NieR x FFXIV Lore Summary ► YoRHa Dark Apocalypse

hey guys it's rex here when i say nier as  a convoluted series i don't just mean that   the story of the main games is hard to figure out  yoko taro has for some reason decided to put vital   plot points for the series in various unrelated  media including stage plays drama cities novels   and now you've gotta play entire mmo the story of  dark apocalypse takes place in a series of raids   in final fantasy 14 of all places so while luckily  i'm already a fan of both ips if you aren't then   this is a rough one to work out on your own so  let's dive into the story of yorha dark apocalypse   at least the story so far as well it seems  to be wrapped up you never know yoko taro   could release a 10 volume book series on  it tomorrow or something for all i know   the story begins with the player character of  final fantasy xiv the warrior of light talking   with two dwarf siblings twins named annog and  konnag after undertaking a few menial quests for   the two of them the warrior meets an android that  strongly resembles 2b except with inverted colors   named 2p who's under attack by machines once 2p  wakes up you travel with her to the copied factory   which you'll probably notice the naming of  this area suggests a relation to the copied   city in automata which was created by the machines  after making their way through the copied factory   fighting machines along the way the  group is confronted by none other than 9s   who appears to be fighting on the side of the  machines 9s states that he is there to kill 2p   and then 2p fights 9s and defeats him with the  help of the warrior and then in typical 9s fashion   he falls off the side of the building into the  fog below however the battle appears to have been   too draining for 2p as she collapses shortly after  the warrior anog and konag take 2p back to safety   2p then briefly wakes up and explains that she and  9s are androids after which the warrior heads back   to the copied factory to find a way to fix her  in the factory the warrior finds a functioning   pod as well as 9s who apparently climbed back up  after his fall the twins and the warrior bring   the unconscious 9s back with them and the pod is  able to scan 2p and identify where the damage is   once again the warrior returns to the factory  to search for the necessary parts to fix 2p   and finds what they need in a room that is  disturbingly filled with 2b corpses after fixing   2p squadron of androids and flight units carpet  bombed the village before revealing that they are   two piece allies and the 2p has been manipulating  the warrior and the twins this whole time   2p attempts to kill anog but a familiar face  from automata appears as 2b rushes to the rescue up then flees to a facility that was exposed by  the android bombings called the puppet's bunker 2b   explains that she's a jorja android and that she's  there to kill 2p and in typical fashion leaves to   fight by herself the warrior fights their way  underground after her but arrives right after   2b has landed the finishing blow on 2p however a  swarm of bodies erupt from 2p and form a monstrous   red-eyed version of her which then the warrior  and 2b take down in the aftermath of the battle   doobie returns to the village and takes 9s  with her saying that this is an over for her   or for the machines afterward anag seems to  have run off feeling guilty for taking in 2p   who cause so much destruction to her village  and konag goes looking for her he ventures back   into the puppet's bunker and deep underground he  comes across it there in the middle of the room   stands one of the objects that in our world caused  the complete and total extinction of humanity over   seven billion lives claimed by its influence there  in the room stands one of the seeds of destruction   the warrior arrives and questions konag about  it but he seems too distraught to answer   luckily a convenient vision shows the warrior that  in the past it appears annog was killed and the   seed through to its alternative name as a seed of  resurrection raided a copy of her meaning the one   we've seen so far has not been the original anog  the sea glows brightly and an army of two-piece   march out as anog 2b and 9s come to your aid  hanog apparently having fixed him before any   fighting occurs a tower erupts from the ground the  warrior 2b and 9s enter the tower and battle their   way through some familiar enemies like hansel  and gretel from replicant the most notable enemy   encountered though is the red girls from automata  after fighting through her and some more machines   the group arrives at the top of the tower there  the red girls combine with the seed which ends   up creating a brand new entity called the false  idol and opens a portal to an unknown location   during the fight the false idol uses the portal  to bring forth something from the other side   but she ends up combining with her the result  is a strange hybrid of the false idol in zero   that heavily resembles the creature in drakengard  3 sending e and her new name is her inflorescence   the warrior along with 2b and 9s defeat the  monster and 2b and 9s close the portal through   their combined hacking efforts however this  destroys both androids koopie leaves behind   a data log for the warrior in which she reveals  that everything including their current bodies   the red girls all the other bosses and machines  came from the seat of destruction and its only   purpose is to destroy as long as something of the  seat is left behind it won't stop so both androids   decided to die so as not to leave anything seed  related in the world their final wish is for the   warrior to remember the memories that they had  together now there's a lot to unpack here and   this next part will contain a lot of conjecture  but i'll do so based on the facts that we do have   seed of destruction traveling through  dimensions or multiverses whatever you   want to call it is not without precedent in fact  it's really the entire basis for the near series   since the queen beast that kicked off the events  of nir came from another world and the multiple   timeline convergence phenomenon is heavily  documented by accord in drakengard 3. as for how   the seed was able to replicate everything that it  did there are two main theories so far the first   is that somehow the red girls came across a sea  of destruction in the ark that launched at the   end of automata and that's how they ended up in  the final fantasy universe it's never explained   how or when they obtained one 9s is in the  arc with the girls but this would mean that   for some reason 2b is a board as well and that  she is the one that ended up activating the seed   which resulted in the creation and multiplication  of 2p and a series of white clothed androids   at the same time the seed was used to give body  and form to 2b 9s and later on to anog in this   scenario this implies that the seed swallowed  the ark and everything inside it however this   doesn't seem to align with the ending of automata  as seen in the near music concert in which both 2b   and 9s are alive and well on earth unless somehow  their personality data was copied to the ark which   may well be possible the second scenario is that  the seat ended up in the final fantasy universe   on its own and created copies without ever  encountering the ark but this has issues as well   as to my knowledge we've never seen the seed  create a copy without first encountering the   original individual but i could be wrong  in this so please do let me know also this   gives us yet more questions on how exactly  the red girls are connected to the watchers   but at the very least it basically confirms  that they are indeed connected especially with   the appearance of her inflorescence inflorescence  refers to a group of flowers on a stem presumably   the her in this refers to zero so there's really  no question as to the watch's influence also the   second theory includes the possibility that the  aliens themselves in automata were created by   the seeds in that universe as well which would  explain the alien's desire to wipe out humanity   which would have some far-reaching consequences  to the near storyline as a whole either of these   theories could be partially true we may learn  more in the future but one thing is for certain   the watchers reach is infinite interdimensional  and inescapable hey all if you watch until the   end please do consider subscribing and leave a  comment or a like it really does help the channel   grow also the support of my near lore videos so  far has been incredible by far the best performing   on the channel so thank you all so much for  that and i hope to see you all again in the next video

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Length: 8min 25sec (505 seconds)

Published: Mon May 24 2021