At the end of the dream… even chaos tears itself apart!

—Chaos

 

 

Chaos: “I was having a long dream– in the midst of disorder…”

Garland: “So you are awake. What kind of dream was it?”

Chaos: “Hmph… It was ridiculous. Cosmos and I were governing the world together.”

Garland: “…! That’s–“

Chaos: “Laughable, is it not? In that world, I was a god that suppressed disorder. But strangely, the images are still vivid in my eyes… All the people smiling…the warmth of the days I spent with Cosmos… For one who has lost all memory, why did the dream have to be so cruel?”

Long ago, on World B, Chaos reigned with Cosmos. Cid of the Lufaine’s created Cosmos to balance the more violent nature of Chaos. However, Garland arrived to World B in order to sow discord in an endless cycle of war. Yet, Garland is Chaos.

Garland: “Chaos…if this is to be our final battle, there is something I must share with you. That this conflict, which has endlessly repeated itself, is according to the Great Will. And I am the one who has made this world the battleground for harmony and disorder. You had no memory, so I guided you in accordance to the Great Will’s wish.”

Chaos: “It was just as I thought… You were the beginning.”

Garland: “No, Chaos…For myself…you are the beginning. Before the Great Will led me to this realm, when I was on the edge of death, it was you who sent me two thousand years into the past. You are me… and I…am you.”

How can this be possible? Wasn’t he a “perfect”, rather complete, manikin created by Cid 2000 years ago? Then how can Garland be him? We don’t have any indication that Garland is a manikin.

 

Of course, the Chaos in Final Fantasy is not the same Chaos in World B. He happens to be based on the Chaos in World A. This may have been Garland’s mistake in reasoning.