Noctis Lucis Caelum (Opera Omnia)

Noctis is a playable character in Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia who can be recruited during the Lost Chapter Royal Hope.
==Characteristics==
===Appearance===
Noctis wears an unzipped black jacket with skull-motif buttons and sequenced details on pockets, with a black motorcycle glovelet on his left hand. Underneath, he wears a steel gray shirt with skull prints. He wears black cropped trousers and buckled boots with red soles.
In his alternate costume, Kingly Raiment, Noctis wears a black suit adorned with golden jewelry, a black and gold pauldron on his left shoulder, a cape with intricate golden chains, and black shoes.
===Personality===
==Story==
===Act 2, Ch. 7: Respite's Authenticity===
====Meeting Ignis====
Noctis is chatting with Lyse, Fang and Prompto when his cell phone inexplicably begins to ring. He initially mistakes it for his alarm only to find that Ignis is on the line. Ignis tells Noctis that he has arrived in the world of respite. Shortly thereafter the two meet in person. When Lyse asks Noctis to introduce Ignis to the rest of the group, Ignis interrupts him and designates himself as the Crown Prince's "tactician".
After a round of warm introductions with Lyse, Garnet, and Ace, Lyse takes note of how happy Noctis seemed to be when he received Ignis' call. Noctis is baffled at her use of the word "happy", believing that it is normal to be relieved upon learning that one of his close friend was well. Mog draws near to tell them that he was discovered brilliance nearby, and Shinryu did not seem to be present to inconvenience them. Noctis then calls on the warriors to move quickly to retrieve it.
As they continue in their travels, Ignis takes his leave of Prompto and Noctis to converse with Steiner, Rosa, Edgar, Lenna and Penelo. Noctis expresses his unease to Prompto, noting that Ignis seems to be settling in a little too well for someone who had only just arrived in the world of respite. While they talk, Noel and Prishe approach them, asking them if there is anything that they'd want to ask Ignis since it had been such a long time since they'd last seen him. Noel pushes them to go and engage Ignis more actively as Prishe chides Noctis for his apparent fear of being scolded by Ignis. Noctis ultimately agrees that he needed to talk to Ignis about the differences in their memories, prompting Noel to call Ignis over to them.
Ignis joins Noctis and Prompto to talk privately to express their suspicions that Ignis remembers, and is acting, on information that they have forgotten. Among other things Noctis and Prompto note that while Ignis met Materia directly, the other two did not. Ignis deflects their questions, telling them that he doesn't want to say anything vague or incomplete in the case it complicates or worsens their situations. He instead turns the conversation towards whether anybody had seen Gladiolus; whether Prompto had been indulging his passion for photography; and how Noctis and Prompto have been doing. Noctis reassures Ignis that because of Mog, none of them are in want, and that he has been enjoying his time in the world of respite fighting alongside his new friends. Ignis falls silent, prompting some confusion from his two friends. Noctis continues to take note of Ignis' strange behavior with consternation.
====Sephiroth's ascent====
Sephiroth usurps Materia's throne and her powers as goddess. He conjures countless manikins of Zack Fair into existence and issues the appearances and memories of the warriors of light upon them. The manikins are dispersed to infiltrate the ranks of the warriors, and then to confuse and demoralize them as they deteriorate into monsters. After Tidus and Jecht discover and confront their clones, Tidus recounts the experience to Noctis, Vivi, Ignis, Zack, and Cloud. Noctis is the first to speculate that these entities might represent an entirely new brand of dark manikin.
The group discusses whether there is a way to tell the manikins apart but struggle to come up with ideas. Noctis suggests that the group always stay together but Tidus dismisses the idea as too logistically difficult. As the manikins reflect the memories of the warriors who are present, Ignis ultimately suggests that the group test suspicious individuals by quizzing them on knowledge that the manikins could not possibly know. This gives the warriors some reassurance that there is a path forward through the current situation. As the group moves on, Noctis lingers behind, pondering Ignis' sudden rise as advisor for the entire band of warriors.
Some time later, Ignis calls on Noctis and the other warriors to regroup at his location. Noctis arrives to discover his and Prompto's clones. Cloud immediately draws his weapon on the clones, alarming the false Prompto and causing him to plead with Cloud against violence. Once it becomes clear that violence is inevitable, the clones shed their appearances and reveal themselves as dark manikins of Zack. 
As the group traverses a familiar rainy area, Galuf and Bartz suddenly fall severely ill before transforming into monsters. Others degrade as well, sowing chaos in the warriors' ranks. At this time Zack's dark manikin approaches Noctis, Zack, and the others. They agree to clash in battle so Zack's memories can be united once more.
After the battle, Noctis heeds Cloud's and Zack's call for a strategy meeting. Having regained the memories of his dark manikin, Zack explains that Sephiroth has seized Materia's throne. When Ignis indicates that he had been informed of the matter earlier by Vayne, Vaan angrily confronts him for not disclosing the encounter to the other warriors. During the argument Noctis echoes Vaan's suspicion of Ignis' intentions. When Noctis notes that the world itself hasn't changed much since Sephiroth's ascent to the throne, Edgar seizes the opportunity to speculate that Materia was not killed by Sephiroth, as her very existence may be essential to the continued survival of the world of respite. When the meeting adjourns, Noctis once again hangs behind Ignis and the others to contemplate his eroding trust in his friend.
====Confronting Sephiroth====
The warriors enter a military installation resembling the Lucian countryside fortresses which were commandeered by Niflheim back in Noctis' world. They encounter Vayne, who had been waiting for them at the fortress' entrance. Ignis and Vayne immediately begin sharing intelligence on the state of the current crisis. The group learns of Sephiroth's strategy with the clones was to weaken the resolve of the warriors of light, particularly because their wills are essential to the stability of the world's continued existence. 
Cloud resolves to confront and defeat Sephiroth and to restore Materia to her throne. However, Vayne questions the integrity of the warriors' wills and singles out Noctis in particular, as Noctis' will to be king is weak. He implies that Noctis is weaker for lack of his memories, an implication which leads Ignis to challenge Vayne in battle to prove Noctis' will. After they spar, Vayne relents, accepting that the strength of Noctis' will does not come from his ambition but rather from the bonds he has forged with his comrades. Vayne expresses envy for Noctis before reaffirming his support for the warriors. He then disappears back through a torsion.
After the battle with Vayne, Noctis and Prompto confront Ignis sternly. Ignis admits that he has indeed been withholding information from his friends and that he has priorized maneuvering among the other warriors. He begins to apologize but Noctis rejects it. Instead, Noctis asks Ignis if he is withholding his memories for fear that his friends are too weak to handle the pain of bearing them. Ignis tells them that they are mistaken; it is not that they are weak, but that it pains him to take away the happiness they have enjoyed in their journeys through the world of respite. Ignis admits that he is unprepared to tell them the truth and asks for more time.
As the warriors press forward, Zack and Cloud glimpse Sephiroth just before he steps through a torsion. They give chase, followed by Ignis, Noctis, and Prompto, and find themselves before Sephiroth in Materia's chambers. Sephiroth and Zack taunt each other, driving Zack into a rage. When Zack calls on his allies to attack Sephiroth together, Noctis heeds the call. The warriors manage to defeat him; as they do, they unseat him from Materia's throne and the world begins to disintegrate. A planesgorger emerges from the torsion directly into Materia's chambers. Mog, hoping to protect the warriors from the dangers of fighting in an unstable space, teleports all the combatants into the ruins of a city resembling Insomnia, a place where the wills of the warriors intersect particularly strongly. Noctis and the others spar with Sephiroth in the streets of the city for some time before Sephiroth declares his boredom with their efforts. Before Sephiroth can continue his monologue, Spiritus appears alongside the warriors to put a stop to Sephiroth's plans. However, Sephiroth, having ascended once to Materia's throne already, has broken the hold that the laws of the world have over him, and Spiritus is unable to defeat him. Sephiroth escapes through a torsion.
====Epilogue====
After Sephiroth leaves, Spiritus resummons Materia, revealing her to be alive. He commands Noctis and the other warriors to restore her to her throne. After doing so, the warriors demand answers from her for her past actions and the events that led to her ouster. Materia admits that although she fails to comprehend the wills of her warriors, she remains bound to her responsibility of maintaining the world to which she had forcibly summoned them, and she is incapable of leaving her throne. Ignis, remembering Noctis' fate in their world, defends Materia from Lightning's frustrated accusations over failing to defy her own fate.
After the warriors depart Materia's chambers they continue to explore the ruins of the city. Noctis pulls aside Ignis, Prompto, Balthier, Rinoa and Squall to try and decipher Vayne's intentions. He particularly questions why Vayne had only been interested in interacting with Ignis rather than any of the other warriors. Balthier reminds the others that Vayne appeared to envy Noctis' strong bonds of friendship, which he lacked even as he lusted for power over Archadia as its new emperor. He suggests that Vayne might see some aspect of the person he had wished to be when he looks at Noctis, an assessment that Rinoa agrees with. Noctis fails to understand why it wouldn't be normal to be happy and with good friends.
===Intersecting Wills: A Bouquet of Thoughts and Feelings===
As Noctis and Luna chat amongst a group of warriors on the airship deck, they are drawn to the scent of flowers freshly picked by Aerith. She recounts her time in Midgar, when she would pick and sell flowers in a city otherwise completely devoid of them. Noctis takes the opportunity to tell Lunafreya that he made it back to Tenebrae to see the sylleblossoms, and how he wishes that she could have seen them with him. Yuri and Chelinka, lacking context, prompt Noctis to explain what a sylleblossom looks like, although he struggles to do so. Noctis says only that he had one pressed in the notebook of secret correspondences he once shared with Luna in their world. Aerith silently rues that the couple never had the chance to experience them together, and decides to strike off on her own to try to find it for them. She later returns after a long journey in the company of Cissnei and Rude to present them with the bouquet, which they accept with heartfelt gratitude.
==Gameplay==
===Equipment===
;Weapons
Image 	Name 	Image 	Name
 	エンジンブレード【XV】(5★) / 15CP 	 	黄昏の王子の剣【XV】(5★) / 15CP
Based on its version from Final Fantasy XV.Noctis's signature weapon in the Dissidia games.	Based on its version from Final Fantasy XV.Noctis's signature weapon in the Dissidia games.	Original weapon.Manikin weapon based on the Engine Blade.	Original weapon.Manikin weapon based on the Engine Blade.
 	エアステップソード【XV】(5★) / 35CP 	 	ルーンセイバー【XV】(5★) / EX (70CP)
Based on its version from Final Fantasy XV. 	Based on its version from Final Fantasy XV. 	Based on its version from Final Fantasy XV. 	Based on its version from Final Fantasy XV.
 	ルーンセイバー【XV】+(6★) / EX+ (100CP) 	 	フレイムタン【XV】(5★) / LD (90CP)
 	ルーンセイバー【XV】+(6★) / EX+ (100CP) 	Based on its version from Final Fantasy XV. 	Based on its version from Final Fantasy XV.
 	デュランダル【XV】(7★) / FR (130CP) 	 	賢王の剣【XV】BT (130CP)
Based on its version from Final Fantasy XV. 	Based on its version from Final Fantasy XV. 	Based on its version from Final Fantasy XV. 	Based on its version from Final Fantasy XV.
 	賢王の剣【XV】+BT+ (160CP) 	 	
 	賢王の剣【XV】+BT+ (160CP) 	 	
;Armors
Image 	Name 	Image 	Name
 	ルシス王子の戦闘服【XV】(5★) / 35CP 	 	ゴールドバングル【XV】(5★) / 90CP
Based on the same attire from Final Fantasy XV.	Based on the same attire from Final Fantasy XV.	Original design. 	Original design.
 	ゴールドバングル【XV】+(6★) / 130CP 	 	選ばれし王の衣装【XV】(7★) / 210CP
 	ゴールドバングル【XV】+(6★) / 130CP 	Based on the same attire from Final Fantasy XV.	Based on the same attire from Final Fantasy XV.
 	選ばれし王の衣装【XV】+(7★) / 230CP 	 	
 	選ばれし王の衣装【XV】+(7★) / 230CP 	 	
===Abilities===
Move 	Traits 	Obtained 	Image
→ ブレイブ攻撃 	- 	Default 	
→ ブレイブ攻撃 	Steals enemy's BRV. 	Steals enemy's BRV. 	
→ HP攻撃 	- 	Default 	
→ HP攻撃 	Expends BRV to deal HP damage. 	Expends BRV to deal HP damage.	
シフトミーティア 	Consecutive Attacks, Knock Back, Knock Back Support, Extra Turns, Level Buff	Default 	
シフトミーティア 	 	 	
シフトレイド 	Consecutive Attacks, Extra Turns, Level Buff 	Crystal STR 20 	
シフトレイド 	 	 	
セットシフトアドバンス 	- 	Crystal STR 65 	
セットシフトアドバンス 	 	 	
ファントムソード召喚 	Consecutive Attacks, Level Buff 	EX weapon 	
ファントムソード召喚 	 	 	
シフトサイクロン 	Consecutive Attacks, Extra Turns, Ally Turn Manipulation, Level Buff 	LD weapon 	
シフトサイクロン 	 	 	
インヘリテッドハート 	Extra Turns, Ally Turn Manipulation 	FR weapon 	
インヘリテッドハート 	 	 	
エンド・オブ・ワールド 	Other Triggered 	BT weapon 	
エンド・オブ・ワールド 	 	 	
==Gallery==
DFFOO Noctis EX.png|EX Ability pose.
DFFOO Noctis Battle Stance.png|Battle Stance.
Act 2 Chapter 05 Key art from DFFOO.png|Noctis in Will of the Hunters Key art.
Act 2 Chapter 07 Key art from DFFOO.png|Noctis in Respite's Authenticity Key art.
Act 2 Finale Part 1 Key Art from DFFOO.png|Noctis in The Chosen King's Future Key art.
Act 3 Chapter 06 Part 1 Key art from DFFOO.png|Noctis in Family-Shackles- Key art.
Act 3 Chapter 09 Part 1 Key art from DFFOO.png|Noctis in Vanishing Scenery Key art.
Noctis Event banner JP from DFFOO.png|Japan Event banner.
Noctis Event banner GL from DFFOO.png|Global Event banner.
Noctis Lost Chapter banner JP from DFFOO.png|Japan Lost Chapter banner.
Noctis Lost Chapter banner GL from DFFOO.png|Global Lost Chapter banner.
==Allusions==
* Noctis pairs up with Zack and joins Squall in his Force Mode:
** Noctis and Zack both receive a sword from someone who was dear to them, but died, and both perish at the end of their respective games.
** Noctis pairing up with Squall is mainly a result of their involvement in Act3 Chapter 9, but they have some other similarities:
*** Both their mothers died when they were very young.
*** Their fathers are the rulers of a nation.
*** They were foretold as the hero who would save the world: Noctis was foretold to be the True King, while Squall is told that fighting Ultimecia is his destiny by Cid Kramer.
*** Both are very protective of their love interests, who have special abilities: Lunafreya is an Oracle, while Rinoa is a sorceress.
==Quotes==
Category:Characters in Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia