Final Fantasy XII - All Espers Lore & Finishing Deathblow Attacks (Zodiac Age All Summons)
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One thing we never really got to see during the Walkthrough was the Espers. I showed most of them but there were some finishing moves that were missing, and we never looked at their Bestiary entries to learn more about their origins.
In this video I read out the bestiary entry for each of the 13 Espers and show you their final moves. I thought it might be nice to have them all in one video, especially with the Lore which I never read during the game.
Enjoy!
Espers featured in the video:
- Belias
- Mateus
- Adrammelech
- Zalera
- Hashmal
- Shemhazai
- Cuchulainn
- Zeromus
- Exodus
- Chaos
- Famfrit
- Ultima
- Zodiark
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Something a little different to round off my time with FFXII. I hope you guys enjoy this :) Which Esper is your favourite? Mine began as Zeromus, but then became Ultima once I completed everything :) I can't deny that Zodiark's Final Eclipse has some 9 tailed fox vibes which I also really enjoy
The difference is that in the final eclipse of Zodiark is that Zodiark regain is adult form and litteraly destroy everything in existence
Yeah, the attack suits the lore quite well in that sense for sure
Awesome vid Dan! I'm such a lore dork so for me it was a perfect way to end the series. Personally I find it's difficult to choose between Zalera, Ultima and Zodiark but those would be my favourite three.
As much as I like Ultima and Zodiark, I'd have to defer to Zeromus as it was based on Cancer and it's my zodiac 😆
I actually like all of them, my favorites tough would be Ultima, Exodus and Chaos.
I also love how each Esper is connected to a zodiac.
Belias - Aries
Mateus - Pisces
Chaos - Taurus
Zalera - Gemini
Zeromus - Cancer
Hashmal - Leo
Shemhazai - Sagitarius
Famfrit - Aquarius
Cuchulainn- Scorpio
Exodus - Libra
Adrammaelech - Capricorn
Utlima - Virgo
And finally Zodiark being the 13th, Ophiuchus.
I love how the quickenings of the Espers would not only blip the monsters out of existence but they would also kill they’re summoners and the environment they’re in, heck even the world lol
Interesting how Cuchilainn’s story parallels Ardyns from ff15. Taking the evils into themselves, yet having it corrupting them.
They’re all actually based on the villains of previous FFs
I wish we could learn more about the scions of light. Only thing we know about them are their names.
I like Ultima because she got the balls to rebel against the gods themselves, plus I'm a Virgo.
Emet-Selch sounds so majestic 😍
If rumors of the Final Fantasy XII sequel after Revenant Wings prove true we just might. Gameplay wise I hope it's like Final Fantasy VII Remake and Tales of Arise.
it would be cool if we actually know about the scions of light, like the only thing we know about them is that theya re a counterpart to the espers and that their name was used for characters in ffxiv.
You meet the scions of light in the game they are the occaliry those things that give ashe the blade of kings.
Also if they ever make a sequel after the revnant wings i hope its follows a story of the battle between the gods and espers continuing this time with humanity helping the espers defeat them.
@@matthewchristian9591 The Occuria are the ones that made the espers. They are not the Scion of light.
I remember this Espers from Final Fantasy Tactics where they’re powerful bosses and incarnations of the Zodiac Braves.
Final Fantasy Tactics takes places several hundreds and maybe even a thousand years into the future of FF12. All technology along with beast folk and especially sky ship technology was lost when the Espers were used to summon Ultima The Blood Angel and destroyed everything in a global cataclysm.
Ironically, Balthier makes an appearance in Final Fantasy Tactics remade and claims to have been brought into the future by unknown means.
Anyway, apparently the Espers eventually succeed in destroying the world and maybe even the gods themselves also.
I like some twists on classic elemental summons. I haven't played the game but I know XII has some solid lore. The Espers' designs do not immediately reveal what they do, and their name are somewhat obscure in FF culture, apart perhaps from the mermaid whom you can guess has something to do with water. Ice counts. I loved the Meteor Esper because you have no idea why he has what looks like a scale. I expected a judgement bolt of death and justice, but turns out they're Pym tech catapults. The looks and animation of the meteors remind me of Vivi's spell in IX. I freaking adore the water bucket Esper, at no point imagine his actual size. Finally I like how the ugliest most beast-looking of them all is the most powerful, and turns out to be the most gracious and beautiful Esper. Their dreadful descriptions seem over-the-top, but once you see what they can do with zero effort, you start to understand. I don't know why they decided to have summons who would just always destroy the battlefield (or in some cases the world) in one attack. It's maybe a bit too grandiose and visually OP, it can feel like watching an end-game cutscene. I guess we know where XV took its inspiration.
My favourite is Zodiark ,with Ultima a close second.Thanks for the lore it was interesting hearing the origins of the Espers.
Mines Belias
I really enjoyed this. A nice little touch of bestiary/lore that's often overlooked, even by me ofc lol. Cool work on the editing as well!
Even if adrammalech represents my zodiac sign, chaos is my personal fa
Hashmal and Famfrit were always my favorites. Used them a lot when I played this back on the PS2
Fuckin loved this game, got so into it. I remember reading the Sage Knowledge years ago. Being created powerful by the Gods then going to challenge the Gods themselves?? The punishment tho, Shiiiiii
You always go the extra mile. Thank you for another amazing video :)
I'm so glad that you read our comments on the bestiary thing! Most people would overlook that when it actually provides great knowledge on the world of Ivalice and such!
You're welcome. The Bestiary is huge to be honest, was interesting for the Espers but seemed too much for me to read it all :) But I think it was a nice inclusion.
Not sure if anyone noticed but some of those names that preceded ascendant are weapons in the game 😁
Love the fact that a majority of these "Scions of Light" are reused for the Ascian titles of FFXIV, the biggest tipoff was Elidibus and his association with Zodiark
Thanks for making this!
Your videos are the best!
I didn't pay attention to the lore nor the unique names of these Espers when I was a kid. I only remember them as Zodiac summons. As a Taurus my bias was always Chaos.
Love your videos!!!
I enjoy this content a lot
Mateus and Ultimare are among my favorites, their designs are so unique and beautiful. As a Libra, I also have a soft spot for Exodus 😚
Mateus, Adrammelech and Ultima are my fav. designs too 😍
I thought Mateus became the Emperor of Hell and Heaven...
Some of them named after villains of past installments.
Ultima - Ultimecia (FFVIII)
Mateus - Emperor Mateus (FFII)
Zeromus - Zeromus (FFIV)
Exodus - Exdeath (FFV)
Spent so long trying to find a video on these, thank you so much for making it so interesting !
Exodus, Chaos and Ultima ride on top of a platform
My favorites are Chaos and Exodus because their ultimates are the coolest.
Thank you. I always felt like they buried a bit too much about these cool beings in the primer, compared to X where the narrative does a great job explaining the Aeons.
Thanks for the lore! Always loved how the espers here corresponded to the Ascians of FFXIV. Emet-selch, Loghrif and Mitron are mentioned together in particular. I noticed Zalera's symbol for one is very similar to Emet-selch's when it glows over his face, only upside down. Though, why they're mentioned as Scions and not Ascians makes me curious to know more about them. Haven't played the Ivalice storyline in FFXIV but I hope there's more info about them, if only through lines during boss fights or sth. Zodiark's info definitely shares similarities with FFXIV's Zodiark as well! And I suppose Ascians loyal to him would consider themselves Scions as well. He's scary even as a baby. Don't know much about vedic astrology but there must be a reason why he's the only Esper whose ascendant didn't correspond to a particular zodiac sign but a nakshatra (lunar mansion) instead.
Have you play FF 12 reverant wings?
12 and 14 are different multiverses 12 took one path 14 the other
Chaos is my favorite
Hey I was wondering if you were still going to do a commentary walkthrough of XIII-2?
Thomas Westman he started FF8 few days ago!
BellRain Chan Yeah I saw. Lol I know people wanted ffviii but I wish he chose ffxiii-2 :p
Im playing the zodiac age version, and I tried casting the petrify status on Vaan, who controls Zodiark, then summoning him, but Zodiark doesnt use the ultimate attack... How do I trigger the ultimate attacks of zodiark?
I think you have to cast it on the summoner after Zodiarch is at your side, otherwise it would mean that he does his finishing move right away and wouldn't help you in battle
Weird, I played the game some time ago but I can only remember the first Esper well. Guess I didnt use them as much as in FF10. Really cool idea for a video :)
So from about 3/4s of the way through the game, if you died, they made your party espers. Cool
+5:10 isn’t the sprite showing that he clutches her on his left arm? Maybe he switches arms when he’s tired? 🤔😅😂
Kinda rude of the gods to not rescue the hostages
After meeting the "Gods" in game, I am not surprised. They're douchebags.
I wonder how you can rescue a hostage who is literally used as a divine/human shield.
Did you ride the Plane though?
Weird Question, but which Espers correlate to which Zodiac sign? I could never figure it out.
Also, my favorite is Cuchilainn. He’s just so joy!
Belias Aries, Chaos Taurus, Zalera Gemini, Zeromus Cancer, Hashmal Leo, Ultima Virgo, Exodus Libra, Cuchulain Scorpius, Shemhazai Sagittarius, Adrameletch Capricorn, Famfrit Aquarius, Matheus Pisces, Zodiark Ophiuchus
What does it mean that a mere group of humans could defeat the espers that challenged the gods in a 1000 year war? Are the gods weak? Also, we don't see any of the scions of light? And Lahabrea is a character in ff xiv, is he THE Lahabrea, scion of light? But he's called a scion of darkness in ff xiv. Zodiark is so powerful that the gods themselves are directly stated to have feared him, he had equal authority to them, maybe even higher as his authority is "absolute". That implies nothing could defy him. Could the Zodiark being revived in ff 14 by the ascians/scions of dark be the Zodiark mentioned in this entry? Maybe the espers can only display a portion of their power?
if i remember correctly the so called gods were the octilery basically those guys you met at the top of that giant crystal towards the end of the game and the same guy who posses vayne at the end.
Also they stripped the espers of their true power untill someone could beat them and help them grow strong as a summon once more so they are deffinately nerfed when we meet them.
My top 4 favorite espers:
1) Ultima (I’m Virgo ♍️ & love her beauty 🥰)
2) Zodiark
3) Chaos
4) Shemhazai (idk but she’s like if Lara Croft is made into an esper)
So for the last one they basically made a new god an feared him after making him right? What dose he do in fight !
Dangs08, what do you think of the rest of the final games? How many have you played? How would you rank them?
Haven't played enough of them to truly rank, not played 8 or anything before 7. I've at the very least "enjoyed" every FF I've ever played except maybe Type-0, that game never really clicked for me.
dansg08 it's pretty cool having a RUclipsr reply to a comment! Thanks for caring about your fans!
Give Final Fantasy VI (III in the US) a go if you ever get the chance. The music alone makes it worth it!
Nate Pace he started on FF8! Episodes 1-6 are posted up.
BellRain Chan thanks!
Question, did ramza fight all of them?
Yes. Ramza fight and obtained all zodiac stones. Including serpentarius.
My faves are Belias and my second goes to Shazhamil
Why?
@@joshuataylor7443 Well for one thing Belias was tossed aside as if he was no use to his creators,so as he followed his brothers and sisters and got beaten,he took his rage and hatred for them and turned it into understanding and devotion,giving himself a new mission to find and serve a new master,one that would give him meaning and purpose,thus did he find the Dynast King.
Shem was something of a double agent,conspiring against the gods but also serving them until she was found out. Now mind you she knew the gods weaknesess,giving rhem complete advantages,but even then,they still got their asses handed to them.
Man,im sorry but the lore behind all the espers is very interesting. Because mind you this was all a simple case of "Oh! We were made by the creators of this world and they gave us tremendous power,so we can kick their ass and claim it for ourselves!" Now mind you,thar rebellion against the gods wouldnt have happened if Ultima had just stuck with her purpose and just kept to herself with her blessed powers.
What your favorite roster of summons in Final Fantasy series if so why?
@@joshuataylor7443 To that,I would to choose between Zodiac Age and Crisis Core,because CC had made use of the more popular feinds like Chocobo and Tonberry. Plus Zack attacking with a Cactuar was just too fucking adorbale
Those are good but my favorite summons are type because I like there design and 13 because the idea of the summons being transforming robot
Are cool.
So, The girl trapped on in the Esper is actually innocent and unwilling anyway? Just being used. Damn That’s dark.
One of the Esper guides from Gamefaqs that I had read decades ago had even called out the gods for not saving them.
i have buy the FF 12 -sorry english isnt my leanguage--selution Book in Lether and its amazing i have the game second on Ps4 in Metall Case and on xbox 360-one-s-x and switch lol 😂 but read this Book its writing in Love -PS my Favorite Final Fantsy is .............
I haven't played FF12 but @dansg08 they call summons Espers in the game or what? FF6 refers to summons as Espers.
Yep, in FF12 summons = Espers
nice throwback! thx.
Believe it or not the Espers in FF12 are actually the main bosses in FF tactics, minus Zodiark whose the last summon and a real pain to get.
Hey guys,it's worth getting it on PS4?I played it a long time ago in PS2,if I'm not wrong I got more than 100 hours of playtime,since I don't remember a thing about the game I thought in getting it again
If you enjoyed it back on PS2 then it's worth giving it a shot for the IZJS's content (the Job system and Trial Mod most notably) which was Japan only until Zodiac Age, however keep in mind that the game is a lot easier (aside of Trial Mod which can be tough especially the end).
Are the espers optional, or are some compulsory to fight?
Yes some you have to fight in story however some are optional
There's 13, you have to fight 5
im so confused never played this but how the hell does it tie in to ff14? emet-slch, lahabrea, fandaniel etc they are all the ascians in FF14??????
On the off chance you haven't found an answer in the last 2 days, the names of the Ascians (+Zodiark) in 14 are just a reference to these "scions of light" in 12. 14 is a collage of references to the entire franchise (such as Gilgamesh from 5, Biggs Wedge and Jessie from 7, etc...). They are not the same characters, and only rarely do they share anything more than their names with their original versions (i.e. Emet "never tells a lie" in 14, ergo Angel of Truth).
I never knew about this Lore, having only played XII once about 15 years ago... I see where the names in XIV come from and characters in the Ivalice content. I wonder how the rest will tie into XIV, particularly Zodiark. Fandaniel is the current antigonist but Hashmal was only used as a boss in the Ivalice raids, not really driving the plot... Could just be SE shoehorning previous iterations into their current product?
Think of 12 and 14 as two different ivalices basically mutiverse 12 took one path 14 took the other. But yes they just decided they wanted too shoehorn 12 into 14.
I think Zodiark and Exodus. Exodus is sooo over the top lol.
Dirk Jan Swart You should see the boss battle to get Zodiark...took me almost two whole hours. It’s not so much that he’s hard but he’s got a TON of health and has an ability to instantly kill the party and in rare cases kill EVERYONE in one move. Very unfair if you ask me. What’s nice is he’s the only Summon with a damage break that can pass 9999
@@JARedwolf100 Always hated that kinda bullshit in these games. Rng wipes are 🤡
Zodiark that little *itch :D
Wait who were the gods? Was it the Espers or something else..?? It's quite fascinating now that I'm understanding every Origin of the Espers by listening to it.. to be honest I haven't beaten FFXll or FFX I'm so ashamed of myself..
No , the gods are the Occurian (the ones that give Ashe the treaty blade).
The espers were created by the gods to bring control and order to the world but they failed and got punished (except zodiark).
@@lighterudite So what you're saying basically all 11 Epsers that were supposed to bring order and control failed except for Zodiark? How was that possible 🤔 did all 11 of them got corrupted and turned Rogue? Is that? Except Zodiark? What made them go down that path..
There's many reasons why.
Most of them gone rogue because of their own power. For example , Adrammelech was sent to keep the underworld creatures under control , but because he was so majestic , he became a leader of these same creatures.
The Occuria first born Exodus was a judge of the world , and probably because the world was in constant chaos he just wanted it destroyed , if there's nothing to judge then there'll be order.
Cuchulainn was sent to absorb all of the corruption and pollution , but there was too much of it , thus he became hideous and rebelled against the gods.
I believe Ultima , Shemhazai and Hashmal just didn't want to be the gods "puppets" , so they rebelled.
Belias blamed the gods because he was an "error" , a fusion of beast and man that went wrong.
Zodiark was locked away from everything because he was so damn powerful that even the gods feared him , actually they had deprived him from aging. What you see in that final part is actually the "adult" form of Zodiark , where he grows gigantic silver wings.
@@androsthewarriorhighalpha 12 Espers. 12 Espers were corrupted by different things, or their ideals taken to their logical end-- so when Ultima lead the rebellion, the Gods took exception to that and sealed them at war's end.
Zodiark was sealed because he was too powerful to be kept in check, yet no other sin was cited, so we can presume that, since he is a child, he is otherwise innocent.
Bellis the gigas was the weakest out of all them
True,but him and Zodiark kinda have the "happy" endings to their stories. One has a new master,to which he refuses to betray and the other one wont grow because well...if he does,then that could make him a OP as shit
😍👍😘
I am getting Silent Hill vibes.
Imagine being so OP that even the gods themselves said you need to REMAIN nerfed....
That's Zodiark in a nutshell. In fact, Zodiak and Ultima were the only 2 espers that could crack the 9999 cap in the original FF12
I'm number 54
Too bad the espers are useless in this game.
Year later and I wanns ask, how? Zalera literally instakills anything that isnt undead one at a time. Exodus may be random but he still was responsible for helping me through a lot of mid to endgame content. I'm not even gonna get started over zodiark, ultima, and chaos.
That's the reason why we hate this version of final fantasy . even playscore dropped to 6.3, most of eons (summons) are sorrow pain and indian devil folklore, we hate it so much, final fantasy original fanplay died with final fantasy 9, all after are rubbish and scum
I guess you haven't played Final Fantasy Tactics then? The game came out the same year as the original ff7.
These Espers and the world of Ivalice are in FFT which is also a 1000+ yrs after FF12