Zero

2026-04-29T13:39:55Z

Ryeki:

{{NPC infobox
| name = Zero
| description =
| description-source = [[The_Unending_Codex#Zero|The Unending Codex § Zero]]
| image = Zero portrait.jpg, Shadowed Remnants; Zero PLD.jpg, Down in the Dark
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| gender = female
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| race = Voidsent
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| job = Reaper, Paladin
| profession = Memoriate
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| patch = 6.2
| release = endwalker
}} She plays a prominent role during the [[Post-Endwalker Main Scenario Quests]]. __NOTOC__
[[File:Zero2.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Appearance as '''Dark-robed Voidsent''']]
==Quests Started==
{{quest list header}}
{{quest list row|Where Everything Begins}}
{{quest list row|Nowhere to Run}}
{{quest list row|The Wind Rises}}
{{quest list row|Paths Barred}}
{{quest list row|Gods Revel, Lands Tremble}}
{{quest list row|Abyssal Dark}}
{{quest list row|In Defiance of Fate}}
{{quest list row|A Beacon from Beyond}}
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==Quests Involved In==
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{{quest list row|Shadowed Remnants}}
{{quest list row|Groping in the Dark}}
{{quest list row|A World with Light and Life}}
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==Locations==
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{{NPC location info|The Fell Court of Troia (Zone)| 11.8,11.8 |-}}
{{NPC location info|Zero's Domain||-}}
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==Additional Information==
Initially encountered as "Dark-robed Voidsent"
{{quotation|[[The Unending Codex]]: Zero|'''Memoriate'''<br>
In the void, where life's natural cycle no longer holds sway, Zero strives to restore her world to its rightful state.

Zero's mother, a memoriate, was with child when she was exposed to a powerful source of Darkness during battle. Zero was thus born half-voidsent, and ceased to age after reaching adulthood. She chose to take up her mother's struggle to bring an end to the Contramemoria, but while traveling as a lone hero, she was bested by a band of corrupt memoriates. The Flood of Darkness inundated the world even as she lay dying, sweeping her soul into the rift between worlds.

When an incidental fissure at last allowed her to return, she found her world an empty void, uninhabitable by any being that was not a voidsent. Zero surrendered to hopelessness, condemned as she was to wander alone for eternity.

Although strong enough to manifest her own territory in the swirling mire, Zero rarely visited her “home” unless her aether reserves were low. It instead became a sanctuary for lesser voidsent who had grown tired of the endless battle for dominance─an intrusion she tolerated without protest.

Seeking an advantage against the Warrior of Light, it was Zenos who summoned Zero to the Source and bound her to serve as his reaper avatar. With his defeat, she was cast back unto the void, where she would once again encounter Eorzea's champion and their companions when they came in search of the great wyrm Azdaja. They gave her the name “Zero,” and struck a bargain to enlist her aid in their battle against Golbez's archfiends. As they traveled and fought together, Zero began to reconnect with a part of herself she had thought forever lost, and the discovery of how Light might be restored to her world rekindled a fire within her breast. Zero soon abandoned the pretense of payment and accompanied the Warrior of Light of her own accord, forging bonds of friendship with Jullus and many others in a way that she had shunned when fighting alone.

The quest to defeat Zeromus would eventually take her to the First to meet with Ryne, the Oracle of Light. Ryne's words gave Zero much to consider, and after contemplating what her half-voidsent nature allowed her to do that no other being could, she took within herself the power of Light.

Zero then returned to the Void to confront Golbez in the depths of the moon. Golbez, too, had desired to restore the Thirteenth, but in his grief at losing his dear companion, he had been manipulated by the Ascians into unleashing the Flood of Darkness. So it was that Zero revealed to him the flicker of Light she carried, convincing the would-be conqueror that a seed of hope yet remained. During the ensuing battle with Zeromus, Zero's fervent wish to save her world transformed her into a knight of legendary appearance. A blow infused with both Light and Darkness shattered Zeromus's form, and Zero succeeded in sealing the massive voidsent's aether in memoria. Following their triumph, she joined hands with the repentant Golbez, and together they took the first steps toward bringing Light into the void.

Wary of diluting her essence, Zero has always avoided feeding on the souls of others. This insistence on consuming stray aether often led to her death through starvation, leaving her to drift in the void until her corporeal form was reconstituted. After not eating physically for so long, Zero's sense of taste had also atrophied─but she has since rediscovered this facet of cuisine after sampling heavily spiced foods in the Source. The extremely spicy curry custom-made to her preference in Radz-at-Han has become one of the city's new signature dishes.}}

{{quotation|[https://www.fanbyte.com/games/news/ffxiv-zero-was-designed-to-be-somewhat-genderless FFXIV's Zero Was Designed To Be Somewhat Genderless]|According to the translations, the artist was trying to create a character whose beauty transcended gender. The artist was also happy to hear that some players couldn’t not tell if the character was male or female from the outset. The androgynous look was determined early on in the design phase, but in-game, the character is referred to as “she.” So while the design and scenario intent may have wanted to go in one direction, ultimately the team chose a different path.}}

==Images==
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Zero fullbody.jpg
Zero.jpg
Zero PLD.jpg|After completing {{i|Down in the Dark}}
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