| “ | God of War. The Draconian's bonds to the Lucii run deepest among the Six. At the end of the Astral War, when Ifrit had fallen and civilization lay in ruins, the Bladekeeper alone held vigil, awaiting the coming of the Chosen King while the other gods lay dormant. | „ |
| ~ Bestiary. |
| “ | Show me the world you envision, warriors of chaos. A world woven with threads of both light and darkness. | „ |
| ~ Bahamut. |
Summary
Bahamut, the Draconian, is an Astral in the Final Fantasy XV Universe. He is one of the Six and is the God of War clad in winged armor. Bahamut is said to have bestowed the powers of the Oracle and given the Ring of the Lucii and the Crystal onto his chosen king. He is the most majestic of the six gods, vastly superior to the others.
In the main story of Final Fantasy XV, Bahamut seems to be an ally of Noctis Lucis Caelum and a benevolent deity. However, it is soon revealed that the Draconian is, in fact, the true villain.
Like the other Astrals, Bahamut is based on a recurring summon in the Final Fantasy series. He is one of the most prominent summoned monsters in the series and is typically considered the strongest among them.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 2-A | 2-A
Name: Bahamut, The Draconian, The Bladekeeper, The Dragon King
Origin: Final Fantasy
Gender: Male
Age: At least billions of years old (It has been estimated that Eos came into existence some 4.5 billion years ago, and the Astrals are far older than the planet)
Classification: Astral, Leader of the Astrals, God of War and Light, Dragon King
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Summoning, Extrasensory Perception (Mages have shown to naturally possess this[1]), Magic, Subjective Reality (Magic,[2] in its basest form,[3] is projecting one's inner[4] mind onto reality[1], and is powered by intelligence and mental strength[2]), Non-Physical Interaction (Magic as a whole is shown to affect a wide variety of different beings, from intangible/immaterial beings to non corporeal beings, to abstract concepts like Chronodia, who's the flow of time itself[5], to Nonexistent beings like Exdeath and Cloud of Darkness), Law Manipulation (Magic is stated to rewrite[2] the natural order of things[6]), Limited Durability Negation, Forcefield Negation, and Intangibility (Magic negates conventional physical durability, barriers, and armor, requiring specific defense against magic which is powered by the Mind and Spirit), Power Modification (Including Duplication, Fusionism, Statistics Amplification, Size Manipulation, Homing Attack, Danmaku, Aura, Breath Attack, and Energy Manipulation; Magic users across the games have consistently shown the ability to manipulate the shape and properties of their own magical abilities, with even higher tiers of spells simply being considered stronger versions of the same basic ability[7]), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2) and Space-Time Manipulation (Magic is shown in the novels to remove concepts and warp space and time itself,[6] like the Devil's road, which the concept of time was lost,[8] and time and space were twisted to the point[9] the past, present and future[10] existed as one[11]), Immortality (Type 1, 3, 8 and 9, Astrals exist both in the physical realm and the Beyond and cannot be killed unless they're destroyed in both realms at the same time), Regeneration (Low-Godly, Astrals can regenerate their physical form if they're killed in the mortal realm as long as they still exist in the Beyond), Magic, Light Manipulation, Weapon Creation and Weapon Mastery (Can create swords made of light as well as a storm of blades. Created the Trident used by the Oracles), Holy Manipulation, Telekinesis, Energy Manipulation and Projection, Fire Manipulation (Via Mega Flare and Tera Flare), Matter Manipulation (Via Tera Flare), Absorption (Gave Ardyn the ability to absorb demonic energy into his own body to heal people. Absorbed Lunafreya's darkness to recharge and fuel his Tera Flare), Telepathy (Can mentally communicate with mortals and those who have received his power), Dream Manipulation (Interrupted Lunafreya's attempts to communicate with Shiva via her dreams and can communicate with mortals in the same way), Darkness Manipulation (Can channel the darkness to fuel his powers. Gave demonic powers to Lunafreya when he brought her back to life), Resurrection (Resurrected the dead Kingsglaive and later did the same with Lunafreya), Power Bestowal (Blessed the lineages of the Oracles and the Kings of Lucis), Healing (Blessed Ardyn and Lunafreya with the power of healing), Creation (Created the Ring of the Lucii and the Crystal), Spatial Manipulation and BFR (Can pull beings into his dimension like he did with Ardyn), Illusion Creation (Created an illusion of Aera to torment Ardyn), Duplication (Can create copies of himself in battle), Summoning (Can summon the other Astrals), Size Manipulation, Large Size (Up to Type 3), Self-Sustenance (Type 1, 2 and 3), Flight, Teleportation, Dimensional Travel
Resistance to Light Manipulation, Fire Manipulation, Ice Manipulation, Water Manipulation, Electricity Manipulation & Pain Manipulation (Is able to resist the Lightning spells, which are capable of attacking the nerves[12]), Status Effect Inducement (Is capable of resisting a wide variety of status ailments), Morality Manipulation and Madness Manipulation (Type 2; Can resist the Confuse status ailment, which can drive the target insane to attack anyone, even their allies), Absolute Zero (Can survive Shiva's ice attacks, including Diamond Dust), Curse Manipulation (Is capable of resisting the Curse ailment), Subjective Reality, Magic, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2), and Space-Time Manipulation (Characters are capable of surviving and resisting magical abilities, Which is[2] shown to[3] project one's inner[4] mind onto reality[1], and as shown with the creation of the Devil's road[6], remove entire concepts[8] and warp space and time[9] to where the past, present, and future[10] exists as one[11]), Law Manipulation (Resists magic, which can rewrite[2] the natural order of things[6]), Chaos Manipulation, Reality Warping and Memory Manipulation (Unaffected by Neo Exdeath throwing the laws of reality into chaos), Information Analysis and Clairvoyance (Is unaffected by Libra, which is stated in lore to be a thing[13]), Poison Manipulation and Corrosion Inducement (Can resist the Poison status effect, which is also stated to corrode the target[14]), Attack Reflection (Bahamut's capable of bypassing reflect[15]), Darkness Manipulation and Perception Manipulation (Can resist the darkness status ailment via various equipment, which would render the target blind[16]), Power Nullification (Can resist the Silence status, which would render the target's ability to use magic null), Berserk Mode (Resists the effects of the Berserk spell, which drives one to attack any enemy in a blinding rage), Existence Erasure/Void Manipulation, Mind Manipulation (Which includes Madness Manipulation (Type 3), and Perception Manipulation), Space-Time Manipulation, Time Stop, and Corruption (Type 2; Is unaffected by the effects of the Void), Petrification (Can resist the petrification status effect),
Attack Potency: Multiverse level+ (Vastly stronger than all the other Astrals, including Ifrit whom he personally killed during the War of the Astrals. Even after being drained from casting Tera Flare, he could fight competitively against all other Astrals, including Ifrit, who could possibly burn the entire world with his flames, Shiva, who killed Ifrit with a kiss, and Noctis as the King of Light, in the physical realm. His ultimate attack, Tera Flare, is powerful enough to wipe out all life on Eos. Even after the combined efforts of five Astrals greatly reduced its impact, Tera Flare's immense heat thawed the ice all over the world, transforming frozen tundras into vast wetlands.) | Multiverse level+ (Was able to fight Jack Garland's party and keep up alongside him against the likes of Gilgamesh, Nil, and Emperor Mateus. His blessing made the Warriors of Light considerably stronger in a short amount of time to impress Jack)
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Can easily keep up with the likes of Noctis and the other Astrals like Leviathan or Ifrit, who was able to dodge his attack in Insomnia, should not be weaker than his Stranger of Paradise incarnation) | Massively FTL+ (Can keep up with Jack Garland)
Lifting Strength: At least Class T (Superior to Titan)
Striking Strength: Multiverse level+ (Is fully capable of killing all the other Astrals, including Ifrit whom he one-shotted with one of his swords and destroyed his physical body to protect Regis from Ardyn.) | Multiverse level+
Durability: Multiverse level+ (It took combined efforts of five Astrals and the King of Light Noctis to destroy Bahamut's physical form, while Ardyn had to summon all the old Kings of the Lucis to kill the Draconian in the Beyond at the cost of his existence.) | Multiverse level+
Stamina: Superhuman (Only by unleashing Tera Flare, the ultimate spell of destruction, may Bahamut be exhausted and fall off slumber for a long time. Loses this restriction during Stranger of Paradise and can even launch Exaflare easily)
Range: At least Several Meters to Tens of Meters via sheer size, Planetary with powers and Tera Flare., Multiversal+ with magic
Standard Equipment: His Sword, Multiple Blades, and other weapons
Intelligence: Gifted (Bahamut is an excessively cunning being who manipulated all the people on Eos to destroy the Starscouge. He tricked Ardyn by giving him the ability to absorb demonic energy into his body so he could turn into a demonic being and play the role of a sacrificial lamb destined to spread the Starscourge, being killed by the True King. He blessed two bloodlines with his powers so he could use them to destroy the darkness, thus manipulating the entire conflict between the Light and the Darkness on Eos. In Dawn of the Future, he managed to manipulate Lunafreya by giving her the same healing powers he gave to Ardyn to make her absorb darkness, intending to use it to fuel his Tera Flare and wipe out all life on Eos)
Weaknesses: Bahamut views mortals as mere pawns and doesn't care about their potential. The ultimate spell, Tera Flare, required the Oracle and all the darkness in the world as a source of power and took some time to charge, and casting it would greatly drain his stamina, but this weakness is conquered by Stranger of Paradise. The only way to truly defeat Bahamut was to simultaneously kill him in both the physical and spiritual realms.
Notable Matchups
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Discussions
| Discussion threads involving Bahamut (Final Fantasy XV) |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 1, page 29
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 3, page 107
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2, page 109
- ↑ Final Fantasy I
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 198
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 2 page 114
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Final Fantasy IV Novel 1, chapter 5, page 199
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 67
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 1, page 73
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Final Fantasy IV: The After Years Novel, chapter 3, page 147
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV Volume 2 Novel, chapter 7, page 54
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV
- ↑ Final Fantasy 4 Super Guide Book
- ↑ Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
- ↑ Final Fantasy V GBA Manual