Love how Venat is this kind, motherly figure who just happens to be capable of Manderville levels of physical feats

This is the most Azem way to reveal Venat; in a playful sparring match.

“Has you’re journey been good? Has it been worth while?” I have been reduced to a pitiful sobbing mess. I cry now 🤧

This song really reinforces to me that Venat/Hydaelyn really does see us as her children, because this song very much feels like a lullaby where she's telling us how proud she is of us.

They have a way of making a song hit in the moment then way harder when you know what happens after. It's an artform, honestly.

I love how everyone, individually, knew to glamour on the robe. Just, without prompting. The solidarity.

'Has your journey been good? Has it been worthwhile?"

I hold the belief that part of the reason Venat chose you as her Champion later on is not just because of what you went through together but its this fight in particular. She held the rank of Azem, and was powerful enough on her own that she was pleasantly surprised you were able to survive her limit break. Proving that you are strong enough to stand up to even the likes of her, arguably one of the most powerful entities in her world at the time. This was not just a fun sparring match, she was training you, evaluating you in her own way. Venat was honestly the absolute best character in Endwalker. How they managed to make her so beloved in such a short time speaks to that imo

From a simple spar that turns into something far more heart breaking..

as machinist, I felt the dancer segment of the fight was like watching two souls preforming with their fury and passions... flipping around her while she twirled in the middle, simply amazing.

Ok some people don't realize about this song is that, this song as the title says is literally what it says. Flow as all we know is Venat talking about herself. That's literally her and she might be even singing that song herself! Now what makes Flow Together special is because you are in it! How you might ask? Remember the sound of Shadowbringers? That melodic rock music? That iconic guitar sound? Remember what the story was about? It was about you! That music accompanied you because it was all your story! Everything about it was you! Now going back to Flow Together and the events where it plays. It's Venat and you bonding together. And her song accompanied by this familiar guitar sound. It's just pure genius! Now it's time to go back and see the rest of the game, and even the past expansions and listen to the music. This insane music storytelling was always there and no one pays attention to it. From the important story events, all the way down to the simple city-states background music. (Old Sharlayan sounding like Flow because literally Hydaelyn is right underneath it.) This game is fkn awesome.

It’s crazy because I had lost all hope, I was losing everything I owned and all I had at the time was my FC, my friends, and this beautiful game. I wanted to see the end of the story so I wanted to wait until it dropped before ending my life. This expansion changed my mind. And even though things haven’t gotten better, I always remember Venat’s words, her believe that even if we suffer we must go on living, and this song… even if it always makes me cry listening to it it also fills me with happiness and a strange warmth. Endwalker taught me to forge ahead and I will continue to do so with my head held high.

One thing i love about this song, is it subtly lets you know venat loves us and all life that shes effectively willing to plant a tree that she will never sit under the shade of. What a beautiful character nuance.

*When Mom Wants to Test Your Skills But Also is in the Mood for a Lullaby*

There's something that hits me in the very soul with this battle and in general with this part of the story. When I reached this Duty, I only had three Jobs at 90. And they were Gladiator, White Mage and Dancer.

Farewell Endwalker ! Doing this duty for the first time was an experience of a lifetime !

This instance was a huge and welcome surprise. Venat's got hands.

I love her, XIV creators are just genius now I think of it, they revealed this mysterious, mystical, profound, powerful being that is Hydaelyn wich have protected us from the very beginning on our quests and managed to make her story not dissapoint or be underwhelming in the slightest and infact gave us her story that to me is even more beautiful than our entire journey as WoL and as the player itself. This to me, is really crazy and so well written, I am not a lore person, i've skipped more cutscenes than I should've but I am so so happy ive not missed a second of the lvl 85-87 in Elpis, and obviously what followed.

You know its quite interesting that while Venat (not Hydaelyn, at this point she is no longer Hydaelyn the primal but Venat, our friend) is clearly singing this to us, I cant help but feel she is also singing to Meteion. This song plays as the background for the cutscene where we finally show meteion that the universe isnt full of despair, that there is hope and joy and laughter in it. And a lot of the lyrics seem to be crying to a lost friend who has lost all hope. Such an impactful song, and I didnt deserve the emotional damage it caused.

"Hush, love, close your eyes, and in sleep abide as sun's distant light echoes down to dreams below. Know you will wake, on winds rise again for this journey's end is but one step forward to tomorrow."

This fight was sort of ironic, in a good way, because while we're fighting Venat to prove how strong we are, we've only come this far and become this strong with her protection and support. At the time you're just showing off so that Argos respects you, but I like to think that in the WoLs mind, really, they're showing Crystal Mommy how strong they've gotten- or, from Venats perspective, WILL become- thanks to her :') And for her it comes full loop- the first time she meets you she spars with you, and then thousands of years later she says goodbye to you by fighting you as Hydaelyn.

Words cannot express how happy I got when I saw the first moves she was using was PLD as a PLD main and going into the instance as one Good song and good fight

Any rendition of this song i will always cry. Sharlayan is a hard place for me to walk around

theres no way words could ever truly describe the way i feel about this story. the pain, the heartache, the sorrow and despair, but also the hope, the happiness, the joy and most of all the love. there is no word, sentence, paragraph, nothing written will ever full capture the emotional depth and broadness this song along depicts. the reunion of mother and child, a battle between friends, a test for the trial to come, a declaration of hope, and the simple pleasure of battle. this track alone never fails to tear me up, even if a little bit. at once it rends at my heart, but it also sends my soul into flight, flying ever onwards into the future, forging ahead. thank you venat, we will never forget you

I come back to this song for a quick cry anytime I'm in need of some catharsis. Still holds the same value in my heart

I remember in Shadowbringers thinking Hydaelyn was evil. I am so, so sorry Crystal Mommy.

This isnt Venat singing to you, its Hydaelyn singing about her memories of your meeting in Elpis, and everything you've done to reach that point

Just finished the Alpha/Omega yellow questline you pick up after Endwalker and got this song as its reward (plus another emotional gutpunch, thank you SqEnix)

Every time i hear this song, i still cry.

Every day, I miss her.

Come my friends.. The Rains have ceased and we're blessed with yet another, beautiful day.

Whenever I can't sleep, this song will be my lullaby. I tired all day from works and stress, this track cease those worries and accompany me till I sleep, of course, with tears

We seriously need a mode that is just repeating or even upscaling some of these solo trials. I'm literally playing newgame plus more than a little to do the solo duties. You know, people debate Endwalker vs Shadowbringers. And while i agree Emet is a fantastic final boss fight, try and tell me Endwalker doesnt have 3 of the best solo duties in the one where you're powerless(even if it was hard as hell in its original version), Venat, and Zenos. Between throwing hands with some very big lore characters and the solo instances and then having two of my favorite zones in all of gaming, I have to give Endwalker the edge. These fights are so damn fun.

I loved this instance as a Black Mage. I had a fun time in this fight keeping my DoT up.

This song. *This song.* She'll always be Venat to me in the end.

Karaoke night always gets lit when you drop a new vid.

When I first started the game all those years ago, I felt like you would at one point fight Hydaelyn, because I felt that this, being a final fantasy, she was manipulating you. And I was sure that was the case after certain events in Shadowbringers. But then you do fight her. Not like this, mommy. Not like this. 😢

I'm gonna be real with ya, homies If I get married, I want this played at my wedding

Venat told us the current Azem (unsundered us) managed to surprise her with their strength even though they were 3 times less her age, if we manage to meet Azem face to face and fight them we'd get clapped to oblivion.

It's funny seeing how some of the mechanics from this are still there in her Trial later on.

well met , all brave little sparks

This instance as a Samurai was an adrenaline rush, she nearly whooped my ass if it weren't for Second Wind/Bloodbath

Been waiting for your videos to release the music.

post shb venat: seems like generic benevolent lady of light venat in endwalker: makes her entrance by bashing a shark unconscious, could probably tear you in half if she wanted

Beautiful song in all aspects. It's also become my go-to background track to use in fantasy TTRPGs when there's a friendly duel between a PC and NPC.

Lawful Good doesn't have to be lame, Venat shows this.

NO LONGER SHALL MAN RIDE UPON OUR WINGS. FROM THIS DAY ON, HE SHALL **WALK**!!!

Such a perfect moment

Thx, nice video 👍

I wish I could do that instance again, it was great

I'm not crying, you are

Man this fight on normal was hard as hell. The last phase with the balls you gotta kill I really struggled with gcd management to get them all, I wiped so many times on that last phase but I never lowered the difficulty. I wanted her to be proud of me

This song always feels like the full circle we took as an ancient to back meeting her again it’s like we told her a story through battle

This is still my fav song

Still one of the best emotional tracts from XIV. Hits the feels everytime.....

Nice keep work 👏😭 Its giving me chills lol

Oh i have long waiting you patiently all this time. I swear that’s the actual line!

6:06 Venat's an Archer, look she's used Enkidu to immobilize the player and then a strange Gate of Babylon/Unlimited Blade Works hybrid attack... Then she does the proper Archer class thing and gets physical.

The guitar riff at the beginning of flow together sound awfully familiar to the guitar riff found in melancholy tea time by Meiko Nakahara, it's also a great song.

She held back.

"I've heard your voice/Weighed your every choice" Yeah I feel guilty for doubting her intentions through Shadowbringers

Oh, no big deal. Just having a friendly sparring match with God, as she tells you in equal measure how much she loves you, how certain your death is, how that death is not necessarily something to be feared, and how others will carry the torch once you're gone.

i don't even play ff14 and i love this song so much

I'm her litl spark😭

God when they let me run hans with both version of mom it was great

“Oh I have long waiting you patiently, all this time” I swear that’s what Amanda actually sang!

Nice

It's beautiful enough to make a grown man cry, and there isn't anything wrong with that. Go ahead let it out, I'd say you more than any one has earned it, oh Warrior of Light.

...Man I hated this fight. 😅 Don't get me wrong, I love that it's here, it's a very nice story decision to have the WoL basically fight their proto-self in the distant past...but fuck me dude this is almost impossible to do as a Black Mage.

This is honestly my favorite glam. I just dye it sky blue cuz real white coat $, and I game is expensive.

mmm 7am crying

ah. that's me crying again

I'm not crying you crying T^T

“Yes mom”

The fukken moment hydaelinn went from someone we activelly didnt trust to someone we unconditionally loved.

Awesome fokin shiz bro if you don't sing along I don't even know what the hell you're doin seriously!

"My brave little spark" With a little spark, you can make a split :D Merci @Amanda Achen

Heavy spoiler incoming... Its incredible, you travel to the past, meet Venat and she sees in you a magic that she can only bestow, but she doesn't understand when did she met you, so she assume that you can only come from the future, and wonders why would she give you this mark. Then you explain that the future is in danger, the final days are coming, which in part they are all responsible because it was Meteion, a creation of Hermes, is causing a catastrophe seeking an answer for Hermes question. Then she tries to stop Hermes on releasing Meteion failling in the duty, and decides to wait until you are born and met her again in your own timeline to have one last chance to defeat Meteion and avoid the Final Days. She did all this because she loved the creatures and had faith in humanity, faith that they will be able to live and move forward even with all the pain that living involves. This is just a brief resume without the disclosure and major events that occur in the story. This is Endwalker, the greatest fucking expansion of FFXIV (In my opinion) Then you hear this song, after playing the game and complete the story and then you break in tears because it hits SO HARD. Unbelievable.

Ahhh mamma venat 😭😭😭

Ha... it makes me wanna replay endwalker 😢

You can tell hungry is a tank main with one tiiiiiny little detail! Please, direct your attention to the top right of the "Hallowed Ground" ability icon.

1:55 tho

I love @ 4:10 venat goes super saiyan blue and starts conjuring those blue orbs I miss this fight so much and wish to redo it again I had trouble with it as a blm but still beat it I wish the developers would allow us to redo solo story duty instances the music the the mechanics the effects were amazing here’s hoping dawntrail could top this

Doing this fight as Black Mage was a nightmare...

I struggle during this fight. 😅

Danceable if it didn't make tears well up

Believe it or not dear ones, this song has deep spiritual meaning! We are all One ❤

Hate how i cant download this song nowhere

Is there a specific way to rewatch thos or NG+

This fight was a fucking BITCH on normal, particularly when you get to the orbs. The only fight in which i took the metaphorical knee and switched to very easy just so i could get on with the story.

This fight was so hard for Sam 😫😫

Who here beat venat without lowering her difficulty???

Venat would have been disappointed if she knew you were clicking buttons with the cursor

I am not crying, you losers are.... 😭😭😭

Why did she have to die? she was such a kind and good person who sacrified so much

"Mom's Song"

Wait is the Venat fight's flow togehter differnt then the later version? which is the one you get from the ost?

I tried beating Venat (1 vs 1) with Dark Knight and Dragoon but could not. Much easier with Machinist.

When Japanese 🇯🇵 VGM 🎮 is better than the music on the Radio 📻

The theme song of the greatest mass murderer in history