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| “ | 'For every citizen who falls, another can be bred. For every home that burns, another can be built.' Those were your words. But when the last of your citizens has fallen, and all of their homes have been reduced to ash...What will become of your empire? Of its rulers? Of your god? | „ |
| ~ Dion to his father, Sylvestre |
Dion Lesage is a major character in Final Fantasy XVI. He is the leader of the Holy Order of the Knights Dragoon, whose main role is protecting the holy emperor, Dion's father, Sylvestre Lesage, with whom Dion has a strained relationship. Dion is the Dominant of Bahamut, the Eikon of light, and is revered by the empire who consider dragons to be holy creatures. Dion is associated with the wyvern tail, a flower that symbolizes Sanbreque.
He is voiced by Yūichi Nakamura in the Japanese version, and by Stewart Clarke in the English version.
Appearance[]
Dion has brown eyes and neck-length blond hair. He is tall, has a slender physique, and is usually seen wielding a halberd. He wears white clothing under his silver suit of armor, which has a turquoise shimmer to symbolize Bahamut's and Sanbreque's influence, much like Clive and Joshua's signature color being red. Dion wears silver earrings that resemble the shape of the tip of his halberd and have red stones.
His one arm is always bandaged and he tends to hold it close to his body when injured; he may be concealing the effects of the crystals' curse, a malady that eventually affects all who channel aether through their flesh.
Personality[]
Dion Lesage is honorable, humble, kind, courageous, and idealistic. His humility and legendary battle skills make him a beloved figure in the empire, earning the loyalty and respect of the imperial soldiers, which Dion does not abuse or exploit. Like Clive, Dion is motivated to preserve innocent lives, almost rebelling against his father's direct orders when they threaten the lives of citizens of the Crystalline Dominion. The biggest contrast between Dion and Clive is that where Clive adores his little brother, Dion bears nothing but contempt towards his youngest half-brother, Olivier, for his spoiled nature and how Anabella uses him to take his place as heir to the throne.
Seeing Anabella poisoning his family and trying to rob him of his birthright to satisfy her sense of entitlement, knowing that his people would suffer due to her influence, Dion considers rebelling to rid his home and family of her presence. He hesitated to usurp his father, whom he still loved and saw good in, but after declining to assist Joshua and choosing instead to lead a coup to save his kingdom, he would be left devastated after his father was revealed to be manipulated by Ultima. Ultima uses Dion to kill Sylvestre and then Dion's resulting shock and guilt to drive him to madness and destroy the capital city using his Eikon.
Dion manages to gain some manner of vengeance against both Ultima and Anabella by slaying Olivier, who was revealed to be little more than a vessel for Ultima. After his sanity is restored, Dion humbly bears the guilt of having killed innocents in his rampage. Though Dion does not seek forgiveness, he nonetheless takes as much action as he can to restore the people's trust in him.
History[]
Dion Lesage is the crown prince of the Empire of Sanbreque and the Dominant of Bahamut, the Eikon of Light. He is also the Lord Commander of the Empire's Dragoon soldiers, and is loved by his people and a feared force on the battlefield. After Anabella begins influencing his father and pushing for her son Olivier to be made heir, Dion launches a coup against her with Joshua's encouragement and the aid of Terence, his lover and second-in-command. Dion attempts to kill Olivier, but accidentally kills his father instead. In Dion's despair, Olivier goads him into transforming into Bahamut and rampaging across his kingdom. Clive and Joshua engage Dion in their primal forms, weakening him and causing him to transform back. He then kills Olivier to avenge his father. Now determined to atone for his actions, he joins Clive and Joshua's assault on Ultima's fortress Origin, but dies while helping them get through its defenses.
Abilities[]
Dion is a dragoon and such wields a halberd and fights by leaping high into the sky both to avoid his enemies attacks and to descend upon his opponents by riding the halberd down. As the Dominant of Bahamut, Dion possesses the power of light, able to use offensive light magicks and prime his Eikon. As Bahamut, Dion is one of the mightiest forces Valisthea has known, able to conjure devastating beams of light from his wings and throat, and fly as high as into the outer space. Even after losing Bahamut's aether from his body, Dion is able to prime and not lose control of himself.
Dion is never seen in semi-primed state, but it is assumed he would appear with Bahamut's wings, as Clive does with Bahamut's power.
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