crystal Tower, he returns after the Seventh Umbral Era unearths the Crystal Tower in response to Dalamud's descent. As part of the Crystal Tower story arc, the Adventurer leads a campaign to stop Xande and negate his pact with the World of Darkness.
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Emperor Xande is featured as the final boss of Syrcus Tower.
Musical themes
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"Tumbling Down" plays during the battle with Xande. It is a rearranged version of "Battle 2", the boss theme from Final Fantasy III.
Other appearances
Final Fantasy Trading Card Game
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Xande appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game with a Fire-elemental card.
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