Leviathan
The water-elemental summon that recurs across the series.
Leviathan is a recurring summon in the Final Fantasy series. In Final Fantasy XVI it is the Eikon of water, one of eight Eikons tied to the elements alongside Phoenix, Shiva, Ramuh, Titan, Garuda, Odin and Bahamut.
Lore & Background
In Final Fantasy XIV the Sahagin summon Leviathan, and the adventurer slays it from the Lominsan warship The Whorleater; Masayoshi Soken sang the vocals on its battle theme. In Final Fantasy IV the party is attacked by Leviathan on the way back to Baron and separated. Leviathan is also among the four espers added to the Advance version of Final Fantasy VI, and one of the regular summons of Final Fantasy XV.
In Final Fantasy XII the Leviathan is an Archadian airship commanded by Judge Ghis, aboard which the party is detained and reunited with Amalia, revealed to be Princess Ashe; when Ghis uses the Dawn Shard in it instead of manufacted magicite, his whole fleet is destroyed.
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