Ah, void-made horrors beyond my comprehension!

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An edited image of a zone in Final Fantasy 14 with the protagonist of The Backrooms movie imposed over it.
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Final Fantasy 14′s latest patch has dropped, and it’s introduced the North Horn—the next and final step in this expansion’s “exploration zone”, which has been a much-needed boon to the feeling of jolly cooperation I’m trying to get out of an MMO. This expansion is an entirely new map, filled with new Phantom Jobs to level up, critical engagements to grind, and carrots to discover.

It’s also got a horrifying milk dimension tucked under it. You know. A normal thing that FF14 zones usually have.

Tucked away in the center of the map, and only accessible through a series of winding, sloped tunnels guarded by high-level mobs (I had to use my Ninja’s sneak ability to get in), the aptly-named “dark territory” is flush with enemies I’m nowhere near enough of a grinding freak to solo yet.

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I was, however, able to get a few screenshots before I forgot I didn’t have sneak on and was subsequently merked—and in the murky depths we can clearly see horrifying, arm-swarmed structures reaching out into the inky blackness.

Screenshots of the Dark Territory zone in Final Fantasy 14.
Image credit: Square Enix
Screenshots of the Dark Territory zone in Final Fantasy 14.
Image credit: Square Enix
Screenshots of the Dark Territory zone in Final Fantasy 14.
Image credit: Square Enix
Screenshots of the Dark Territory zone in Final Fantasy 14.
Image credit: Square Enix
Screenshots of the Dark Territory zone in Final Fantasy 14.
Image credit: Square Enix
Screenshots of the Dark Territory zone in Final Fantasy 14.
Image credit: Square Enix

The actual lore of the zone, shared here courtesy of ffxivcollect, is neat as heck, too: “Far beneath the unhallowed hamlet lies a space steeped in Darkness. Claimed as a domain by vicious voidsent, the area suffers from the corrupting influence of another realm, its structures and even the very ground eroded into an unknown substance.You may like

“It should be noted that, for voidsent, the term ‘