En este capítuloClive Rosfield serves as the bodyguard of his younger brother Joshua, the Dominant of the Phoenix.
Clive is the eldest son of Rosaria's Archduke, but he has no gift of magic. His younger brother Joshua is the Dominant of the Phoenix, and Clive is sworn to protect him. When Sanbreque attacks during Joshua's awakening, an unknown Eikon called Ifrit kills the Phoenix. Clive swears revenge. His mother betrays Rosaria and has him enslaved to Sanbreque's army.
The prologue establishes the world's main structure: Dominants are people who can command Eikons, and nations treat them as weapons. Anabella's choice is a moral wound. She believes Clive is not worthy and she prefers loyalty to the empire over family. Ifrit's identity is the main mystery, and the answer will change the meaning of Clive's revenge.
Lo que ocurre
During a ceremony to awaken Joshua's powers, Sanbreque soldiers ambush them; Joshua awakens as the Phoenix but a mysterious Eikon, Ifrit, kills him.
Clive swears revenge on Ifrit; his mother Anabella, who despised his lack of blessing, betrays Rosaria and has him enslaved in Sanbreque's army.
Act 1 · 13 · jugando como Clive
Thirteen years later
En este capítuloClive is sent to assassinate an enslaved Dominant, who turns out to be his childhood friend Jill Warrick, the Dominant of Shiva.
Thirteen years later, Clive is a soldier-slave. Sent to kill a Dominant, he recognises Jill and deserts. Cid rescues them and offers a place at Hideaway, where he wants to end the Mothercrystals and Blight. Hunting Ifrit's Dominant, Clive fights Benedikta Harman. When she turns into a raging Garuda, Clive transforms into Ifrit to kill her, and he learns the shocking truth: he is Ifrit, and he killed the Phoenix.
The reveal that Clive is Ifrit is the emotional centre of the story: his quest for revenge was always a search for himself. Cid's encouragement is the turning point. He does not tell Clive to forgive himself, but to keep going and to use his power for others. Benedikta's death plants the seed of a later conflict, since her friend Hugo will blame Clive.
Lo que ocurre
Clive deserts to free Jill and they are rescued by Cid, who promises to help find Ifrit's Dominant.
Clive and his companions confront Benedikta Harman, a Waloed spy and Dominant of Garuda; Clive absorbs Garuda's powers.
A defeated Benedikta becomes a raging Garuda and Clive transforms into Ifrit to kill her, realising he himself is Ifrit and the one who killed Joshua's Phoenix.
Act 2 · 13 · jugando como Clive
The Mothercrystals and Ultima
En este capítuloThey infiltrate Sanbreque's capital and confront Ultima, a being that mortally wounds Cid.
The group sees Bearers suffering across Valisthea and decides that the Mothercrystals must be destroyed. In Sanbreque's capital they meet Ultima, who mortally wounds Cid. Joshua appears, alive thanks to the Phoenix, and takes Ultima's possession into himself to save Clive. Clive then assumes Cid's identity to carry on the fight. The Mothercrystals are the game's central metaphor: a source of power that also destroys the world.
Joshua's return changes Clive's emotional situation. His brother is alive but marked by the cost of surviving. Taking Cid's name is both a tribute and a burden, since Clive becomes a symbol of the cause.
Lo que ocurre
Seeing how Bearers are oppressed, the group decides to destroy the Mothercrystals, which cause the Blight by draining aether.
Joshua, who survived through the Phoenix's power, redirects Ultima's possession into himself.
Clive takes up Cid's name and continues the mission.
Act 3 · 18 · jugando como Clive
Five years of war
En este capítuloFive years later, 'Cid' destroys several Mothercrystals with Jill.
Years pass and Clive, as Cid, destroys more Mothercrystals. Hugo, tricked into hating him, lures him into a fight and becomes a raging Titan. Clive wins, but at a cost.
Dion tries to overthrow Anabella and accidentally kills the Emperor, which leads to his possession by Bahamut. Olivier is revealed as Ultima's vessel and as the one who planned these events. Clive and Joshua defeat Bahamut and destroy the Dominion's Mothercrystal. This section shows how war produces tragedies on every side. Hugo and Dion are not villains by nature, they are people pushed to extremes.
Olivier's revelation reframes earlier events as parts of Ultima's plan. Each destroyed Mothercrystal weakens magic and shifts the balance of power, which has consequences for the people who depend on it.
Lo que ocurre
Hugo Kupka, manipulated into revenge for Benedikta's death, lures Clive out; Clive defeats and mutilates Hugo, who becomes a raging Titan.
Dion stages a coup against Anabella but accidentally kills Emperor Sylvestre, becoming possessed and transforming into a raging Bahamut.
Olivier is revealed as Ultima's vessel and orchestrates events; Clive helps Joshua defeat Bahamut and destroys the Dominion's Mothercrystal.
Act 4 · 18 · jugando como Clive
Barnabas, the Fallen and Origin
En este capítuloBarnabas Tharmr, king of Waloed and Dominant of Odin, reveals that Ultima plans to turn Clive into Mythos, a vessel for possession.
Barnabas reveals Ultima's plan to make Clive into a vessel. Clive defeats him with Shiva's help and destroys Waloed's Mothercrystal. Joshua discovers that the Fallen created the Mothercrystals and humanity itself to prepare a body for their return. At Origin, Ultima kills Dion and wounds Joshua. Joshua transfers his Eikon to Clive, who absorbs Ultima and destroys the last Mothercrystal, ending magic.
The final conflict makes the war about the nature of humanity: if people were bred for a purpose, can they choose another? Clive's final act is both a victory and a loss, since the end of magic removes both the oppression of Bearers and the tools that kept some people alive. Joshua's sacrifice closes the brothers' story, in which each saved the other.
Lo que ocurre
With Jill's Shiva powers, Clive defeats Barnabas and destroys Waloed's Mothercrystal.
Joshua's research shows that Ultima's predecessors, the Fallen, planted Mothercrystals to drain aether and created Bearers and humans to breed a vessel powerful enough to resurrect them.
Clive, Joshua and Dion assault Ultima's sky fortress Origin; Ultima kills Dion and mortally wounds Joshua.
Joshua sacrifices himself by transferring his Eikon to Clive, who absorbs Ultima and destroys Origin's Mothercrystal, ending magic in Valisthea.
Epilogue · 19 · jugando como Clive / Joshua
A world without magic
En este capítuloA post-credits scene shows a family living peacefully in a Valisthea without magic.
After the war, a short scene shows a family living quietly without magic. Joshua's book about the events survives, though what became of him is left open. The ambiguity lets players decide whether Clive and Joshua survived, and whether the quiet family is theirs. The final image is deliberately small and domestic, in contrast with the scale of the war.
Lo que ocurre
Joshua has written a book about these events, and his exact fate remains deliberately ambiguous.
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