Several different Ascians pop up throughout the story, manipulating people behind the scenes toward their ultimate goal.
Who Are The Ascians?
The Ascians are themain antagonist of Final Fantasy 14.
They are acult of individuals with mysterious powers that worship Zodiark.
Physically, the Ascians look like Eorzean Hyru, often wearing black robes.
The Ascians have mysterious unique powers, including teleportation, Black Magic, andAetherial Manipulation.
They are typically beings made of Aether, but they canpossess a person’s bodytogain a physical form.
They do this by wreaking havoc across the world, causing Aether to fluctuate.
These periods, known asUmbral Calamities, meant chaos and extinction for the inhabitants of Eorzea.
A total ofseven Umbral Calamitieshave successfully occurred throughout the game’s storyline and before.
Spoilers for Shadowbringers and Endwalker below!
So, why do the Ascians want to Rejoin the Reflections?
Why are there even Reflections in the first place?
All of this is explained in these two expansions, but we’ll give a brief recap below.
Long ago, the Ascians were known asAncients, and lived on the planet in relative peace.
To stop the Final Days, some of the Ancients banded together andsummoned the Primal Zodiarkto save them.
She did this bySundering his bodyand the rest of the world, into14 Reflections.
