#ff barnabas

[owarinaki]

Final Fantasy XVI - Dominant &Eikon HQ

[scyanako]

Barnabas from FFXVI ⚡✨

[olessan]

nobody:

the men of Final Fantasy XVI:

[kiloude-city]

[brigriv]

competition.

[countlessvisions]

Final Fantasy XVI: official character artwork collection.

Clive Rosfield — Ifrit

Joshua Rosfield — Phoenix

Jill Warrick — Shiva

Cidolfus Telamon — Ramuh

Benedikta Harman — Garuda

Dion Lesage — Bahamut

Hugo Kupka — Titan

Barnabas Tharmr — Odin

[potionwine]

Thinking about Margrace as Joshua's name post-Phoenix Gate.

Mar-grace.

In FFXVI the Undying choose their own names (Cyril explains this in-game), and many of them have names drawn from Final Fantasy XII, including their leader 'Margrace' himself, from Al-Cid Margrace. The page for Al-Cid notes that Margrace is likely an alternate form of the title 'margrave', an old title for military commanders on the border.

That aside. This is the name chosen (by the boy himself?) for the boy who should have rightfully been known henceforth as 'Your Grace', 'His Grace'.

Grace (style of address), from the Oxford English Dictionary:

With a possessive adjective: a title of respect, esp. for a person of royal or noble rank. Frequently (in 'your Grace') as a form of address. Now archaic or historical. Formerly (in England until the reign of Henry VIII and in Scotland until 1707) used for a monarch or prince; now replaced by Majesty or Highness. Even so, "Majesty" for the sovereign of England was not used exclusively; it arbitrarily alternated with both "Highness" and "Grace", even in official documents, until "Majesty" finally became the official style to the exclusion of others (source).

Grace (other meanings):

1. Divine favour, benevolence, or providence bringing about worldly benefit or advantage. 2. A person's lot, destiny, or fate; luck, fortune. 3. The quality of being pleasing; attractiveness, charm; esp. (in later use) refined elegance of manner, expression, form, or movement, esp. regarded as natural or effortless; gracefulness.

Whatever the etymology of margrave, the name Margrace in-game is probably meant to call to mind the meaning of 'mar' as in damaged, spoiled, ruined. All the grace that ever belonged to his family, his home, his birthright—marred, of course.

Mar+Grace, the last heir of the oldest unbroken ruling dynasty in the Twins at the time of the opening events of the game**.

The living ghost, carrying the desecrated corpse of his legacy in his new name. Introducing himself by his humiliation: "Hello, I am Margrace", "Hello, I am the ruined dignity of my house." "Call me Margrace", "Call me the wreckage of one fallen from divine favour." "My name is Margrace", "My name is blemished fortunes and diminished nobility".

It's appropriately brutal and dramatic for such a character, especially since the game is frustratingly silent on how Joshua personally feels about the loss of his duchy which is a rant for next time.

**Footnotes:

In the Year 860 (Prologue year/Phoenix Gate), Rosaria is about 260 years old (est. Y600). Older, if you count from the time of the Rose Alliance (est. Y550). The Rosfields have been on the Rosarian throne since the inception of the duchy in Y600, and prior to that House Rosfield was already known to be the chief of/the preeminent house of the Seven High Houses that united to found the duchy. House Rosfield has held ruling power for 260-310 years at a minimum.

For reference, England's longest-reigning dynasty was the Plantagenets, who held on for 300+ years. Rosfields aren't doing half bad!

Veldemarke would have been older had it not been overthrown by Barnabas; therefore Waloed is the youngest nation state at the time of the prologue (only 17 years old). Also we do not know much about the governance of Veldemarke, although as a 'kingdom' it was likely some type of monarchy.

Sanbreque was formed 100 years after Rosaria, and at any rate is not actually a hereditary monarchy. The Holy Emperor is voted into office by his fellow Cardinals, likely the five who form the Council of Elders. We are also explicitly told that Sylvestre 'won his throne' in 865; there is no indication either way that his predecessor emperor was a Lesage. The wording suggests the throne is not Sylvestre's by lineage or birthright. How this is supposed to relate to the concept of Sanbreque having a 'crown prince' (Dion) is unclear and contradictory, since an emperor by election should probably not have the authority to unilaterally decide on the succession of the throne, and his issue—legitimate or no—should not automatically be in the line of succession.

Dhalmekia is a republic with elected officials.

The Iron Kingdom apparently has a royal family, but nothing else is known apart from it being impotent and sidelined by their state religion.

The Northern Tribes likely do have hereditary rule, and Jill is referred to as a princess, but once again little is known.

Ergo—and I am ceaseless in this propaganda—Clive and Joshua are really, properly posh! Absolutely baffling that Anabella would allow anyone to put down the pedigree of her sons when they are so blue-blooded precisely because she is! For someone with such entrenched ideas of blood purity she should not stand for it, no matter how she feels about her eldest.

[shaken-veil]

[ferdiniascaeles]

Matching pieces of Barnabas & Sleipnir 💫

(They are so in love, I just know it) (EDIT : actually I just opened my INPRNT shop, you can find find those artworks on it if you loved them. Link in bio !)

[cliji]

june 3rd 2022, world stopped.

I STILL REMEMBER WHERE I WAS. (my dining room cause the trailer dropped a few hours before and i just woke up then 😭)

[owarinaki]

Final Fantasy XVI ; Barnabas Tharmr , The Dominant of Odin

[ffxiii-et-al]

An amazing breakdown of character themes from Final Fantasy 16

This man deserves more views. (https://www.youtube.com/@patforbel) I found his link on Reddit when he first posted this project and I wanted to post on Tumblr since I figured it may be a better place to reach those hyperfixating on the game.

Since there isn't a full OST posted on youtube yet this is the first place that I learned most of the names of the 'rearranged' versions of the songs. Some of these names kill me, most notably "And Melancholy Marked Him" for Joshua, since I think it is terribly descriptive of his character. Also "Holos" at the end of the game during the flashback which translates to "whole" which breaks my heart.

Last note: He just posted the "Location theme" video today. And the video with the breakdown on "Away" that he plugs is also great. But beware, knowing the Lyrics of Joshua's theme killed me, and you will get all of the feels.

WARNING: FF16 SPOILERS throughout. Enjoy!

[byungsora]

WHY IS HE SO BEAUTIFUL

[kianaflame23]

OF COURSE, I MADE A MEME TEMPLATE FOR CLIVE ROSFIELD AND THE REST OF THE FF16 MEN!! FF16 LADIES TOO! hope everyone likes it haha. A M E N 🙏✨️

[mxdwn]

Hi mxdwn readers!

Checkout these exclusive photos of the new Final Fantasy 16 game!

Today is the celebration launch event for the new Final Fantasy and were live streaming it! It will be starting today (June 11, 2023) at 6:45 pm PST.

Go to the Twitch link below to watch and enjoy!

https://www.twitch.tv/mxdwn

[kiloude-city]

It sucks we'll never get Barnabas in Dissidia Opera Omnia. He'd get absolutely bodied by Seifer.