Ixion
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This was one of the many worlds of FFXI. It was one of five servers created in December 2002. It was one of three of those servers deactivated and merged with the remaining two servers in January 2003. It was originally created from players world shifted from Phoenix, Sylph, Odin, Ifrit Servers. Its population was merged with the population of Bismarck Server.
The name of this server still exists in the FFXI binaries. Exact reason is unknown; its presence may suggest that the name may be reassigned to a new server at some point in the future.
- ID Number: 25 (number presently assigned to Seraph Server)
- Activation Date: December 19, 2002
- Deactivation Date: January 14, 2003
History in the FF Series
Ixion is a Thunder-element Summon from Final Fantasy X. He was an alternate Thunder-element Summon, replacing Ramuh. It appeared as a unicorn with black skin, a white mane, and a long, curved gold and black horn. His attack consists of a powerful blast of lightning from his horn.
- In FFX, he is a Fayth (petrified inhabitant of Zanarkand) located in the Djose Temple in the rocky badlands of Djose who gives Summoners the ability to summon the Aeon (Summon) Ixion if they pass the temple's trials. He was originally a middle aged man wearing an elaborate black outfit with a black hat, resembling people from the Renaissance era. Djose Temple was one of the stops along the Summoner's pilgrimage in the Yevon religion.
- As of early June 2008, Ixion was recently the focus of a story posted on PlayOnline's site. He is described as "feared by some as the reaper of souls, spawned from the blackest depths of the abyss... revered by others as a symbol of mankind's salvation, the divine incarnation of a celestial being..." The exact role Ixion will play in FFXI is yet to seen. (Has been rumored to be a new HNM)
- Ixion has been spotted around the past areas of Vanadiel, as explained here
Moves:
"Thor's Hammer"- deals Thunder-element damage to all enemies (FF10)
"Aerospark"- deals Non-elemental damage & removes all positive statuses from 1 enemy (FF10)
Thunder (FF10)
Thundara (FF10)
NulShock (FF10)
NulTide (FF10)
Attributes:
N/A
- In FF10, when Longinus/Spirit Lance (Kimahri's Celestial Weapon) is obtained, its 9999 damage cap is broken
- In FF Unlimited anime, Kaze summons Ixion using these 3 soils charges
- The sleep that engulfs death... Steel Gray
- Bubbling and boiling blood... Heat Crimson
- The light that penetrates darkness... LIghtning Yellow
Historical Background
In Greek mythology, Ixion was the King of Thessaly. He married the daughter of a man named Deioneus under the promise that he would give him something valuable, but Ixion never gave him anything, so Deioneus stole Ixion's horses in retaliation. Ixion decided to get even by inviting Deioneus to a feast. When Deioneus arrived at his guest room, Ixion pushed him onto a bed of burning coals, killing him. Other guests at the feast were so offended, they refused to perform any cleansing rituals to absolve Ixion of his miasma (pollution caused by violating the laws) because this violated xenia (being hospitable to guests; a societal rule found all over Mediterranean and Middle East in the ancient world). This led Ixion to become an exile. Zeus decided to give Ixion another chance and invited him to Olympus, but Ixion violated another rule of hospitality, having sexual relations with the host's wife, Hera. Hera decided to cheat on Zeus with Ixion (since Zeus has done it dozens upon dozens of times on her). Zeus discovers this and sets a trap for Ixion. He created a fake Hera, a shape-shifting cloud called Nephele. Ixion had sex with Nephele, who gave birth to the race known as the Centaurs. Zeus then cast him down from Olympus and killed him with a thunderbolt. In Greek mythology, he was the first recorded mortal to kill a member of his family (his father-in-law). This meant he merited a severe punishment. Ixion was bound to a burning wheel that would rotate eternally in Tartarus. It should be noted in other versions of the origin of Centaurs, their progenitor was Centaurus, a son of Apollo who created the race in an act of bestiality. The connection with Centaurs is likely what inspired Square to make Ixion a horse-like summon (in this case, it's actually a unicorn).
Ixion is the also the name of a minor planet, a Trans-Neptunian Object, located in the Kuiper Belt of the solar system. It was discovered on May 22, 2001. It is a Plutino (a body which has a 3:2 resonance in terms of orbital distances with Pluto). It has an estimated diameter of 822km. It is named after the figure from Greek mythology.
