As a fan of Closing Fantasy, a part of the enjoyable in checking the lists of Magic: The Gathering’s Closing Fantasy playing cards is seeing how my favourite video games and characters have been tailored to the language and mechanics of the primary TCG I performed in my life. I had many questions, particularly concerning the Closing Fantasy 14 playing cards. Is Tataru going to assist me generate infinite mana? What number of Loporrits tokens can I placed on the sphere? One thing I positively didn’t anticipate to see was one of many saddest moments in Closing Fantasy 14 being represented on this assortment.
The occasion in query is centered round Papalymo Totolymo. He was a noble Lalafell, one of many founding members of the Scions of Seventh Daybreak, and a clever thaumaturge. He made a reputation for himself throughout A Realm Reborn because the extra mature member of the group and a diligent pupil of Louisoix Leveilleur.
It’s in one of many final essential occasions of Heavensward, the primary enlargement for Closing Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn, that the title Papalymo was carved into our reminiscences.
[Ed. note: This article contains spoilers for FF14: Heavensward.]
With a view to cease a person known as Griffin from attacking Baelsar’s Wall, Papalymo, alongside Yda, Alphinaud and the Warrior of Mild (us), do their job and run towards the approaching hazard to avoid wasting the day. What they discover is pure chaos, a “bloodbath” in Yda’s phrases. The battle reaches its climax when Griffin dies to summon a primal – Closing Fantasy 14’s equal to the sequence’ well-known summons, that are god-like creatures highly effective sufficient to destroy the world.
By this level, I wasn’t contemplating something too severe would occur. I used to be the Warrior of Mild — the savior of Eorzea. However not this time. Even I couldn’t cease the primal. So, to be able to forestall this creature from bringing destruction to the world, Papalymo sacrificed himself to forged the identical spell his grasp, Louisoix, used to entice Bahamut on the finish of Closing Fantasy 14 1.0.
I don’t even know the place to start out in explaining how emotional this second felt for me. It’s the first time the Warrior of Mild isn’t able to fixing issues. We see in Papalymo’s final phrases – “Now allow us to see how good a scholar I actually was” – his need to meet his position and honor his pals and grasp. We also have a dramatic model of A Realm Reborn’s theme tune “Solutions” enjoying within the background, however solely the lyrics, nearly like a prayer.
Now, when bringing the Closing Fantasy 14 universe to the Magic: The Gathering playing cards, the staff behind the venture didn’t overlook my favourite Scion. Papalymo Totolymo is coming to MTG as a multicolor legendary Dwarf Wizard. The artwork on the cardboard instantly depicts the second he raises Tupsimati, his grasp’s employees, to conjure the spell that takes his life.
This isn’t, nonetheless, the one reference to his noble sacrifice. Papalymo’s card has a capability that reads: “Pay 4, Faucet, Sacrifice Papalymo Totolymo: Every opponent who misplaced life this flip sacrifices a creature with the best energy amongst creatures they management.” In different phrases, we are able to relive that tragic occasion on the highest of Baelsar’s Wall each time we play this card. Though he’ll enter the sphere to die, Papalymo goes to dwell within the MTG playing cards.
