However, Report 12 suggests that Garland met Chaos for the first time after being pulled into World B and even named Chaos. During the Conclusion of the Cycle chapter, Garland claims that he and Chaos are the same being. As he dies, Feral Chaos regains his senses, and thanks the warriors for freeing his father.ĭissidia 012 provides inconsistent information regarding Garland and Chaos's relationship. When five warriors manifest in this nightmare world, they destroy Feral Chaos, shattering the nightmare and freeing Cid. A bestial form, Feral Chaos, is the result of Chaos going berserk after winning too many times against Cosmos in a nightmare world Shinryu has imprisoned Cid in. In Dissidia 012, Chaos returns as the God of Discord along with his previous warriors. During this cycle Cosmos's warriors vanquish Chaos, though his will is eventually inherited by the god Spiritus. During the 13th cycle, Garland tells Chaos that before Cid called him to World B to partake in the cycles, Chaos sent Garland back in time 2000 years to become Chaos himself. Chaos's memory faded over time and Cid and Cosmos only appear as fragments in his dreams. Cid made a deal with the holy dragon Shinryu to pit Chaos against Cosmos in war, which would empower Chaos and eventually allow Cid to return home to seek revenge on Onrac. In this new world, the three were met by Garland who felt he and Chaos are linked. When Cid and his wife attempted to rescue Chaos, his mother was shot, and in his hatred Chaos opened a portal to the Interdimensional Rift, which drew him, Cid and Cosmos into World B, where the events of the original Dissidia and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy take place.
Raised by Cid and his wife until he matured, Chaos was taken away by the Onrac military and a manikin of his mother, Cosmos, was used to coerce him into obeying. This explains why the Four Fiends are referred to as the Four Chaoses ( 四つのカオス, Yottsu no kaosu?) in the Japanese version.Ĭhaos is a manikin created by Onrac researchers and Cid of the Lufaine to be used as a weapon against other nations in World A.
The ending narrative of Final Fantasy states that the Four Fiends were created when Garland's hatred merged with the four elements of the world. In Final Fantasy: Memory of Heroes Chaos is defeated by the Warrior alone. Though Chaos is erased, Garland remains in the reformed present the Warriors of Light return to. Chaos is defeated and the time loop is broken, restoring the land. Garland absorbs the Fiends' power and transforms into Chaos to do battle with the heroes. Doing this, Garland has created a time loop that will allow him to live forever. Garland then sent the Four Fiends in the past to the present. Garland tells the Warriors of Light that the power of the Four Fiends in the present sent him to the past when he was on the brink of death after his defeat. Using the Dark Crystal the Warriors travel to the past and defeat the Fiends again, and find Garland alive. With the Crystals restored, the Warriors of Light are told the Fiends were sent from two thousand years ago, and their master is in that time. The power of the Crystals the Fiends had drained was funneled into a Dark Crystal in the Chaos Shrine, opening a portal to the past.
Afterward, the warriors travel the world to fight the Four Fiends of Chaos that had drained the Crystals of their power. The Warriors of Light defeat Garland and rescue Sarah. He abducted Princess Sarah and fled to the Chaos Shrine demanding the King of Cornelia hand control of the kingdom in exchange for her life. He was the best of the knights, but became corrupted by power. Garland was a knight of the kingdom of Cornelia who gained much respect through his power and skill. He is the antithesis to the light and harmony represented by the Crystals.
In Dissidia he has four arms and a darker coloration–he is more brown-toned in Final Fantasy, and more black and purple in Dissidia.Ĭhaos seeks immortality and creates a time loop to live forever. In Final Fantasy a dragon's head emerges from his stomach, but in Dissidia this has been changed to a loincloth depicting a dragon, held with another monster face buckle. Chaos's demonic appearance may have been based on Gustave Doré's illustrations of Satan (Devil or Lucifer) from John Milton's Paradise Lost.