FFXI – Part 63: One to Be Feared

Summary: Battle in the sky. Omega. Ultima. Face-off with Bahamut. My certainty around the Keeper’s identity is erased.

Note: I'll be on vacation until Sunday, May 7th, so the next post will likely be up on Monday, May 8th. Have a great week y'all! :)

FFXI – Part 62: Break the Cycle

Summary: A save from the Tarutaru. Esha’ntarl’s plans revealed. Preparing to resurrect the Twilight God.

FFXI – Part 61: Moblin Legends

Summary: Competing goblin legends of Promathia and “the iron giant.” Putting the pieces together in Jeuno. Keeper of the Apocalypse revealed.

FFXI – Part 60: A Century of Hardship

Summary: Sir Louverance’s search for Al’Taieu. Movalpolos, the Moblin city. Jabbos, the Galka living among Moblins.

FFXI – Part 59: Wolf’s Eye View

Summary: Fenrir, the final terrestrial avatar. A glimpse of the past. A new most likely Keeper of the Apocalypse. The hunt begins for Al’Taieu.

FFXI – Part 58: Rise of the Zilart 2: Rise Harder

Summary: Wolfgang’s choice. The cause of the Emptiness. Nag’molada’s goal and philosophy. Tenzen’s doubt.

FFXI – Part 57: Bringer of Rainbows

Summary: Tenzen and I seek help from the terrestrial avatar, Carbuncle. Regrouping in Jeuno with the Duke Vicarious.

FFXI – Part 56: Heel Turn

Summary: A sleeping, evil god. Magicite that drove the expedition 30 years ago to destruction is rediscovered. Prishe treats it like an old friend.

FFXI – Part 55: Rough Kitties

Summary: Ulmia and I try to find Prishe. Some Mithran trackers get in our way. Ominous black magicite embedded within Prishe’s chest.

FFXI – Part 54: Rock and a Hard Place

Summary: Regrouping in the Emptiness. Diabolos fills in some blanks. Selh’teus’s goal. An apocalyptic dilemma.

FFXI – Part 53: Whisper of the Soul

Summary: The Pale Kid gets a name: Selh’teus. The ancient conflict between Zilart and Kuluu carries on today.

Note: this session had a whole ton of plot dropped on me that I had trouble processing as it came. I went over it again, and a lot of my “later edit” notes are reviewing the dialogue and plot, trying to make sense of things.

FFXI – Part 52: The Fourth Mothercrystal

Summary: The party of Prishe, Ulmia, Tenzen, Sir Louverance, and Detolilla sets out for the fourth mothercrystal beneath Pso’Xja. 

FFXI – Part 51: Communion

Summary: Prishe communicates with a statue of Promathia, gaining visions of the past.

FFXI – Part 50: Wyrmking

Summary: Bahamut’s plans revealed. Nag’molada against the Pale Kid. Prishe’s terrifying mission.

FFXI – Part 49: Abhorrent

Summary: The relentless goodness of Prishe shines through. Ulmia believes in her, and so do I.

FFXI – Part 48: Dream Weaver

Summary: Into the Shrouded Maw beneath Pso’Xja to meet Diabolos, Ruler of Dreams.

FFXI – Part 47: The Trouble with Tarutarus

Summary: Solving mystery of the Tarutaru Trio’s father. Nag’molada’s plans move forward. Prishe falls ill. Cardinal Mildaurion’s identity revealed (maybe).

FFXI – Part 46: Are You My Daddy?

Summary: The San d’Orian side of the Northlands Expedition. The Tarutaru triplets search for their father in Windurst.

FFXI – Part 45: Schism

Summary: Tenzen meets Iroha. Soul of the Phoenix. Religious differences about the Gates of Paradise. The mystery of Prishe.

FFXI – Part 44: Meet the New Boss

Summary: Samurai unlock. Archduke Kam’lanaut’s replacement holds palaver with Tenzen about the coming Emptiness. The Keeper of the Apocalypse.

FFXI – Part 43: Lay of the Immortals

Summary: The plot twists into knots and I struggle to keep up. Prishe is the literal best, Nag’molada is confusing, and Bahamut is awe-inspiring.

FFXI – Part 42: Prishe

Summary: A bunch of stuff happens with a minotaur and mischievous Tarutaru, but who cares because PRISHE.

FFXI – Part 41: Mindscape

Summary: Diving hard into the second expansion. The Pale Boy seems to bring darkness to the crystals. I have a hard time telling friend from foe. The abstract land of Promyvion.

FFXI – Part 40: Notion of a Nation

Summary: The conclusion to the Bastok storyline. An imperfect city, slowly finding its way.

FFXI – Part 39: Refugees

Summary: The history of the Galka. Anger boils over in the city before the new child Talekeeper reveals himself.

FFXI – Part 38: Volto Oscuro

Summary: Rhapsodies progress. Siren, the masked man, Tenzen, and Iroha. Limit break to 99. A frustrating weapon skill quest.