| rdfs:comment | - Ark seems to be Terra's equivalent to Gaia's Alexander, their elements mirroring each other: Ark is Shadow-elemental, Alexander Holy-elemental; both are mechanical in nature, being feared as ancient weapons and summons, with Alexander being an immobile megalithic fortress, while Ark takes a form similar to an airship; they share the theme of Heaven and Earth, Ark being airborne and Alexander being earthbound; both represent their respective worlds of origin and their names relate to a theme of judgment and punishment, with Alexander known for his attack, Divine Judgment, while Ark's original attack name in Japanese was Dark Fate.
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| abstract | - Ark seems to be Terra's equivalent to Gaia's Alexander, their elements mirroring each other: Ark is Shadow-elemental, Alexander Holy-elemental; both are mechanical in nature, being feared as ancient weapons and summons, with Alexander being an immobile megalithic fortress, while Ark takes a form similar to an airship; they share the theme of Heaven and Earth, Ark being airborne and Alexander being earthbound; both represent their respective worlds of origin and their names relate to a theme of judgment and punishment, with Alexander known for his attack, Divine Judgment, while Ark's original attack name in Japanese was Dark Fate. When equipping Dagger with a Pumice she can learn to summon Ark for 100 AP. The party can locate two Pumice Pieces, which can be forged into Pumice by Hades at his Synthesis Shop in Memoria. Pumice can also be received by beating Ozma, the most powerful enemy in the game. When summoned, Ark departs from the red moon of Terra, and transforms. A hovering Ark targets the enemy with a laser glyph before firing a salvo of explosive lasers from its wings to scorch the battlefield, and finishes off by readying a larger laser whose impact can be seen from space. Its attack is called Eternal Darkness , which deals Shadow-elemental damage to all enemies. Ark has the longest summon animation—the full attack is almost two minutes, and the short animation is longer than most summons' long animations. Ark's spell power is equal to 106 plus the total number of Lapis Lazulis in the party's inventory. (See Summon (Final Fantasy IX)#Mechanics for damage formulae.) If Ark is added to Dagger's roster of summons since the beginning of the game via a cheating device, it would originally cost 320 MP to summon, before she has her eidolons extracted. Its normal cost is 80 MP.
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