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{{nihongo|'''Exdeath'''|エクスデス|Ekusudesu|lead=yes}} is a character introduced in the 1992 [[Square Enix]] [[role-playing video game]] ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'', serving as the game's antagonist. Created by [[Hironobu Sakaguchi]], the [[warlock]] Exdeath is a sentient tree that has taken on a humanoid form, seeking to control the power of the Void. While he
Since Exdeath's debut, he has been the subject of significant commentary, with many being mixed as to his role. Though some praised his role in the games, he has also been criticized for being a straightforwardly evil villain. He has also been subject to literary analysis, examining the themes of the character in the context of mankind's misuse of the environment and the use of horror within the franchise.
▲Since Exdeath's debut, he has been the subject of significant commentary, with many being mixed as to his role. Though some praised his role in the games, he has also been criticized for being a straightforwardly evil villain. He has also been subject to literary analysis, examining the themes of the character in the context of mankind's misuse of the environment and the use of horror within the franchise.
==Appearances==
As introduced in the 1992 role playing game ''Final Fantasy V'', Exdeath was originally a tree which the people of that world had used to seal countless demons and evil spirits in for centuries, until eventually the tree developed sentience from all the evil it had contained and assumed a humanoid form. Emerging as a powerful [[warlock]], Exdeath was defeated 30 years prior to the events of the game, and sealed in a parallel world by its four elemental crystals.<ref name="Twenty01Exdeath">{{cite book |title= Final Fantasy 20th Anniversary Ultimania |volume= 1: Character |date= 31 January 2008 |editor= [[Studio BentStuff]] |publisher= [[Square Enix]] |location= Japan |language= ja |isbn= 9784757522060 |page=140}}</ref> However, at the start of the game, society's overreliance on energy from the crystals has weakened the seal, and despite the efforts of the protagonist, he eventually frees himself and returns to his own world with the heroes in pursuit.<ref name="remoiville2"/>
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