Byakko (Final Fantasy XIV)

Byakko is one of the Four Lords from Final Fantasy XIV.
==History==
=== Prior to Stormblood ===
Legend tells of a peerless samurai who, at the behest of a king, ventured forth to drive a host of oni into the sea. Yet for all his strength, Tenzen could not do this alone, and so he turned to the Four Lords─greatest of the auspices─for assistance. Together they succeeded, and afterwards journeyed west, far from the realms of men, to live out their days in solitude.
Byakko is an auspice, animals who attain immortality, sentience and god-like power by surviving longer than his ilk. Byakko was born with white fur, which made him the target of bully and isolation by his tiger peers. Having been cast out and living alone for most his life, the tiger attained his auspice status but remained a hermit, believing himself to be different from the rest, neither beast or man, until Tenzen found him. They bonded over being outcasts, as Tenzen was also cast out of his society for possessing the Echo. Together with Tenzen and his fellow auspices, Byakko fought against the oni, other auspices that opted to embrace their animalistic instincts and terrorized the world. Having sealed the leader of the rogue auspices under Hell's Lid, Byakko stayed with his fellow auspices to guard the prison.
=== Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood ===
The Four Lords were eventually pulled over to the primal rages of their animal side, suspected to be the doing of their detainee. Byakko suffers the worst by the time the Warrior of Light arrives in Hell's Lid. With Genbu's suggestion and urging, they agree to combat the primal form of each of the four lords to calm their rage and restore the auspice to their peaceful form.
Byakko takes the Adventurer back to the place of his birth, the Jade Stoa, where memories of his young life overcome the tiger and turn him into his rage form. After a vicious battle the Adventurer emerges victorious and Byakko is wounded but his mind remains intact. The party takes the tiger back under Genbu's care.
=== Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker ===
Byakko and the other lords would answer Alphinaud Leveilleur's call for assistance in completing Sharlayan's starship Ragnarok by sending sacred and Allagan relics—among them Tenzen's Phoenix Blade—with Soroban and Hancock Fitzgerald travelling aboard the Prima Vista to personally deliver them to the Warrior.
==Characteristics==
===Appearance===
Byakko is a white tiger with blue stripes and bright yellow eyes. He can transform into a muscular humanoid form with the likeness of his tiger aspects being on his right arm.
When disguised, Byakko wears a white Rabbit Head and Rabbit Suit to avoid suspicion.
===Personality===
Byakko was considered a hermit long ago as he was an outcast to other tigers, but that changed after meeting Tenzen. Because of the Aramitama it caused his animalistic tendencies to come forth in rage, suppressing his calm and knowledgeable nature.
==Gameplay==
Byakko is fought as the boss of trial.
== Musical themes ==
Byakko's boss fight theme is "Amatsu Kaze". It is sung in japanese.
==Gallery==
Byakko from FFXIV concept art.png|Concept art by Hiroyuki Nagamine.
FFXIV Byakko 02.png|Byakko's based form.
FFXIV Byakko.png|Before battle.
FFXIV Byakko 03.png|Transformed Byakko.
FFXIV Byakko 04.png
FFXIV Tenzan meets Byakko.png|Tenzen met Byakko.
==Etymology==
==Citations==
Category:Characters in Final Fantasy XIV
Category:Four Lords
Category:Auspices