Abyssos Eighth Circle Theme "Embers" - FFXIV OST

[@ericbright1742]

The problem with this music is, even if I just play the audio, the leitmotifs alone will give away the boss. They're too... [Puts on Sunglasses] Eikonic.

[@Raenas]

Shut up and take my thumbs up. *groaning laugh*

[@KindaNice]

YYYYEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@luciferr09]

I hate and love you in equal measure for that pun.

[@blackhound2645]

Ugh take the thumbs up you villain

[@petratyraanderson]

getout

[@zaelheimricht4978]

Lahabrea: "I'll destroy Hephaistos's crystal later." Wol: *"My Bullshit-o-meter is having a fucking seizure."*

[@jacobsiron6929]

Still def on the theory that the Lahabrea we see in the MSQ is either Hephaistos or Lahabrea *recombined* with Hephaistos

[@Traten65]

@@jacobsiron6929 The Crystal the Professor researcher guy is at Aszys La. The place where old Lahabrea got destroyed. It was the same Lahabrea who literally said "I will do everything in the name of the Star" and went batshit insane.

[@YoYo-sz2fy]

@@Traten65 I really don't know if to count it man. That ammount of time being alive, swapping bodies over and over, that can change anyone after so so long of lives Look how Themir/Elidibus ended up as well

[@jaeusa160]

It's not like he would necessarily have intended to deceive, just that the Final Days could've interrupted everything. At which point, having not gotten around to destroying the crystal, the crises might've caused them to consider the research worth pursuit. Which seems very likely to me as the description Athena gives is spot-on for what Ascians are. They pursued this research for its benefits in their pursuit of the Rejoining, both the immortality and the ability to traverse the rift between shards. For the stability of the timeline, it's not like that specifically would be something we could or should go out of our way to meddle with. I think there's more to it than that on Athena's end, including the GIANT HONKIN EYEBALL in the back of A8N. And I think ghost Elidibus and ghost Lahabrea will be there to help us see this to its conclusion in the final wing, which also provides the last bit of closure for Elidibus especially. He just entrusted a blind hope to us before dying. Unlike Emet and Hythlodaeus, he didn't get a front seat to seeing us at least make it to the final boss. I think FF2 has two versions of Pandaemonium and Emperor Mateus, a Hell and Heaven one. The third wing may be a "Heaven" to contrast the VERY Hellish second wing. Despite being called Tartaros, we technically cleared Tartaros already in the second wing (it's where A8 takes place and maybe A7 too), and we will at least offscreen presumably reclear Asphodelos and Abyssos for the third wing.

[@seanheath4492]

@@jaeusa160 I'm guessing Elysium. It would fit in with the Greek Underworld thing they've done so far (Asphodel and the Abyss/Tartarus).

[@pll3827]

So much Lahabrea. Notice that when you summon your 'friends', their aether is red. This is because it's Lahabrea helping you this time. So it's you and Lahabrea verses Lahabrea.

[@RobdeliaYT]

This entire fight is just a weird custody battle between two depressed single dads with you stuck in the middle

[@Michael-bb1cw]

@@RobdeliaYT you could say it’s a Lahabread sandwich…

[@azadalamiq]

Considering the 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 stuff... i felt dirty. Tbh im not gonba be surprised if we find out thay that lahabread we deal with in arr and hw was the clone/cast off.

[@josegarza5792]

@@RobdeliaYT not the first time we did this, ShB we had that but with two violent dad's for a daughter.

[@rageofheaven]

9.3 will be Lahabrea vs Giott. I dont know how it works but I do know Lahabrea is going to get a concussion. And a nice hat.

[@BunnychanFarabee]

It's essentially every track ever associated with Lahabrea rolled into one jam session.

[@IceboyMyName]

Lahabread Medley

[@Azraellix]

@@IceboyMyName Lahabreadley?

[@DarthAlphaTheGreat]

@@Azraellix Lahadley

[@Michael-bb1cw]

@@Azraellix Lahabread's Mix Tape

[@Yuriko-Hime]

@@DarthAlphaTheGreat Laha Hee

[@EmperorPylades]

Last time someone told Soken he couldn't make an entire song out of motifs, we got "A Long Fall". While this isn't go as hard as that absolute goddamn torpedo, he was working with "Without Shadow", "Thunderer" and "Shadows Withal", three wildly different tracks, and STILL managed to hit it out of the park. We don't deserve Masayoshi Soken, but I'm damned glad we got him.

[@dragonmangames2523]

Just wait until he breaks out THREE Otamatones for the next Fan Festival.

[@BongSwansong]

​@@dragonmangames2523 dear God. Have mercy.

[@passivepaints1143]

dude even hid the ff prelude in there, it’s really faint around 1:40-ish or so!

[@ryanrushford7918]

@@passivepaints1143 Omg 😱 well heard. That sounds cool af on guitar too.

[@debrucey]

wtf you mean someone told him he couldn't?

[@monsunoguy19]

Would've loved it if we had a dialogue option to say "Speak plainly!"

[@fawkes6352]

"Lahabrea... what have you done?"

[@kkwong8877]

You know we aren’t fighting with Lahabrea, but Lahalfbrea.

[@Adorablybadmemes]

Half loaf

[@ethicscommitteememberremin4666]

Clever...

[@weet294]

CARLOS!

[@saladmancer4802]

Sliced bread

[@battleangel1506]

Halfabrea

[@lightwiz]

"Know you the root of thus corruption? HYDAELYN!"

[@StarshadowMelody]

Like half of that speech never actually fuckin' went anywhere IDK what corruption he was on about. Sure she's a primal too but she's also dead now and we never found out what the fuck he was on about there.

[@IzzuddinRafli]

​@@StarshadowMelody Elidibus said as much, "lmao yea that guy was wrong about lotsa things"

[@Demonboy007]

@@StarshadowMelody To be fair, it's a matter of perspective. To him and Emet, her sundering was a corruption. But countering my point, Lahabrea was high off his ass from the power trip.

[@StarshadowMelody]

@@Demonboy007 Oooooooh.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

@@Demonboy007 Not to mention probably a recombined mess thanks to, well, see theme source.

[@elinfini]

How fitting that someone so obsessed with fire ended up having a lit theme.

[@Omicronned]

This song didn’t really click with me at first, then the ascian-related motifs came in & I instantly fell in love with this track. So excited for Savage.

[@kiraleshoth]

I think the very first part of the song is also a remix of "without shadow".

[@KikoKay-Kay]

Yeah same. it really is all the themes that Lahabread has anything to do with driven to madness on top of a dnb drum track

[@Sacrengard]

@@kiraleshoth I didnt pick the theme at first then my mind was blown away

[@CrashB111]

@@kiraleshoth It goes from "Without Shadow", into "Thunderer", into "Shadows Withal" remixes.

[@Michael-bb1cw]

Same! At first I wasn’t that big a fan, but then as soon as the Thunderer motif showed up, I fell in love.

[@remarus]

This has the same vibe as a late 90s early 2000s Sonic Game late stage where you're assaulting Robotnik's base right before the final boss.

[@RobdeliaYT]

Honestly the synth gives me major Sonic Spinball vibes. Meanwhile the guitar riff at 1:20 sounds straight out of Evil Foundry from Sonic and the Secret Rings

[@Varce]

@@RobdeliaYT When you get past the controls, Secret Rings was soooooo friggin good

[@Nkahkster]

I'm glad someone else said it

[@LothianRyoku]

I was getting heavy Capcom vibes. Especially Mega Man X.

[@dragonmangames2523]

Sonic Adventure 3: Pandemonium

[@ethicscommitteememberremin4666]

_From fulgent flame my servants rise!_ Seriously, the fact alone that this fight has voice acting is just...beautiful. The voiced lines themselves only amplify it!

[@cybertronprime2030]

Out of my sight! Let seep sorrow into your heart! I tire of this farce!

[@dnawulf3212]

Sear flesh from bone! Behold the fruits of sacrifice! You are prey to be consumed! You will know my rage!

[@brandendenney2012]

Fools! Braying before a god!

[@symphwave4323]

The second I realized this theme used the Akadaemia Anyder motif I lost my absolute mind it’s one thing to raid through the tears it’s another thing to raid through the hype

[@michaelman90]

The Anyder motif is itself just the Ascian motif. It also uses the motif from Thunderer (the Ascian boss music from ARR).

[@Enderlinkpawnu]

I heard the Thunderer moteif, but while I remember it being related to Ascians, I mostly link it to Twintania, because you get the orchastration from her, and I have been progging ucob.

[@Sacrengard]

@@Enderlinkpawnu to be fair, thunderer is pretty much over used xD

[@villaniousmustache4898]

Why are you crying

[@EdgeKisaragi]

FISH ACADEMY* 😡

[@GetterRay]

People in my party were dying as we were trying to list all the different leitmotifs we were hearing.

[@roreik9403]

At 1:49 does anyone else here the first round of the male choir as "Mea culpa"? Because I can't tell and it's driving me insane cause if it is it'd fit really well with the theme of who Hephaitsos is to Lahabrea. Mea culpa or "my fault" because it's both Lahabrea's fault Hephaistos exists AND Hephaistos is the embodiment of Lhahabrea's faults. So he's both "my fault" and "my faults."

[@Oath94]

It's a small thing, but I really like how the chains that are removed on his limbs show which form he'll take. Removing the ones on his arms result in his Byakko-like form, emphasizing strength on his arms, whereas removing the ones on his legs turns into his quad pedal form. Savage will probably have him removing all of them for phase 2.

[@ultimasolidor9264]

Yes and it’s horrifying

[@crowdemon_archives]

Well, the Savage version is just straight up Resident Evil.

[@hereniho]

He lost all his chains, for sure

[@Dreamboum]

Holy moly, the drummer has been going super saiyan ever since Endwalker launched and I'm here for it.

[@noyoucantnoicantnowecantsostop]

The drummer probably either has an applaudable passion in Drum or begging for their dear life to tone down. Either way they're -ballin'- drummin'

[@lotharschramm5000]

The bass is going hard too! Very prog rock.

[@jonh4872]

It's not a live instrument, it's probably a drum machine

[@Eclypsia13]

@@jonh4872 I dunno, if you watch kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGPIq4t7g7Sof6M Long fall music video, the drummer goes pretty hard at at so could be a live player.

[@Exeeter1234]

​@@Eclypsia13 This is 100 percent a drum machine. That doesnt mean the drummer isnt talented or isnt able to go this hard live. Also that video isnt live playing...

[@remixex369]

Just like Eden gave us the fight Ran'jit deserved, Pandæmonium gives us the fight Lahabrea deserved. Awesome fight!

[@errousmasterofchaos69]

And just like eden, the fight is over who the child in question sides with

[@SeiferHartmann]

Hard to believe this is only half of Laheebread's true power. No wonder he was so damn confident during the 8th umbral calamity.

[@GBS4893]

With Ishikawa level writing! =D

[@Aernoth1]

​@@SeiferHartmanntoo bad he also had bodyswap-induced dementia by that point

[@yaboi2500]

​@@SeiferHartmannIf we had fought this Lahabrea instead of the one we did, I don't know if the WoL at that point could win that battle.

[@charlotteartist6606]

2:39 part fucking slaps so hard that piano is so good

[@sugmael]

the main melody of the song seems to be an arrangement of without shadow (the og ascian theme from like way back in 1.0), with the obvious inclusions of thunderer and the piano of shadows withal (akademia anyder; which funny enough is also an arrangement of without shadow) i'd say this is the ultimate amalgam of lahabrea's musical themes, which i'd say is very fitting for this boss. there may be refs to more songs which i haven't picked up on yet but dang it's good

[@wintermelon1795]

There's also the FF prelude at 1:34

[@sugmael]

@@wintermelon1795 oh awesome, nice catch. prelude into thunderer is very cool

[@jonh4872]

I don't hear Thunderer at all.

[@jacobkern2060]

@@jonh4872 Thunderer section starts at 1:48

[@RainerFenixhart]

I COULDN'T FOR THE LIFE OF ME FIGURE OUT WHY THE OPENING WAS FAMILIAR AND IT WAS DRIVING ME INSANE THANK YOU

[@TheBonkleFox]

No better feeling than using Summoner for this fight. It's fitting to use the final iteration of the Bread Man's signature creation to take down his greatest mistake.

[@elinfini]

Not to mention him being responsible for teaching people how to summon Primals. Beating him with a summoner (a discipline specifically designed to counter them) is almost poetry.

[@xSHIELDBREAKERx82]

Never mind the fact that we, as Azem, asked to borrow Ifrit from Lahabrea in our whole existance. Kind of poetic that it comes full circle. Can imagine the sane version of Hephaestos and Themis just looking at each other in the background going, "... Really?"

[@Orphan_of_Kos_or_some_say_Kosm]

Akadaemia Anyder + Thunderer + Ascian theme, all combined to sound like Salty Bet music

[@TheCarash]

Thunder is the ascian theme though?

[@terrancenightingale1749]

@@TheCarash the cutscene Ascian theme, not the battle Ascian theme

[@Sylfposts]

I just noticed this is partly a remix of Akademia Anyder Damn the sound team is great on this game

[@carallon8589]

but not only! The music has 3 ‘letmotivs’: the Akademia Anyder theme, the Pandaemonium theme and ‘Thunderer’. The reason: they're all linked to Lahabrea. Akademia Anyder is where the Lahabrea Institute is located, Pandaemonium because Lahabrea is at the heart of the story and Thunderer is the ‘battle music’ of the ascians of ARR and Heavensward where Lahabrea is confronted.

[@Sacchi_Hikaru]

I'll be honest, with the P5 theme being called "Silent Scream" and the P6/7 theme being called "Scream", I'm mildly disappointed this one isn't called "Loud Scream".

[@TheChaosGear]

My bets are that they are saving something 4 phase 2 of P8S

[@ZurilasZone]

@@TheChaosGear Big prayers go out that at least this time itll have its own song unlike last tier

[@samuelcarlos8012]

@@ZurilasZone It does, it’s called White Stone Black

[@Serird]

SCREAM

[@classyquarks2111]

@@TheChaosGear I looked through the game files and found what I'm fairly certain is the P8S part 2 song. It's not very good unfortunately :( sort of like a reduced, grittier, more electronic style of the main motif from this song. Hoping I'm wrong, but the key and motif sound the same (I think there are even quiet vocals saying "Scream") so I'm pretty sure that's the one

[@depotagents]

Mixing Thunderer and the Akadaemia Anyder theme with the Pandaemonium melody is such a huge dick move. Fucking incredible. God Soken's good.

[@brianmendenhall8972]

He learned from the best and Uematsu hired him for a reason. He had the same musical spirit.

[@thehooded-guru]

@@brianmendenhall8972 This is the reason why both Soken and Narita are my favorite video game musicians.

[@carlos-zy7vx]

@@thehooded-guru The guy from monster hunter?

[@hereniho]

​@@carlos-zy7vxNarita did some work on 1.x. He also is the main composer for Granblue Fantasy if you've heard any of it.

[@shadowthehedgehog181]

1:47 is why Thunderer was always the Ascian boss theme to me, despite it being recycled for notorious monster FATEs

[@GbrBy]

It was also recycled for some of the Bozja skirmishes

[@DracoSuave]

I mean it was recycled into the Ascian boss theme, being from 1.0, but yeah.

[@Seshpai]

​@@DracoSuave Thunderer isn't from 1.0 though, is it? Without Shadow definitely is, but I'm pretty sure Thunderer was composed for ARR.

[@DracoSuave]

@@Seshpai I stand corrected! You're right, it was WS that was repurposed and Thunderer that was an ARR original.

[@TheEmperorHyperion]

Don't forget Twintania of Turn 5.

[@SirFelyne]

Love all of the Lahabrea related motifs in this song

[@SirFelyne]

Mixing Thunderer/Maker’s Ruin with Shadows Withal and the Pandæmonium theme got me weak

[@RobdeliaYT]

It took a bit for this song to click with me but once the Shadows Withal speed piano break kicked in I started making monkey noises. Not at all what I expected from a Lahabrea rematch but I love it

[@NeoBluereaper]

Probably not even his final fight yet.

[@eden3316]

SAME oh my god

[@Probably_Gonna_Die]

Yeah I had to listen to it a couple of times to like it. It's not really my style and I like the other raid soundtracks more but I was fangirling too when Shadows Withal kicked in. lmao.

[@zombiesxaliens]

LMAOOO MONKEY NOISES. Same!!!

[@lotharschramm5000]

Happens to me quite often in this game. At first the songs are good, but nothing too remarkable. Then after a while they grow on me and they become super omega good. I don't know why and how, but it's always worked like this for me all the way since Alexander.

[@WeskAlber]

0:27 Hahah that's me

[@earlgreyrogue]

where???

[@RonoroaDSanji]

@@earlgreyrogue the dragoon

[@uvi-]

The unexpected collaboration video

[@WeskAlber]

@@RonoroaDSanji They're in on the joke lol.

[@WeskAlber]

@@uvi- My first collab! Wow! Look mom I'm finally famous!

[@gelnn87]

The epic guitar solo at 1:19 makes my gaming focus at top levels...

[@MrEpicness2000]

"Im not going to sugar coat it." "THERE ARE PREY TO BE CONSUMED!"

[@Chaostothemax]

We are approaching Lahabreakcore and I am here for it

[@dragonmangames2523]

Lahabreakcore, eh? Needs to go harder, first.

[@dragonmangames2523]

@Phoenix Lahabreadcrumb

[@Andyjoe522]

@Phoenix He'll always be Lahabread in my heart.

[@Greyknight1575]

Wasn't expecting to see Wesk Alber in this music upload

[@Reynsoon]

Oh shit, you're right!

[@crimsonwizahd2358]

I thought I recognized that Dragoon, lol

[@greyspiritwolf]

My fav part is the Akadaemia Anyder motiff, made me love this song with that contrast 😩

[@dragondropit]

the fact that this makes me enjoy the praetorium/ultimae weapon fight even more is kind of insane

[@richardwicker8456]

This song caught me off guard at first; I wasn't sure how I felt about it, plus I was busy with the mechanics. Listening to it more closely though, I'm starting to really like this one too. The ost for Abyssos as a whole has been great and definitely a step up from Asphodelos.

[@adamsbja]

I ran it with some friends in Discord, and we weren't too onboard until it hit the jazz piano and we all said "wait what is he DOING with this music?" I'd picked out Thunderer before then but like you I was focused on the fight.

[@RasenCore]

The thunderer deep choir while the drummer absolutely loses it is just *chefkiss*

[@Lyu-Phy]

This is so fitting for a fight where you literally fight against a version of Lahabrea. Really the ultimate Ascian fight.

[@ryudhal]

I can't believe Hephaistos pulled a DMC5

[@MrKanooe]

Definitly feels like a first part of a two part songs, and we know its coming in the savage only phase!

[@_taiyou_]

as soon as i heard the thunderer arrangement I fell in love with this theme, def my favorit of this Tier.

[@FatalFatalisFtFts]

This is one of those songs that I can't hear without the voicelines of the boss playing in my head, just like with Zodiark or Seiryu

[@stasa3488]

so psyched they were able to get Alec Newman back for these raids in English. it’s been 6 years since HW, but he killed it here.

[@manafish8732]

FROM FULGENT FLAME MY SERVANTS RISE LEAVE NAUGHT BUT ASH IN YOUR WAKE!

[@shd_samurai9676]

I love that this is a mashup of all the Lahabread battle themes.

[@wolfwyvern3662]

The Thunderer and Shadows Withal being added into this theme is so befitting for Lahabrea, sounds sick too!

[@OnyxOfTheEarth]

"Rest eternal in the dark depths of this prison!"

[@anonymoususer69420]

It’s like Soken knows exactly the type of music I like. Started this game on a whim, this game is the gift that keeps on giving.

[@lotharschramm5000]

This is a great theme, I love the leitmotivs from old FF14 songs and the prog rock influences (1:19 notably). I feel this guy is gonna be super fun in savage, he's really agressive in his later phases. I really enjoyed the Abyssos story as well.

[@justinlee790]

Specifically, it uses leitmotifs from Without Shadow (Ascian theme), Thunderer (Ascian combat theme), and Shadows Withal (Akadaemia Anyder theme). Very fitting, as Lahabrea was the first Ascian the WoL faced, and so the first two tracks are most strongly associated with him. Meanwhile, he is also the head of the Akadaemia Anyder (whose theme itself is essentially a rearrangement of Without Shadow).

[@0shawhat]

1:19 sweet baby Jesus this part is so satisfying

[@Mysterious_XIV]

Square Enix: We need you to make a song that's a mix of Machinations, Thunderer, Shadows Withal, and make it sound like the boss is having an identity crisis. Soken: Hold my beer.

[@yesopenthedoor1179]

Man this whole raid series has music that sounds like its ripped straight from Castlevania and I'm SO here for it

[@Rondart]

Listening to Embers while fighting Archaeotania in The Tempest and then the piano from Akadaemia Anyder kicks in while the fight takes place overlooking Amaurot: Absolute Enlightenment. You should try it!

[@darionarretrea3586]

Why did it take me a year and a half to realize that this is basically a sped-up remixed version of the Ascian themes from earlier in the game..?

[@ahrims7]

This song has the energy and eccentricity of a Sonic OST

[@TheDivisonX]

Square enix had no right to make this theme slap so hard. im so glad im playing this game during the worst parts of my life.

[@darcygrimm8354]

I am glad you are playing it too WoL ^^

[@chaintrust9822]

hang in there fellow XIV connoisseur. Hope things get better for you 💪

[@luigisenpai]

if you havent done the rising event please do. wishing you blessings fellow WoL

[@charliefoxtrot1642]

Yay The Shadow Withal! it absolutely blew my mind everytime!

[@calebfairchild8745]

The music for FFXIV is so good, I legitimately listen to it on a playlist even when I'm playing games like Guild wars 2 whenever I need a break from FFXIV>

[@jordysfaen7239]

Pandæmonium's story got so much more interesting with this patch!

[@MrNobodyinpaticular]

Holy shit, Wesk Alber's in this one

[@kademaxwell6025]

I don't know why I'm getting 'Sunrise' (Suzaku's theme) vibes from the first minute of this song. Which is fitting since he uses a phoenix and the song is called 'Embers'.

[@a.parreira6934]

I do like it, when the bosses are chatty like this one was. I end up feeling like the voice cues are missing from the track itself...

[@untrustingstatue]

It is revealed that there is a lyrics version of this song via orchestrion, only attainable in SAVAGE.

[@paragon359]

Weskalber spotted, gamer alert

[@MapleLunii]

God the Akadaemia Anyder bit is so GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD

[@trial_with_an_error9687]

Hearing a bit of Thunderer in there made me like it, but that mixup into Shadows Withal...headbanger right there.

[@arctris9380]

So this is how it feels to be a child protective services agent

[@LastHunter0]

"This is gonna be so much fun in savage." Said every player ever.

[@willa1018]

Meanwhile I am very scared of "son of Zodiark and Hippokampus" P7S

[@joiseydragun7110]

3 hrs into savage with no prog because x player didn't wanna get serious: " This ain't so much fun anymore. "

[@ProfessorHeavy1]

@@willa1018 Let's be honest. The dreaded "3rd Savage" curse will strike again.

[@Sypher782]

Love how they overlayed “The Thunderers” over this

[@lukethefluke7]

remember we are already much bigger than usual in elpis to walk with the ascians, now look at lahabrea here, if we were normal size he would be huge!

[@fawkes6352]

Not content with making Lahabrea's ARR fight a fair challenge in 6.1, they made a raid series which really fleshes out his character. Not only does it show the extremely flawed but ultimately well-meaning man and father he was before everything involving the Final Days and Sundering drove him off the deep end, but it also culminates with a really fun raid against the embodiment of his suppressed and discarded impulses. You gotta appreciate that.

[@Creamccino]

So.. With the help of Lahabrea we must defeat Lahabrea, only for Lahabrea to transform into a bigger Lahabrea, and with the means of Lahabrea's help once again, we must defeat Lahabrea.

[@TheImaggine]

Given what the story got us so far its safe to say that athena is the one behind all of this ans that she's still alive. Consisering she's willing to use her own son fpr her experiment makes me wonder...is this gonna be jenova?

[@SuperHexer123]

Thats what my thoughts were by the end, my first thought is "someone is pulling the strings here" and the implications are heavy on athena. Also my friend brought up how someone had to break out not-habrea out of his prison and it'd make sense for athena to be the one to do it. My only question now is....whats the end goal here for stirring all this up.

[@NeoBluereaper]

@@SuperHexer123 Honestly I think Not-lahabrea is going to end up the one we've known. Because he was in crystal during the shundering and Emet/Elidibus somehow found another method to survive. Like they would need all the help they can get to rejoin the world's and would be just a minor retcon to show why Lahabrea was so unhinged/weaker than the other two. I bet he, like fandaniel was playing the long game. Pandemonium was his ultimate back up plan, to achieve true resurrection for both him and his wife, just that he needs Emet and Elidibus out of the picture first because he stands no chance against either of them.

[@Sivrn-Val]

I highly doubt it's gonna be a Jenova situation. If anything I'm getting more Garland from IX with a dash of Emperor of Heaven from II vibes.

[@DracoSuave]

@@NeoBluereaper And given our Lahabrea's dead, someone with Hesphaistos's crystal could go into the Aitiascope and *find him*.

[@stasa3488]

Thinking Emperor of Heaven as well (all the references to traps were rly excellent haha), we’ve now fought his “Hell Emperor” incarnation. it’d be delightful if we find out he’s been plotting a way to take control of the aetherial sea itself since his death in HW. what’s so endearing about Lahabrea is the man simply does not know when to give up.

[@phish2264]

2:40 uwu transition to akadaemia anyder.. such eargasm ;;;

[@agbag205]

Lol the Wesk Alber Cameo I recognized him in the cutscene

[@NightArcHero]

This is a very roundabout way of having a rematch with Lahabrea

[@somberleo]

Is that THE Wesk Alber?

[@FatalFatalisFtFts]

Dude's looking like a Resident Evil villain

[@volkeghermost6373]

I spy a Wesk Alber lol Dude makes great guides

[@HxEVExN]

Now these are LIT-MOTIFS!

[@nick_woow]

...It took me far longer than it should have to recognize Wesk is this video

[@bicks4436]

Don't get me wrong the drums are good but how is nobody talking about the fucking bass on this track goddamn

[@xelseartheonlyone1267]

This music gives Shin megami tensei vibes. I like it.

[@the.duck.is.ronin.]

Is nobody gonna talk about how this is the only part of the raid tier that's voice acted?

[@Patrick-pk4tm]

was really surprising but i am happy that it is voiced!

[@jacobkern2060]

Probably to make up for the lack of lyrics.

[@reynna255]

Just like Shiva/Ryne in E8 😆

[@auroninja]

Whenever I do this fight, my head bops with the the tune the entire battle.

[@sparthyslaysstuff2405]

Lahabrea's Abyssos: Final Lap

[@oppdropper1312]

bro in party chat said mans injected himself with the t-virus

[@Drac9866]

holy quack, in a parity with Wesk Alber

[@reniuma]

I used this as a ringtone and got jumpscare every godamn time

[@Mistima_Memento]

Did i spot WeskAlber as a Dragoon there?

[@gdzen4302]

1:47 Thunderer!!! Thunderer!!!

[@bagels4979]

nice catch

[@xmissviolencex]

This song goes hard as fuck and I love it.

[@Captain.Mystic]

Everyone is calling him not-habrea. i call him fauxhabrea.

[@dragopy2410]

When the piano start playing **chef's kiss**

[@NeoBluereaper]

I do wonder if we will fight our original Lahabrea, and he's been playing the long game to achieve true resurrection.

[@Andyjoe522]

Spoilers for the end of the tier, though why anyone would be in this comment section before having finished the raid is beyond me: I'm confident that present Lahabrea has to be the one who pulled Pandaemonium into the lifestream. Who else would have the motivation to do so? Plus, present-day Lahabrea had his full sigil, rather than the half one that we saw on him this tier, implying that in the time since then and the modern day he refused with Hephaistos. Not to mention it would mirror Emperor Mateus from FFII taking control of hell after his death and ruling from his own Castle Pandaemonium.

[@kaileenabonaduce227]

@@Andyjoe522 This was my thought. I think Lahabrea is going to use Claudien to try and resurrect himself, and the final tier is going to be a true fight against complete, full-power Lahabrea.

[@UltimegaSeven]

I agree that this one took a bit get used to, but alot like Seiryu, it reminds me of old school bosses and I love when songs with chaotic nature are added to bosses that do alot of stuff in their fights. Just puts you more in a battle ready mindset i guess

[@toodleselnoodos6738]

Finally figured it out: The three themes: Ascian (Without Shadow), Ascian Boss (Thunderer), and Akademia Anyder (Shadows Withal). The first was unrecognizable to me at first because the Ascian theme is usually a slow vocal, while this one is a heavily rocked out version. The main theme from Thunderer is pretty obvious. The Akademia Anyder I forgot about, coz usually the Amaurot theme is the one I get caught up on. Overall, I love it even more now that I know where each leitmotif comes from!

[@jonathand2705]

Just noticed that the dragoon is Wesk goddamn Alber. That's really cool.

[@ryutheslayer123]

Anyone else notice that this guy seems to transform into an organic Ultima Weapon?

[@EXFOOLYCOOLY]

Really love the guitar and piano here

[@nick_woow]

Uvi: "Let's play Spot the Motifs" Oh! Me first, me first! o/ So, I can spot the Ascian Motif which we have heard before in both Without Shadow and Shadow Withal(which this song seems to draw inspiration from both) as well as the Motif from Thunderer which played during the fight against Lahabred as well as Sideburns, err, Nabriales. Also, I just realized how similar both Thunderer and Maker's Ruin sound in certain parts, so I guess there's a bit of Maker's Ruin? Technically? Maybe? EDIT: Thanks to Darth Sanguine for correcting me about the Ascian's theme name!

[@sawyer3244]

Akademia anyder too

[@nick_woow]

@@sawyer3244 That's actually where Shadows Withal plays! Which is kinda sad when you think about. All along, the Ascians wanted the world they lost, and the theme that's related to them (Without Shadow) is basically a dark, twisted version of a song that is related to the Ancients(Shadows Withal), where they come from

[@DarthSanguine]

Shadows Within isn't a thing - you're thinking of Without Shadow.

[@nick_woow]

@@DarthSanguine I am yes. Whoops! Changing it now

[@sawyer3244]

@@nick_woow ohh I get it now lol

[@spikytoaster]

Nice Wesk Alber Cameo