Amid A Lightless Place

There, beside the throne. On the left, where grey, broken chunks of stone rested in their own dust in the still gloom, having been undisturbed by any hand in ten full years of darkness. Except for Noctis’s, about half an hour ago, when he had leapt from the window and warped to the street below, chasing after Ardyn. But that didn't explain why Noctis could see a thin seam of light shining from amidst the rubble, so white and sharp like a razor wire.

"I didn't realise how close I was to death," Noctis thought calmly.

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In the final moments before Noctis meets his Fated end, things start to go drastically wrong. It will take all four Chocobros to put fate back together and make the sun rise again on Eos.