RECOLLE REGAIN REGISTRY.

[daemonized]

REGAIN REGISTRY

ARDYN IZUNIA

memories

(2/7) Remembers certain daemons; iron giant, tonberry, and thunder bomb specifically.
(A few days after 2/14) Remembers being on a train, with icy cold snow blowing through it, and the figure of someone stumbling towards him. He can't quite make out the face, however. He remembers that the cold didn't seem to affect him very much.
(approx. 3/15) Ardyn remembers that he used to travel and heal many people suffering from some (unremembered) affliction. He remembers that he utilized healing powers in order to do so.
(3/21) Ardyn remembers the monsters called behemoths existing.
(4/1) Remembering what his canon outfit looked like.
(5/27) Chocobos existed in his world.
(6/2) Once owning a black chocobo.
(6/20) Ardyn remembers that daemons existed, that they had once been people transformed into them by the sickness he once healed. (A previous memory he had.) The monsters he recollected before (the ones that fall under the category of daemon), he will now remember are daemons.
(6/21) This moment right here. Specifically, staying at a caravan overnight in the country, speaking to Prompto (and some other people he can't remember) about gods and their relationship with mankind. Being super theatrical about it, too; he remembers a bit of irony in his words, but he can't recall why.
(7/23) Ardyn remembers Ifrit and various details about him; most prominently, that he was a god called an "Astral", and that he hated mankind.
(8/13) He remembers what cactuars are.
(8/13) He recalls the tune of the victory fanfare.
(8/13) He remembers a man, but only his appearance and personality. All other details are vague and obfuscated.
(9/1) The state of the throne room in the Citadel, after ten years of darkness has descended on Eos.
(9/1) Meeting Noctis and co. at Galdin Quay. Remembers only the faces of Noctis and Prompto.
(9/6) His name was Ardyn Lucis Caelum.
(Early October) Magitek Troopers were clones of a single person, then twisted by daemonification into soulless soldiers.
(Mid-October) The setting of Zegnautus Keep. Basically some of the events of Chapter 13, which will include remembering the way the building looked, the daemons that were released within it, and also the fact that he was on the PA system, making snide remarks to someone who was making their way through it.
(Mid-December) Ardyn remembers being the one to have called Ifrit down, for the sake of fighting against Noctis, Prompto, and two other faces he cannot remember.
(Late December) Ardyn remembers the astral Ramuh.
(Mid-January) Remembers the whole of his first encounter with Prompto in the MT Facility.
(Mid-January) Remembers being the one to throw his world into darkness for ten years, allowing daemons to run amok.
(2/28) He remembers that he could use elemental magic by absorbing it through the environment. That he could "store" this magic in flasks to use for later. (Or throw at people to make their lives difficult.)
(2/28) Ardyn will remember that he was the Chancellor of Niflheim, and that Niflheim was the name of the Empire that was at war with Lucis.
(3/05) That he was more of a daemon than a man, twisted into something inhuman by the Starscourge. Knowing that, for all intents and purposes, he was the Starscourge, and could control its influence accordingly.
(04/01) Ardyn remembers the Ring of the Lucii, its history, and all that it could do. Remembers that Noctis also wielded it at some point.
(5/01) Ardyn remembers that moogles existed in his world -- or rather, they existed as mascots and dolls, not actual living creatures.
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abilities

HEALING - Ability to heal the Starscourge (probably useless, given the setting), and also can heal injuries and sicknesses that are not too severe/fatal.
HAMMERSPACE MAGIC - Regained the ability to store up to ten items an unlimited amount of items in his magical hammerspace. Can summon and dismiss at will.
SWORDFIGHTING - Ardyn knows how to fight with swords! And decently, too.
WARP/PHASE MAGIC - Can warp limited distances, can phase through solid objects (as long as they're not plot-related, like the Retrospec building, etc.) Currently struggling to control these abilities.
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items

His personal sword.
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appearance

(10/12) Red-violet hair.
(10/12) Bright amber/gold eyes.
(10/12) More muscular body.
(04/01) Faded scarring across his chest, torso, and back. Some are long and looked like they had been deep, but also old and healed.

world

crow's nest diner/fast food chain for the city of recolle and all this entails. (locations, specialty foods, employees, the mascot, corporation facilities, advertisement, etc.)
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Comments

regains to aim for!

[daemonized]

memory regain list.
(sorted from “oh that’s not so bad” to “holy shit I’m an FF villain”)

chocobos existed in his world

he used to own a black chocobo

the city of Insomnia existing (the Citadel, as a result)

the car he used to drive

camping out with Noct & gang for the one night

introducing himself as “Ardyn Izunia” to Noct & gang

remembering that the astrals are a thing (Bahamut, Ramuh, Titan, Leviathan, Shiva, Ifrit)

remembering his Armiger/phasing abilities (linked to actually regaining these abilities maybe)

switching appearances with Prompto

the throne room scene in Kingsglaive

the siege of Insomnia

various parts of the train sequence (or its entirety), hitting someone on the head with the butt of a gun??

he used to be a ruler/king of some sort

”Ardyn Lucis Caelum” being his real name

summoned down Ifrit for the sake of definitely killing some people

being a condescending asshole over the PA system during Zegnautus keep

the existence of MTs and how they are made

what the Starscourge is — that daemons are people that have been affected by the Starscourge

that he was healing people from the Starscourge, and this made him “unclean” in the eyes of the astrals

betrayed by his family and stripped of his title. (headcanon: they probably tried to execute him. it failed because…)

he was immortal!

putting Noctis in a Crystal for ten years

killing Lunafreya

….killing Ravus

turning the Emperor into a daemon

turning Ravus into a daemon

remembering the faces of his castmates??? example: remembering Prompto as Prompto, and not just some faceless individual

using the Starscourge to delve the world into darkness for 10 years (still not known as the Starscourge by name)

remembering his daemonic-based abilities (linked to regaining these abilities)

being filled with equal parts hate, spite, and sorrow. the injury wrought on his humanity thanks to his immortality

that his motivation for all of this was revenge against the astrals and his own family line

that his role as the Usurper was part of the Prophecy and therefore he decided to adhere to destiny, if it was so keen on making him a monster/villain

(and as a result, that he wanted to make Noct the True King just so he could die)

the final boss fight, and the fact that he died but still accomplished ending the Lucis Caelum line as a result

item regain list.

eventually the entirety of his canon outfit

his wing pauldron... thing

his sword

an oracle ascension coin

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ability regain list.

healing powers

warp/phasing powers

Armiger powers/summoning items/weapons

generalized combat skills

increased strength/durability

elemental magic manipulation

time manipulation

"shapeshifting"/illusion abilities

using daemonic power to incapacitate others, to buff his melee attacks

immortality, giving him back his starscourge proper and all that entails LOL all of these are going to cost a million points

physical regain list.

brighter gold eyes

red-violet hair