Cloud of Darkness

The Cloud of Darkness is the overarching antagonist and final boss of Final Fantasy III. Her goal is to cause a flood of darkness to reduce the world to nothingness. Dissidia Final Fantasy characterizes her as cruel and condescending, having a disregard for human life. In Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy she dislikes the arrival of the manikins in the cycle, feeling they are a foreign presence that disrupts the order of the cycle. She tells Laguna where the manikins are coming from to see how he handles the information, and is intrigued when he and his allies choose to track it down and close the portal knowing it will cost them their lives. Though the Cloud of Darkness is aware of the other antagonists' schemes to end the cycle and seize power for themselves, she does not care, as she is an emissary of The Void and thus believes all will be consumed regardless of their actions. Both Final Fantasy III and Dissidia Final Fantasy present the Cloud of Darkness as a timeless, eternal entity who will always exist to consume the world; defeating her merely sends her into sleep to recover her power and awaken at a later date.