Imperial Will

"Imperial Will" is a theme in Final Fantasy XIV that represents the Garlean Empire as its leitmotif. It was composed by Nobuo Uematsu and arranged by Tsutomu Narita.
The leitmotif has also been incorporated in a number of other tracks.
==Game appearances==
===Final Fantasy XIV (version 1.0)===
"Imperial Will" accompanied the Garleans' appearances, most prominently during the cutscene where Gaius van Baelsar battled the Circle of Knowing. It is track 98 on the Before Meteor: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.
"Wrath of the Eikons" contains the motif of "Imperial Will", composed by Nobuo Uematsu and arranged by Tsutomu Narita. It played when Ifrit appeared in the Main Scenario quest "Lord Errant". It is track 65 on the original soundtrack.
====Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn====
"Imperial Will" returns as the Garleans' theme.
"Wrath of the Eikons" returns as a boss theme for powerful voidsent, notably for Diabolos. It is track 5 on the Before the Fall: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.
====Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward====
"Imperial Will" plays during cutscenes with the Garleans like Varis zos Galvus and Regula van Hydrus.
====Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood====
The dungeon theme of , "A Pall Most Murderous", features the themes of "Imperial Will", "Storm of Blood", and "The Measure of Our Reach"/"The Measure of His Reach". It was arranged by Yukiko Takada and is track 36 on the Shadowbringers: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.
====Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers====
"Imperial Will" plays in the second section of the solo duty The Bozja Incident.
The leitmotif can be heard whistled by Valens van Varro in his first appearance in a cutscene.
"The Black Wolf Stalks Again" is an arrangement of "Imperial Will" by Takafumi Imamura that plays as the boss theme in the second phase against the Emerald Weapon in and , as the Weapon incorporates a synthetic auracite core containing combat data based on Gaius van Baelsar.
Both the English and Japanese titles of "The Black Wolf Stalks Again" allude to the track "Bite of the Black Wolf", an arrangement of "Rise of the White Raven". However, they are unrelated musically as they do not share any motifs or themes.
"The Black Wolf Stalks Again" is track 5 on the Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers - EP3 digital mini album and track 56 on the Death Unto Dawn: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.
"Wrath of the Harrier" is an arrangement of "Wrath of the Eikons" by Takafumi Imamura that plays as the boss theme for the Diablo Armament in . It also contains the "Gangos" leitmotif, prominent in Save the Queen: Blades of Gunnhildr. "Wrath of the Harrier" is track 67 on the original soundtrack.
"And Love You Shall Find" is a theme arranged by Masayoshi Soken which plays as the field theme of Terncliff and is a significant theme in the Sorrow of Werlyt. It features motifs from "Imperial Will" as well as "Penitus", the dungeon theme of . "And Love You Shall Find" is track 81 on the original soundtrack.
====Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker====
"Home Beyond the Horizon" , arranged by Daiki Ishikawa, contains the "Imperial Will" leitmotif as well as the motif from Garlemald's field themes. Ishikawa also performed the vocals under the alias "Kavvus daiki Arvina". Since the capital fell into ruin, the music plays over and over again on the radios owned by the Garleans. The music is described by a Garlean refugee to be "an ode to the brave men and women sent to reclaim our ancestral homeland of Locus Amoenus". "Home Beyond the Horizon" is track 19 on the Endwalker: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.
"And Love You Shall Find" returns in this expansion and plays in Tertium and in a few cutscenes related to the Garleans.
==Compilation album appearances==
===Untempered 2: Final Fantasy XIV Primal Battle Themes===
"The Black Wolf Stalks Again" is track 11 of disc 2 on the album.
Category:Event themes from Final Fantasy XIV