Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker's Treatment of Zenos Was Odd

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One of the greatest parts of Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker is its characters. Fans got to spend time with many fan favorites, such as Estinien and G'raha Tia, while also getting emotionally attached to new faces such as Venat and Hermes. Among familiar faces included certain villains such as Zenos. Some fans really love the character, while others have found his personality to be one-dimensional and tiresome. When he was revived and teased in trailers to be one of the main villains of Endwalker, fans expected to see a lot more of him. However, the expansion had different plans.

Zenos actually played a very small role inFinal Fantasy 14:Endwalker, only appearing in five scenes. This has gotten different reactions from fans, mostly in the positive realm as they see it as either matching the nihilistic theme of Endwalker or just as a funny situation for a character that's already hard to take seriously. With the expansion being the last of the Hydaelyn and Zodiark arc and ending on Zenos' death, Square Enix did make some strange and bold choices with the character, making many wonder why Zenos was brought back to life in the first place.

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While most villains had big worldly plans, Zenos kept his motivations very simple: To have a great battle with the Warrior of Light. To have a great battle meant breaking them and seeing them take off their «hero» mask, and he figured the best way to do that was to destroy whatever they held dear so that they would seek revenge. He planned to use Zodiark for this, but his plans were ruined by Fandaniel, and he became nothing but background noise until he finally gets his final battle with the Warrior of Light at the end.

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