Bahamut (Brave Exvius)

Bahamut is a character in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and a member of Hess' Eight Sages. Sealed by the Fire Crystal, he is known as the strongest of all espers and can be acquired at the Realm of the Dragon King once the player completes all of Season One and speaks with Evan at Downtown Zoldaad.
Unlike other espers, Bahamut does not give the equipped unit other than increased stats, and evoking him for his Megaflare is considered one of the best available "finisher" moves (i.e. its attack will hit at the end of a chain for increased damage) in the game, especially when used by a "summoner" unit like Garnet.
==History==
Bahamut was an esper in the world of Paladia, known as the strongest of his kin. When war erupted between Aldore and Hess for the latter's independence, Hess's army was considered the weaker one but was successful in recruiting a vast number of espers to their side, including the Dragon King himself. Because of his power, Bahamut was given the rank of Sage, although it is not known whether Bahamut joined after many espers did so, or Bahamut coerced his comrades to join Hess.
As the war dragged on and casualties were increasing on both sides, the first Veritas of the Dark decided to end the war by sealing the Sages into Crystals and along the Sworn Eight of Paladia become the leverage power to force negotiations to allow Hess's independence. Bahamut from his own point of view believed that humans reducing their already short lives to nil in the savage war was absurd to the point it is said he attacked both enemy and ally in disgust.
The sealing succeeded and Bahamut was defeated and sealed into the Fire Crystal. The leaders of Aldore, fearful of their lieutenants, betrayed them by forcing the landmass of the battlefield to be transported to Lapis, expelling a significant amount of people to another world. The Sages themselves were by proxy also transported.
Bahamut remained dormant for 700 years in the Fire Crystal and under the possession of the Zoldaad Empire, who would use the Crystals' power to increase their military might. The side effects of the seal would give him partial memory loss.
===Zoldaad===
When Rain and his friends repelled Veritas of the Dark and Veritas of the Flame and protected the Fire Crystal from them, Jake decided to prioritize his people's safety, and destroyed the Crystal to weaken the Empire, releasing the Dragon King, whom Fina sensed although barely remembered. Although the party chastised Jake, he stood by his choice as he believed the Empire to be a more imminent threat than Bahamut.
When Rain and his friends defeated Sozhe, and pursued Dr. Lazarov who got into the Invincible, the mad scientist attempted to use the airship against them. Bahamut sensed Babil's Heart inside and challenged the airship, blasting it with a Megaflare and causing enough damage to force Lazarov to hide and repair it.
Bahamut flew away but his strength projected a vision of him that Rain and his friends would eventually encounter.
===Realm of the Dragon King===
After the battle with Sol and the Chaotic Darkness, Lasswell and the rest of the party returned to Zoldaad where they were informed by Evan of a dimensional distortion that was monitored and a floating island where normal airships could not travel due to the strong storms. The Invincible could ride the winds and the party decided to investigate.
In the island Fina sensed that Bahamut had made his lair somewhere and that his presence had caused rifts in the space, spawning the land which was, in fact, a vision filled with visions. The party found a vision of Rain manifested by their emotions, who guided them towards the Dragon King. Since he could be a great ally, the party reasoned they should try convincing him to join their cause of retrieving Rain.
Atop the Eternal Summit where Bahamut resided, he spotted Fina but did not recognize her due to his amnesia. Lasswell requested his help and he in turn asked their purpose. Lasswell responded they were guided by an intense feeling of saving someone dear to them, and that they would fight so that nobody else was sad. Bahamut scoffed this as insignificant, and recalled he has fought for much more greater causes and had met people of far better status than he saw on the party. Lasswell challenged him to show the Dragon King the strength of the emotions he was looking down upon.
After a difficult battle, Bahamut recognized that the party's emotions were genuine and that no matter the dimension he was in, those emotions were always the strongest thing to be found. The party requested his help to retrieve Rain, who was important to them. The Dragon King gladly accepted and joined their cause.
==Characteristics==
===Appearance===
Bahamut is a large black, draconian monster. He has a more humanoid shape following more recent depictions of the Esper, rather than his more classic, serpentine appearance.
===Personality===
It is said that Bahamut not only is the strongest of all Espers in terms of power but also in terms of intelligence. Bahamut has lived for several centuries and has come to meet many people. Be it for arrogance, or because he acknowledges the importance of his own power, he only lends his strength to causes he deems worthy and to individuals nothing short of having immensurable strength.
After being sealed for 700 years, he has memory loss and doesn't recognize other fellow Sages, although he does have some recollections of previous events.
==Gameplay==
===Summon===
Bahamut must be defeated to be used as a summon, and in order to fight him, the player must navigate through the Realm of the Dragon King (available to explore after finishing Season One) and set Tent as bases (which serve as checkpoints) to continue all the way up to the Eternal Summit. The player must set the Rat Tails collected from the different Shadow Bahamuts in their Item list, as one is required to open the path to Bahamut.
Bahamut is the strongest Esper found in the game, even at 1★ his strength surpasses that of Espers in their higher levels. He takes much longer to level up than other Espers and has no preference for any kind of Magicite. He is, however, highly sought as he vastly increases all Stats when equipped and his Megaflare Summon Attack is strong enough to deal massive damage, especially when capping it on a high chain count.
He is currently the only member of Hess' Eight Sages who is an optional boss battle.
===Boss===
The battle against the Dragon King can be likened to a high-difficulty trial at the Chamber of the Fallen, as he has 14,000,000 HP and may knock out the entire party on the very first turn with his Megaflare and his other skills. Furthermore, the player cannot use Lapis to continue should the party be defeated.
A much easier to defeat version can be found in the Shadow Bahamuts which roam Bahamut's realm (which in a given run of the Realm of the Dragon King, amount to 7), and which were the featured enemy of the raid Vision of Bahamut and its trial.
==Gallery==
FFBE Bahamut Portrait.png|Portrait (1★).
==Citations==
Category:Characters in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius
Category:Espers in Final Fantasy Brave Exvius