Stars Long Dead (Elpis Night Theme) - FFXIV: Endwalker [Rain/Thunder 1hr] 

"The story of Hermes, the man who knew so much yet understood so little, ends here."

I've been playing FFXIV since 1.0 in middle school. I'm about to turn 26 soon. This game has been a constant companion to me in my life through ups and downs. This song encompasses so much of what I love about this game. Elpis is nostalgic yet has me wondering and hopeful about the future.

I don't even know how, but Soken has managed to encapsulate ephemeral beauty in music. Although the Ancients thought it eternal, rather than ephemeral, because you, the player/WoL, know of the catastrophe to come, it is ephemeral. To you, this is but a fleeting moment. As are our own lives.

This....this song destroys me. Not in a crying sort of way; it just makes me sit there in silence and contemplate the meaning of everything. Life is a curse, but it is also beautiful. Maybe it'd be better if none of us existed, but our existence isn't all bad. I think it's important to note that the first time this song plays is when Amon is relaying his final, nihilistic words to a doomed world, but the second time we hear this song is on a quiet, peaceful night on Elpis, surrounded by friendly and loving companions and the visions of a perfect world. This song encompasses both those extremes, rather than adhering to one as the truth.

I think seeing the twisted remnant of Hermes half an expansion before his defeat, and then going back and seeing the man he truly was, was a brilliant move. The jarring differences between Hermes before and after he was sundered, and the hints of dissatisfaction and isolation he displays prior to Meteion's transformation and escape, really drill in how the remnants of Fandaniel could have become the twisted monster that he was. Hermes's disdain toward the Ancients' apathy for the lives they created and extinguished on a whim, just because something wasn't "ideal" for whatever environment they intended it for, immediately sets the stage for the omnicidal maniac that follows in the wake of the sundering. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

This game is like a friend who grew with me and taught me so much. Introduced me to many different kinds of people and their dynamics. Went through bad times and bright times with me. Their world and ours. Even when I was alone or sad I found so much enjoyment or drowning my sadness into a grind for content. This game even introduced me to the most beautiful person I've ever met. I'm so thankful for all of this.

This song plays during the scene with Amon right after Zodiark,,, that scene hits even harder after knowing where the music is from

the rain will one day stop and you will wake up and say "its a beautiful new day and the sun is shining....and im finally here to see it" never lose hope

"This is the tale of Hermes, a man who did not properly bug test his interstellar space probes."

Music to contemplate the meaning of existence to...

A great companion for those long nights of doing my college schoolwork for hours on end, glad I found this because before I would often have some FFXIV music on with a rain ambience on top of it in another tab.

Thank you for this wonderful upload! This is hands down my favorite music in the game now!

this is keeping me sane during uni work. thank you so much

I loved one of the sidequests in here. Its the one that starts with rewarding you a aether current.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS

OMG yes!! I have been waiting for this !!!!!

aside from fierce and free, this series of uploads has just about every song I seek out in xiv and chill to. this game's soundtrack is nearly flawless. thank you for these ^^d I had a whole ramble about the fascinating role hermes and meteion had in the social commentary of the society of the ancients here, but it was embarrassingly long. this song makes me think of them and their candles of hope, even if they went unsnuffed by others for only a moment in our eyes. what wonderfully tragic characters, and equally amazing storytelling. it wasn't just hermes that needed the reminder that he wasn't alone.

Thank you so much!!! Now my new favorite zone theme!

The world unsundered.

I use this while Im working and is so relaxing

Whenever I see floating islands like this I can never not see the Kingdom of Zeal from Chrono Trigger. Even though, looking up what it actually looked like, it's much smaller than Elpis

can you do Each Drop please?

Thank you for this! Does anyone know if there's an orchestrion roll for this one? I know there's one for the Elpis day theme, but couldn't find this one.

Hold up…the floating lands seem familiar, like Chrono Trigger familiar.🤔

Hermes is possible the biggest mass murderer in all of final fantasy for making Dynamis & costing so many worlds to be destroyed.