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"Vermilion Fire" (朱雀の炎, Suzaku no Honō?, lit. Vermilion Bird's Fire) is the final boss theme of Final Fantasy Type-0. It was composed by Takeharu Ishimoto and arranged by Kentaro Sato, with the lyrics written by Team Zero and translated into Latin by Dr. Robert Zaslavsky.

It is an orchestral theme with a Latin chorus mixed with the tunes from the main theme of the game, "The Beginning of the End".

Lyrics[]

No official lyrics for "Vermilion Fire" were released but it shares some of the lyrics from "The Beginning of the End".

Latin
Currite, Bellatores Rubri
Pugnate, Bellatores Rubri
Finis, Finis Ages
Nonne auditis clamores vitarum evanescentium?
Resurget
Finis Ages, Finis Ages
Currite, Bellatores Rubri
Pugnate, Bellatores Rubri
Finis Ages
Expergismini
Bellatores Rubri
Expergiscimini
Finis Ages
Bellatores Rubri
Currite, Bellatores Rubri
Donec animi dati matre exstinguant
Currite, Bellatores Rubri (Bellatores)
Donec animi dati matre exstinguant
Pugnate!
Unofficial English translation
Hurry, Warriors of Rubrum
Fight, Warriors of Rubrum
The End, Time of the End
Do you not hear the cries of fleeting lives?
Arise!
Time of The End
Hurry, Warriors of Rubrum
Fight, Warriors of Rubrum
Time of the End
Awake!
Warriors of Rubrum
Awake!
Time of The End
Warriors of Rubrum!
Hurry, Warriors of Rubrum
As the souls given to you by Mother start to expire.
Hurry, Warriors of Rubrum (Warriors)
As the souls given to you by Mother start to expire.
Fight!

Game appearances[]

Final Fantasy Type-0[]

"Vermilion Fire" is played during the final battle against the Rursan Arbiter.

Various tracks of the game are incorporated into the piece; "Tempus Finis" (0:00), "Rem Tokimiya" (0:30), "Wings of Fire" (0:54), "Machina Kunagiri" (1:19), and "The Beginning of the End" (1:42).

The theme appears on Final Fantasy Type-0: Original Soundtrack, Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Composer Selections Soundtrack, The Best of Final Fantasy Type-0 HD & Final Fantasy Agito, and Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Original Soundtrack.

Final Fantasy XV[]

"Vermilion Fire" is the seventh track of Memories of FF TYPE-0, purchasable from Altissia for 1000 gil. It can be played in the music player.

Dissidia Final Fantasy NT[]

"Vermilion Fire" was a reward from winning “Battle of the Gods – Act 1” (Oct. 2016).

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call[]

"Vermilion Fire" appears as a Battle Music Sequence for Final Fantasy Type-0.

Etymology[]

The Vermilion Bird is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. According to Wu Xing, the Taoist five-elemental system, it represents the fire-element, the direction south, and the season summer, correspondingly. Thus it is sometimes called the Vermilion Bird of the South.

It is known as Zhuque (Joo-choo-eh) in Chinese, Suzaku in Japanese, Jujak in Korean, and Chu Tước in Vietnamese. It is described as a red bird that resembles a pheasant (also dubbed as either a sparrow or a peafowl) with a five-colored plumage and is perpetually covered in flames, though it is not to be confused for a phoenix.

Fire is the rapid oxidation of a material in the exothermic chemical process of combustion, releasing heat, light, and various reaction products.

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