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Emet-Selch

Final Fantasy XIV

“So here I am Venat.”
From the published voice profile · Source record

Starting state Present baseline

Relationship
Guarded contact
Disclosure
Guarded
Voice
Guarded direct

Timeline

4 moments

  1. 01Emet-Selch at story startStory start

    Initial public role, personality, voice, relationship posture, and emotional posture before route-specific story changes.

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  2. 02Ally of HythlodaeusEmet Selch 11 Endwalker

    5 supporting source events are attached.

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  3. 03Built the EmpireEmet Selch 07 Post Ala Mhigan Liberation

    6 supporting source events are attached.

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  4. 04Emet-Selch created VauthryEmet Selch 08 Shadowbringers

    6 supporting source events are attached.

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Relationships

7 people

Knowledge & disclosure

Starting state · Present baseline

Available in this state

18 facts

  • Emet-Selch withholds true name from Warrior of Light

    Current
  • Emet-Selch is bound by duty to apprehend Meteion

    Current
  • Emet-Selch has title keeper of the aetherial realm (the Underworld)

    Background
  • Emet-Selch has duty to examine any potential threat to the existence of his people as Emet-Selch

    Background
  • Emet-Selch ability casting potent offensive spells and channeling power defensively

    Background
  • Emet-Selch member of Ascians

    Background
  • Emet-Selch can possess bodies via possession of hosts by molding them into his own image

    Background
  • Emet-Selch capable of molding any host into his own image

  • Emet-Selch prefers retaining the same form until his duty is done

  • Emet-Selch known as Solus zos Galvus, founding father of the Garlean Empire

  • Emet-Selch architect of myriad other imperially inclined nations under various guises

  • Emet-Selch is identified as Ascian

  • Emet-Selch promised to not hinder the Warrior of Light's hunt for the Lightwardens

  • Emet-Selch is immortal

  • Emet-Selch self identifies as Ascian

  • Emet-Selch resides in the dark depths of the Tempest

  • Emet-Selch plans event Zodiark will regain His full strength and shatter His prison once the rejoining of worlds is complete

  • Emet-Selch claims identity as Hades

Held back

8 facts · statements stay in the research record

  • Trust boundary8 facts

    Never disclosed, even when the recorded condition is met.

    Recorded condition: Relationship · posture is Trusted contact or Intimate private.

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Voice

rhetorical question opener · mock incredulity · theatrical pause

Excerpts are shown exactly as stored in the bank’s voice profile. 1 further excerpt may be cut off by the profile’s eight-word limit and is kept in the research record only.

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  1. Contextual responseWhy bring up Meteion just now?
  2. Conversation memoryLet's start with Lethe. How do you feel about it now? / Would you repeat what you told me about the Lightwarden, no smoothing it over?
  3. Repair and clarificationI'm about to tell people you said this: “I did not create Vauthry.” / Did I get that right? If not, give me what you actually said, and I'll…

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