FFXIV OST Innocence Theme ( Insanity ) SPOILERS 

Almost as great as that time Gaius prepared a 7 minute monologue as an excuse to show us he can dye his armor gold.

@@alterlait2601 Such power befits a ruler

@@alterlait2601 piss armor engaged

@@alterlait2601 I love how I'm reading this while in the Gaius cutscene.

@@alterlait2601 Hey he spent a really long time saving up gil for those dyes ok?

Nah screw that. Then tight ass wings tho that carries him there in the first place

HE COMIN

You ever see that caterpillar from A Bugs Life turn into a butterfly?

I literally saw at least 3 times newbie said "F**K" in last few days. It's quite fun always. :)

Big man turns into literally archangel Michael: I Sleep Big man do a W A D D L E: REAL SHIT!!

this. and forgiven obscenity? NYUM NYUM NYUM that BODY IS... well the name says it all!

"Oh no... He's hot!"@@eW91dHViZSBpcyBjZW5zb3JzaGlw

I read this in Josh Strife Hayes voice.

"Vauthry, we'd like to renovate the villages in the Raktika Greatwood. Would you be willing to dedicate your talents to the cause?" "VERY WELL, I SHALL EMBRACE THIS TRIAL"

​@@ApexGale"I am an interior designer!. Thats why i was born as man and sin eater both. Only i can recreate this artistic vision!!"

LMFAOOOO! OKAYYYYY!

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Lol! I was thinking the same thing when I did this

Yep.

I mean, to be fair, it's a FF boss, if there isn't at LEAST two forms, it's not the final boss!

That’s why he’s called Innocence, he thinks he’s the hero.

Yeah poor guy was mislead his whole life into believing he was meant to be what he became and noone can be superior to him.

ShadovvWolfie And then he met the Warior of Darkness, who break fast on many _gods_ and shitty kings and shady popes turned self proclaimed god.

@@murakumo8194 person: claims to be a god Wol: You dare chellenge me, mortal?

From his point of view, the Jedi are evil.

Griffith sounds more like the Seat of Sacrifice to me tbh

@@AliciaIVSilence Getting to kill Griffith a second time is pure bonus.

​@@arskakarva7474Agreed.

Well, and then Endwalker hits with all the transformations going on Eclipse style

Kobayashi no

In his case it did.

I guess opening and closing his mouth wasn’t the only thing he did...

You know, I was really skeptical of Meol. But you can't argue with results.

Warriors of Light hate him! Click here to find out how he went from fat to phat!

Indeed since HW the voice acting of the bigger (haha) characters was ON POINT!

He played The Lord of Bones on Game of Thrones. Other fun fact: Gaius Baelsar is voiced by the actor who played Roose Bolton. Ardbert by the actor who played Gendry.

In general the voice acting in Shb has been phenomenal, by everyone. But new characters like Vauthry stand out especially. The VA nails this character so damn well.

I AM RIGHTEOUSNESS

What i really appreciate is how his voice ACTUALLY CHANGES when he transforms, going from the shrieky bellowing and archetypal fat aristocrat sound to the smooth, passionate voice you expect from something that looks like his warden form does

Literally did this fight for the first time today and screamed that in the voice chat with my friends when he transformed.

SAME! THAT PLOT TWIST

That joke was pretty much free commendations when ShB first came out.

lmfao my thoughts exactly in this fight im so happy i wasnt the only one love yall

Don't you mean "Don't panic, WoD, just picture him wearing underwear"

First time I entered the trial and saw Innocence name on Vauthry. I was like "THIS is Innocence?" Turns out that was after he fully turned into a Lightwarden.

Virgin Vauthry = Fat Chad Vauthry = Jacked

@@miyatenmeiritsu1810 I think he's supposed to look like a baby, so the innocence theme still fits

Yeah, he was a lot like the typical depiction of cherubs; chubby, tiny wings, and the like. He was an egg, in a sense. And [SPOILERS COMING BELOW] Vauthry is innocent in a way. His sheer ignorance of the truth of things, and being raised as a god by his family due to meddling, he's innocent of the knowledge his own wrongdoing because he thinks he's doing the right thing. No one ever told him 'this is wrong' during his formative years, and likely just encouraged it.

@@Doxham you're right. He truly believed his way was the only way. That he did and has done nothing wrong. Even when he was defeated he still couldn't understand why he lost like it didn't make sense to him because he thought he was the hero.

Same

Hes the first FF character that I wanted to kill as much as I wanted to kill Joffrey from GoT. Great villian.

The first time I saw him I was in discord with my Team and said "He will be the first to die." I was so ready to drop him. When he transformed I yelled 'DAMN IT! Now I have to fight the Archangel Michael!" He was the PERFECT bad guy. I put him right up there with Kefka, Ghalleon (Lunar), and Kagato (Tenchi Muyo). Bad guys I want to kill just because I hear their voice. No redemption arc. Nothing redeeming. total villains with visceral reactions.

I wouldnt say hes that innocent by his own standards he did kill his own kind and eat their flesh(meol)

@@chokoanders6546 They're not HIS kind. He's a unique being and, from what he was told by his parents, way above them all. I genuinely believe he was twisted enough to not know any better, hence innocent. Doesn't mean he didn't deserve to die, though.

I've seen this take too many times, and it's pretty wrong. Let's not forget how he murdered tons of peasants just so he could keep people enthralled to him. At several points, people try to appeal to his morality, and he's shown to have none. He does things like make people jump off of balconies and mutilate themselves in front of live audiences for committing little to no crime. I don't really think it matters how he was raised or if he was a light warden from birth. Innocence is a very poor fitting name. He is not innocent of anything. He's an absolute monster. If anything, Innocence is the name he gives himself because it's how he sees himself. He is not in any way innocent or absolved of his crimes because of his circumstances.

Lmao

bruh

Yeah, I remember reading that, at that point I wasn't sure if he was going to be a Lightwarden, that totally confirmed he was Innocence to me xD

fr why is it always the DRGs that use LB3 on unsafe attack patterns like bro plz wait for the tankbuster or raidwide they so used to animation lock they no longer fear it 😭😭😭

@@lezard2102 "You merely adopted the animation lock. I was born in it. Molded by it. Didn't know the freedom of movement until the AOEs already went off!"

Omg once I saw it, XD

Still have an ugly heart though. Pure, yes, but neither light nor purity is good by themselves.

If he actually _had_ a brain -or much as a shred of sanity - and practicality and human morals to go with it - people would have called him buddha. But, no. He had to have lofty goals and ideals, beaten into him, to the point that he grew fat with the weight of his own disappointments, which he was oblivious to - And _somebody_ had to be Professor Hojo. If he had much of existiential crisis. Would he be called Innocence?

Miyaten Meiritsu Maybe a matter of _identity?_

@@murakumo8194 Tbh I think that his upbringing and the fact he was infuses with a Lightwartden made him nutts. I mean..he is a Brat as much as his Father was, and his mother wasnt any better - she didnt object (at least we didnt saw anything like that)

Careful Who You Call Ugly in Middle School (Ultimate)

Shinobi_Magi ohhaizark

FEEL MY WRATH!

“A Giant Stout-than-an-average Lalafell Lalafell Appeared!” “The Giant Stout-than-an-average Lalafell Lalafell uses Transform!”

IKR. I was like who he think he is Jesus.

It's what we do. Pretty easy to hold threat, too.

My first experience with this trial (DRG Main) was a party of -2 DRKs -2 WHMs And -4 DRGs Me being one of the DRGs, and my friends being 1 of the WHMs and DRKs respectively. No one died, and it went astonishingly quick, despite one of the DRGs never using Disembowl & Chaos Thrust (or any Buffs, Jumps, or Blood)

@@DraconicCatgirl It's always a treat seeing players in lv 70/80/90 content who literally don't know the basics of their job or role. Like a WHM who individually spams cure 1 on every player instead of ever once trying to see what that "Medica" button does.

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😂

if we dont tank the floor who will then?

Legit made me laugh lol

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The real MVP

That piano is why I love this track so much.

@NVRØ TØXXYN A pointy, vicious, shiny butterfly.

You fool it was I Dio the whole time!

I genuinely felt sorry for him, in the end. He never really had a chance.

i like how desperate he gets in the first phase "Why do you not fall?!" he has no idea how powerful we are

I would think. Did we hit him too hard? Him transforming gives going under the knife(Black Mages would be the calorie burner) literal meaning. Guess we weren’t being delicate enough

His voice actor really did an amazing job. There were times I legit feared and hated Vaulthry.

Such a fitting VA as well (English at least)

Last battle of SHB its epic as well.

My favorite has to be phase 1 of the final boss, but this is probably my second favorite.

I showed this to my mom to share the music with her. She had no context to who Vaulthry was, but she was immediately wary of him. She said "If he has that gait with all this weight he must be one strong mother fucker."

@@UltimatBlitz And what did she say about the music?

@@saintgeekSG she liked it, she likes most final fantasy music

What amazes me is... When he walks down them stairs the whole fucking Mountain don't have constant 7.0 earthquakes

@@UltimatBlitz And she was damn right then, as he can transform into an angelic figure, as you and her probably seen.

I now desperately want a FFXIV fic that features a WoL so utterly done with everyone's shit by the end of ARR that they act exactly like this

Correction, WoD

@@MrCjlauer49338 basically the "Final Fantasy XIV in a Nutshell" by RABtoons?

@@MrCjlauer49338 Did you mean the DRK questline?

to quote wow: "Dark be the jungle, Fertile is it's soil"

Thats the beauty of Shadowbringers, just because someone's ideals or views conflict with your own doesnt necessarily mean they are evil. Good and evil are subjective and only influenced by your upbringing and ideology.

That was the facet that made me so excited for this whole expansion. That entire idea is something I've looked for literally for years. And to see it done so magnificently in the ShB expansion has made me so HAPPY. I love this expansion so.

@@haydenbennett3547 Which is a message the whole of America--honestly the whole world--desperately needs to hear now.

Light shines but also blinds I'd say. People can bright like a sun only to make others too blind to see anything else, like using your phone at night. Blinded by it, everything in your surroundings is now total darkness, you're unaware of everything that is happening around you.

This track was done by Ken Ito.

​@@loganreed9340 It was Soken who composed the music, Ken Ito just arranged it.

Omg rebel heart haha. I've seen you on Hyperion.

@@ryanc5572 :o yes that's me lol

Why do you wear a wig?

@@snowdarkwolf137 it's a meme you dip

Could not agree more. So many layers..like an onion

He’s a Lightwarden 😂 not a Primal

Hades Pluto I know but you know how primals are tied to trials and stuff..I couldn’t help it

Me too!!

@@hadespluto3319 fucking nerd

This track was made by Ken Ito.

Stormblood he wasn't allowed to shine as it was all just Eastern Themed tracks or like War Anthems. Not to say Stormblood was bad, there were a few standout tracks like the Burn, but for the most part it was probably the weakest of the OSTs imo due to the theme. With Shadowbringers on the other hand it's clear he was given free reign to do whatever he wants and it shows and the results are glorious.

@@smward87 I disagree completely. Stormblood had a ton of incredible tracks and some of Soken's previously best experimentation. Heavensward's OST was comparatively dull. There are some major standouts but by and large the music was worse than Stormblood's. Compare Ominous Prognosticks to Triumph. The only area where Heavensward wins is in the 8 man OST where Soken could make weird shit with Alexander but was kind of bound by remixes in Omega.

@@geek593 omg its almost like everyone can have an opinion

@@LMMusicalComposer the irony being that you are unhappy with the opinion that stormblood music is good.

I don't want XIV to stop anytime soon but I guarantee after he moves on he will make the best single player game to come out of Japan in decades

We already know he's working on another title, which could be the next FF. Or something else, we don't quite know.

Rumor is he's developing FFXVI right now.

Rebel Heart I doubt it. Square not going to make their directors work on more one game at time, you seen what happens ff15 and KH3

@@Tokkoking cause you know exactly what the board is thinking.. lol. There's a reason why Yoshida was promoted a year ago and mysterious job postings suddenly popped up for a new "high fantasy" RPG. BTW: FF15 and KH3 sold well to their standards, just because YOU didn't like the result of Nomura working on both simultaneously doesn't mean the people making decisions did not.

I’m certainly loving this way more than the Asian-sounding stuff from Stormblood. How refreshing

@a HERO that doesn’t know what protect means The music does have this sacrosanct/religious touch to it.

Stormblood was good but they played the dungeon boss theme wayyy too much

I love how every expansion’s music tone is so different and matches each theme perfectly, it’s just so [chef’s kiss]

Soken!

Yeah，as always，his talent amazed me when I heard this

Soken never misses.

Soken fueled by the power of chicken

Just to clear something: Soken isn't the only one who composes for this game. He has a team of talented people to help him; this track for instance was arranged by Ken Ito.

Thordan VII was above Nidhogg,in fact,Innocence it's like the Thordan from The First. (Thordan still way above in terms of power tho,he had the Warring Triad,Nidhogg eyes and the power of a Primal with a millenia of prayers...)

@@NavytroyXIV i'll have to disagree on the point that Thordan is more powerful. The light aspected aether each warden carries is too great for any single being to hold onto. Titania, the king of the fae folk did manage to take a light warden down but became a more powerful light warden herself. Not to mention the everlasting light giving sin eaters their strength and the fact that Innocence is the strongest Light Warden/Sin Eater. Even if Thordan beat Innocence...Thordan would just become the new Innocence in his place

@@DarkOmegaZero Thordan killed Lahabrea,Lahabrea was way more powerful than Innocence.

@@NavytroyXIV You mop the floor with Lahabrea in ARR with no assistance from Hydaelan he was an absolute scrub compared to the sin eaters

@@Roymoney1998 actualy we dont delete lahabraia in 2.x

Reisu agar lyrics ?

@@DanielRamirez-ml6fs ya there the lyrics

the motif of "Who Brings Shadow" is hella foreboding and foreshadowing because you already KNOW what's next

Titania wants a word

@@barrybanter8419 What does she want to talk about? This debate is clearly closed...

Akuosa now reflecting on it Titania was pretty more unhinged than vauthry

FantomOmega you know she’s made of souls of dead children -Chris Hansen.jpg-

@Nikzedik Helel literally means Lucifer so I think your linguistics needs work.

DRG: I'll fuckin do it again

True it's arguably Sokens Magnum Opus imho.

And every time I see him I wish I was a women

David Rogers when there is a hole, there is a way ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@@naif9464 XD

Ethan Brown yes!! I always get tripped up by it

LMAO I thought the same threw my headphones off and everything because of it xD

Same

SAME! I always think it's my housemate yelling at his dog lmao.

I get the same thing around 3:13

Shiirow it’s Meol

Well, it's not quite Soylent Green. More like Soylent... White.

"New Weightwatchers brought to you by Meolent White."

Lol somebody finally said it

Lmao I said the exact same thing

my party said the same

Haha, I shouted the same thing!

I said the same thing.

No it's not, but I do think Soken took inspiration from FF8 for the soundtrack, since this is the "FF8 expansion" in general. The beginning of the standard boss theme is reminiscent of the start of FF8's battle theme.

It isn't the extreme, However I can kinda hear liberi fatali if that is what you meant?

The lyrics are the same ones that repeat from the main theme and the boss theme

This is isn't FF8 ultemecia but this expac is FF8 geared for sure. You can hear the same progression here and there.

Okay I thought I heard it and came here to confirm. It is a tad different but VERY similar, obviously inspired given the FF8 presence in this expac.

Peter B Jordanson GRIFFFFFIIIIIIITTTHH

Ew

"I shall exercise you out of existence!" Addendum:. That's not a typo. Think about it.

oh god oh fuck

Insanity in definition is trying to do the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome. I think it fits him well if you think about it

@@KitsuneVoidsinger Agreed, from trying to save the world through decadence and bliss, from him starting over after his kingdom is taken over by the warrior of light and friends, this is a man who is the definition of "Insanity."

@@christianrodriguez8577 That's not even the tip of the iceberg of his insanity, it goes far deeper than that. Treating people who are no longer usefull as tools to be discarded whitout concern for their lives or sacrificing people to sin eaters under false promises of ascension. And let's not forget, feeding sin eater meat as food to be distributed. Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's another level of insanity and evil right there.

I think I was there with you. When you type that. I actually remember someone typing that in chat while the transformation was happening.

Lmao I might've been there too. I was a gunbreaker

TheDualGamers it’s called a door boss, it’s been done in most of the savage final tiers

Pre 3.05 - typical wow player Post 3.05 - every ff14 player

WoW player finally puts down the azerite, becomes BEAUTIFUL

There is a reason why after every lightwarden the party doesn't celebrate, they bow their heads. These are all victims of corruption.

Maybe that's why he's called Innocence? Because he is, in a way...

At a certain point, he does take some of the blame though. He was using his subjects as shields, and he said he can rebuild his paradise as long as he survives. He didn't care at all about anybody. I get he was manipulated into believing he was a god, which isn't cool. But he always had the choice to decide *which kind* of god he would be.

@@devnkc I don't think he even had that choice. His father and mother (Likely manipulated by Emmet) forced him to control the Sin Eaters for Eulmore's betterment, to make it so they don't fight them. And we have to realize, that his parents are the Lion sin-eater and the final boss of Mt.Gulg, so that means after a certain point, exposure to him turned them, I wouldn't be surprised if it was even shortly after he was born, as he would be a baby, unable to fully control his Lightwarden powers.

@@devnkc Imagine if you grew up, and your morals were based upon you being a god, you being required to lead others to paradise and that if you die the paradise that humanity needs is gone. Then you would definitely save yourself because once you save yourself, you can bring everyone back. It's much like Emet, except one made the decision and one was raised that way.

The dungeon prior drops weapons they seem to be themed like the acc drops in EX. I have not seen these weapon models before, please correct me if i'm wrong.

You are correct, the dungeon drops are sin eater aesthetic themed.

What drops from innocence then? :o

@@estrella15051 right side drops! like Lakshimi

ZidaneTheTribal aaaah :o Ty!

Bruh.Wrong universe. 😂