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Ahriman (Final Fantasy III)

Artwork by Yoshitaka Amano.

There is no escaping this evil eye. Once you have met its fearsome gaze, you will never be alone again. Even now I feel the loathsome eye on me. Always it is on me. Where is it? Where is it? Oh, sweet gods...!

Ahriman (アーリマン, Āriman?), also known as Veteran, Allemagne, or Evil Eye, is a recurring enemy from the Final Fantasy series after its debut as a boss in Final Fantasy III. They are often among the strongest enemies, though lesser varieties exist that are weaker. Ahriman are usually depicted as round yellow creatures with green or purple wings, large fang-filled mouths, thin tails, and a single large eye. They attack with Death spells and similar Instant Death attacks, like Petrify, Roulette and Doom. Other varieties of Ahriman are the Floating Eye, the Blood Eye, and the Plague Horror.

Appearances[]

Final Fantasy[]

Ahriman PSP

The Ahriman is a boss in the Dawn of Souls version. It appears to be a reference to Ahriman's original appearance in Final Fantasy III.

Final Fantasy III[]

Ahriman iOS

The Ahriman's debut appearance, it is one of the final bosses, appearing in the World of Darkness as the keeper of the Dark Earth Crystal.

Final Fantasy IV[]

FF4PSP Ahriman

The Ahriman (Fatal Eye on the SNES and Veteran on the PlayStation) is an enemy. The first battle features Cecil against three Floating Eyes. Cecil promptly dispatches them with a red Fang.

Ahriman is an enemy found in the Lunar Subterrane. Like most flying enemies he is weak to the Throw element, and can be easily dispatched using Rosa's arrows or Edge's shuriken.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years[]

Both the original Ahriman from Final Fantasy IV and the one from Final Fantasy III appear as enemies. After defeating the latter at the Depths of the True Moon, the party remarks it was not like any other Ahriman they fought before, indicating a difference between the two in power. Additionally, Floating Eye appears as a different type of Ahriman.

Final Fantasy VI[]

Veteran

Ahriman (also known as Veteran) is an enemy.

Final Fantasy VII[]

Allemagne FF7

Allemagne is an enemy found in the the final dungeon. They use L4 Death and L3 Flare, among other attacks. They are level 48 and so can be Manipulated into killing themselves with L4 Death.

Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-[]

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Different versions of Ahriman can be found, such as the regular Ahriman, Fly Eye, and Bat Eye.

Final Fantasy IX[]

Veteran is an enemy found in Ipsen's Castle and on the world map during disc 4.

Final Fantasy X[]

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The Ahriman is an enemy-type. It has different breeds and stats, ranging from low to high.

Final Fantasy X-2[]

Four types of the Ahriman appear:

It takes 10 kills to Oversoul this fiend type.

Sphere Break[]

Ahriman Coin
Silver Ahriman Coin
Gold Ahriman Coin
Coin No. 8 Coin Value 6
Trait Coin Count Echo
Location Win from the Practice Core Sphere or the Easy Core Sphere players in Luca Stadium.
Given x5 when entering the Sphere Break Tournament.

Final Fantasy X-2: Last Mission[]

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Final Fantasy XI[]

Ahriman 1 (FFXI)

The Ahriman is a monster family and part of the Demon ecosystem. They primarily inhabit the frozen Northlands, and are numerous in Castle Zvahl. The Ahriman genus has several subspecies with unique coloring.

Final Fantasy XII[]

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Ahriman appears in the Sochen Cave Palace as a storyline boss. Ahriman appears as a ghost, rather than a flying one-eyed demon, differing radically from past incarnations, though it maintains the yellow-and-purple color scheme and has a stylized eye emblem on its chest.

Final Fantasy XIII[]

FFXIII enemy Ahriman

The Ahriman is a member of the Spook species that can be summoned by Imps.

Final Fantasy XIII-2[]

No longer creatures found only through summoning, the Ahriman is located in the Yaschas Massif at -100 AF-. It has several negative status effects at its disposal, as part of its role as a Saboteur.

Final Fantasy XIV[]

Ahriman from FFXIV

The ahriman are a recurring type of enemy, a family of voidsent that can be encountered throughout the game. Ahriman are voidsent that have come from the void into Hydaelyn by possessing the eyes of animals and belong to the fifth rung of voidal hierarchy. They are proficient in earth magic and often possess a paralyzing gaze.

The common Ahriman is a high-level enemy encountered in the Bluefog region of Northern Thanalan.

Players can obtain an Ahriman mount by redeeming 6 Achievement Certificates to Jonathas in Old Gridania for a Voidal Resonator Voidal Resonator. A diminutive yellow Ahriman called "Beady Eye" can also be obtained by purchasing a Beady Eye Beady Eye for 2 Achievement Certificates. Originally these two rewards would be obtainable to those who had subscribed for at least three months as part of the Veterans Rewards.

Final Fantasy XV[]

Ahriman from FFXVRE

An Ahriman enemy was in introduced in the Windows and Royal Edition.

Fatal Roulette: Ahriman is a fishing lure fashioned after the recurring Ahriman enemy.

Final Fantasy XVI[]

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Final Fantasy Tactics[]

FFT-enemy-Ahriman

Ahriman is not just an enemy but a class that contains three species: Floating Eye, Ahriman, and Plague Horror.

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance[]

Ahriman

An Ahriman is a common enemy. A variant, the Floateye, can also be found.

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift[]

Ahriman-FFTA2

The Ahriman is both a monster class and a specific monster. The Floating Eye also appears as a separate monster class.

Crystal Defenders[]

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Ahriman is an enemy that appears in four different locations.

Final Fantasy Type-0[]

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Several Ahriman-type enemies appear, in the form of the Evil Eye, Bat Eye, Dark Eye and Floating Eye variants. The third variant of the Evil Eye is named Ahriman, a much stronger variant of the Evil Eye.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles[]

FFCC-Ahriman

Ahriman appears as an enemy in all cycles of the Mushroom Forest.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King[]

Ahriman appear as enemies in Denthe Bridge, Land of O'Kokuh, Simuth Hollows, and Shrine of Awakening.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord[]

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Ahriman appears as a monster that can be summoned by Mira. It is a ranged summon with Fast attack speed and a one slot cost to summon. Although its attack power is somewhat low, its ability to Guard artifacts, preventing the destruction of tower floors, and its Fast attack speed make Ahriman a very useful ranged monster to summon in packs.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time[]

Ahriman appears as a normal enemy. They usually fly just out of reach, so casting Gravity on them is a good strategy. Their special attack is a laser shot from the eye, which causes the stun status effect.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers[]

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Final Fantasy Dimensions[]

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Final Fantasy Dimensions II[]

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The Ahriman is a wind-elemental Eidolon. It can be obtained as a signet for Morrow to equip and teaches him the Thundaga abilities.

In addition, the Ahriman appears as a boss in Babil Tower's eighth floor and later as a normal enemy.

Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008)[]

A Ghost Card is named Ahriman, and bears the Player Icon of the Ahriman from Final Fantasy III. The Ahriman card is a Level 52 Cloud of Darkness that has the Purple Gem and Gnomish Bread to be won through Battlegen. The quote on the card, "None shall be able to stop it! You will never leave this place alive" is paraphrasing of what the Ahriman in Final Fantasy III says to the party before attacking.

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT[]

The Ahriman is a figure depicted on the Cloud of Darkness's Destructive Tentacles.

Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia[]

Once more, the Ahriman appears on the Cloud of Darkness's Destructive Tentacles (III), which is their EX weapon.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy series[]

Theatrhythm Ahriman

Ahriman appears as an enemy in various BMS and FMS with its original appearance from Final Fantasy III. It can appear in different colors aside from its default yellow form, including red, blue, green and grey.

Pictlogica Final Fantasy[]

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Ahriman from Final Fantasy IV appears as an enemy.

Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade[]

FFAB Ahriman

Ahriman appears as a boss inside Eureka. In battle, Ahriman uses Eyes On Me.

Final Fantasy All the Bravest[]

Ahriman ATB

The Ahriman appears as an enemy inside the South Figaro Forest. It uses Evil Eye and drops the Sun Blade.

Final Fantasy Record Keeper[]

The Final Fantasy III and Final Fantasy XII versions of the Ahriman appear as bosses in dungeons based on the same games, with attack patterns similar to those they used in their original games.

Ahrimans from IV, VI, VII, IX, and X-2 also appear as enemies in various dungeons from those games. The enemies are variably able to inflict Doom, Confusion, Petrify, or Instant Death with various attacks.

Final Fantasy Explorers[]

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Final Fantasy Brave Exvius[]

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Final Fantasy World Wide Words[]

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World of Final Fantasy[]

WoFF Ahriman

Ahriman are a type of Mirage from the Floating Eye group. They can be transfigured from an Floating Eye when they reach at least level 15 or switched to a Buer board after acquiring the Buer Memento.

Ahriman can be found in Saronia Docks and become imprismable by inflicting blindness on them.

Chocobo no Fushigina Dungeon[]

Ahriman Chocobo Dungeon

The Ahriman appears as an enemy.

Chocobo's Dungeon 2[]

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Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales[]

An Ahriman can be found in the Technolith and gives access to the microgame "Red Eye Rampage". In a nod to the source of the creature's name, the Ahriman says "Thank Zoroaster!" when the player agrees to opening the microgame.

Dice de Chocobo[]

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Final Fantasy Trading Card Game[]

Ahriman appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Wind- and Earth-elemental Monster cards. The Floateye, an Ahriman variant, also appears as a Wind-elemental Monster card.

Final Fantasy Portal App[]

Ahriman from Final Fantasy VI and Final Fantasy XIV appear as Triple Triad cards.

Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances[]

Other Square Enix titles[]

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The Ahriman card in Lord of Vermillion II.

The Ahriman has made cameo appearances in other Square Enix titles, referencing the recurring Final Fantasy enemy.

The Ahriman appears as a Gummi Ship model in the first Kingdom Hearts title. Despite its name, the ship's appearance did not resemble the recurring Final Fantasy enemy until the Final Mix version of the title.

The Ahriman has appeared in Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable as a chance card that allows the player to take an extra step depending on the previous roll.

In addition, the creature had appeared as a summon card in the defunct Japanese arcade title, Lord of Vermilion II.

Influences in other titles[]

Ahriman in Granblue Fantasy.

The popular Japanese browser game, Granblue Fantasy, features the Ahriman as a recurring boss for the "Unite and Fight" events. The game's design for the enemy is heavily inspired by the Final Fantasy enemy, being a floating round creature with bat-like wings and a single large eye. Depending on the event, the creature is either purple or yellow.

Granblue Fantasy borrows a majority of its influences from Final Fantasy, featuring several alumni from the series among its development staff.

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Etymology[]

Angra Mainyu in the Avestan language and Ahriman in Middle Persian is the Zoroastrian idea of the devil, meaning "destructive spirit".

The evil eye is a look that is believed by many cultures to be able to cause injury or bad luck for the person at whom it is directed for reasons of envy or dislike.

In early games, Ahriman was known as "Veteran". This may be a result of misinterpreting his Japanese name as "early man" (which would more likely be アーリーマン (ārī man?)). A veteran is a person with a long experience in a field, from Latin vetus, meaning "old".

In Final Fantasy VII, it is referred to as "Allemagne", the French word for Germany.

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