X-Death and the Wonderful World of Final Fantasy V (VERY long)

[bipper]

This is not the Void. The Void is not a dimension per say, despite the fact that people are said to be ‘sucked into’ it. The Void is a destructive force that destroys everything that is ‘sucked into’ it, rather than trapping them in an ultimate dimension. When the Warriors of the Crystal return, X-Daeth does not say ‘how did you get back?” but rather “Why did the Void disappear?”. This implies that they were saved before they were sucked into the Void, and what we see of them all lying down must either be a transition faze, or another area entirely that the warriors were teleported to in order to prevent them for being destroyed.

To me, it seemed that the warriors were basically the crystals, as implied by the ending, thusly they could not be taken by the void. I am sure the warriors of dawn offered a lending hand, which may suggest the the wariors of dawn, were the powers of the old crystals?

I think the best description of the void you get is in the end of the game.

In the begining there was Void,
Then four spirits came
together in this Void...

The crystals were born
and the world was created.

Thus,
Hope gives the earth blessings,
Courage lights the flames,
Kindness makes water the source of life,
Pursuit lets wisdom ride the wind.

When the time comes that Void
shall agian envelope the world
if within peole live the four spirits,
Light shall again be born

Four spirits, Wandering through Void
Shall once again
give birth to light.

I think this really puts it into prespective that the warriors of Dawn, as thier names imply, are the beging suge of light that could drive back the void, and the warriors of the crystals are the ones whom symbolise and protect that light.

Here it seems like a good place to say that if things were sucked into the void, then the void must have some kind of relative force to the real world. I mean, heat goes to an area of less cold, so its only obvious the the void would have a 'vaccum' effect on things. This is part of what else confuses me. If exdeath had not gained the power of the void, why were various towns sucked into the void? To save the game designers from making new dialouge for the towns on world 3!? It all seems too convient

Also, the void seems to be a very close equivalant to some Judist (and christan) versions of hell. Simply an Abyss of blackness.

X-Death did not have the power of the Void at this stage, so that’s why he was sent to the Cleft of Dimensions. Although that does raise the question of why he didn’t just use it on himself in order to reach the Void faster…

Well, I simply meant to clarify this so no one down the line asked the question. I also think that merely getting to the cleft was not his issue, but gaining the worlds together to try to unseal the void.

edit: Also to add, the void could essentially eat up everything, and if the crystal's power was restored, everything would fall out of the void. This is shown at the end of FFV when the towns are all restored. The moogles also come back.
Bipper