Dion Lesage Story Explained | Final Fantasy XVI Lore 

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If there was to be a post-game DLC or sequel, I would like to find out that Dion survived and took the throne of the empire. There is a lot to explore further since the world needs to rebuild. FF16 is an extremely somber and sorrowful game, so a sequel story about rebuilding and redemption could bring some much needed hope.

Really like that you mentioned that line Clive says about not wanting to wake up. Probably one of my favs too. Really makes you feel for Dion. Life has become a waking nightmare

I do feel really sorry for Dion. He is a tragic character and his tragedy was never of his own fault. He was just a good man working within a corrupt system. Without all the political machinations that held him back, he would have been a great emperor and probably would have tried to bring peace.

I really enjoyed this video! The words "My prince." will absolutely be seared into my soul. SO much was said in those two words alone in that scene.

We love Dion in this house 🥹💕

I like this analysis. I agree that I think a big part of what makes Dion work is that while he doesn't have a huge role in the game, he feels like he's there exactly as much as he needs to be. His character arc feels complete, even if it isn't a happy one. Yet, there's enough room for speculation and I liked him well enough that I would be open to seeing more of him. I've mentioned that one of my personal gripes with FFXVI is how I feel the central role of Clive somewhat limits the ability of other characters to reach their full potential, but I don't believe that issue extends to Dion. While there is quite an apparent parallel with Clive in terms of their story arcs, Dion very much comes across as a character who exists for his own sake and is not held back by the need to fulfill a certain role in Clive's life/arc. His tragic story is entirely his own, and rather than appearing in the story for the purpose of having some profound impact on the protagonist or simply being an obstacle to overcome, he's someone whose fate happens to intersect with that of the protagonist for reasons not entirely in his control. His meeting with Joshua and Clive and decision to join them comes across as something more similar to games like FFIX or FFVI, where characters with their own stories and baggage come together to achieve a common goal. In any case, Dion definitely ended up being a big favorite of mine. Sometimes I find ultra-righteous and heroic characters to be dull, but I think the voice acting combined with the tragic twist of his arc made him stand out to me. I found it interesting as well that he had less presence in the marketing for the game than any of the other Dominants, and yet he turned out to be one of the most compelling and well-written of the bunch. I think it helps though that I didn't go in with any particular preconceptions about what to expect from him.

Happy to see you start off this series with Dion. Great character and great arc.

Its funny that you mentioned Cecil and I dont disagree. However, the same struggles internally can also be said about Kain, which fits the Dragoon motif as well. Kain was trying to redeem himself at the end after the horrible things that he did.

I've been DIGGING through yt videos to find dion lore vids and im so glad I found this 🙏🙏

Because of 16 i can now see Bahamut as being the light/holy element summon in future FF games going forward.

I really wished there would have been an epilogue scene with Dion ruling the New Sanbreque with Terence and their adopted daughter Fantastis character, and also very nice seeing so good gay rep in these games, it was about the damn time

Please Dion be alive and reunite with Terrence and the orphan girls since she has a good shot at being the Leviathan dominant

And our dude had a Kamehameha moment with Ultima Risen, bad ass lol Dude, I'd love to play as Bahamut in dlc. Dion is probably the character I most want to play as, Cid being a close second. A dlc could start with him recovering in Origin while the battle between Clive and Ultima is still happening. He could wake up and have to fight his way out before the crystal crumbles. I don't know, a thought. From there we could go into flash backs and other stuff. This is assuming he survived.

I felt so bad for Dion, what an absolute shame how it went for him! Personally found Dions Arc to being one of the best!

Really did not expect my favorite eikon antagonists to be Dion and Benedikta. Barnabas and Hugo were nowhere near as deep.

I love this character and I love his romance with Terence. Best gay representation, very tender and wholesome ❤

Lord, did I hate Annabelle. However, a credit to the writers for actually making me feel a sliver of sympathy for her before her suicide; that could've been more because of Joshua. However, it says something in a story that when a villain has suffered enough for their actions that you can actually start to feel something for them, as if, okay they paid enough can they either die in peace or something lol Benedikta showed this even more. I felt bad for her in the end, even as Ifrit burned her.

Related to this subject, was Olivier ever real? As in, was he ever a real person or was he always just some kind of flesh puppet or avatar of Ultima? I don't think he ever showed any actual human personality or emotion in the game. The whole thing with him and Annabella went in a direction I totally did not see coming. I at least expected them to last until the end of the game.

Why the heck is the medicine girl speculated as leviathan. People are ridiculous lol.