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Man should fight for the joy of it. To live, to eat, to breed -- lesser beasts snap and howl at one another for this. Only man has the wisdom -- and the clarity -- to embrace violence for its own sake.
Zenos yae Galvus
Zenos yae Galvus is the main antagonist of the expansion Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood, and a major antagonist in Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers. He is a Legatus of the XIIth Imperial Legion and the son of emperor Varis zos Galvus. Although not officially revealed until FanFest 2016, his existence was alluded in the events of Patch 3.4 Soul Surrender.
Profile
Appearance
Zenos wears dark full plate armor and often appears behind a horned pale white mask. He incorporates some of Ala Mhigo's traditional outfit into his appearance, adorning his suit of armor with trial textile and a belt. Zenos is the second Garlean antagonist to go without his mask at times, the first being Nero tol Scaeva. He is a man in mid 20s with a youthful face, fair complexion and long golden hair.
His weapon of choice is the katana. He carries three in a "sword revolver," prominent throughout promotional materials. The revolver has been compared in appearance to a golf bag used to carry golf clubs, and even has a kickstand for when it is not in use.
Personality
Zenos is arrogant, selfish and callous. Having been raised as the heir apparent, he disregards the importance of human life. Drunk on power as the crown prince and viceroy of both Ala Mhigo and Doma, Zenos cares little for his job of governing the provinces.
Since Zenos never found challenge in battle, he treats his conquered subjects as prey to hunt and partakes in battles for the thrill of the kill. His purpose in war is to collect swords. Alphinaud admits Zenos is a peerless warrior and an accomplished general, the crushing of the Doman rebellion standing as proof of that. What Zenos loathes most is an opponent who does not provide enough "sport" in battle or cowards who flee.
Though Zenos views enemy and ally alike with contempt, he acknowledges the uses and strengths of his servants and allies. This includes Yotsuyu goe Brutus's hatred for her people to break the natives of Doma, Aulus mal Asina's scientific theory that would give Garleans the means to wield magicks, Fordola rem Lupis's desire to uplift her people to be accepted by the Garleans and to achieve the power to make all those who mocked her pay, and Asahi sas Brutus's zealous devotion to him. Nonetheless, despite most of them being loyal, they are expendable to Zenos.
Zenos searches for means to augment and improve his body, which already surpasses human limit due to experimentation conducted on him by the Garlean Empire. He defies Garlean doctrine and subdues the primal Shinryu for his own use, claiming to care little about his nation and its cowardly creeds regarding the eikons. Following the reclamation of his body from Elidibus and wounding his father, Zenos proclaims that he has no interest in ruling the Empire, his only goal is to hunt down the Warrior of Light.
Upon encountering the Warrior of Light, Zenos feels a connection for their progress in battle. He calls them as both his first "friend" and his enemy. This shows another side of Zenos, one that is lonely and possibly fatalistic. Having felt little value in the world outside of drowning in the power bestowed on him or the blood of his enemies, Zenos can find a kindred spirit in the one who can finally best him. His newly forged motivation to face the Warrior of Light drives him to remove all obstacles and distractions, his birthright of the throne being among them.
The only other time Zenos shows overt emotion is following the killing of his own father: euphoria over ridding himself of an obstacle in his pursuit of the hunt.
Story
Early life
Zenos decides to switch from using a gunblade to katana.
Zenos was brought up being taught all that an imperial heir was expected to learn, including book studies with tutors as well as combat. He spent little time with his father, Varis, and his mother sickened and died shortly after he was born. Varis and Zenos often went months without seeing one another, and to the youth his tutors and servants were little more than automatons. A bright but joyless child with little time or inclination for innocence or playfulness, Zenos was trained by an imperial swordsman in the way of the blade as part of his education.
According to Chronicles of Light, Zenos was tutored by a Ilsabardan swordsman, from whom he learned the Unyielding Blade technique. The swordsman actually sought the life of Zenos's father as his family was being held hostage to ensure he would train Zenos. Ultimately the swordsman attempted to kill the boy, and Zenos—using the Unyielding Blade technique along with a crystal to force himself to release aether to properly employ it—bested him and killed the man. This experience left the boy bleak, wishing for someone worthy of his mettle to come into his life.
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
During Gaius van Baelsar's time as imperial viceroy of Ala Mhigo, Zenos oversaw the subjugation of Doma. Zenos became its regent after using his stratagems to corner the Doman Liberation Front while personally killing its strongest member, developing an interest in foreign blades. He met Yotsuyu goe Brutus who would become his Doman viceroy. He was impressed with her bitterness in spite of traditions which limited her options to express it.
According to Chronicles of Light, the pair met while Yotsuyu was attempting to seduce him for secrets on his father's battle plans. These she would turn over to the then-viceroy of Doma. Zenos was unreceptive and instead uncovered her true feelings on Doma, and repelled an assassination attempt in the brothel. Shortly thereafter Garlemald crushed the Doman resistance under Lord Kaien, and Yotsuyu joined with Zenos.
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward
After Gaius's "demise" at the Praetorium, Zenos was named viceroy of Ala Mhigo and named his spy, Yotsuyu, as Doma's acting viceroy so that her hatred towards her own people can break them. Zenos learned of the Echo from Gaius's reports and recruited Aulus mal Asina whose theories of a means for Garleans to use magick like the other races intrigued him. During the (decoy) Griffin's speech to Ala Mhigan refugees at the Sunken Temple of Qarn, the firebrand describes Zenos as "a beast not a fraction as merciful" as Gaius.
A footsoldier approaches the viceroy on his throne in Ala Mhigo, informing that Baelsar's Wall has fallen to the Eorzean Alliance, asking whether they should divert some men to repairing the damage from the battle between Shinryu and Omega. The soldier retreats in fear when Zenos fails to reply.
Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood
Zenos on his throne in the Imperial headquarter in Ala Mhigo.
After being welcomed to Ala Mhigo Castle with the Garlean anthem played in his honor, Zenos learns of Grynewaht pyr Arvina's failure, which led to losing a new series of Magitek automatons in an ambush orchestrated by Raubahn Aldynn and the Ala Mhigan Resistance. Zenos requests Grynewaht's removal from his legion for cowardice while executing Grynewaht's commanding officer for his incompetence. He listens to the plan Fordola rem Lupis formulated to bypass the barriers concealing Rhalgr's Reach and slaughter the rebels. Zenos oversees the attack, overpowering Lyse Hext, critically wounding Y'shtola Rhul, and defeating the Warrior of Light with ease. Losing one of his swords while defeating the Warrior, Zenos leaves disappointed in his opponent as the Alliance arrives to aid the rebels.
Zenos with his new katana.
When word reaches Zenos of the Confederacy's attack on Isari, he travels to Doma Castle and receives the Kojin sword, Ame-no-Habakiri, which Yotsuyu took from the Red Kojin she had killed for abandoning their posts when they were needed in Isari. Zenos uses the blade to overpower the Warrior of Light and Yugiri Mistwalker when they attempt to assassinate him. Zenos discards his helmet upon finding it damaged by the Warrior. Sparing the Warrior in hopes of more pleasurable fight in the future, Zenos takes his leave after the amassed Namai villages, Alisaie Leveilleur, and Gosetsu Everfall stop him from killing Yugiri. Threatening Yotsuyu to not fail him again in subduing the rebels, Zenos returns to Ala Mhigo where he acquires Shinryu to ready himself for another battle with the Warrior of Light.
When news reaches Zenos of Doma's liberation, he kills the messenger while musing over his next fight with the Warrior of Light. Fordola arrives with Krile Mayer Baldesion as captive and Zenos awards her with one of his men's gunblades and sends her to Aulus. Following her loss of Castellum Velodyna (and unintentionally causing the summoning of the Ananta primal Lakshmi), expecting to be executed for her failure, Zenos instead spares Fordola when she admits she desires to grow stronger, and instead has Aulus turn her into a Resonant, a Garlean supersoldier imbued with an artificial version of the Echo.
Zenos' last moment.
When the Scions of the Seventh Dawn storm Castrum Abania, Fordola delivers Zenos's message for them to come to Ala Mhigo Castle for the "royal hunt" he readied for them. When the alliance storms Ala Mhigo Castle and the Warrior of Light reaches the Hall of the Griffin, Zenos engages the hero. Excited that the Warrior has met his expectations, Zenos takes the fight to the Royal Menagerie where he frees Shinryu and uses his Resonant powers to take control of the primal by merging onto its chest. After an epic battle in the sky, Shinryu is defeated and Zenos crashes into the menagerie. Elated over his defeat and of fulfilling the role he was raised to play, Zenos uses Ame-no-Habakiri to slit his own throat.
Elidibus posing as Zenos.
The Ascian Elidibus possesses Zenos's corpse, spreading the rumor that Zenos was only injured in the battle. He appears before Emperor Varis and proceeds to orchestrate numerous schemes from using Asahi and Yotsuyu to sabotage Varis's plans on establishing peace with Doma to commissioning the Black Rose for wartime use. When the siege of Ala Mhigo commences, Elidibus leads the army as Zenos.
Hien, Lyse, and Yugiri are sent to intercept Zenos after receiving word that he has been ambushing the resistance soldiers stationed on the front lines, but he easily overpowers them. The Warrior of Light kills him, but Zenos is immediately resurrected, as Ascians cannot die through conventional means. As he approaches the Warrior of Light, he or she loses consciousness due to being called from the First. As Elidibus raises Ame-no-Habakiri to deal the killing blow, Estinien Wyrmblood arrives and spirits the unconscious Warrior of Light away. Elidibus is forced to retreat as he is called back by Emperor Varis, following the offensives' losses and the spreading of rumors that Zenos is possessed by a dark spirit, leading to unrest in the Imperial Court.
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
Zenos possessing an Elezen body from the Ala Mhigan Resistance.
With the battle in Ala Mhigo having reached a stalemate, the real Zenos—having used his Resonant abilities to possess an Ala Mhigan soldier—arrives to reunite with his "first friend." Acknowledging that the Warrior of Light's hunt leads them elsewhere, Zenos proclaims that before they reunite, he will reclaim what is rightfully his: his body. Zenos kills and possesses the body of an imperial centurion, and begins to make his way to Garlemald.
Following the Warrior's victory over Emet-Selch in the First, the real Zenos arrives in the imperial palace in Garlemald, slaughtering his way to the throne room. Elidibus, sensing Emet-Selch's demise, abandons his vessel with Zenos regaining his body along with knowledge of the Ascians' agenda. Gaius and Estinien enter the throne room and witness Zenos murdering his father while explaining he has no intention of ascending the throne and only desires to get rid of those who would interfere in his hunt for the Warrior of Light. Zenos overpowers Gaius and Estinien before a detachment led by Annia and Julia quo Soranus reach the throne room, taking his leave as the Garleans assumed his opponents murdered Varis. As Zenos overlooks the chaos left in his wake in the form of another civil war, he is approached by a mysterious white-robed figure who offers his services while directing him to an ideal prey: the Ascians' primal Zodiark.
Zenos dreams of the Last Days of Amaurot.
At one moment, Zenos dreams of the end days of Amaurot and confesses to the white-robed figure he has had that same dream all his life. The enigmatic man suspects it may be the work of Emet-Selch, and starts to tell Zenos the story of the great sundering.
Zenos wakes up from his dream.
Gameplay
Zenos is depicted at level 70 in all encounters, even while the player is in lower 60s and otherwise fights enemies of similar level, emphasizing his role as an opponent for the Warrior of Light to reach and surpass in Stormblood.
Zenos is fought on four occasions, the first two as unwinnable battles demonstrating his might. He is the final opponent in the level 61 solo instance "In Crimson It Began," effortlessly swatting away the other Scions with the player character barely able to stand up to him before he decides they are unworthy opponents. During the level 64 instance "The Time between the Seconds," the player character duels him, but once Zenos draws the Ame-no-Habakiri he out-classes them.
He is encountered for the third time in Ala Mhigo as the final dungeon boss, where he can be defeated and forced to retreat. He then uses the power of the Resonant to fuse with Shinryu, and is fought as a trial boss, making him the final boss of Stormblood.
He is fought one final time in the level 70 instance "A Requiem for Heroes," the final quest of the patch content for Stormblood. He is first fought by the player controlling Hien through the role-play system, accompanied by Lyse and Yugiri, then immediately after he is fought by the Warrior of Light. As during this time he is possessed by Elidibus, he uses powerful magick in addition to his normal attacks.
Musical themes
Zenos's cutscene appearances are accompanied by "Meteor," a theme previously used for Nael van Darnus. His first battle is accompanied by "Wrath of the Eikons," a theme typically associated with Diabolos. His second battle is accompanied by "Bite of the Black Wolf," which has been used for other Legatus before. His final battle in Ala Mhigo has the "Triumph" theme, the default theme for dungeon final bosses in Stormblood.
Other appearances
Dissidia Final Fantasy NT
Zenos yae Galvus as he appears in Dissidia Final Fantasy NT.
Zenos yae Galvus is a playable character and a representative of Final Fantasy XIV. He is a warrior of Spiritus.
He was revealed during the Final Fantasy XIV Tokyo Fan Festival 2019. He was introduced in the March 26th update for the arcade version. The following month, he was added to the PlayStation 4 and Steam versions as a standalone DLC.
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Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood Collector's Edition package.
A Zenos figure is included in the Final Fantasy XIV Stormblood Collector's Edition package.
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