Ysayle Dangoulain

Ysayle Dangoulain is a non-player character from Final Fantasy XIV. Also known as Lady Iceheart , she leads the heretics—those who have pledged their allegiance to the dragons. Denouncing the teachings of the Holy See, she means to end the Dragonsong War. Like the adventurer, she is one of Hydaelyn's chosen.
==History==
===Early life===
Ysayle manifested the Echo at young age. While frightened of seeing visions of a woman and dragons, the Seventh Umbral Calamity buried her hometown of Falcon's Nest and Ysayle's people attempted to flee to safety in Ishgard. Unable to bypass an ice wall the calamity had created between West and Central Coerthas an avalanche fell upon her group leaving Ysayle the only survivor. She traveled alone to Dravania where she met the dragon from her visions, Hraesvelgr, before meeting Marcechamp and making her home in Tailfeather.
Ysayle learned of the nature of her visions as she resolved to restore the peace between her people and the dragons so no child would suffer as she did. Under the name of Lady Iceheart, she gained a following of heretics dedicated to Saint Shiva that became active throughout Coerthas during the Seventh Astral Era.
===Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn===
While rarely appearing, Ysayle makes her presence known when she has the heretics waylaid shipments of crystals. Alphinaud Leveilleur learned of her plan to summon Saint Shiva as a primal, and alerted the Scions of the Seventh Dawn. With the new crisis, the Scions and the Crystal Braves joined the Temple Knights in infiltrating the Harriers den around Snowcloak.
After scouting through a treacherous tunnel leading through the glacier, the Warrior of Light encountered Ysayle near an aetheryte crystal. Introducing herself, she stated her intention to end the Dragonsong War and questioned the Warrior's resolve of allowing the bloodshed continue. Before she teleported away, she declared what the heretics were doing was for the greater good of Eorzea. Further pursuit was halted as she seemingly disabled her destination aetheryte.
With the aid of an expert from Sharlayan named Moenbryda, an experimental teleport using white auracite was used to trace Ysayle to the Akh Afah Amphitheatre. Believing she was summoning Saint Shiva's spirit, Ysayle transformed into the primal Shiva. After forced back to her original form, Ysayle condemned the Warrior of Light as a blind fool like those in Ishgard. She asked the Warrior seek out the Keeper of the Lake and to not "squander Mother's gift". As she faded into a portal, she recited the words of the Mother crystal: "Hear... Feel... Think..."
Ysayle reappeared when she and her harriers broke the outermost ward of Daniffen's Collar at the Gates of Judgement, right as the Dravanian Horde mobilized under Nidhogg's roar. This enabled Nidhogg's champion, the great dragon Vishap, to launch an attack on the Steps of Faith in an attempt to disable the remaining wards. After the Warrior of Light slew Vishap and the main host was driven off, Estinien vowed to hunt her down.
===Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward===
Ysayle confronted the Warrior of Light at Coerthas Western Highlands and Midgardsormr appeared before her, much to her surprise. He told her that while their goals aligned, their paths differed, and revealed he knew she possessed the Echo. She regretted the loss of innocent life in her last attack, having underestimated the rancor in the hearts of the dragons. Ysayle explained the story of the Dragonsong War to the Warrior of Light and why she wanted to end it before taking her leave.
Ysayle later encountered the Warrior, Alphinaud, and Estinien in the Cinders after they lighted a heretic signaling fire, intending to draw her out. Curious, she listened to Alphinaud's plan: to travel in hope of trying to resolve the matters between Ishgard and Dravania peacefully. Ysayle revealed the story of Saint Shiva and Hraesvelgr and two-hundred long peace that was broken by King Thordan, and that Nidhogg's stolen eye was the cause of the war. Estinien revealed to her the true reason not being just his eye, and Ysayle agreed to take them to Churning Mists where Hraesvelgr had sequestered himself.
Finding their path blocked until the voracious Gnath and their primal god, Ravana, were dealt with, Ysayle accompanied the Warrior of Light and challenged them to a duel to have them order the Gnath to halt their campaign. When Ravana accepted, Ysayle assumed her primal form to engage the Warrior in combat. She overestimated her strength and was defeated, her confidence shaken. The party journeyed through Sohm Al, where they were confronted by Nidhogg's consort, Tioman. Ysayle tried to talk down Tioman so they could pass without further bloodshed, but Tioman roared in defiance and so Estinien started a battle that saw Tioman slain.
Arriving in the Churning Mists, the group did favors for the Moogle Chieftain Moglin, who eventually directed them to Hraesvelgr's hiding place. Hraesvelgr refused to aid them as Nidhogg's fury would never be sated until every Ishgardian was either dead or converted into a dragon. Though Ysayle attempted to persuade Hraesvelgr by claiming that she was the soul of Shiva reborn, Hraesvelgr laughed off her delusion and revealed the "Shiva" whose form she assumed was "a deity of [her] own making". This shattered Ysayle's faith, and she remained behind while the Warrior of Light and Estinien traveled to the Aery to confront Nidhogg.
After slaying Nidhogg, the party returned to Hraesvelgr with Ysayle learning the dragon gave his eye to his brother to have his war. Wrecked by this further betrayal, and unable to understand Hraesvelgr's emotions on the subject, Ysayle condemned the dragon for his actions before he ordered her to leave while the influence of Shiva's soul allowed him to show mercy. Accompanying the Warrior of Light to Ishgard, Ysayle talked the heretics into falling back by revealing Nidhogg's death and the time for the peace they fought for has come. Though the knights of Ishgard attempted to arrest her as she left, they were stopped by Estinien and Lord Haurchefant.
Later, the Warrior of Light and company attempted to breach the barrier surrounding Azys Lla. Having made her peace with Hraesvelgr before he was alerted by Estinien's use of the Eye of Nidhogg, Ysayle rode on the greatwyrm's back to aid the Enterprise when it came under assault by the Garlean airship Gration. Intent to atone for spilling blood in the name of a "false cause", Ysayle jumped off Hraesvelgr and transformed into Shiva a final time to assault the Gration with Hraesvelgr's dragons as her support. Though she disabled the Garlean airship enough for them to stop their pursuit of the Enterprise while her aides were destroyed, Ysayle was blasted out of the sky by cannonfire and fell while reverting to her original form. Dying, she broke up into a luminous, blue aether that spilled into the heavens.
When the Warrior of Light and Alphinaud attempted to wrest the eyes of Nidhogg from the armor of Estinien to separate him from the wyrm, a noncorporeal being in the form of Ysayle laid their hand upon Alphinaud's. The eyes were removed from the armor, presumably with the aid of Ysayle and Haurchefant, before being cast into the abyss beneath the Steps of Faith.
===Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker===
As Shiva, the soul of Ysayle protected the Warrior of Light and Scions of the Seventh Dawn (which Estinien had since joined) from Amon the Undying's Final Curtain spell in The Aitiascope.
==Characteristics==
===Appearance===
Ysayle is an Elezen woman with pale skin, long flowing gray hair, icy blue eyes, and pale blue lips. Unlike the other heretics, she wears a blue jacket with a skirt. She wields a small T-shaped scepter. When serving as a Gladiator in Duty Support, she wields a True Ice Brand and True Ice Shield.
===Personality===
Ysayle is devoted to her cause in ending the Dragonsong War, going so far as to take the lives of innocents for her goal. Although she is fervent on her ways, she is not afraid to learn the truth.
Though Ysayle at first appears to be the zealous leader of the Ishgardian Heretics that the Holy See branded her as, she only desires to end the Dragonsong War and unite dragon and man in peace. While she hates the orthodox leadership for propagating a lie on the origins of the war, Ysayle never wanted Ishgard's total destruction as Nidhogg did, only for the truth to be revealed and peace be restored. Her role as the leader of the Heretics shrouds a lonely soul, as after losing her family and people in an avalanche, Ysayle desired only for the warmth of companionship.
As an idealist for peace and for Ishgard to answer for their crimes against dragonkind, Ysayle often gets into arguments with those who prefer to make war upon their foes. She quarrels bitterly with Estinien bur over time the two come to an understanding after learning the full truth of the Dragonsong War.
Originally, Ysayle possessed a deep faith in Saint Shiva, revering her for her sacrifice in bringing peace between Man and Dragon. Even after her faith is shattered, Ysayle believes that man and dragon can live in peace again.
==Gameplay==
In A Realm Reborn, Ysayle is fought as the primal Shiva during and its extreme mode.
In Heavensward, Ysayle is a Duty Support party member for Her job, Oracle of Frost, is an All-Rounder that can fill the Gladiator and Thaumaturge roles.
===Triple Triad===
==Behind the scenes==
===Voice===
Ysayle is voiced by Salli Saffioti in the English version. Since the release of the English version of Heavensward, Ysayle is voiced by Siobhan Hewlett.
She is voiced by Maaya Uchida in the Japanese version. She shares all of her voice actors with her Shiva incarnation.
===Musical themes===
"Footsteps in the Snow" is a prominent theme that plays whenever Ysayle assumes her Shiva form and played during the first phase of the boss battle. The song is reused in Final Fantasy XIV: Heavenward during Ysayle's battle against the Garlean Airship. Her boss theme as Shiva is Oblivion.
==Other appearances==
===Pictlogica Final Fantasy===
PFF Ysayle.png|Sprite.
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
Ysayle is a playable character who could be initially recruited during the Challenge Event The Dragonsong War - Dreams of Ice as a First Time Reward for completing the event's Thok ast Thok stage on Classic difficulty.
===Final Fantasy Trading Card Game===
Ysayle appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Ice-elemental Backup cards.
LadyIceheart TCG.png|Lady Iceheart [15-030U] Chapter series card.
Ysayle 6-022R from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Ysayle [6-022R] Opus series card.
===Final Fantasy Portal App===
Ysayle appears as a Triple Triad card.
595a Ysayle.png|Ysayle.
595b Ysayle.png|Ysayle.
595c Ysayle.png|Ysayle.
==Gallery==
FFXIV Iceheart concept.png|Concept art.
FFXIV Dreams of Ice Promo.png|Lady Iceheart and Shiva in a promotion for Dreams of Ice.
FFXIV Artwork Dreams of Ice.png|Full artwork for Dreams of Ice.
FFXIV Heavensward Promo.png|Lady Iceheart and Shiva in a promotion for Heavensward.
FFXIV Ysale 2.png
FFXIV Ysayle Minion.png|Lady Iceheart minion.
FFXIV TFDW Ysayle Hraesvelgr.png|Ysayle and Hraesvelgr.Tales From the Dragonsong War - The Dreamer and the Dream
FFXIV TFDW Ysayle.png|Ysayle in Azys Lla.
==Notes==
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===Citations===
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