There had been another Elidibus. He lived the life of Elliot Stiller. As 'The Lightwarrior'. That man had sought to protect the city and be the savior of all, most particularly of the small family. And he had turned particularly harsh and unyielding in the face of the Voidtrecker threat. Here he was needed and had purpose. Duty. He would not be alone.
But as the city began to crumble and nightmarish beasts emerged, there was no longer any power which could keep him locked within the false past. This was so markedly similar to the memories of his own world's Final Days; an event so profound that it still impacts the fragments of his peoples' souls thousands upon thousands of years later. There was no rain of fire, but in this case, that detail did not matter.
He was Elidibus again. He remembered who he was as Elliot and who he was truly supposed to be. But amidst the chaotic moments of this world's ending, where he might once have lingered and retaliated for the sheer audacity of this entity's efforts of imprisoning one such as him, the Ascian instead had looked about him. Had listened to the pain and desperation. Elidibus found himself unable to remain angered or offended. So he sought to let the thing behind this whole terrible cage simply be as he sought his own means to escape. Though he was more certainly done being 'Elliot Stiller'.
A figure wearing a mask of red and a hooded robe of white with purple and golden embellishment would be witnessed arriving in the park with a small group of young people. Children mostly, teens and maybe one or two adults. Whether it was lingering attachment to the memories this place supplied or some part of him who could not abandon people in need is certainly in question. Maybe it was simply a small revenge against the entity that he could not quite set aside for all the Ascian no longer thought of direct confrontation. The important thing is that by his efforts and protection through the conflict, a group of people would be able to return home. They are sent in smaller groups to the various Voidtrecker anchors in a way that would not overburden any one individual. And once they are sent on their way, Elidibus turns toward the Darkness.
He'd not sent any of the people he'd rescued there, but it bore a certain level of familiarity. And so he himself headed toward it. Where the outfit and appearance might not have been familiar to Xehanort, perhaps his voice is.
That, and the darkness surrounding the Ascian. Virtually identical in fact.
"How curious." The intensity and strength of the Darkness there, ever growing in strength it seems. "And you are still able to bear the burden of sending one home?"
Spoilers for FFXIV Shadowbringers Within!
But as the city began to crumble and nightmarish beasts emerged, there was no longer any power which could keep him locked within the false past. This was so markedly similar to the memories of his own world's Final Days; an event so profound that it still impacts the fragments of his peoples' souls thousands upon thousands of years later. There was no rain of fire, but in this case, that detail did not matter.
He was Elidibus again. He remembered who he was as Elliot and who he was truly supposed to be. But amidst the chaotic moments of this world's ending, where he might once have lingered and retaliated for the sheer audacity of this entity's efforts of imprisoning one such as him, the Ascian instead had looked about him. Had listened to the pain and desperation. Elidibus found himself unable to remain angered or offended. So he sought to let the thing behind this whole terrible cage simply be as he sought his own means to escape. Though he was more certainly done being 'Elliot Stiller'.
A figure wearing a mask of red and a hooded robe of white with purple and golden embellishment would be witnessed arriving in the park with a small group of young people. Children mostly, teens and maybe one or two adults. Whether it was lingering attachment to the memories this place supplied or some part of him who could not abandon people in need is certainly in question. Maybe it was simply a small revenge against the entity that he could not quite set aside for all the Ascian no longer thought of direct confrontation. The important thing is that by his efforts and protection through the conflict, a group of people would be able to return home. They are sent in smaller groups to the various Voidtrecker anchors in a way that would not overburden any one individual. And once they are sent on their way, Elidibus turns toward the Darkness.
He'd not sent any of the people he'd rescued there, but it bore a certain level of familiarity. And so he himself headed toward it. Where the outfit and appearance might not have been familiar to Xehanort, perhaps his voice is.
That, and the darkness surrounding the Ascian. Virtually identical in fact.
"How curious." The intensity and strength of the Darkness there, ever growing in strength it seems. "And you are still able to bear the burden of sending one home?"