Mitron

Mitron , also known by her true name Artemis , is a character from Final Fantasy XIV. She was initially mentioned in the first Encyclopædia Eorzea as an Ascian who was defeated by the Heroes of the First. Initially assumed dead during the events of the game, she plays a role in the events of the Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers expansion as the main antagonist of the Eden series of raids.
==History==
While Mitron's modern sundered reincarnation's body is that of a man, the ancient Mitron was a woman.Tales from the Dawn: "Days Gone By, Days Yet to Come" Her real name was Artemis, with "Mitron" being her title in the Convocation of Fourteen. Mitron was Loghrif's protector and partner in the intact Etheirys, and was said to have been "hopelessly enamored" with Loghrif. She and her followers, the Words of Mitron, worked at Akadaemia Anyder in the ichthyology wing. During the Final Days, she stopped Loghrif when she offered herself as a sacrifice to summon Zodiark and sided with the rest of the Convocation when ancient society became divided, eventually being sundered by Hydaelyn alongside most of Etheirys, split into fourteen shards across the Source and its thirteen reflections.
One such shard was "raised" into the seat of Mitron and inducted into the Ascians after the unsundered members found that fragment and restored her memories. This reincarnated fragment of Mitron bore the body of a man. After Loghrif was also recruited, Mitron promised to help her remember who she was before the sundering.
Mitron and Loghrif were assigned to bring about a rejoining in the First to return its Aether to the Source. They originally protected the world from being consumed by light until Emet-Selch ordered them to quicken the ardor. As part of their plan they recruited Cylva, one of the survivors from the Thirteenth, and brought her to the First to become the villainous Shadowkeeper. Unexpectedly, the First's Warriors of Light defeated the two Ascians in their Ascian Prime form, causing a Flood of Light. Being struck down by Ardbert's axe caused the light within Mitron's vessel to transform the Ascian into the first sin eater, Eden, flooding the world with light. It was only with Minfilia Warde's sacrifice to stop the Flood that prevented the world from being lost in the Light completely, and restored Mitron's consciousness. However, the Ascian remained trapped within Eden and was thus forsaken by the other Ascians. Mitron bade their time while being driven mad by the century-long isolation until their chance for freedom presented itself.
Mitron eventually sensed Loghrif's newest reincarnation as the Eulmoran girl, Gaia. Acting on the promise made to her when they were recruited into the Ascians, Mitron attempted erase her new life's memories and acted as a "faerie" within Gaia's subconscious. As night was restored to the First by the Warrior of Darkness, the Ascian's power grew, as did her influence over Gaia. Gaia, as the Oracle of Darkness, was forced to summon voidsent and attack the Warrior of Darkness and their party as they attempted to restore the Empty to life. As the "faerie" within Gaia's subconscious, Mitron manipulated Gaia and Ryne, the Oracle of Light, into gradually granting the Ascian strength to manifest outside of Eden. Confronting the Warrior, Gaia, and Ryne, Mitron attempted to convince Gaia to join her. Once rebuffed, Mitron forcibly attempted to wipe Gaia's memories, causing Eden to absorb aether in an attempt to create a singular paradise where the pair could live in harmony forever, and reconstituted their Ascian Prime form.
The Ascian Prime refused to release Gaia to Ryne and the Warrior of Darkness, transforming into Eden's Promise, as they attempted to erase Gaia's precious memories of Ryne, but was struck down by the Warrior of Darkness. After her death, Mitron's spirit appeared before the unconscious Gaia to bid her farewell before departing from Eden to be reborn someday.
==Characteristics==
As a member of the Convocation of Fourteen, Artemis took the seat of Mitron and as such received the name of Mitron, the Mariner. Those awarded the seat of Mitron are experts in the creation of new forms of sea life.
=== Appearance ===
As an Ascian, Mitron dresses in the standard uniform of an Ascian overlord. Mitron wears a single black hooded coat with purple markings and adornments and a red half mask with a unique design based on their office. Mitron can manifest a glowing red emblem representing the seat of Mitron. Interestingly, though in Cylva's and Ardbert's flashbacks Mitron is seen with the same pauldrons as other Ascian overlords, the Ascian lacks them in their past meeting with Loghrif and in present day as Eden, with the outfit more resembling a lower-ranked Ascian.
Unmasked, Mitron appears as a dark-skinned Midlander Hyuran male with shoulder length blond hair and gold eyes.
=== Personality ===
Mitron is dedicated to protecting Loghrif, valuing being by her side above all else. Eons spent separated from her had twisted her originally genuine love and care into an undying obsession to have her back at her side. Though Mitron doggedly seeks to protect Loghrif, the Ascian eventually reaches an understanding with Gaia after their defeat at the hands of the Warrior of Darkness, bidding her reincarnated love farewell and letting her go in peace.
==Gameplay==
Mitron, fused with Gaia, is fought as Eden's Promise in and its Savage counterpart, .
==Behind the scenes==
Mitron is never referred to by gendered terms in the English and Japanese scripts, and is referred to as female in the French and German scripts. It was only until the release of the side story "Days Gone By, Days Yet to Come" that the ancient Mitron was said to have been a woman in English materials.
Mitron is part of an extended reference to Final Fantasy VIII, alongside the rest of the Eden raid series, with her final form as Eden's Promise being a reference to Ultimecia, being based on Ephesian depictions of the Greek goddess Artemis, with whom both characters share a name. Mitron's goal of creating a singular instance where she can live in harmony without past or future is conceptually similar to Ultimecia's goal of time compression.
==Gallery==
FFXIV Loghrif and Mitron.png|Loghrif and Mitron taking Cylva to the First.
FFXIV Mitron unmasked.png|Mitron unmasked.
File:Eden Ascian Prime.png|Mitron merged with Loghrif into an Ascian Prime.
== Etymology ==
"Mitron" refers to the Scion of Light "Mitron, the Chastiser" referred to in the profile of Chaos from Final Fantasy XII. The glyph appearing on Ascian's face resembling the upper half of the glyph used to summon said Esper.
Mitron's real name was Artemis. 
Her real name Artemis , parallels Ultimecia's japanese name, Arutimishia (アルティミシア) from Final Fantasy VIII. Ultimecia's name differs depending on the translation, the Spanish translation takes the name "Artemisa" which is the closest to the original.
==Citations==
Category:Characters in Final Fantasy XIV
Category:Antagonists
Category:Ascians
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