I can imagine a researcher managing to establish two way communication with chocobos, only to be told by one: "Oh, no, you have it backwards. You didn't 'domesticate' us. WE adopted *YOU.* " XD
The information about Chocobos treating others as family is great. Adds some lore depth to one of my favorite things about the Chocobos, and that is that when one's personal Chocobo is stabled, it will jump up and down happily when it sees you approaching.
Yes, I really connected with the chocobo from the Grand Company quest that got our first mount. While I might have preferred a system like that introduced in FF11 where we could breed our own chocobos from the egg where colour was an inherited trait and food types improved stats. At least opposed to getting one as a full adult though I appreciated the ability to name him and eventually combat train him in a chosen class. Maybe it was my long exposure to chocobos from FF7 onwards that helped me immediately see him as a partner rather than pet. I admit I struggled to think of a name and had to think about it for a few minutes before I recalled another character across the games I played that helped me complete my purpose as Dragonborn without actually making me do anything in return. Paarthurnaax. It’s true he had a dark past and likely aided the Dragonborn so that he could begin to try to impose the Way of the Voice on the other dragons but still… you just got past the Greybeards, walked up to him and he straight up greeted you as Dragonborn, taught a word of power and gave valuable help until the end of the game. So perhaps that’s why he came to mind for naming my chocobo because it was during ARR, where absolutely nobody else would so much as piss on you if you were on fire without demanding another favour first. So yeah my WoL saw him as partner over pet and to be honest after setting him up with the tank role he’s saved my scrawny Smn/Sch and Whm butt more than once. I used him as my primary mount until I unlocked flying then switched to a mount that looked much more graceful in flight… until the flight ability was removed from me in Heavensward and Stormblood and I never could be bothered to get the aether currents so I went back to him was my primary mount again. So I’m really happy to see a lore video on them by my favourite scribe.
@@mikoto7693 Honestly, yeah I get ya. As a Gladiator my chocobo instead turned to pretty much patching my half dead self back together so I could go round twelve with the baddies. Far as how much I like em however? Well, Named em Ruby, a partner name I’ve had since the beginning of my gaming career, got their feathers a nice bright red, and lore wise it’s effectively the same. “Wow everyone here in Ul’dah sucks. At least I’ve got my bird buddy.” And from there the rest is history. Working em towards level 20 now cause my first money sink was onions. Cause if there’s ANYONE who deserves my full support. It’s my chocobo pal who’s been stitching me back together from the moment I got into the game proper.
You know... for all we love and praise chocobos, have you ever considered how BROKEN they are. We, the WoL, have traveled to places that might be seen as impossible ON MULTIPLE separate occasions. But every single time we call our Chocobo, it appears as though its been following us. Our chocobo is a freaking GOD, and i refuse to believe otherwise.
They can actually solo all the superbosses at the same time, but they're holding back to make us feel okay about ourselves. Ever wonder why we can't bring them to trials and raids? Now you know. 😉
I served a term in the Maelstrom, and got far enough to be issued a bird. Flood and I have been thick as thieves even after I resigned. Tell us about your bird, professor.
Ul’Dah, one of the few good memories I’ve got of there is Ruby, my own Chocobo, fancy red feathers and all. Heh, couldn’t have asked for a better companion. That bird’s been stitching me back up pretty much all the way from day one, took up the sword and shield to protect people and took up the good ol fashioned brawling in case either of em ever failed. Heh, Hamon Holyfist’s a real inspiration too I’d say. But, I’m pretty sure I’d have stopped bein able to swing long ago if it weren’t for my own Chocobo. Can’t always trust people, but the birds are honest to a fault.
Can say the same of my bud Whiplash. Till Sea Swallows All, Storm Captain. From my 1st class as a Pug to my last Job as an Astro, from 1 to 90, Whiplash has been with me, still with me through all of it. Happy to know others feel the same with their buds.
@@Starlitsoul0359 Another fellow pupil of The Holyfist I see :D My Teejay has carried me through fun times and hard times and I cannot tell how often her Choco Regen has been a boon.
Serpent Lieutenant here, and I adore my chocobo partner. His healing or defender modes have been the difference between life and death sometimes. I named him Paarthurnax because he helps me freely, just like the one from Skyrim. I was struck how the Dragonborn just strolled up to Paarthurnax and the old dragon just straight up started helping her deal with Alduin without demanding anything first. No defeating monsters or going on fetch quests-just one conversation and he got straight to helping. It seemed like a good fit, given that the chocobo is the same. Immediately becomes your mount and only takes the ghysyl greens to be willing to fight alongside the WoL.
If my memory serves me right: In the Return to Ivalice quest line there is a moment where we are shown a vision of the past warriors of light and among them is a Chocobo. Also the body structure of a Chocobo with it's large head, heavy beak, small wings and thick muscular legs is almost identical to the Terror Birds that once roamed our world.
That would be Boco, the original chocobo party member from Final Fantasy Tactics. You can recruit other chocobos in that game, but Boco is the only one with any story (being Weigraf's abandoned chocobo). All of the spirits you see at the end of Return to Ivalice are the Zodiac Braves, the various party members you can recruit in FF Tactics. Minus Cloud Strife, cuz he's a secret bonus character. Although really, the most important Zodiac Braves are the ones you fight as bosses in Orbonne Monastery: Mustadio, Agrias, and "Thunder God" Cid. And of course Ramza, the main character of Tactics, who helps out against Ultima.
I loved meeting my Companion Chocobo way back when, and Heulwen has been at my side ever since. I wish we had more interactions with our birbs! They're so characterful as it is but I'm sure my little red chook would cheerfully rear up for a /rally. Great to hear Ukulele de Chocobo any time of day. Thanks for the lecture!
Legit they should have a minigame where we can play with our birds. Have it available in some stables areas in the overworld, as a part of the housing stables, the gold saucer for our racing chocos, and finally our private island(s)!
I loved meeting my chocobo companion too. And I love travelling around with him and fighting alongside him.. So much so that he’s still the mount I choose when I haven’t unlocked flying yet. I’d have him as a flying mount but it looks too awkward flying. It didn’t take me long to start viewing him as my WoL’s partner. More important to her as any fellow adventurer and I’d take him into Duties if I could. So I like to think that my WoL treats her beloved chocobo as best she can, and that they share a deep bond because of it.
Chocobos are like a reverse Shoebill, while shoebills have a really menacing appearance they're fairly docile if you know how to handle one, while chocobos look cute and docile, give one of them their favorite meal and he'll straight up take damage for you, those birds don't mess around
I'm wondering if given a long enough lifespan and time spent amongst mankind, would they develop sentience and speech like the amaro. Though in the case of the amaro, it was gifted to them by a ronkan mage, that went dormant over the generations. It only awakens after living a long enough time with mankind provided they are well loved and cared for.
Animals in the source that live for over a century can gain the ability to speak as well as godlike power Don't know of it happens with choxobos though...
Considering it’s said that the fat chocobos are the ones that can speak, perhaps it’s eating enough food to last a century that turns ome of these birds into an Auspice lol!
I had to put my 14 year old dog to sleep recently. She was a black shepherd mix named Nenya. That night, I started the process of turning my chocobo black. One week, hundreds of fruits, and a couple million gil later- my desert yellow Doragonbeito became the soot black Nenyachan 🐥🖤 Thanks for these excellent lore videos.
Ever since I got my chocobo I did not even switch to any other mount. Me and my chicken been through it all. Honestly game did such an amazing job making you truly care and learn about your chocobos. Usually it's just like "here you go. Mount."
my character's Chocobo, Noishe, has been with her through thick and thin since she first joined the adders. and her precious racing chocobo, Ishgardian Rose, is a Dalmascan Courser. she loves them both to bits. when she's out adventuring and camping under the stars she will snuggle up with Noishe to stay warm. she doesn't mind the chocobo scent and finds it calming
Not gonna lie.... watching this video and thinking of my beloved Shinjitsu'no'coi has me crying lol. Shinjitsu is my best friend in game and is always with me, even when im out and about gathering stuff as a botanist or miner, and even when im fishing. Thanks for the lore on chocobos. Also for anyone wanting to know... his name means "True Love".
That would be amazing. The king is the rumored fat chocobo who rules choco society with an iron wing! And gives us daily exp so we like working for them!
Now I am curious. Since Chocobo are intelligent enough to cast some spells, and apply said spells to a degree tactically, could a chocobo who has a mage for a partner in theory learn new spells? Not like Fire IV or anything, but simple spells that can be learned by observation. Especially if they see said mage as a sibling, since I assume chocobos frequently learn things by watching other flock members like ravens and crows do. Plus I can’t help but think of a caster adventurer casting a spell at a monster, then seeing a second weaker spell hit because their chocobo decided the thing was a threat to their “flock”.
That's actually an interesting thought experiment tbh, I'd assume yes depending on the spell and depending if they're capable of weaving such incantations
@@earendurvoneinzbern7585Have your chocobo companion cycle through the four stances in the correct order and they sing their leitmotif. I shan't speak for others, but that always gives me a buff to my mood. 🐦
There has been only 1 case of me killing a wild Chocobo. And that was when one attacked an AFK'd player. The day I spotted them I SWORE to never harm a wild Choconbo.
Oh wow, that music from the start… I haven’t heard it for years. I think it’s from FF9. It made me smile happily after a stressful day. I always enjoy the episodes of Eorzea and beyond that I qualify for as a player still working my way through Stormblood.
@@SynodicScribe Ah, thank you for confirming it. It’s been many years since I last played many of the Final Fantasy games. While 7 was my introduction to the series I did go back to some of the earlier ones as my fondness for the series grew. Ironically enough I remember really enjoying the chocobo racing and breeding in the original gold saucer. So many so that I did it for my brother and father because they didn’t appreciate it but wanted Knights of the Round. I went on to 8, 9, most of 10, lots of FF11 but I didn’t like 12, I was on the wrong console for 13. The disappointing thing was that I did do a bit of FF14 pre ARR but lost all data of it. My PC couldn’t handle it. As for 15 when I heard no party members were female I skipped. FF9 left a mark on me as I used Mikoto as my online name for many years. But I have to ask what the name is of the music you use in the background? I only know it from the male Viera reveal video.
Endwalker spoilers below If Hermes had an obsession with avian creations do you think he may have created chocobos? We didn't see any on the first so I don't know if they were, or maybe there was a common ancestor on both reflections that the chocobos and amaro share.
Since there are chocobos on the First we know they're a pre sundering creature. But even after going back through my Elpis notes I don't recall seeing any data dropped about the creation of chocobos. So they were like made after our visit or in a completely different location.
@@SynodicScribe I thought there was a quest where one of the ancient was finishing a design before returning to the lifestream that was implied to be the chocobo. Or maybe I just not remembering right.
Oh, yes, Chocobo are absolutely family and I'll strike anyone I see hurting one with a bolt or two. My trusty companion goes everywhere with me and is as steadfast as any Scion or friend I've made in my travels, seeing the same stars as me all the way out in the pitch Sea of them and I wouldn't have it any other way.
I'm so glad you made a video about this! Chocobos are such an impart part of our world and content createors don't five them as much attention as they should. Love it!!!
My personal theory is that since a chocobo cannot possibly survive dalamud, my Kugane Fried Chocobo had to be a primal summoned by intense will of the WOL and a healthy dose of aether.
Is that bird moving three times faster? It must be the Red Comet kewh! As a Gundam fan boy I named my Chocobo Epyon and dyed him red all the way back when I started in Heavensward so me and the dev team must be on the same wave length.
*Flashbacks to the red chocobo massacre of Stormblood* So many meteors..... so many bodies......... Edit: Also that ending. I'm off to give Pekoe a treat.
given what we've seen of what are clearly their cousins on the First, it wouldn't surprise me at all if a Chocobo could learn to speak under the right conditions.
My buddy Strider and I have Hobo'ed all across the length and breadth of the known world. And a few others. ;-) She's saved my butt more times than I can count. She's such a good bird.
As much as I love our good boy dire-dog in the upcoming FFXVI, I would have LOVED a chocobo companion in combat! Give him his own leveling tree with combat and spell schools!
I truly wish hope someday yoshi p gives an emote to feed a food to our chocobo or any emote that involves interaction with them. For now all I can do is the /hand over motion with and apple QQ
I'm that guy who began playing final fantasy as a series because I played Chocobo's Dungeon 2 on psx. I began XIV as soon as I knew I could ride one And I call my Chocobo every time I'm outside in Eorzea, I pet my bird as a greeting and now my Island santuary has at least 4 of them. I just like my birds man
My partner Swiftwind is definably my partner. I've spent the last 10 years with him, and he's saved me more then once with his spells. When we found Adberts partner Amaro in SHB, I really wished I could teach him to speak as Adbert's partner could. I would love to chat with him.
When Krile was introduced in the game, I knew it was only a matter of time until I meet Boko, Exdeath, Galuf and the Gilgamesh.. boy was I so glad I was right
I always adored my silly bird ^.^ Silly because I cant call him back when the FATE enemy runs away ^^° Still... the bonding comes when you train him to rank up :D And then when you try to change its color - and never get the results you aim for XD
I was hoping for a little discussion comparing/contrasting chocobos with amaros, since the latter seems to fill the role of the former on the first (despite Ardbert's offhand mention of a chocobo to the WoL).
Little fun theory I just thought up: What if Venat created the first Chocobo as both a present for Azim inheriting her position on the Convocation of 14 and also a constant companion like her own yellow doggo so they wouldn't ever be without a companion as they travel the world.
@@SynodicScribe Best part too? Kweh Kweh is your standard Chocobo color, but in tve black mage Barding because, to quote my Nephew "I like the hat. It makes Kweh Kweh look like a wizard."
You weren't there on the battlefield of the blitz fields. You weren't there as many of us were Rand over and trampled by Red chocobos.. You were there when I heard the screams of my comrades when the red meteor came from the sky and crushed us. We barely got out of there with our lives and that red Chocobo still lives out there tormenting any wannabe Adventurer that ever goes near it.. I might be a Dragoon that fights dragons but that thing I will not face again in combat
Its hard to say. Omega could of made Alpha with actual chocobo DNA, just slightly deformed so he looks cuter. Or he was made without any part of him being a chocobo, so he would not be one in that case. Regardless, I would gladly call Alpha an honorary chocobo for all the good he has done.
Please dont remind us of the massacre in the fields of Bozja, that thing wasn't a red chocobo, it was a demon from the fiery pits of the deepest of the seven hells!!!
So, I roleplay in the game, and I want to make a little story arc of getting and caring for a chocobo. Then this video came into my feed, it's a sign...
Id appreciate your take on the lore of the Boxmen. Though they are a sparse and private people, I’ve heard whispers of a home of the boxfolk, but none I’ve come across has an answer as to where or who these tales came from. I do recall a traveler once spoke of a phantom town that mysteriously appeared deep in the twelves wood at the end times of the 7th umbral era. A possible connection?! Who knows…
Chocobos are great.. now Giant Chickens... are a terror. Chickens would eat us if they could. I catch myself wishing we had Chocobos.. then I look at my flock of T-rex descendants tearing some baby mice to pieces and am reminded.. chickens need to be small. You think Morbols are bad, Giant Chickens would eat Morbols.. and everything else nearby.
Thank you for doing this, Love my bud Whiplash. Raised him from level nothing to all branches are maxed out. Don't feel right riding on any other animal mounts back other than my bud
You missed a few facts about how the chocobo we got as mount is male and that ishgard has a strict policy when it comes to breeding chocobos and only male chocobos are allowed to go outside of ishgard and in ishgard they have pure bred black chocobos which are predominantly female if I remember correctly
The one thing I'm incredibly curious about is what the lore reason is for their lack of breath. Seriously: go to Coerthas. Your breath is visible, but your chocobo's is not.
I can imagine a researcher managing to establish two way communication with chocobos, only to be told by one: "Oh, no, you have it backwards. You didn't 'domesticate' us. WE adopted *YOU.* " XD
Sounds like Cats.
I wouldn't care so long as I had an abundance of chocobo's!!!!!😍😍😍
@@Qardo Was just gonna say. XD
The information about Chocobos treating others as family is great. Adds some lore depth to one of my favorite things about the Chocobos, and that is that when one's personal Chocobo is stabled, it will jump up and down happily when it sees you approaching.
Yes, I really connected with the chocobo from the Grand Company quest that got our first mount. While I might have preferred a system like that introduced in FF11 where we could breed our own chocobos from the egg where colour was an inherited trait and food types improved stats. At least opposed to getting one as a full adult though I appreciated the ability to name him and eventually combat train him in a chosen class.
Maybe it was my long exposure to chocobos from FF7 onwards that helped me immediately see him as a partner rather than pet. I admit I struggled to think of a name and had to think about it for a few minutes before I recalled another character across the games I played that helped me complete my purpose as Dragonborn without actually making me do anything in return. Paarthurnaax. It’s true he had a dark past and likely aided the Dragonborn so that he could begin to try to impose the Way of the Voice on the other dragons but still… you just got past the Greybeards, walked up to him and he straight up greeted you as Dragonborn, taught a word of power and gave valuable help until the end of the game.
So perhaps that’s why he came to mind for naming my chocobo because it was during ARR, where absolutely nobody else would so much as piss on you if you were on fire without demanding another favour first. So yeah my WoL saw him as partner over pet and to be honest after setting him up with the tank role he’s saved my scrawny Smn/Sch and Whm butt more than once.
I used him as my primary mount until I unlocked flying then switched to a mount that looked much more graceful in flight… until the flight ability was removed from me in Heavensward and Stormblood and I never could be bothered to get the aether currents so I went back to him was my primary mount again.
So I’m really happy to see a lore video on them by my favourite scribe.
@@mikoto7693 Honestly, yeah I get ya. As a Gladiator my chocobo instead turned to pretty much patching my half dead self back together so I could go round twelve with the baddies.
Far as how much I like em however?
Well, Named em Ruby, a partner name I’ve had since the beginning of my gaming career, got their feathers a nice bright red, and lore wise it’s effectively the same. “Wow everyone here in Ul’dah sucks. At least I’ve got my bird buddy.”
And from there the rest is history. Working em towards level 20 now cause my first money sink was onions. Cause if there’s ANYONE who deserves my full support. It’s my chocobo pal who’s been stitching me back together from the moment I got into the game proper.
You know... for all we love and praise chocobos, have you ever considered how BROKEN they are. We, the WoL, have traveled to places that might be seen as impossible ON MULTIPLE separate occasions. But every single time we call our Chocobo, it appears as though its been following us. Our chocobo is a freaking GOD, and i refuse to believe otherwise.
Anything for greens
They can actually solo all the superbosses at the same time, but they're holding back to make us feel okay about ourselves.
Ever wonder why we can't bring them to trials and raids?
Now you know. 😉
I served a term in the Maelstrom, and got far enough to be issued a bird. Flood and I have been thick as thieves even after I resigned.
Tell us about your bird, professor.
Ul’Dah, one of the few good memories I’ve got of there is Ruby, my own Chocobo, fancy red feathers and all. Heh, couldn’t have asked for a better companion.
That bird’s been stitching me back up pretty much all the way from day one, took up the sword and shield to protect people and took up the good ol fashioned brawling in case either of em ever failed.
Heh, Hamon Holyfist’s a real inspiration too I’d say.
But, I’m pretty sure I’d have stopped bein able to swing long ago if it weren’t for my own Chocobo. Can’t always trust people, but the birds are honest to a fault.
Can say the same of my bud Whiplash. Till Sea Swallows All, Storm Captain. From my 1st class as a Pug to my last Job as an Astro, from 1 to 90, Whiplash has been with me, still with me through all of it. Happy to know others feel the same with their buds.
Flame Captain here. Loki’s a little shit and I love him to death.
@@Starlitsoul0359 Another fellow pupil of The Holyfist I see :D
My Teejay has carried me through fun times and hard times and I cannot tell how often her Choco Regen has been a boon.
Serpent Lieutenant here, and I adore my chocobo partner. His healing or defender modes have been the difference between life and death sometimes. I named him Paarthurnax because he helps me freely, just like the one from Skyrim.
I was struck how the Dragonborn just strolled up to Paarthurnax and the old dragon just straight up started helping her deal with Alduin without demanding anything first. No defeating monsters or going on fetch quests-just one conversation and he got straight to helping.
It seemed like a good fit, given that the chocobo is the same. Immediately becomes your mount and only takes the ghysyl greens to be willing to fight alongside the WoL.
If my memory serves me right: In the Return to Ivalice quest line there is a moment where we are shown a vision of the past warriors of light and among them is a Chocobo.
Also the body structure of a Chocobo with it's large head, heavy beak, small wings and thick muscular legs is almost identical to the Terror Birds that once roamed our world.
We had Chocobos!
@@manicpanic1 resurrect the chocobos!!!
That would be Boco, the original chocobo party member from Final Fantasy Tactics. You can recruit other chocobos in that game, but Boco is the only one with any story (being Weigraf's abandoned chocobo). All of the spirits you see at the end of Return to Ivalice are the Zodiac Braves, the various party members you can recruit in FF Tactics. Minus Cloud Strife, cuz he's a secret bonus character.
Although really, the most important Zodiac Braves are the ones you fight as bosses in Orbonne Monastery: Mustadio, Agrias, and "Thunder God" Cid. And of course Ramza, the main character of Tactics, who helps out against Ultima.
Lovingly referred to as "Choco Cure" and "Choco Meteor"
*huddles in a corner*
I loved meeting my Companion Chocobo way back when, and Heulwen has been at my side ever since. I wish we had more interactions with our birbs! They're so characterful as it is but I'm sure my little red chook would cheerfully rear up for a /rally.
Great to hear Ukulele de Chocobo any time of day. Thanks for the lecture!
Legit they should have a minigame where we can play with our birds. Have it available in some stables areas in the overworld, as a part of the housing stables, the gold saucer for our racing chocos, and finally our private island(s)!
I loved meeting my chocobo companion too. And I love travelling around with him and fighting alongside him.. So much so that he’s still the mount I choose when I haven’t unlocked flying yet. I’d have him as a flying mount but it looks too awkward flying.
It didn’t take me long to start viewing him as my WoL’s partner. More important to her as any fellow adventurer and I’d take him into Duties if I could.
So I like to think that my WoL treats her beloved chocobo as best she can, and that they share a deep bond because of it.
Chocobos are like a reverse Shoebill, while shoebills have a really menacing appearance they're fairly docile if you know how to handle one, while chocobos look cute and docile, give one of them their favorite meal and he'll straight up take damage for you, those birds don't mess around
I'm wondering if given a long enough lifespan and time spent amongst mankind, would they develop sentience and speech like the amaro. Though in the case of the amaro, it was gifted to them by a ronkan mage, that went dormant over the generations. It only awakens after living a long enough time with mankind provided they are well loved and cared for.
Animals in the source that live for over a century can gain the ability to speak as well as godlike power
Don't know of it happens with choxobos though...
@@recjr7685 Oh yea, forgot about the auspices. They are animals, so theoretically, they could likewise become auspices.
Considering it’s said that the fat chocobos are the ones that can speak, perhaps it’s eating enough food to last a century that turns ome of these birds into an Auspice lol!
What I wonder is if chocobos can become auspices if they live long enough
If everything from turtles to tigers can, I don't see why a chocobo couldn't.
Maybe that's what a fat chocobo is
@@Christopher-eq1rn our Kwehs become Auspices not after a century, but after eating a century lifespan’s worth of food 🤭
What it means to be a Chocobo:
"kweh!"
Lesson complete.
I didn't know my chocobo is smelly. His diet only consists of gysahl greens and tantalplant -- also the occasional Lalafell.
I had to put my 14 year old dog to sleep recently. She was a black shepherd mix named Nenya. That night, I started the process of turning my chocobo black. One week, hundreds of fruits, and a couple million gil later- my desert yellow Doragonbeito became the soot black Nenyachan 🐥🖤
Thanks for these excellent lore videos.
My condolences, sounds like she was a good girl. I'm glad you still get to go on adventures with them, even if they are a big lovable bird. ^^
Omg I love this anecdote, thank you very much for sharing your story!
Ever since I got my chocobo I did not even switch to any other mount. Me and my chicken been through it all.
Honestly game did such an amazing job making you truly care and learn about your chocobos. Usually it's just like "here you go. Mount."
my character's Chocobo, Noishe, has been with her through thick and thin since she first joined the adders. and her precious racing chocobo, Ishgardian Rose, is a Dalmascan Courser. she loves them both to bits. when she's out adventuring and camping under the stars she will snuggle up with Noishe to stay warm. she doesn't mind the chocobo scent and finds it calming
As a proud member of the Chocobros i can safely say that the council approves of this video
Not gonna lie.... watching this video and thinking of my beloved Shinjitsu'no'coi has me crying lol. Shinjitsu is my best friend in game and is always with me, even when im out and about gathering stuff as a botanist or miner, and even when im fishing. Thanks for the lore on chocobos. Also for anyone wanting to know... his name means "True Love".
We need a talking Chocobo beast tribe when we go to the New World. :3
That would be amazing. The king is the rumored fat chocobo who rules choco society with an iron wing! And gives us daily exp so we like working for them!
@@PenguinSage Dude, I that king fat Chocobo idea is so cool! I hope we get something like this! :D
Now I am curious. Since Chocobo are intelligent enough to cast some spells, and apply said spells to a degree tactically, could a chocobo who has a mage for a partner in theory learn new spells? Not like Fire IV or anything, but simple spells that can be learned by observation. Especially if they see said mage as a sibling, since I assume chocobos frequently learn things by watching other flock members like ravens and crows do. Plus I can’t help but think of a caster adventurer casting a spell at a monster, then seeing a second weaker spell hit because their chocobo decided the thing was a threat to their “flock”.
That's actually an interesting thought experiment tbh, I'd assume yes depending on the spell and depending if they're capable of weaving such incantations
What I would like to see is a chocobo learning to be a dancer or, singing sort of like a bard's instrument for buffs.
Well, there is Alpha...though Alpha is an animated stuffed chocobo...soo....uhm....*ponders*
Fire 0.5
@@earendurvoneinzbern7585Have your chocobo companion cycle through the four stances in the correct order and they sing their leitmotif. I shan't speak for others, but that always gives me a buff to my mood. 🐦
Fear the red chocobo….
So many teams wiped to Choco Meteor in “Search for Red Choctober”. That’s what’s scary from Red Chocobos - Choco Meteor.
The horror, I can still here the screams of terror at night
There has been only 1 case of me killing a wild Chocobo. And that was when one attacked an AFK'd player.
The day I spotted them I SWORE to never harm a wild Choconbo.
Red Chocobos are fine to kill,
Red Chocobos are bastards who summon Meteros and are drenched in Blood of the fallen,
Red chocobos are terror incarnate
Spoiler warning:
You might want to avoid the Stormblood Dalmasca quest line.
Oh wow, that music from the start… I haven’t heard it for years. I think it’s from FF9. It made me smile happily after a stressful day. I always enjoy the episodes of Eorzea and beyond that I qualify for as a player still working my way through Stormblood.
Ukalele de Chocobo from FF9. A classic!
@@SynodicScribe Ah, thank you for confirming it. It’s been many years since I last played many of the Final Fantasy games. While 7 was my introduction to the series I did go back to some of the earlier ones as my fondness for the series grew. Ironically enough I remember really enjoying the chocobo racing and breeding in the original gold saucer. So many so that I did it for my brother and father because they didn’t appreciate it but wanted Knights of the Round. I went on to 8, 9, most of 10, lots of FF11 but I didn’t like 12, I was on the wrong console for 13.
The disappointing thing was that I did do a bit of FF14 pre ARR but lost all data of it. My PC couldn’t handle it. As for 15 when I heard no party members were female I skipped. FF9 left a mark on me as I used Mikoto as my online name for many years.
But I have to ask what the name is of the music you use in the background? I only know it from the male Viera reveal video.
Endwalker spoilers below
If Hermes had an obsession with avian creations do you think he may have created chocobos? We didn't see any on the first so I don't know if they were, or maybe there was a common ancestor on both reflections that the chocobos and amaro share.
Since there are chocobos on the First we know they're a pre sundering creature. But even after going back through my Elpis notes I don't recall seeing any data dropped about the creation of chocobos. So they were like made after our visit or in a completely different location.
@@SynodicScribe I thought there was a quest where one of the ancient was finishing a design before returning to the lifestream that was implied to be the chocobo. Or maybe I just not remembering right.
Oh, yes, Chocobo are absolutely family and I'll strike anyone I see hurting one with a bolt or two. My trusty companion goes everywhere with me and is as steadfast as any Scion or friend I've made in my travels, seeing the same stars as me all the way out in the pitch Sea of them and I wouldn't have it any other way.
All hail the glorious horse-bird!
I'm so glad you made a video about this! Chocobos are such an impart part of our world and content createors don't five them as much attention as they should. Love it!!!
My personal theory is that since a chocobo cannot possibly survive dalamud, my Kugane Fried Chocobo had to be a primal summoned by intense will of the WOL and a healthy dose of aether.
Is that bird moving three times faster? It must be the Red Comet kewh! As a Gundam fan boy I named my Chocobo Epyon and dyed him red all the way back when I started in Heavensward so me and the dev team must be on the same wave length.
I see you're finally covering the perfect animal.
"From where did the first chocobo 'Kweh'?"
...From their beak, I hope? :o
This was a great lesson on our feathery friend 👍🐥
*Flashbacks to the red chocobo massacre of Stormblood* So many meteors..... so many bodies.........
Edit: Also that ending. I'm off to give Pekoe a treat.
given what we've seen of what are clearly their cousins on the First, it wouldn't surprise me at all if a Chocobo could learn to speak under the right conditions.
I named my friend Truffle. Love him to bits, and he loves me back, even when I put him in sparkly armor.
Really interesting to see how fleshed out they are lore-wise; that thumbnail art is adorable too!
Out of all the mounts I have I will always choose my chocobo. He's been my little buddy and nothing can ever replace him.
I do love that they took the time in game to animate a laying down sleeping chocobo
My buddy Strider and I have Hobo'ed all across the length and breadth of the known world. And a few others. ;-)
She's saved my butt more times than I can count. She's such a good bird.
Look at bird-horse, Bird-horse is amazing!
long story short; Chocobo's are Cute and fluffy and give them lots of love.
As much as I love our good boy dire-dog in the upcoming FFXVI, I would have LOVED a chocobo companion in combat! Give him his own leveling tree with combat and spell schools!
I truly wish hope someday yoshi p gives an emote to feed a food to our chocobo or any emote that involves interaction with them. For now all I can do is the /hand over motion with and apple QQ
this reminded me of the few chocobo fates in the dravanian areas xD
I'm that guy who began playing final fantasy as a series because I played Chocobo's Dungeon 2 on psx.
I began XIV as soon as I knew I could ride one
And I call my Chocobo every time I'm outside in Eorzea, I pet my bird as a greeting and now my Island santuary has at least 4 of them.
I just like my birds man
1000th like, and deserved for the discussion of chocobo in general.
The part about red chocobos beating the adventurers made me laugh XD
My chocobo is, and will always be, my favorite mount. Lil babies.
My partner Swiftwind is definably my partner. I've spent the last 10 years with him, and he's saved me more then once with his spells. When we found Adberts partner Amaro in SHB, I really wished I could teach him to speak as Adbert's partner could. I would love to chat with him.
CHOCOBOS!!!! I LOVE THE CHOCOBOS AND THE CHONKOBOS UwU thank you for this beautiful video ♡♡♡♡♡♡
When Krile was introduced in the game, I knew it was only a matter of time until I meet Boko, Exdeath, Galuf and the Gilgamesh.. boy was I so glad I was right
This video was actually really informative. I don't think most people consider chocobo lore.
I always adored my silly bird ^.^ Silly because I cant call him back when the FATE enemy runs away ^^° Still... the bonding comes when you train him to rank up :D And then when you try to change its color - and never get the results you aim for XD
You can call them back from the companion menu, but it's funny to watch them chase enemies to the ends of the earth
AHHH~ This brought me so much joy!
I fear no man... But that *turns to a red chocobo* THING, it scares me
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Very important video! Learned a lot about our feathered friends. :D
I was hoping for a little discussion comparing/contrasting chocobos with amaros, since the latter seems to fill the role of the former on the first (despite Ardbert's offhand mention of a chocobo to the WoL).
'Chocobo are notoriously smelly'...
Quest: Sniff the Chocobo.
After a long while our chocobos might accquire Eorzea speech like how it was with Ardbert's Amaro mount.
Little fun theory I just thought up: What if Venat created the first Chocobo as both a present for Azim inheriting her position on the Convocation of 14 and also a constant companion like her own yellow doggo so they wouldn't ever be without a companion as they travel the world.
Petition Square to let us bring our Chocobo's into Trusts. Let me see my chicken steal the DPS LB from Ali.
As a healer main my chocobo is the main tank, love my bird friend and was happy I got him to tier 20
"Love my Kweh Kweh." That is a quote from a friends nephew.
That's so cute!
@@SynodicScribe Best part too? Kweh Kweh is your standard Chocobo color, but in tve black mage Barding because, to quote my Nephew "I like the hat. It makes Kweh Kweh look like a wizard."
Chocobos are the world'ss greatests creation
My Featherbro Baco will always be my best friend and brother
now i feel bad for not Riding my Chocobo enough
You weren't there on the battlefield of the blitz fields. You weren't there as many of us were Rand over and trampled by Red chocobos..
You were there when I heard the screams of my comrades when the red meteor came from the sky and crushed us.
We barely got out of there with our lives and that red Chocobo still lives out there tormenting any wannabe Adventurer that ever goes near it..
I might be a Dragoon that fights dragons but that thing I will not face again in combat
This is wonderful
5:12 Oh yeah... I remember that day. That was a nightmare. lol
chocos
Is Alpha considered a chocobo by technicality or no?
Its hard to say. Omega could of made Alpha with actual chocobo DNA, just slightly deformed so he looks cuter. Or he was made without any part of him being a chocobo, so he would not be one in that case.
Regardless, I would gladly call Alpha an honorary chocobo for all the good he has done.
I mean, technically yes? He check off all the boxes, if anything he's prolly the smartest chocobo in the world now.
@@SynodicScribe But is he big enough for Wedge to ride?
Our loveley little stinky birds :D
Please dont remind us of the massacre in the fields of Bozja, that thing wasn't a red chocobo, it was a demon from the fiery pits of the deepest of the seven hells!!!
So, I roleplay in the game, and I want to make a little story arc of getting and caring for a chocobo.
Then this video came into my feed, it's a sign...
Kweh!
Thanks for sharing; take care
...I wonder if we gould get a few into the studium next time? For study, of course.
In hindsight with all this Choco-lore, I'm starting to feel that it was quite appropriate to name my Companion Chocobo Baldwin
Id appreciate your take on the lore of the Boxmen. Though they are a sparse and private people, I’ve heard whispers of a home of the boxfolk, but none I’ve come across has an answer as to where or who these tales came from. I do recall a traveler once spoke of a phantom town that mysteriously appeared deep in the twelves wood at the end times of the 7th umbral era. A possible connection?! Who knows…
Chocobos are great.. now Giant Chickens... are a terror. Chickens would eat us if they could. I catch myself wishing we had Chocobos.. then I look at my flock of T-rex descendants tearing some baby mice to pieces and am reminded.. chickens need to be small. You think Morbols are bad, Giant Chickens would eat Morbols.. and everything else nearby.
I could really go for a ranged dps tree for Chocobo. Like a Chocomage spec with Chocometeor as it’s AoE
I would LOVE more stuff to do with our feathery companions! Imagine a game where we actually play AS our bird with all their abilities and spells?!
Where's the blue chocoboo? I seen yellow black and red
And all this from a mascot for a chpcolate treat.
So basically dogs with feathers
Great vid. But you forgot to mention what red chocobos are known for…..meteor strike. The bane of every adventurer in ff14. XD
This has been a great lesson, teach! Tell us about your Chocobo if you have one!
Meteor doesn't strike me as basic magic. Lol
Thank you for doing this, Love my bud Whiplash. Raised him from level nothing to all branches are maxed out. Don't feel right riding on any other animal mounts back other than my bud
Thay can also Cast Chocohast & Pellet
Kupo! Ooops, kweh!
I always wished my chocobo was the one that got race, it always feels disingenuous to have or use any others. Like the black chocobo.
Chocobo!!!
i always loved chocobos since the 16 bit era......and then....bozja happened....
I always saw chocobos as lovely majestic creatures and friendly. Until I took up arms in Bozja. Then the RED COMET changed everything for me.
Wish I was a chocobo
Kweh!
@@SynodicScribe RUclips translated that as "Wow!" lol
Red chocobos inherently possess Black Air Force energy
Chocobos are cute. But the red one... That color frightens me.
You missed a few facts about how the chocobo we got as mount is male and that ishgard has a strict policy when it comes to breeding chocobos and only male chocobos are allowed to go outside of ishgard and in ishgard they have pure bred black chocobos which are predominantly female if I remember correctly
Ah, by the way have you gotten your choco-glamour fixed?
KWEH!
Kweh!
The one thing I'm incredibly curious about is what the lore reason is for their lack of breath. Seriously: go to Coerthas. Your breath is visible, but your chocobo's is not.
Are Galecats considered a Cloudkin?
They're actually considered Beastkin!
@@SynodicScribe you could probably write an entire lecture on why some flying creatures are cloudkin and some are beastkin