FFXIV Writing- Everybody Loves the Dark Knight Quests
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I love the whole drk story but i have a special fondness for the 30-50 quests. The WoL during ARR was a glorified errand boy/girl. They quickly become this accomplished warrior and people acknowledge that but still send you on mundane tasks constantly, that frustrated me. So the fact that the WOL was canonically frustrated with all that bs made me very happy.
Another part that hits home about Myste being the WoL's regrets? He looks like the love child of Ysayle and Haurchefant
The Dark Knight quest line to me is proof that the WoL would benefit from being a little less open ended character wise.
"“To walk the path is to suffer. To sacrifice. Justice demands no less. But we must never lose sight of why we chose to walk it. …Gods help me, those moogles were onto something, weren’t they?” -Sidurgu Orl
My favourite element was Sid being effortlessly cool and ruthless in cutscenes and then harangued to the end of his tether by Rielle. The duality of man.
I came to the conclusion that one of my favorite things about the dark knight of FFXIV is that for a job whose aesthetic is about bloody sacrifice, vigilante justice, and armor made and named from forces of dark forces, is a lesson that learning to love and forgive yourself can give you the greatest power protect the people and things important to you.
The level 80 quest after Shadowbringers hurt me in a good way. A walk back down the path, one final farewell to your other self.
“Serve, Save, Slave, Slay.”
When I played through the quests, I found them... I dunno, pretentious? Its hard to write a story for the inner spirit of your own character, because if the player's projection onto the character doesn't match Fray's interpretation, it falls flat.
What I like as well with the DRK story, is how Frey and Mist, in turn, do what the Final Days did, but more personal in a way, it manifested Dynamis, the power of emotions into literal beings, driven by these specific emotions.
Fray: "I should have let Leviathan drown you all! At least then I wouldn't have to listen to your incessant whining!"
the 30-50 dark knight hits especially hard if you play it immediately after the sultanas "asassination" in realm reborn when you start havensword.
"We are the stories we tell ourselves. The brave hero, the tortured soul, the altruist, the pragmatist. They will tell you who they see, but you and you alone know who you are. For I speak only for myself. If you find comfort in my words, they are yours for the taking, but that is your choice. Now and ever after, as it has always been."
You didn't talk about it directly here, but Our Closure (the level 80 quest) does such an amazing job of, well, giving closure, both to Fray's arc and to the WoL's own. Our Answer (the level 50 quest) ends with the WoL fighting to re-shackle our "Fray" and "Fray" grudgingly stepping back until we need them. But by the end of Our Closure, the relationship is completely different.
The Dark Knight quest for me arrived the moment I entered Ishgard, when the WoL was at his lowest.
I played paladin all through ARR, trying to be a perfect, selfless hero. I went into the game almost blind, and took my time with ARR and really enjoyed it. so at the end of the ARR patches, the betrayal of the crystal braves, the destruction of the scions, and the accusations of regicide hit me HARD. I felt so hurt and betrayed. I was furious at the people who would cast me aside so callously after all I had done for them, after I tried so hard to be kind and selfless.
Gods, revisiting the dark knight quest chain after endwalker makes it hit soo much harder too! Fray flat out telling the wol they can't handle all of this mounting pressure long term, and then having shadowbringer and endwalker happen.. It truly hit it home for me
I remember how many in the FFXIV subreddit wanted Ishikawa to be promoted to lead writer when they read an interview that credited her as the writer for the DRK, ROG and ALC questlines along with the Azim Steppes part of 4.0's MSQ. She even had influence in how Zenos was written during the climax of 4.0 which helped endear the character to players who previously found him boring
Worth to mention that myste looks like the combination of haurchefant and ysayle, which is perfect representation for the wol’s regrets and fears
If the wol ever gave into Fray, they’d likely end up like Zenos; a character who only lives for themselves and looks down on everyone else for their banality and weakness