FF14’s depiction of the void differs quite a bit from other entries in the Final Fantasy series.
This story recap will cover the important highlights of the story, not every minute detail and quest.
Note that it’s also possible to experience the story again yourself usingthe New Game Plus feature.
picks during character creation.
After meeting the three leaders and visiting all three nations, the questlines merge.
Inevitably, you end upjoining the Scions, pledging your support in their battle againstthe primal threat.
Along with Thancred, you travel to Eastern Thanalan to investigate.
Those poor souls are abducted by theamal’jaa, burly lizardmen who worship the primalIfrit.
The primal is summoned before your very eyes, and you witness the effects thattemperinghas on innocent souls.
With that over, your next task is toattend the remembrance ceremonies at each of the three city-states.
After this short break, it’sback to Scion business.
While Ramuh isn’t an issue, you do end up solving a few actual problems for the sylphs.
Thanks to this, the friendship between the friendly sylphs of Little Solace and mankind is ensured.
The next quests detail your initial investigation intoLahabrea.
It is the Ascians who provide the beastmen with the means and methods to carry out these dangerous summonings.
Titan has been slain before, in recent memory, by theCompany of Heroes.
Your investigations into Titan involve tracking downWheiskaet, a past member of the Company.
Doing so requires that you attune to anaetheryte within the kobold lair- this teleportation magic interests Y’shtola greatly.
However, when you get there, all you find are corpses -the Scions have been attacked.
Your next step is totravel to Eastern Thanalan to take refuge at the Church of St. Adama Landama.
Father Iliud here is an ally of the Scions, after all.
It is here that youreunite with Alphinaud, who reveals thatGaruda has been summoned by the ixal.
After uncovering Cid’s memories and recruiting him to your cause, your course is set.
What follows are quests that take you to chillyCoerthasto the north in search of this airship.
They will be split up for a long time.
Regardless, acquire it you do, andyou fell the Lady of the Vortex.
The Imperial Threat
In the wake of Garuda’s defeat, the crushed ixal immediately resummon her.
Gaius is prepared, though.
Using acolossal, beastly weapon, he takes the very souls of the three primals.
This is your first glimpse of theUltima Weapon, which seems to swell with power with each primal consumed.
Fleeing the battlefield, Alphinaud decides that it is time to regroup.
You return to the Waking Sands, and happily reunite withYda and Y’shtola.
The next quests deal with your preparations for the final battle.
The next quest sees you infiltrating Castrum Centri andrescuing Minfilia, Papalymo, Urianger, and Tataru.
The following sequence of quests marks the final stretch of A Realm Reborn.
In an effort to appear diplomatic and neutral,the Scions choose Revenant’s Toll as their new headquarters.
To that end, you quest all over Eorzea to recruit willing companions.
An important face to remember isIlberd, an Ala Mhigan who lost much to the Calamity.
Reporting these events to Lucia, Aymeric’s companion, leads not to the rejoicing you’d expect.
She ominously states that a renewed offensive with the dragons is inevitable.
With little time to mourn, Lucia’s predictions are proven true anddragons attack Ishgard.
The Scions rush to their aid, not bothered by Ishgard’s xenophobic political stance.
The encounter on theSteps of Faithcomes close to defeat, but mankind is able to win the day.
Accompanying Alisaie underground and into the shards of Dalamud, you findAllagan ruins, filled with incredibly strong beasts.
Crucially, you also find the imprisoned, immobilised, boundbody of Bahamut, the ruined primal.
The final expedition into Dalamud seesAlphinaudjoining his sister, having been informed of what happened previously.
After helping the Sons locate rare elemental crystals and aethersand that will allowphysical access to the Crystal Tower.
In the process, G’raha Tia names this collective the ‘Nominated Observers of Artifacts Historical’, orNOAH.
The team finds out that the principal spire of the tower - Syrcus Tower - is sealed away.
Luckily, two mysterious individuals namedDoga and Uneipledge their assistance.
Upon your victory against the revived Emperor Xande, the purpose of the Crystal Tower is revealed.
The tower is aconduit to the void, a plane of darkness.
It’s with his aid that the gate opens in the first place.
However, things aren’t quite what they seem.
This ends A Realm Reborn, withHeavenswardpicking up as soon as you and your companions enter Ishgard.
Here’s everything you oughta know about Final Fantasy 14’s most abundant currency, the Allagan Tomestone.
