As a fan of Last Fantasy, a part of the enjoyable in checking the lists of Magic: The Gathering’s Last 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 in regards to the Last 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 undoubtedly didn’t count on to see was one of many saddest moments in Last 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 growth for Last Fantasy 14: A Realm Reborn, that the title Papalymo was carved into our recollections.
[Ed. note: This article contains spoilers for FF14: Heavensward.]
So as 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 – Last Fantasy 14’s equal to the collection’ well-known summons, that are god-like creatures highly effective sufficient to destroy the world.
By this level, I wasn’t contemplating something too critical 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, so as to forestall this creature from bringing destruction to the world, Papalymo sacrificed himself to solid the identical spell his grasp, Louisoix, used to lure Bahamut on the finish of Last 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 pupil I really was” – his want to satisfy his function 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 Last Fantasy 14 universe to the Magic: The Gathering playing cards, the group 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 straight 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 at any time when we play this card. Though he’ll enter the sphere to die, Papalymo goes to dwell within the MTG playing cards.
