The Terminus
The air grew dense. Something was up and he knew it. All this time he had kept his secret deep within the Midlight’s Deep – he had come here from Gariland, searching for the perfect recipe for his Elixirs and he found just that and more. Deep within the dungeon, at the Terminus, he settled.
Adventurers came from far and wide, tempered by the alluring taste of the Elixirs, which found their way out of the Deep and deep within the civilised world in Ivalice. Brought by tentacled creatures and spirits into the open, they drew in all who wanted more. And though more was what he could deliver, Elidibus wanted the Elixir – and the final zodiac stone – all for himself.
When he sensed our arrival, there was no turning back. A byblos – a relative of the creatures guarding Elidibus’ Elixir distillery – turned to us for help. His master had lost his mind and we looked to be capable of assistance.
We had prepared for this, Balthier reminded us all. He had held on to the javelin, while Ramza had donned two grand swords and his Dark Knight armor. They were ready. But were Rapha, Mustadio and myself ready?
Summoning… zodiark!
Elidibus wasted no time. He gave in to the zodiac stone and before us, in the pitch dark, now stood a transformed snake wrangler, along with the ability to crush us with dark spells and summons. He was not about to sell his life’s work cheap, and on top of all this, he had sensed the stones that Ramza was still holding on to and, of course, he wanted them now as well. Before we knew it, we were ambushed by a newly summoned esper — hopefully Balthier’s advice of equipping Mana Shield had helped…
I survived. Rapha went down, and Mustadio barely lived, but I went without a scratch and lo behold, I had recieved the ability to summon the selfsame esper now! Quickly helping Rapha back up, we all went in for the kill. We could always come back for the treasure surrounding Elidibus’ distillery.
Elidibus found the same fate as his army of Byblos after some stabbing and javelin poking from Ramza and Balthier, and the rogue Byblos apprehensively asked us if he could join us.
So one summon and one beast richer, we finally conquered the Midlight’s deep. Though I’m not entirely sure how Ivalice would survive without its illegal Elixir distillery now…
I am Bathsua, summoner of Zodiark, and these are my memoirs!
Memoirs of a squire 