[FFXIV Shadowbringers] Emet-Selch in Amaurot (Loop)

[@zetajolyne3689]

A man who said wants to kill me yet gave me a special citizen identity in his handmade phantom city

[@jerrysaen]

LOOOOL

[@mgshadow45]

I think it was that it was keyed to our fragment of a soul from Venat. He still cared about Venat even after all this time and it showed through in his creation of Amaurot and her special status.

[@magus13131]

@@mgshadow45 the WoL's soul is their own, not Venat's. She's Unsundered. The WoL is the combined fragments of Azem's soul, of those Reflections that have been Rejoined, plus the First's soul (Ardbert). Venat was the Azem before you, hers and your souls have no connection beyond her being your mentor and you having Hydaelyn's blessing.

[@ReaperSigma]

@@mgshadow45 The WoL is the Sundered souk of Azem, Venat is not Azem. We were once Emets friend, they very one he's been working for all this time to restore

[@leighg9o]

​​@@ReaperSigma venat, was the previous azem retired. Azem is just a title same as emet selch.

[@natchofox]

He made it from memory, and he can barely stand to look at it. This is beautifully done.

[@ApexGale]

"I may have gotten a _little_ carried away, in my attention to detail. Added a few unnecessary flourishes..."

[@chaoticspark2639]

@@ApexGale "so like him a slave to ssentiment"

[@corbeaudejugement]

he almost looks like he's crying

[@bigfoxki]

Rebirth from a long lost memory of all the good time he once had. It is so meticulous crafted it spared not the finest details. That's why it is unbearable to look at. Because it taunts him for knowing at the beginning it would never be what he after even if he succeeds

[@hafirenggayuda]

Remind me to the story about a painter who made a beautiful painting of his late daughter. He can't stand the painting but can't bring himself to destroy it.

[@raoinshishiza152]

I always love the clock ticking in the background symbolizing the endless continuance of time for one where time is essentially meaningless.

[@NotTheWheel]

I always felt like the ticking of the Clock was symbolized inevitability. Because all we see through Amaurot is an illusion and all those we see are just conjured phantoms of the people who once lived just before the end of days. So while we see them in this pocket of frozen time, doesn't change the fact of what still happened or what's to occur in the future. The tragedy of those who sacraficed their lives to save the others only for what remained to live a fractured existence. Our answer to Emet is we have that same strength in us save our world from the same destruction. Even though we are just a piece of those formerly great people. We can rise to the challenge.

[@raoinshishiza152]

@@NotTheWheel could also bee every second he has to go without his entire civilization. Just a constant nagging tic tic tic. Every second he is more of a faulifure

[@NotTheWheel]

@@raoinshishiza152 also valid.

[@F3N01]

One way I've heard what the ticking symbolises was time ticking away for a city of people oblivious to the coming of the Final Days, which Emet knows and can actively count every second. A clock forever ticking within a city that is suspended moments before a cataclysm, which would make sense considering that the Amaurot dungeon depicts those final days as well.

[@NotTheWheel]

@@F3N01 Aye as was my previous assertion. Sort of just gives this inevitable vibe. The whole zone does really. A Tragic Dread of lost hopes and dreams. Ones that Emet has had to carry.

[@yoemans]

"I played my part to perfection. I had earned my rest. And then, thanks to Lahabrea's crowning act of idiocy, our favorite emissary sees fit to summon me back"

[@Solarwolf64]

I played the whole story line, how is it Lahabrea's fault exactly?

[@emerylafleur]

@@Solarwolf64everything is lahabrea's fault

[@Solarwolf64]

@@emerylafleur Can't argue with that

[@Axindoor]

@@Solarwolf64 yeah Lahabrea was too direct and too much of a villain, it provoked the quick development of the WoL and hastened the need to use a rejoining

[@grygaming5519]

@@Axindoor I mean....stable timeloop rules apply. That if something happen, it was deemed to happen because it already happen.

[@USMC49er]

To us, it is an archeological piece of history.. To Emet-Selch, it is a graveyard of his home.

[@moonfiend9259]

It's such a simple melody. Yet the piano is so melancholic and brings up feelings of nostalgia for me. I can feel the longing, the deep want for something beautifully ancient yet long gone. I keep coming back for a listen every now and then.

[@ureshiiiiii]

I'm in tears, this is so stunning. I love both versions you created Bless you for sharing.

[@jeniffer7799]

When I first take foot in Amauroth... and I heard this music... and when I learned that he remade the city from his memorys... I cried... so hard...

[@MinimyoCaly]

The fact that he recreated the moment between him and Hythlodaeus, where he begs Hythlo not to go...heartbreaking.

[@Yvanne]

Spoilers: EW. . . It really was crazy to see how different he was in Elpis. That he actively rejected and was disgusted by the thought of this would be who he became. Unreal. It honestly makes the end of ShB way, way more tragic. I'm so sorry Emet.

[@bigfoxki]

EW is great, but ShB is still my personal best. In a sense that EW is like FF7CC, and ARR-ShB are like the main story of FF7.

[@ApexGale]

I think his voice actor also did a phenomenal job with changing his tone and pitch. So much less hatred and depression back in Elpis. That sarcasm and irritable mood was still there, but it lacked that mocking bite to it. You could tell he was in a much better place mentally, just from his voice alone.

[@corbeaudejugement]

tempering, man. tempering.

[@maevekirkland9452]

@@corbeaudejugement not tempering. he lost everyone he loved. he lost his closest friend in Hythlodaeus and every waking moment was spent trying to get him back. i guarantee that Emet Selch would not have been nearly as evil, or evil at all, if Hythlodaeus had not been sacrificed.

[@corbeaudejugement]

@@maevekirkland9452 ok, not _just_ tempering, but it was a factor. remember that we did tell him everything that was going to happen, and he was still skeptical he would act that way.

[@Thagyr]

It was around this moment that the Ascians fully went from the comic-book supervillains they were previously to something much more sad and tragic to me. This city was so beautiful, but so melancholy in the fact that it was entirely a facade. But in acknowledging it's beauty I finally understood their point of view. They wanted this all back and they wanted it real.

[@keithfilibeck2390]

its more than that, they didn't just want it back, they made solemn promises eons ago to do so.

[@JessicaSenpai]

This song always hits me like a truck. The visuals fit perfectly as well and are absolutely beautiful. 🥺

[@SonySteals]

Best villain ever created. Relatable, lovable yet dangerous and has to be stopped. This is such a roller coaster part of the game❤

[@kiriuxeosa8716]

That moment when you first come across it, its a moment you eagerly want to share with everyone and yet luckily we have a community that eagerly yet patiently wait for the moment another person experiences it themselves for the first time only to relive the event through the expression of anothers amazement at the sight

[@TenebiCenturion]

I am currently the one in my friendgroup traveling through the story, and my friends eagerly watching my reactions. It's a fun journey. I just feel sad I cant do it again from the start. I aint done, but it's been an amazing ride so far.

[@Zeithri]

I did not like this place. However I had this reaction when I reached Mare Lametorum. Best place that it was.

[@autumneagle]

Thousands of years, and this memory was still so vivid. And poor Hythlodaeus. Our new old friend

[@aezerie8239]

He must have been so lonely. It's painful to think about.

[@milkystars4063]

Thank you so much for your work! I'll never forget how melancholic Amaurot is, and after finding out that it's all just *his* memory, I couldn't help but cry :(( Stunning and beautiful...

[@carllossvangrass]

Just finished Shadowbringers and my god I did not expect a location alone would leave me this emotional. The work you put into this is stunning and the vibe from it is just amazing, well done!

[@zidairheart]

I feel exactly the same - it really captures the depth of the story

[@reasontaipei]

This video just made Emet-Selch’s story all the more maddeningly heart-wrenching and saddeningly unbearable… Great work, love it!

[@MezameTV]

I wasn't ready for the rush of feels... Thank you for making this!

[@akemus9788]

I remembered a lyrics from a song "Well I can't explain what happened to my faith late last night. I sleep in empty pools, and vacant alleyways"

[@vinayshravan]

0:19 "all our splendor, bathed black in silence" "our surrender, a sombre reverie" 1:57 "in monochrome melodies. our tears are painted in red" "deep inside we're nothing more than scions and sinners"

[@WarriorKalia]

2:20 "in the rain, do light and darkness fade" Right and wrong are all well and good, but at the end of the day, pointless sophistry. In the face of a loss so all encompasing, what are petty morals but an excuse...? With enough tears to blur your sight, "good" and "evil" are just... words. The only thing that matters is action- and the ends justify the means. They have to.

[@RedheadButNotReally]

A perfect example of an antagonist who isn't necessarily a villain.

[@Sultschiem]

He and his buddies committed genocide on world-scale several times...

[@angulardrift1537]

He is absolutely a villain. Just a villain with his own reasons that on the surface...dont seem necessarily wrong.

[@harukoiiwajima]

@@Sultschiem We're the villians in his eyes~ the story is always written by those whom win not by the dead/ losers in history

[@GKSTKR]

@@Sultschiem Because they genuinely believed what they were doing was right. Emet-Selch wasn't evil, but his methods and justification were terrible.

[@bh64th]

@@GKSTKR This is not true, Emet 100% enjoyed the evil things that he did, He shows and admits this many times. One of those scenes is when you first arrive in the Raktikka greatwoods. We feel for emet because he's fighting for his homeworld and his friends, But he's not the emet of that past and that's shown when we travel to elpis. Emet had corrupted himself through years and years of letting his obsession about the past push him to do worse and worse things. Like someone already said, He committed genocide on a massive scale. He and his group wiped out the 13th and turned it into what it is now. People will hark on Zenos all day for endwalker and stormblood, Yet those same people worship emet when regardless of emet's past, he's done much much worse then Zenos. You can weep for death of what Emet was, But shadowbringers emet was 100% a villian, He was just a villian with charisma which is what blinds some people.

[@Dusty_Inkwell]

This is absolutely gorgeous. After playing EW and then replaying SHB again, everything hit so much harder. Now I'm just a sobbing mess when I see this. Just let me wrap this wonderful man into a blanket and let me continue to smother him with my love.

[@LchanOtakudom]

One moment I hate his guts, the next… I want to hug him and never let go. I have never felt this with any other character in a video game, ever!!

[@li_celly]

Omg!!! When I was watching the Infinite Journeys Challenge, I was so happy to see your submission! I’m glad you made a loop here and I’m definitely gonna download that wallpaper engine. It’s so coooool!! :D

[@matthewtreadwell8921]

I know i'm late to the party, But I finished shadowbringers and endwalker over the past couple weeks. I saw this animation a couple years ago when you released it, and I thought it was really cool. But I come back to it now with the context of the scene and it breaks my heart. You did a wonderful job at portraying Emet as the broken man he is, and his struggle to cope with his memories. Thank you for making this lovely, yet pain inducing piece of fanart.

[@DDespicable]

Took me tooooooo long to realize this was the slower piano version of To the Edge. That happens way too many times to me in this game now that I think about it.

[@backgroundcharacterj5071]

Or is to the edge a faster version of amaurots theme

[@Kaizuk0hakupac]

he can't even look at it in this version. it's heart breaking man, to the core.

[@enikata7349]

Despite the fact he was "the villain" I couldn't hate Emet-Selch. He'd survived the destruction of this world, the loss of virtually everyone he knew and all he wanted was to have it all back again. The means in doing so was deplorable but I just can't help feeling sympathy for him.

[@DavidCruickshank]

I absolutely love coming across Emet selch content! Thank you!

[@ShogunRyuusha]

People: Emet was a cruel, genocidal nihilist who hated the world and enjoyed the slaughter. Me: When you believe the world is filled with the broken shards of your family, and you spend centuries watching people forget about you, you don't think you'd turn to nihilism if it meant you could actually bring back what you thought was perfection? Like, we can't imagine being immortal - not yet. Not truly. Emet was given centuries and we know he took on SEVERAL lives. He admitted to having TRIED to live a normal life and live on, but he couldn't. He could not forget those who had died. He was watching the cycle repeat itself and Hydaelyn getting away with her "Peace." It sickened him because it was a lie. The world had been doomed, and all they had done was postpone it and now he had to sit and watch it cycle past himself with NOTHING to do but live and try to forget those who meant most to him. You can't compare him to Zenos, because Zenos is a little shit. I'll stand by it. He's a soulless husk whose only purpose in life seems to be fighting a true strong rival who hates him. He just wants people to hate him. Emet didn't WANT people to hate him, because he doesn't see us as PEOPLE. He sees us as broken shards of what was. Like scraping away broken glass, we don't think about the glass we throw in the trash - only about the new jar we're going to buy to replace it.

[@Khotetsu]

The one thing I'll say about Zenos is that one of the stories they published during Stormblood showed that he was a monster made, rather than a monster born, which puts him closer to Yotsuyu (before she becomes Tsuyu) in terms of the tragedy of his character, but he's still a monster who only cares for the dopamine rush he gets in a life or death fight. For Emet, I once saw a great post describing his situation as if everybody in the world had been turned into dogs due to the actions of a group opposed to your efforts to save the world. And not just one dog, each person was turned into several dogs. It's you, a couple of others who survived the tragedy, and an endless sea of dogs. You tried to prevent one tragedy from happening, only to suffer another. And the question is, would you hate the dogs? Of course not, how could you? They're just dogs. They may not be as sentient as people are, but they live their own rich lives, they love their family and friends, and it's not like they chose to be born into this world. So maybe you try to fit in, you put on a dog mask, and try to live amongst them, barking and howling at the moon along with the rest, subsisting on the scraps and little animals they hunt down. All the while, working with the other survivors, trying to find a cure to turn everybody back into people. But eventually, you'd probably come to resent the dogs. Maybe it's when you get bitten one too many times for how loudly you grieve for your friends and family, or you see your best friend's eyes for a moment, staring back at you from a husky, and you blink and they're gone, just another dog amongst a sea of dogs. You'd resent them for every conversation that you would never have again, every conversation with a loved one, a friend, a coworker, every joke that's been replaced by their constant barking and whining, their constant killing of each other over scraps and garbage while you try to save them and find a cure, and no matter how much you beg and plead, they can't understand that you're doing this for their benefit too, that you're trying to SAVE THEM! But they can't understand because, after all, they're just dogs. Maybe you'd try herding the dogs, forming them into packs and leading them around in circles while you try to find a cure to turn the dogs back into people. Maybe you do this for years and years. The packs change, but the bickering over scraps is always the same. Eventually, you might stop caring about how many dogs die trying to find the cure, because if a thousand dogs have to die to bring back just a few more people, it will all be worth it. After all, their lives are so short, and they just won't stop killing each other for measly pieces of rotten meat and garbage anyways. Until, one day, you discover a dog that's different. Not by much, but this one is a little bit smarter and a little bit stronger than the rest. You watch as this dog inspires the other dogs around it to be better, to try better, in a way that you were never able to, and finally, for the first time in who knows how many years, there's some faint glimmer of hope. And so you try to cooperate with this dog, even though they look at you as if you're the devil, and in your time spent with them, you're shocked to see the face of an old friend in them, thought lost to time and the dog tragedy. A friend who didn't join you to try to save the world, or join the side opposing you, but left, disgusted by the loss of life on both sides, excommunicated and cast out for their decision. You try to deny it at first, after all, it's just a dog, there's no way they could be your old friend. But day by day, you watch them lead these dogs, and you see your friend reflected in them, more and more. You think, maybe this is it, the missing link, a way to bridge the gap, maybe we don't have to kill any more dogs. Maybe you can speak with your old friend, like you used to. Until the dog gets hurt. Hurt so bad, you're sure they're going to die. They got hurt, trying to protect these other short sighted dogs in their endless bickering over scraps and garbage, all because of a scheme you set up, in your efforts to find a cure, that you let them try to stop. And now you have to choose. Do you save this dog, your old friend, at the cost of finding the cure? You know you should choose the cure, but even if you do, this dog, your friend, will never come back, it's already too late for them. And this it, the last straw, the last hope that these dogs might be more than they appear. As you watch, you see yourself losing your old friend all over again, and losing them a second time hurts just as much as the first time. So you say, you knew it all along, they were just a dog, like all the others, because if they aren't, then that's your friend you're watching die right in front of you. But then, that dog gets up and looks at you. Not just looks through you, as so many dogs have before, but looks at you and says your name and _recognizes_ you. This dog, that just won't stop protecting the other dogs, no matter how many times they get hurt in the process, looks at you. And then that dog rips out your throat to save the other dogs. This ghost, a shadow of the person who symbolized everything you wanted to save, rips your throat out to protect creatures that will never understand what this dog did for them. And as you lay there and you realize that the fight is over, that there's no reason to deny it any longer, that you can admit that this dog is your old friend, you do the only thing you can muster the strength to do. You ask them, your old friend, this dog, to remember you. Because no one else will. No one else _can._

[@kisaragireion]

I really love both of your analogies. The broken vase and the dogs ❤

[@leanblasterex5240]

ecatly, ultimately emet from shadowbringers isnt the real emet but his tired obsession driven self after millenias of living over and over trying to find worth and common ground to allow this world to live on instead of fighting to get his past life back, we know emet is closely like WoL (secretly, shy boy after all) and cant help but help another, plus we are a shard of azem, its only fitting its by our hand that he finally give him a rest he long deserved such was a sad victory and not a thriumphant victory. thats why i think the end of the song answer is said to emet, you must live, die and know.

[@MyraAmherst2018]

This is AMAZING. I got chills

[@ragnarlothbrockk9732]

just finished shadowbringers last night ... i Shall remember them .

[@mothsworn]

How ephemeral; I imagine he would've enjoyed this.

[@eternalsigma]

i want to give him a hug rn

[@flamingaxelburn]

I always feel like Emet's the guy who buys the last drink at 2am. before the bar permanently closes. Sure, we may go kill each other tomorrow, but for now... let's share this drink before... the lights are turned off.

[@specialnewb9821]

The Nier Reincarnation/FF14 crossover ends with Emet waiting here for WoL....

[@haso323]

Stunning.

[@fitzyizgood]

Everyone here who is commenting about the beauty and horrible melancholy of Emet's story makes my heart float. Yall are amazing.

[@WilliBaku]

Thank you

[@182lyana]

So sad but awesome, thank you.

[@MordredMaiworth]

So good

[@Chonobataar]

Such a beautiful theme.

[@hmk6980]

I love him

[@gilgammesh1]

Reminds me of visiting all the places me and my old highschool friends used to visit. All have relationships and even kids now.

[@stars-and-clouds]

How did you make this omg... This is so gorgeous... I feel like crying

[@marshalldreamer]

Simply marvelous.

[@HikingFeral]

What if Hythlodaeus knows? he's sure to notice.

[@luminouslux2078]

I miss him so muchhhhhh 😭

[@darth_yoda]

Last time I made a new character in FFXIV when I got to Shadowbringer I was all "I'm HOME" Endwalker was damn good on the story part but Shadowbringer always have a special place in my heart for how well Emet-sulk was written and acted and the just simply BEAUTIFUL scenery you encounter.

[@ShadowProject01]

Emmet RIP you magnificent tragic bastard you 😢

[@russeshwar]

Amazing. Thank you!

[@Jetstoanywhere]

I need to start playing this game again

[@GeekGilink]

We will remember

[@notarealspy4090]

Dunno why, but imagining him eventually jumping off with Magic or a skill, only to land on his perch from Above, would be a very interesting Visual

[@JurassicPancake]

just what the hell did those early “ascians”(?) do to piss off the universe so bad?? those monsters that came to wipe them out were horrifying. just beat shadowbringers really early in the morning earlier and that first boss in amaurot especially was quite a sight for 3am

[@thehermit8618]

Its said by the phantoms of Amaurot that one day an unexplained "cry" came from deep within the earth and started affecting life everywhere, the worst of which were the ancients themselves who lost control over their powerful creation magicks and started engendering twisted monsters from their unconscious fears and anxieties, this gradually absorbed the whole world and kickstarted what they called "The End Days"

[@kurisu7885]

He deserved better, especially since he tried to be better.

[@MuraeBraun]

Gorgeous, well done.

[@J-leaf]

I'm guessing this is Emet's post death(s) midlife crisis followed by PTSD of the original Final Days and with a hint overexertion of stress and lack of sleep.

[@silanah]

This game made me genuinely care about a mass murderer. Nicely done, Yoshi-P. Nicely done indeed… 💖😢

[@MissKashira]

Not only that. A not insignificant amount of the playerbase would have joined the Ascians if allowed. It's crazy the amount of people who would have been on board with Team Genocide if given the chance. Kinda makes it obvious why he wants to wipe out the lot of us.

[@Chris-P.-Bacon-III]

I... still think about Emet's story on occasion. How such a tragic villain, capable of the most horrible atrocities could be so... understandable... His people are gone. His friends are dead. He longs for their return -- it's within REACH and we KEEP STOPPING HIM... at every turn. No matter what he does, we are always there to ensure that the people he knew and loved will remain dead and forgotten... to all but him and the few Ascians still alive... He constructed Amaurot to honor their memory, and though consistently drawn to it -- a last bastion of what he once had -- it still is a constant reminder of the grief, sorrow, and everlasting torment he has endured and WILL endure until his work is done. And he continues to work; he fights for the lives of his friends... just the same as he WoL. And... it's a damn shame we could never convince him that their memories live on in us all... every creature roaming the plains, the flora themselves... the rock formations and all. The Ascians souls were split into the many reflections of the Source, but... there are yet still glimmerings shining through of the soul's true nature every now and then. If only he could have appreciated those reflections as descendants instead of false copies... Perhaps then we could have been his friend. All he wanted was his friends. I could never blame a man tearing worlds apart to have them back... Never.

[@Darksaviour]

Killing this man really was doing him a mercy. Even if they rejoined all the shards the world they would have made wouldn’t have been the one they lost. Restoring the world back to what they remembered… It was their final fantasy

[@tweenb431]

Remember that we once lived..

[@peaceolale]

Back when I saw Amaurot in the cutscene where my WOL and her companion set foot in Amaurot and gasped in awe, me too mesmerized by the view of it. But when the music began I felt like something's tragic happened here and I felt like I didn't wanna take a step forward and wanna know further

[@ravenna6543]

You're evil. I understand why and I resonate with it but, you're the bad guy and I'm the good guy. We've both got our parts to play. Truly one of the best villains of all time in videogames.

[@KaraelCosplay]

Thank you!

[@notaplasticexistence]

I don't see how we can go from something this good to...tacos..

[@k0shachiya_myata]

Yep, dt sucks

[@impuimchen]

talent!!!

[@LagunaLeonhart]

Heard 2 seconds and instant save and like.

[@outkastkami6425]

Emet selch one of the domestic villains who was a friend in a way

[@ViewTube_Dan]

Man.. you can literally imagine him sitting there like this for years.. he is older.. far older than 100000 years according to lore..

[@Nekrotix12]

Emet-Selch is such a perfect villain and I can't even put into words why. Well, I could, but it'd take way too long. God I wish FFXIV wasn't so goddamn long I want more of my friends to play it ;-;

[@YGNX]

Spoilers ahead for those who haven't finished Shadowbringers as I would never want to deprive anyone of that feeling: It's because he isn't a viliain, the best villains tend to be the ones who once you look at the reasons they do what they do, you look and ask yourself "...Would I have done the same, or even similar?" He watched the death of his entire civilization bar a handful at the hands of a true catastrophe, only to find out and realize we are but a piece of a member of that same race, not just a member, but one of it's highest council, where he sat too, and one of the few close friends he had ever had, it's why we had the special identity in Amaurot, he realized who we were, the wandering of them, the final seat. He did everything, solely to bring back his home, his friends, his people, everything, nothing more, and had eventually steeled himself, consoling himself that he'd never see them again, even with the fellow remaining few who wised to bring them back as well, but much more fanatically, such as Lahabrea and our good friend the "old warrior of light" as he was at the time of his death. Who he also saved us from, may I add on top of it. He is withered down mentally, broken, and beaten. He merely wishes to keep those who he still cares about, and to Amaurot alive, even if it's only in his memories, he is far from a villain, an anti-hero at worst, and someone who we all if given the circumstance and same chance, would have most likely done the same in the face of emotion. As I said, in writing, the best "villains" that are perceived tend to be ones where you can't draw the line between bad and good, where you ask things about yourself after they are gone. And I LOVE Emet-Selch because of it. He is one of those characters to a TEE, not only that, unlike the other ascians, he is the only one who almost never directly interferes, and even checks up on you in person several times, showing his care. Although he did shoot our good boy, he realized that he was not meant to be there, just as we weren't and that was a threat to Amaurot to him, and he had to remove a threat to his home, or rather his memory of it. Emet was never a villain. At the worst upon looking at his deeds and why he did them, he is an anti-hero, and to saving to player and the realization he did everything he could solely out of the will to save what he had of his entire people and world, he is beyond a hero in the end, redeemed through the act of saving the player.

[@Zeithri]

@@YGNX That's bs and you know it. He's *ABSOLUTELY* a villain. Just consider the amount of people he's directly killed himself. All the innocents who suffered and died simply because he couldn't move on from the past.

[@naif9464]

@@YGNXclassic apologist. Emet was one of the most unhinged villains of FFXIV. Other than mass genocide, remember what he said about the sundered life, and (excuse my paraphrasing) how killing us won’t matter as he doesn’t consider us to be truly alive? :D he’s a good villain, and the key word is *villain*

[@twizzlytwist]

@@naif9464 nah

[@naif9464]

@@twizzlytwist understandable

[@backgroundcharacterj5071]

It was at this moment Emet solidifed himself as the homie

[@xenodee027]

I loved the city of amaurot when I first saw it. It'd be so awesome if it had a residential area like other cities I'd move there in heartbeat 😄

[@BaithNa]

One of the greatest and most tragic villains in fictional history 😢

[@JamieBarrington]

This makes me want to cry. Seeing him sad, lonely and homesick for eons hurts my heart. I didn't approve of his actions, but I empathized with him so much.

[@LuisRuiz-un7yc]

Good by Emet my new old friend 😢

[@aqj2014]

very well done

[@WaterLockser]

The ticking clock makes me thing of the fact although this is just a city remade from his memory its symbolises how the city is lost to time

[@cleansalad]

vibes

[@reccabvb5166]

PRECIOUS

[@1jidion]

i cant hear this without hearing the lyrics to "to the edge"

[@SilentRaven8]

just think, this is all he wanted his people back safe an sound his position was in a way, the same one the wol would of been in if they failed to stopped the final days but kept trying to save everyone

[@SilentRaven8]

that in a way to me sounds like he kept trying to embody Azem like "what would azem do in this situation? lay down and give up on all we worked for for everyone? no"

[@SilentRaven8]

and i live for it

[@SilentRaven8]

he was tired but he (probably, im HCin) made a promise to himself/azem to keep trying to get everyone back regardless of how done he felt

[@i.f.a.l.456]

Remember that we once lived…… 😓

[@MissKashira]

Is this one of those tests to see how long you can look at something before crying? I made it 41 seconds.

[@JangoFox11880]

Damn... seeing him sitting there depressed makes me sad. :(

[@Stanpai]

Would you be alright with this loop being used as the background in an Emet Selch character voice video I may or may not be working on? Beautiful work.

[@LordKlemmbaustein]

Sure, just credit me ^^

[@thrawnway]

we need this for wallpaper engine holy shit

[@LordKlemmbaustein]

added a link in the description

[@fawkespryde9183]

You or someone else added this to wallpaper engine and its been my background since I started Endwalker

[@anr-iel]

Man I really liked Emet

[@zenixvampirchik652]

Is there something like this for wallpaper engine? Would've been cool

[@JamieEhh]

Just about finished Post-Shadowbringers now, :(

[@CryptidCalling]

this would make one great wallpaper engine wallpaper

[@LordKlemmbaustein]

added a link to it in the description

[@jaykay5838]

He just wants to go home

[@everuso6767]

Animated Windows background when?

[@hkoizumi3134]

What bothers me most is he did all that out of love. Something we all can understand and perhaps in another life, would be there beside him and help.

[@gumbo3324]

can you please tell me how you got that model of emet selch?

[@LordKlemmbaustein]

ripped it from the game files with textools and did some quality adjustments

[@kupovonmooglehart5541]

Hey any chance I can use this loop for streams when I do FF14 streams please? will credit where I can :)

[@LordKlemmbaustein]

As long as I am credited I'm fine with it :)

[@kupovonmooglehart5541]

@@LordKlemmbaustein of course! Thank you ^_^

[@LulipinArt]

Makes me sad :(