Anabaseios Twelfth Circle Theme "Athena, the Tireless One" - FFXIV OST 

"I may have gaslit gatekeeped girlbossed too close to the sun"

You cannot fix her

Athena: Out here living my best life Lahabrea: Eric is drowning Athena: This ain't about him

a friend of mine called this song "abusive mom breakcore" and now thats the only thing i can think of with this song.

She’s literally what Hermes sees in Ascians that he hates so much he got depressed.

I loved Eric's response to her calling him useless after the fight "And who was it that made me that way?"

Can't believe they made Lahabrea go insane because he didn't get rid of his abusive ex wife's stuff after breaking up

I love having an absolutely irredeemable villain every now and then.

I bet Eric's phone number in Athena's phone is under the contact name: 'Spare parts.'

The end of FF14: You can (not) fix her.

Not gonna lie, wasn't expecting this raid series to be a stealth sequel to the Ivalice Alliance raids

My man Laha is winning and losing at the same time.

Okay I'm not sad about Selene anymore. She can stay at the rave party whenever she wants. She's a free butterfly.

I love how both godhood seekers Hephaistos Phase 2 and Athena have trance themes to represent their mania.

Ultima by the Ultima Weapon - “Fuck, we need the Mother Crystal to shield us! It’s too powerful!” Ultima by Athena - “I can take this to the FACE.”

It's still really cool that Ultima is just a thing that you just shrug off in this fight.

Nice to see we keep up the tradition of the backing singers shouting PANDAEMONIUM

I like how much it's implied by her form and dialogue that the god she was trying to become was Ultima, from whom the Heart of Sabik probably spawned from

I can't help but hear athena say "My theory shall be proven as fucked" whenever she says the one line.

The fact that this is the month of Mother's day, a week after nonetheless.

McDonalds managers be like

"Never once were you truly alive" is now my favourite line from any FF14 track, both cause of the wording, the stiry implications, and the voice delivery.

What really impresses me about this is how none of the three themes jammed into here clash or contradict each other. It just flows from one to the other effortlessly (dare I say hypnotically which might’ve been the intention considering Athena) and makes it all sound like one coherent piece.

Love how at the end of ARR, Ultima is something Hydaelynn almost kills herself trying to protect us from. And in modern content we're taking an ultima every other fight without breaking a sweat. Crystal mom would be so proud of us.

0:00 - 1:16 = One Amongst The Weary (Pandae 9-10) 1:18 - 1:50 = Scream (Pandae 5-7) + Prelude 1:51 - 2:33 = Ancient Shackles (Pandae 1-3) 2:34 - 4:03 = Reprise of the above 4:04 - 4:32 = Hic Svnt Leones (Pandae 4) All through a Trance-Music like filter from White Stone Black (Pandae 8 Savage)

"And who was it that made me that way?" Erichthonios. Dude wasn't even part of the Convocation and he's already doing massive emotional damage that rivals even Emit himself. What a chad..Lahabrea should be proud.

athena is basically ultima 2.0 even her minds are color swaps of the blood angel from final fantasy tactics! the weird thing is she has multiple planets on her body, chest, halo, legs and maybe arms... she really wanted to be a god. crazy milf.

From the deepest pit of the seven hells to the pinnacle of the heavens, the world shall tremble!

Asphodelos -> Castlevania Abyssos -> Resident Evil Anabaseios -> Bayonetta

Athena: I will become a god! WoL: Oh cool, Godslaying? I haven't done that since, like last week. Do you reckon you can stamp my card first? Athena: a card? what are you talking about? WoL: its just in about 10 minutes you're not gonna be able to, and im pretty sure if i get enough stamps on my Frequent Godslaying Card™ someone will give me a glowing horse or somthing. Athena: ...

I apologize to everyone I spoiled with the thumbnail/title earlier. I didn't treat side story spoilers as sensitively as I would MSQ story spoilers, and that was purely my mistake. I'll be more careful with side story spoilers going forward. (I will also have an no-spoiler title/thumbnail for the Savage theme for at least the first week of that video)

The cutscene timing they pulled off when the song picked up was godlike.

Selene got remove be like: "i won't be denied, you were mine,a blind fool til the end"

Soul, laid bare Found, and Fair Every secret, every odyssey Answers Unfold, one with the Truth, Defined By Mine guiding Hand, Perfected It stands I won't be denied, You are Mine, you were blind, a fool, 'til the end, cast down forevermore I create, manipulate your kind in my image, My chosen Ones For You, the time has come, the sun is setting "Say goodnight, with each bite does your sanity die" "Sucking the life out, letting the dark Inside" "Say a prayer as the light leaves your eyes, your Gods can't hear you" Say goodnight, to weakness that you hide behind Leaving the lies, leaving the fear Inside "Never once were you truly Alive. So Scream all you like, no one can hear you" (Pandemonium) Pride, greed, in mud thrive these seeds Rotten and reeking the fruits of your making Testify Come take a bite Pride, greed, first we were warned Twisted and broken, and words left Unspoken Journey's End, as I Ascend! (Pandemonium) Here, I rise Clean, my cries Every moment, every sacrifice In Anabaseios, I am the Truth Defined By Mine guiding Hand, Perfected it stands I won't be denied, You are Mine, you were blind, a fool, 'til the end, cast down forevermore I create, manipulate your kind in My image, My chosen Ones For You, the time has come, the sun is setting "Say goodnight, with each bite does your sanity die" "Sucking the life out, letting the dark Inside" "Say a prayer as the light leaves your eyes, your Gods can't hear you" Say goodnight, to weakness that you hide behind Leaving the lies, leaving the fear Inside "Never once were you truly Alive. So Scream all you like, no one can hear you" "Dark horizons, boiling seas" "From the borders, Chaos bleeds" "Savage nobles, cultured thieves" "Here be lions, follow me" Pandemonium

I appreciate how this song gives Athena zero redeeming qualities.

Damn, can't believe we got Umineko music for the final boss of Pandy

Hey guys I found Selene! I think she’s not taking getting removed well at all.

You can try to fix her. But she'll break you first.

Endbopper just won't quit

athena's boss subtitle is theos, which straight up means god

Another 10/10 banger. FFxiv sound team does it again! They cannot be stopped.

WAIT HOLY SHIT SHE SAYS THE LINE LAHABREA SAYS WHEN HE UNLEASHES ULTIMA IN PRAETORIUM

Ultima in ARR: oh god oh god oh god. hydaelyn! give us your meatiest lb3!!!! Ultima in post-EW: I have stared the HEAT DEATH OF THE UNIVERSE GIVEN PHYSICAL FORM in the FACE and WON. I can tank your measly spell with my FINGER.

Such good music. I just finished this fight about half an hour ago.

(insert most enemies in ffxiv here): *something, something, be a god* WoL: aw shit, here we go again.

Normal: Newly born infantile goddess, her power not matured yet Savage: Ascended divinity, the full wrath of a goddess

Official lyrics, from the Growing Light booklet! Soul laid bare Foul and fair Every secret, every odyssey Answers unfold One with the truth, the divine By my guiding hand Perfected we stand I won't be denied You are mine, you are blind, a fool till the end Cast down forevermore I create, manipulate Your kind in my image, my chosen ones For you, the time has come The sun is setting Say goodnight With each bite does your sanity die Sucking the life out, letting the dark Inside Say a prayer as the light leaves your eyes Or scream all you like, your gods can't hear you Say goodnight To the weakness that you hide behind Believing the lies, feeding the fear Inside Never once were you truly alive So scream all you like, no one can hear you Pride, greed, in mud thrive these seeds Rotten and reeking the fruits of your making Testify Come take a bite Writhe, bleed, resist me no more Twisted and broken, farewells left unspoken Journey's end As I ascend Here I rise Claim my prize Every moment, every sacrifice In Anabaseios I am the truth, the divine By my guiding hand Perfected we stand I won't be denied You are mine, you are blind, a fool till the end Cast down forevermore I create, manipulate Your kind in my image, my chosen ones For you, the time has come The sun is setting Dark horizons, boiling seas (Pandemonium) From the borders chaos bleeds Savage nobles, cultured thieves (Pandemonium) Here be lions, follow me

6:09 I feel so seen by the melee running off and dying. I did that in my first run and I think just about every melee has.

This game just has the best songs

So the FF2 references were correct: - Hephaistos in P8 is the Emperor of Hell that Firion fights in Pandaemonium - Athena in P12 is the Emperor of Heaven that Minwu fights in Arubboth I. FUCKING. LOVE. IT

I felt my soul begin to ascend when Hic Svnt Leones began to play. MASTAHPEECE

wait Selene, we can talk about this, we can still glamour

Cheers for the quick uploads!

As a fan of the PULSE remixes, this was a treat to have

I want her to change forms in savage after adds AND in phase 2, then the true aizen reference will be complete

Asphedelous ended with a Gothic Horror boss, Abyssos with a body horror/mad science horror boss, and the Biblically Accurate Angels were terrifying to behold, I really hope P12S has her go full Eldritch Horror.

Not getting those wings for savage mount is a crime Yoshi-P

....I can fix her

Such a banger. And it has all those little details in it.

This patch was truly something special. Soken gave us a beautiful and epic FF4 medley AND a beautiful and epic Pandaemonium medley AND another remix of Flow. Such a legend

Getting mili vibes from the verse. Great stuff

A bit strange that Lahabrea somehow recovered the Heart of Sabik from Praetorium but didn't use it later, he kinda just carried it until he is killed and we just left the heart at the Aetherochemical Research Facility for whatever reason. Also it seems like Athena escaped sundering this way, it didn't explained how other 3 ancients did that though.

Already downloaded this ost to listen to on vacation 😊 thank you!

This fight, this raid, this theme.. its literally perfect, I adore it so much

Eric: "I'm useless :c" Athena: "Mwhehehe by design, so that you can't oppose me when you become my vessel. .U." Eric: "I know how to end this. I'M USELESS! >:D" Athena: "NO DON'T YOU'RE USELESS!! D8" lol

Amazing work as always, Uvi

The start of this when the song picks up got me absolutely hyped

the first seconds are just pure bliss.

Can’t wait to see what crazy shit they do for the extreme version of this fight. I’m not going to be able to clear it but I still want to see it

What I feel doesn't get enough credit is the whole stretch and fusion of Scream and Ancient Shackles, 1:18 to 2:34 or so. The changes already make each one sound amazing individually, but going from the newly frantic pace of Scream into the slow, lamenting-sounding wailing of Ancient Shackles is downright haunting. There's some weird-ass duality I get between the frantic parts being her insanity cracking through and the calmer points being the facade she puts out. But then I'm definitely reading too much into it, when it's just a damn fine mix.

God I love this version! Ur best dude!

I just love this intro man, feels like I'm in a rave!

I finally made it to this part. I need the orchestra roll for this track.

My guess at the lyrics! Soul laid bare Foul and fair Every secret, every oddysey Answers unfold, one with the true divine By my guiding hand, perfected they stand A lone beading eye, to remind You were blind, a fool 'til the end Cast down forevermore I create, manipulate your kind in my image My chosen ones, for you Your time has come, the sun is setting Say goodnight, with each bite does your sanity die Sucking the life out, letting the dark inside Say a prayer as the life leaves your eyes Or scream all you like, your gods can't hear you Say goodnight, to the weakness that you hide behind Leaving the lies, leaving the fear inside Never once were you truly alive So scream all you like, your god can hear you Pride, greed, in mud thrive these seeds Rotten and reeking, the fruits of your making Testify, come take a bite (Pandæmonium!) Pride, greed, thirsting for war Twisted and broken, and woes left unspoken Journey's end, as I ascend (Pandæmonium!) Here, I rise, clean my crimes Every moment, every sacrifice In Anabaseios, I am the truth defined By my guiding hand, perfected they stand A lone beading eye, to remind You were blind, a fool 'til the end Cast down forevermore I create, manipulate your kind in my image My chosen ones, for you The time has come, the sun is setting Say goodnight, with each bite does your sanity die Sucking the life out, letting the dark inside Say a prayer as the light leaves your eyes Or scream all you like, your gods can't hear you Say goodnight, to weakness that you hide behind Leaving the lies, leaving the fear inside Never once were you truly alive So scream all you like, your god can hear you Dark horizons, boiling seas From the borders chaos bleeds Savage nobles, cultered thieves Here be lions, follow me Pride, greed, in mud thrive these seeds Rotten and reeking, the fruits of your making Testify, come take a bite (Pandæmoniumm!) Pride, greed, thirsting for war Twisted and broken, and woes left unspoken Journey's end, as I ascend (Pandæmonium!)

Banger.

The delivery of this song is o fantastic

Bayonetta raid tier for real

It's been half a year and yet there's STILL NO OFFICIAL SUBTITLES.

I'm having having 'nam flashbacks to Airy from bravely default and I'm not too sure why (...besides the obvious)

This track is a style I usually don't enjoy very much, but OMG does this work well. Also, if you told me two weeks ago that a song which is calling back Hint Svnc Leones, Scream, Embers and White Stone Black would work, I would have called psychatric emergency. BUT IT DOES! IT FREAKING DOES!!!!!

I hear that faint "Pan-dæ-mo-ni-um!" at 1:47, and I'm here for it.

How does Soken keep getting away with this! ❤

white woman jumpscare raid

You see, Yoshida, you're not dealing with the average legendary composer anymore

Just been re queuing so i can vibe and go tryhard

No gods, no masters... mortals are stronger than you think.

Overall the music is fine, but 1:51 is pure gold

How do I get an absolutely batshit crazy GF like Athena?

When can I get the stepmania and ddr version seriously

Some say the whole story of pandaemonium raids are somewhat similar to evangelion and i kinda agree on that as Themis is exact homage to the anime.

Ok. My favorite song in ff14 keeps updating endlessly.

Kill La Kill meets Bayonetta. Sawano music in XIV when?

that's some 80s europop right there

Why does this music style remind me so hard to the Nier series?

MY WIFE IS PERFECT IN EVERY WAY

Surely I cannot be the only one who think this sounds like something from dot hack series.

Didn't even do this fight, but holy shit this music is awesome!

Biggest Uvi fan ❤︎❤︎❤︎❤︎

Ragyo, Aesir and Singularity vibes

To be fair to Athena despite all the funny bullying, the Ultima Weapon in Praetorium cast Ultima with a really charged up Heart of Sabik. Lahabrea's dialogue suggests it hadn't been used since the Allagan era or earlier. That auracite has been stocking up on aether for maybe a few thousand years? Meanwhile Athena's got it after it's only recharged for a like year or two since ARR.