"Imperial Will" (帝国の意志, Teikoku no Ishi?) is a theme in Final Fantasy XIV that represents the Garlean Empire as its leitmotif. It was composed by Nobuo Uematsu and arranged by Tsutomu Narita.
The leitmotif has also been incorporated in a number of other tracks.
Game appearances[]
Final Fantasy XIV (version 1.0)[]
Gaius confronts the Circle of Knowing.
"Imperial Will" accompanied the Garleans' appearances, most prominently during the cutscene where Gaius van Baelsar battled the Circle of Knowing. It is track 98 on the Before Meteor: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.
"Wrath of the Eikons" (怒れる神々, Okoreru Kamigami?, lit. Wrathful Gods) contains the motif of "Imperial Will", composed by Nobuo Uematsu and arranged by Tsutomu Narita. It played when Ifrit appeared in the Main Scenario quest "Lord Errant". It is track 65 on the original soundtrack.
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn[]
"Imperial Will" returns as the Garleans' theme.
"Wrath of the Eikons" returns as a boss theme for powerful voidsent, notably for Diabolos. It is track 5 on the Before the Fall: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.
Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward[]
"Imperial Will" plays during cutscenes with the Garleans like Varis zos Galvus and Regula van Hydrus.
Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood[]
The Ghimlyt Dark concept art
The dungeon theme of 
The Ghimlyt Dark, "A Pall Most Murderous", features the themes of "Imperial Will", "Storm of Blood", and "The Measure of Our Reach"/"The Measure of His Reach". It was arranged by Yukiko Takada and is track 36 on the Shadowbringers: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers[]
The Emerald Weapon
"Imperial Will" plays in the second section of the solo duty The Bozja Incident.
The leitmotif can be heard whistled by Valens van Varro in his first appearance in a cutscene.
"The Black Wolf Stalks Again" (漆黒の王狼、再び ～エメラルドウェポン破壊作戦～, Shikkoku no Ōrō, Futatabi ~Emerarudowepon Hakai Sakusen~?, lit. Jet Black Wolf King, Again ~Emerald Weapon Destroying Operation~) is an arrangement of "Imperial Will" by Takafumi Imamura that plays as the boss theme in the second phase against the Emerald Weapon in 
Castrum Marinum and Castrum Marinum (Extreme), as the Weapon incorporates a synthetic auracite core containing combat data based on Gaius van Baelsar.
Both the English and Japanese titles of "The Black Wolf Stalks Again" allude to the track "Bite of the Black Wolf", an arrangement of "Rise of the White Raven". However, they are unrelated musically as they do not share any motifs or themes.
"The Black Wolf Stalks Again" is track 5 on the Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers - EP3 digital mini album and track 56 on the Death Unto Dawn: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.
"Wrath of the Harrier" (怒れる悪魔 ～旗艦ダル・リアータ攻略戦～, Okoreru Akuma ~Kikan Daru Riāta Kōryakusen~?, lit. Wrathful Devil ~Flagship Dál Riata Capture Battle~) is an arrangement of "Wrath of the Eikons" by Takafumi Imamura that plays as the boss theme for the Diablo Armament in The Dalriada. It also contains the "Gangos" leitmotif, prominent in Save the Queen: Blades of Gunnhildr. "Wrath of the Harrier" is track 67 on the original soundtrack.
Terncliff
"And Love You Shall Find" (愛を求める者たち, Ai o Motomeru Monotachi?, lit. Those Who Find Love) is a theme arranged by Masayoshi Soken which plays as the field theme of Terncliff and is a significant theme in the Sorrow of Werlyt. It features motifs from "Imperial Will" as well as "Penitus", the dungeon theme of The Praetorium. "And Love You Shall Find" is track 81 on the original soundtrack.
Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker[]
"Home Beyond the Horizon" (帰らん、地平の彼方へ, Kaeran, Chihei no Kanata e?, lit. Can't Return, to Beyond the Horizon), arranged by Daiki Ishikawa, contains the "Imperial Will" leitmotif as well as the motif from Garlemald's field themes. Ishikawa also performed the vocals under the alias "Kavvus daiki Arvina". Since the capital fell into ruin, the music plays over and over again on the radios owned by the Garleans. The music is described by a Garlean refugee to be "an ode to the brave men and women sent to reclaim our ancestral homeland of Locus Amoenus". "Home Beyond the Horizon" is track 19 on the Endwalker: Final Fantasy XIV Original Soundtrack.
"And Love You Shall Find" returns in this expansion and plays in Tertium and in a few cutscenes related to the Garleans.
Compilation album appearances[]
Untempered 2: Final Fantasy XIV Primal Battle Themes[]
"The Black Wolf Stalks Again" is track 11 of disc 2 on the album.