Cloud of Darkness

• Fought in Reisenjima Sanctorium for .
• Casts absorption Dark Magic and tier III Elemental Magic.
  • Later in the battle, she begins casting tier V spells and -ja spells.
• Iroha assists in the fight by casting Flare and Flare II repeatedly for about 700-800 damage. If Iroha dies, she will revive herself and rejoin the fight. There seems to be no limit on the amount of times she can revive herself.
• Iroha casts Arise on dead players, at which point Alter Egos can be resummoned. As a result, the only way to lose the fight is to run out of time. She must be in range of you (30"?) to cast so you can lose the fight if you die out of range of her.
• Uses Ceiling Rupture, dealing strong conal damage in front of her, tearing apart Alter egos in the AoE.
• Susceptible to Gravity and similar effects.
• Waning Vigor can do substantial damage (perhaps proportional to melee damage absorbed?)
• When its HP is below 25%, Waning Vigor will be replaced by a more powerful version called Expunge
• Begins absorbing damage after using Primordial Surge. The Gem on its head will glow red during this phase. Phase will end after using Waning Vigor.
• Regular melee attacks are magical in nature.
• Changes which elemental magics are used based on the weather in the area.

(see testimonials)

• Mewing Lullaby and TP Drainkiss are ineffective^[1]
• Periodically summons Volto Oscuro when using TP moves. These each emit a debilitating sphere effect to nearby players. More than one copy of a Volto Oscuro can appear at once. These adds may be slept.^[2][3]
  • Galka: Hand-to-Hand. Plague aura.
  • Hume: Great Katana. Magic Attack Down aura.
  • Tarutaru: Great Sword. Encumbrance aura.
  • Mithra: Katana. Avoidance Down aura.
  • Elvaan: Great Axe. Attack Down aura.

Cloud of Darkness is the final boss of the 1990 NES game Final Fantasy III. She is a malevolent force seeking to erase all of existence by manipulating the main antagonist into destroying all the crystals preventing her from manifesting.