Exdeath source

^(Spoilers to follow.)

#[Exdeath](https://i.imgur.com/vKxbMiq.jpg)

*”All memories… dimensions… existence… All that is shall be returned to nothing.”*

Exdeath is a malevolent being who was formed from an amalgamation of evil spirits imprisoned inside a tree five hundred years ago. Though he was sealed away by the sage Ghido, he broke free centuries later. A team of heroes called the Warriors of Dawn sealed him a second time. Thirty years after that, Exdeath plots his return, seeking to use the power of the Void to engulf the world in nothingness.

Note: Most scans are taken from the Gameboy Advance version of the game, though feats should be the same between versions (apart from aesthetics and minor gameplay differences).

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**Strength**

* [Clashes evenly with Ghido](https://gfycat.com/presentgenuineacouchi)

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**Durability**

* [Withstands high-speed collisions with Ghido](https://gfycat.com/presentgenuineacouchi)
* [Is hit by Krile’s lightning magic and gets up after a few moments](https://gfycat.com/unpleasantuntimelyanchovy)
* [Takes repeated beatings from the Warriors of Dawn (Galuf, Dorgann, Kelger, and Xezat) and keeps getting back up, making Galuf wonder if he is immortal](https://gfycat.com/presentdeliciousgroundbeetle)
 * For reference, [Kelger could smack Galuf across a room](https://gfycat.com/sentimentaldesertedbarnswallow) and [Xezat could destroy a monster with magic](https://gfycat.com/soulfuldistantlhasaapso)
* [Is defeated by Bartz’s party and vanishes](https://gfycat.com/webbedscratchygeese), but [survives](https://gfycat.com/lividnearbison)

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**Speed and Mobility**

* [Moves rapidly to the other side of Bartz](https://gfycat.com/disastrousfreshdiscus)
* [Zooms around a room, seemingly flying and leaving after-images](https://gfycat.com/presentgenuineacouchi)

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**Offensive Magic**

* [Hits Bartz with a spell that knocks him back into a wall](https://gfycat.com/mintydifferentargali)
* [Knocks over Faris, Krile, and Bartz with spells](https://gfycat.com/cookedcommonanemone)
* [Pushes back three humans and a turtle](https://gfycat.com/sardonicelatedanemonecrab)
* [After charging for a few seconds, blasts a group of people from Ghido’s cave to the Library of the Ancients](https://v.redd.it/i3wejsbahm281)
 * [The Ancient Library is across a sea from Ghido’s cave (this is the best map I could find; Ghido’s cave is called “Guido’s Shrine” here)](https://i.imgur.com/ctCUbgl.png)
* [Sets a large forest on fire](https://gfycat.com/chieffluidindianpangolin)
* [Puts a ring of fire around Krile and uses it to slam her into some walls](https://gfycat.com/absolutefrighteningamphibian)
* [From his castle, creates an earthquake that sinks an island](https://v.redd.it/27v6xnim5g281)
* [Controls shards of a magic crystal and makes them shoot energy at Bartz, knocking him down](https://gfycat.com/eminentcornyamurratsnake)
* [Controls four crystals and fires beams from them, forcing Bartz’s party back](https://gfycat.com/hoarserapidbull)
* [After a fight in which he primarily uses magic](https://gfycat.com/formalforkedcentipede), Exdeath [kills Galuf](https://v.redd.it/b3f5v2wowf281), who [could shrug off being flung to another continent](https://v.redd.it/hzmz63fh83281)

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**Mind Control**

These feats happen while Exdeath is still imprisoned.

* [Controls Queen Karnak, who is freed after the party defeats her](https://gfycat.com/negligiblepepperyharborseal)
* [Controls King Tycoon](https://gfycat.com/abandonedrichdunlin), though [he is freed after being hit by thunder magic](https://gfycat.com/largeimmediatekilldeer)

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**Teleportation**

* [Teleports out of an underground cave](https://gfycat.com/famousslimydove)
* [Teleports away from](https://gfycat.com/repulsiveblueantelopegroundsquirrel) a [flying city](https://i.imgur.com/sXGWRvr.png)
* [Banishes Gilgamesh to the Interdimensional Rift](https://gfycat.com/majestictamedassierat)

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**Shapeshifting**

* [Transforms himself into a splinter that lodges in Krile](https://gfycat.com/lividnearbison)
* [Turns into a tree with a face](https://gfycat.com/whirlwindgranulardromaeosaur)
* [After his tree form is defeated and engulfed by the Void, he takes on a form called Neo Exdeath](https://v.redd.it/ysygm5p083281)

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**Other Magic**

* [Weakens the elemental crystals while he is imprisoned](https://gfycat.com/negligiblepepperyharborseal)
* [When he is freed from his imprisonment, a giant lightning bolt strikes (though this may just be caused by the seal breaking)](https://gfycat.com/indeliblecircularapisdorsatalaboriosa)
* [Alters the appearance of his castle with an illusion](https://v.redd.it/oierlumvpf281)
* [During battle, Neo Exdeath can throw the laws of the universe into chaos (though what exactly that entails isn’t specified)](https://gfycat.com/creepycelebratedafricanwildcat)
* [In the opening sequence of the Playstation version, makes rocks float around him, makes his sword glow with energy, and makes some small lightning bolts](https://gfycat.com/remoteyawninggrizzlybear)

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**The Void**

*Partial Control*

* [Sends the Library of the Ancients into the Void, leaving behind a lake](https://gfycat.com/neglectedsprydorado)
* [While in the Interdimensional Rift, sucks up some towns](https://v.redd.it/smb4xlxy9g281)

*Full Control*

* [Claims that the Void is “the power to control the universe”](https://gfycat.com/cautioushiddenbergerpicard)
* [While in the Interdimensional Rift, sucks up a castle, a cave, and an underwater base](https://gfycat.com/disguisedrevolvingaegeancat)
* [Sends Bartz’s party to the Void](https://gfycat.com/unfortunateethicalape)
* [As Neo Exdeath, claims that he can erase all dimensions and existence](https://gfycat.com/soupyembarrassedbluetonguelizard)

*Limits*

* [The spirits of the Dawn Warriors and King Tycoon are able to rescue Bartz’s party from the Void and prevent Exdeath from using his Void power again](https://v.redd.it/tw01lwq5be281)
* [After Exdeath’s defeat, the places swallowed by the Void are returned](https://v.redd.it/yrpzut8xoh281)

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**Miscellaneous**

* [Has been alive for five hundred years (though he was sealed away for most of that time)](https://gfycat.com/smalljadedfeline)
* [Has hordes of monsters capable of defeating a human army](https://gfycat.com/dependentharmlesscockroach)
* [Commands the demons of the Interdimensional Rift](https://gfycat.com/annualcrazybrahmanbull)
* [His castle has a barrier that can throw people to a different continent](https://v.redd.it/hzmz63fh83281)
* [Has a magic mirror that can project a huge image of people in the sky and send a voice over a distance](https://gfycat.com/elegantclearcutarabianwildcat)
* [In gameplay, his normal form is weak to the holy element](https://gfycat.com/qualifiedperfumedarcherfish)

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**Gameplay Abilities**

Note: In cases where multiple forms can use an ability, I only included it for the earliest form.

*Normal Form*

* [Firaga - deals fire damage](https://gfycat.com/bigheartedheftyindigobunting)
* [Blizzaga - deals ice damage](https://gfycat.com/velvetyvainflies)
* [Thundaga - deals lightning damage](https://gfycat.com/liveradiantankole)
* [Blaze - deals fire damage to a group](https://gfycat.com/spottedrawaustralianfurseal)
* [Earth Shaker - deals earth damage to a group](https://gfycat.com/realfailingchimneyswift)
* [Flare, Holy, and Meteor - cast consecutively in a scripted battle; Flare and Meteor deal non-elemental damage, and Holy deals holy damage](https://gfycat.com/formalforkedcentipede)
* [Level 3 Flare - deals damage to any party member whose level is divisible by 3](https://gfycat.com/deepslightichthyosaurs)
* [Gravity - reduces targets HP by 1/2](https://gfycat.com/wandismalkakapo)
* [Graviga - reduces targets HP by 7/8](https://gfycat.com/esteemedconcernedhaddock)
* [Hurricane - reduces the target to single-digit HP](https://gfycat.com/familiarmisguidedcattle)
* [Vacuum Wave - deals damage and inflicts Sap status, which gradually drains HP](https://gfycat.com/miserlyoblongcaribou)
* [Zombie Breath - deals damage to a group and inflicts Zombie status (which makes them attack their allies) if it KOs them](https://gfycat.com/tastypoorearwig)
* [Doom - KOs the target after 30 seconds pass](https://gfycat.com/kindindolentalbino)
* [Dispel - removes status buffs from the target](https://gfycat.com/softshoddygoldfish)
* [100 Gs - removes Float status from the party (which nullifies earth damage)](https://gfycat.com/orangebigheartedcapybara)
* [Reverse Polarity - moves characters between the front row and back row](https://gfycat.com/evenmiserableamericancrocodile)
* [After taking a certain amount of damage, he can act twice consecutively, with either physical](https://gfycat.com/enviousshockedhamster) or [magical attacks](https://gfycat.com/responsibleimpassionedamericanwirehair)

*Tree Form*

* [Flare - deals non-elemental damage](https://gfycat.com/highlevelsecondhanddormouse)
* [Holy - deals holy damage](https://gfycat.com/revolvingwelllitbeardeddragon)
* [Meteor - deals non-elemental damage to random enemies](https://gfycat.com/untriedsarcasticcarpenterant)
* [White Hole - KOs and petrifies the target](https://gfycat.com/ajarfirstinsect)

*Neo Exdeath*

* [Comet - deals non-elemental damage](https://gfycat.com/messyelaboratecockroach)
* [Aeroga - deals wind damage](https://gfycat.com/greatneglectediaerismetalmark)
* [Delta Attack - damages and petrifies the target](https://gfycat.com/naivevaguekillerwhale)
* [Almagest - deals holy damage and inflicts Sap on the party](https://gfycat.com/accuratepositiveemu)
* [Maelstrom - reduces random targets to single-digit HP](https://gfycat.com/unevenmeanestuarinecrocodile)
* [Grand Cross - inflicts random status effects on the party, including petrification and instant KO](https://gfycat.com/whirlwindelementaryambushbug)
* [After taking a certain amount of damage, he can act twice consecutively](https://gfycat.com/alarmedgrizzlederin)