Final Fantasy XVI Teaser Site Features Details On Characters, World

Final Fantasy XVI was first revealed last month during the PS5 showcase with a lengthy trailer, but after the reveal nothing was mentioned until now. Square Enix have just launched a teaser website for JPRG that features details on the characters and world they live in.

For starters, Final Fantasy XVI is set in the world of Valisthea. Here is the official description given my Square Enix:

“The land of Valisthea is studded with Mothercrystals—glittering mountains of crystal that tower over the realms around them, blessing them with aether. For generations, people have flocked to these beacons to take advantage of their blessing, using the aether to conjure magicks that let them live lives of comfort and plenty. Great powers have grown up around each Mothercrystal, and an uneasy peace has long reigned between them. Yet now the peace falters as the spread of the Blight threatens to destroy their dominions.”

Valisthea is home to Eikons, which we all know more as “summons” and are powerful creatures that are summoned by special beings called Dominants. What we saw in the trailer was Phoenix (picture above) and the child featured was a Dominant.

Here is the official description about Eikons and Dominants by Square:

”The Eikons are the most powerful and deadly creatures in Valisthea. Each resides within a Dominant—a single man or woman who is blessed with the ability to call upon their dread power. In some nations these Dominants are treated as royalty in admiration of this strength—in others they are bound in fear of it, and forced to serve as weapons of war. Those who are born as Dominants cannot escape their fate, however cruel it may be.”

Clive Rosfield (left), Joshua Rosfield (center), Jill Warrick (right)
Image: PS Blog

The teaser site also features the three core characters in Final Fantasy XVI. Clive Rosfield is the game’s protagonist and is the firstborn son of the Archduke of Rosaria. He’s a master of the blade and is tasked to guard the second character featured in the teaser site, Joshua Rosfield, his younger brother who is the Dominant of Eikon Phoenix.

Last is Jill Warrick and this is the description given my Square Enix:

”Born in the fallen Northern Territories, Jill was taken from her homeland at a tender age to become a ward of Rosaria, securing peace between the two warring nations. The Archduke insisted that she be raised alongside his sons, and now, at twelve years of age, she is as much a part of the Rosfield household as Clive and Joshua. Ever kind, gracious, and unassuming, Jill has become a trusted confidant to the brothers.”

That’s the only details so far Square Enix is sharing at the moment for Final Fantasy XVI. The development of the game is coming well and it’s likely we will learn more in 2021.

So far, Final Fantasy XVI is coming to the PlayStation 5. No other news about the JRPG coming to other platforms.

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