You're wrong. I am one who was given a purpose by the gods, and I intend to see it through. [He brought his right hand close to his chest, again curled loosely into a fist.]

I am what the people of Lucis-...no, what all the people of Eos need of me, long before I am a human. I am Ardyn Lucis Caelum, king of light that will bring dawn to a world where no one has to live in fear of the darkness and daemons. No matter what happens to me, no matter what it costs, I will not allow myself to give in.