Leviathan (Server)

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This is one of the many worlds of FFXI. It was one of 20 servers activated upon the original release of FFXI in Japan.

ID Number: 10

Activation Date: May 16, 2002

History in the FF Series

Leviathan is the commonly recurring sea serpent Water-element Summon of the Final Fantasy series. He has always been known to use a giant wave to attack. He has appeared in Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII, Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy XI. He also appeared as a character in FFII, a giant sea serpent which swallowed anyone who brought the Crystal Rod to the Mysidia Tower, seeking to retrieve the ultimate magic, Ultima. A whole town was built deep inside him. He was replaced with the alternate Water-element Summon Bismarck in FFVI. Leviathan has always been a sea serpent, though his color has varied across the series, from a solid purple (FFIII) to a light, orchid-like purple (FFIV, FFV) to sea green (FFVII) to sky blue (FFVIII) to a mixture of the previously mentioned colors (FFIX). For his appearance in FFXI, see Leviathan. He has usually been depicted with long whiskers like a catfish or like Eastern dragons. Leviathan was also a Summon in Final Fantasy Tactics. There he dealt Water-element damage as usual.

Leviathan was usually a Summon in the strongest set of Summons, being right up there with Bahamut and Odin. In half of his appearances, he had to be fought for the ability to summon him (only the older games, FFIII, FFIV, FFV, except for FFXI). He tended to be powerful and the party needed to be at a fairly high level not to get washed away or inundated by his powerful wave attacks.

• In FFIII, Leviathan was a sea serpent residing in an underground cave in Lake Dol, a lake on the Floating Continent accessible only by the mighty airship, the Invincible. Once defeated, you could buy extra copies of Leviathan for 55,000 Gil in the magic shop in Forbidden Land Eureka. It was classified as Level 7 Summon Magic.
• In FFIV, Leviathan was called The King of Summoned Monsters, ruling the Summons from their island cave home in the Underground with his queen, Asura. He was known as the terror of the seas to sailors of the Blue Planet and sunk a ship to bring Rydia down to them to raise her.
• In FFV, Leviathan resided in the cave behind Istory Falls (World One, accessible only when the original world is reassembled). He aided the party by killing X-Death's unnamed monster minion, but then preceded to challenge the party. He was classified as Level 5 Summon Magic.
• In FFVII, Leviathan is a Materia possessed by Godo in Wutai who only gives it up when defeated. Interestingly, in the Underwater Reactor in the Planet's central ocean, there are some Leviathan's Scales, a key item, found on the dock. This offers the clue that Summon Materia may be the encapsulated spirits of once existent creatures just as Command Materia are crystallized skills and Magic Materia crystallized knowledge.
• In FFVIII, he was junctioned to NORG, the corrupt Shumi financier of Balamb Garden, and needed to be drawn out of him during battle (or Sorceress Ultimecia's servant Trauma in the future).
• In FFIX, Leviathan is located on the Outer Continent, in the Aquamarine gemstone near the Iifa Tree. Only Garnet could summon him.
• In FFXI, he is a Celestial Avatar, obtained from the Cloister of Tides located in the Den of Rancor beneath the Temple of Uggalepih on Elshimo Island. For his background, see the story listed on Leviathan.

Moves:

"Tsunami" (FFIV, FFV, FFVIII, FFIX), "Tidal Wave" (FFVII, FFXI), - Water-element attack on all enemies (FFIV, FFV, FFVII, FFVIII, FFIX, FFXI, FFT)

"Tsunami"- Thunder-element attack on all enemies (FFIII) [This is correct. There was no Water-element in FFIII despite how it appeared]

"Stony Glare"- inflicts Petrify status on all enemies (FFIII)

"Tail Whip"- inflicts Weight status on 1 enemy (FFXI)

Slowga- inflicts Slow status on all enemies (FFXI)

"Spring Water"- restores some HP to all allies (FFXI)

"Tempest"- Wind-element attack on all enemies (FFIII)

"Barracuda Dive"- deals physical damage to 1 enemy (FFXI)

"Spinning Dive"- deals physical damage to the enemy (FFXI)

Water II (FFXI)

Water IV (FFXI)

Attributes:

Final Fantasy VII

Magic Power +1, Magic Defense +1, HP Max -5%, MP Max +5%

[★]- 0AP (allows 1 use per battle)

[★★]- 18,000AP (allows 2 uses per battle)

[★★★]- 38,000AP (allows 3 uses per battle)

[★★★★]- 70,000AP (allows 4 uses per battle)

[★★★★★]- 100,000AP (allows 5 uses per battle)

Final Fantasy VIII

Stat Junction: Mag-J, Spr-J, Elem-Atk-J, Elem-Defx2

Command Junction: Magic, GF, Draw, Item, Recover

Character Ability: Spr +20%, Spr+40%, Spr Bonus, Auto-Potion

Party Ability: N/A

GF Ability: SumMag+10%,20%,30%, GFHP+10%,20%,30%, Boost

Refine Ability: Supt Mag-RF, GFRecov Med-RF

Compatibility Item: Fish Fin

GF Rival: Quetzalcoatl (the Thunder-element Summon) (slightly lowers compatibility with the other 14 GFs as well)

Compatibility-Boosting Magic Spells: Water, Holy, Flare (only slightly), Meteor (only slightly), Ultima (only slightly), Apocalypse (only slightly)

Compatibility-Lowering Magic Spells: Thunder, Thundara, Thundaga

• In FFVII, gives Water-element to weapon/armor when linked with Elemental materia
• In FFIX, his attack strength was related to the number of Aquamarines in the cast's inventory. Aquamarine taught no traits or abilities to any character besides Leviathan.

Historical Background

In Biblical legend, Leviathan was a giant scaly sea creature with sharp teeth. It is referenced in the Old Testament as being an evil creature and is most prominent in the Book of Job, where it represents chaos and evil, a force which can only be overcome by Yahweh. It was described as the counterpart of the Behemoth.

In Judaic legend, the Behemoth (having the horns and the strength) and the Leviathan (having the fins and the power) will fight, but both be slain by Yahweh, who will distribute their meat as food along with meat from the Ziz (a gigantic bird). Behemoth is said to represent the land, Leviathan the sea, and Ziz the air.

In Christian legend, the Leviathan is considered a giant monster or a demon associated with Satan. It represents or embodies the forces of chaos which had to be slain to bring order to the Chaos and form the Earth or it was the forces of chaos which threatened the order of All Creation and had to be put down.

There is some evidence that Leviathan may be derived from the Ugaritic Lotan, a 7-headed sea serpent that either was the pet of or was itself the god Yaw (god of the sea, also called Yam). Lotan represented the raging and untamed power of the sea, the primordial chaos. Lotan was defeated by Hadad (Ugaritic rendering of Baal). During the Age of Exploration, it was viewed as a giant, whale-like creature or a sea serpent, either of which devoured ships or would swim around ships so fast as to generate a whirlpool vortex, sinking the ship.

Medieval and Early Modern European Christian demonology viewed Leviathan as the Grand Admiral of the maritime sectors of Hell. Leviathan is Hebrew for "twisted" or "coiled".