Loghrif, also known by her true name Gaia [ˈɡaɪ.ə], is a character from Final Fantasy XIV. She was one of the two Ascians sent to the First to aid in causing an Umbral Calamity. She plays a role in the backstory of the Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers expansion, as well as the Eden raid series storyline.
History[]
In the unsundered world, Gaia was an ancient who held the seat and title of "Loghrif the Pastor" on the Convocation of Fourteen. She was often partnered with Mitron and the two were considered inseparable, with Mitron said to have been "hopelessly enamored" with Loghrif. During the Final Days, as the Convocation prepared to summon Zodiark to stop the cataclysm, Loghrif was assigned to be sacrificed as his heart, but Mitron convinced her partner otherwise, with this role falling to Elidibus the Emissary instead. Loghrif survived the Final Days, siding with the convocation when ancient society fell divided only to be sundered alongside the rest of Etheirys, split into fourteen shards.
Following the sundering, one such shard of Loghrif was raised into her seat as part of the Ascians after the unsundered found the shard and restored her memory. Loghrif was reunited with Mitron as the two were assigned to the First to prevent it from falling victim to the Flood of Light resulting from an imbalance among the shards of the now-splintered world, worsened by the Thirteenth becoming a void of Darkness. Emet-Selch later ordered the pair to tip the balance so the First could be absorbed into the Source during its eighth Umbral Calamity. The First's Warriors of Light defeated Loghrif and Mitron, killing Loghrif and unintentionally transforming Mitron into Eden, the first sin eater. Branded by the Warriors' leader Ardbert Hylfyst's strong desire to banish Darkness, Eden unleashed the Light inside of it, commencing a Flood of Light.
After her death, Loghrif's soul remained in the First and eventually reincarnated as a Eulmoran girl who would lose her memory as a result of the altered Mitron's influence, hence adopting the name of her past life as it was whispered to her: Gaia.
Characteristics[]
As a member of the Convocation of Fourteen, Loghrif is a title. Her true name is Gaia. The position of Loghrif the Pastor was for specialists in terrestrial life and animal husbandry, contrasting Mitron the Mariner's specialization in aquatic life.
Appearance[]
Loghrif's shard appears as a Highlander Hyuran woman with dark purple hair and blue eyes, wearing the Shadowless Casting Set.
Personality[]
Mitron often teased Loghrif about being forgetful. Loghrif loved Mitron, but due to her being sundered, her memories of their time together were forgotten and she hoped to make new memories with Mitron.
Gallery[]
Etymology[]
The title of "Loghrif" refers to the Scion of Light "Loghrif, the Transcendent" referred to in the profile of Belias from Final Fantasy XII.
Her given name is Gaia. Gaia or Gaea was the goddess or personification of Earth in ancient Greek religion, one of the Greek primordial deities. Gaia was the mother of all: the heavenly gods, the Titans and the Giants were born from her union with Uranus (the sky), while the sea-gods were born from her union with Pontus (the sea). The Greek word "γαῖα" (transliterated as gaia or gaea) is a collateral form of "γῆ" meaning Earth. Her equivalent in the Roman pantheon was named Gaea (Terra in more ancient documents). This is alluded to in Final Fantasy IX with the existence of Gaia's twin world.
The mythological name Gaia was revived in 1979 by James Lovelock, whose Gaia hypothesis proposes that living organisms and inorganic material are part of a dynamic system that shapes the Earth's biosphere, and maintains the Earth as a fit environment for life. In some Gaia theory approaches the Earth itself is viewed as an organism with self-regulatory functions. This theory is especially alluded to in the Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within take on Gaia as the planet's soul.