Veritas

The Veritas are the six armored villains of Final Fantasy Resonance, the Sworn Six: the Veritas of the Dark, the Heavens, the Waters, the Flame, the Earth and the Light. The Veritas of the Dark shatters Grandshelt's Earth Crystal in the opening hours and the party fights the Sworn Six across all eight chapters.

0:34 The Veritas are the villains of Final Fantasy Resonance: six armored warriors called the Sworn Six, each named for an element (the Veritas of the Dark, the Heavens, the Waters, the Flame, the Earth and the Light). Square Enix's announce trailer introduces their leader as "a mysterious warrior driven by revenge and shrouded in darkness" who "seeks to shatter the eight crystals that sustain this world", over a dark armored figure walking through flames. In the story's first hours the Veritas of the Dark beats Rain and Lasswell at the Earth Shrine, destroys the Earth Crystal and attacks the Kingdom of Grandshelt, which sets the whole journey of Final Fantasy Resonance in motion. Like the heroes, they come from the first season of the mobile game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius (Brave Exvius Connection).

A pixel-art throne hall with red banners and burning braziers: six large armored figures line the top of a wide stair while two figures seen from behind, one with blond hair, stand at the bottom. — Six armored figures in gold, purple and silver stand at the top of a staircase in a torch-lit red hall, facing a blond hero and a dark-haired companion below in an official Steam store screenshot of Final Fantasy Resonance. Square Enix

Quick facts

Group	The Sworn Six of Paladia (Pocket Tactics, Oct 20, 2026)
Members	6: Dark, Heavens, Waters, Flame, Earth, Light
Goal (Square Enix)	Destroy all the Crystals
First seen	The Earth Shrine, Chapter 1
Named in press	Aether (Heavens), Umbra (Dark, per PSU)
Recurring story bosses	Across Chapters 1 to 7 (RPG Site walkthrough)

The Sworn Six and their voice actors

Square Enix revealed the six in three batches before launch, each with an English and a Japanese voice actor. The titles below are Square Enix's; the descriptions summarize its profiles as RPG Site reported them.

Veritas	English voice	Japanese voice	Square Enix's profile
Veritas of the Dark	Ian Sinclair	Akio Otsuka	The armored man who destroys the Earth Crystal, attacks Grandshelt and schemes to annihilate all the Crystals
Veritas of the Heavens	Ricco Fajardo	Show Hayami	Fights with a lance and wind techniques
Veritas of the Waters	Colleen Clinkenbeard	Kana Hanazawa	Arrogant and ruthless, with powerful water magic
Veritas of the Flame	Paul St. Peter	Kenta Miyake	Nearly impervious, wields an axe
Veritas of the Earth	Kieran Flitton	Yuichi Nakamura	Honor-bound and craving strong opponents, with a huge shield and earth magic
Veritas of the Light	Morgan Berry	Yoshino Nanjo	Capricious and volatile, with light attacks and gauntlet-mounted cannons

Sources: RPG Site, Jun 13, 2026 (Dark), Jul 17, 2026 (Heavens, Waters) and Aug 24, 2026 (Flame, Earth, Light).

0:27 Square Enix's Tokyo Game Show trailer shows armored figures in a red, torch-lit hall while a voice says "The Sworn Six will sacrifice and forsake all to achieve their long-sought goal." Reviewers agree the group is more than a set of bosses: Shacknews writes that their motive is "not purely evil" and that a theme of honor runs through the story, and GamingTrend notes that much of their side of the plot comes through flashbacks and meetings of the six villains.

Where the Veritas are fought

Spoilers for Chapters 1 to 7 follow.

The Veritas of the Dark. PSU's review names the armored man at the Earth Shrine Umbra, leader of the Sworn Six; Square Enix's own materials call him only the Veritas of the Dark. RPG Site's walkthrough lists a fight with Umbra on the second floor of Grandshelt Castle in Chapter 1 that "you'll lose after a few turns", so spend nothing on it, and a real fight in the Wandering Lands in Chapter 7, where he is weak to Light and drops the Demon's Ring (RPG Site, Oct 22, 2026).

The Veritas of the Heavens. The Outerhaven names him Aether; his ultimate is Heavenly Wind. He is the boss of the Wind Shrine at the end of the Dirnado section in Chapter 2: Game8 lists him at level 18 with 34,000 HP and weak to Ice, and advises giving everyone but Lasswell an Ice Vision (Tronn, Terra or Noctis) and killing his summoned minions fast. He drops the Sylph's Tiara, and returns on the world map in Chapter 7, still weak to Ice, dropping Wind Scroll II (RPG Site).

The other four. As of Oct 25, 2026, no press source Vi.ki may cite gives the personal names of the Veritas of the Waters, the Flame, the Earth or the Light. RPG Site's walkthrough names four more recurring story bosses but does not say which Veritas each one is, and Vi.ki does not guess:

Boss	Fought (RPG Site)	Weakness	Notes
Alluvion	Chapter 3, Water Shrine; Chapter 7, Mt. Reizan	Lightning	Game8: level 26, 48,000 HP; destroy the Prism Cores first; drops the Azure Amulet
Ignis	Chapter 4, Weapons Factory (two event fights you cannot win, then the real one); Chapter 7, Mt. Reizan	Water	Game8: level 27, 56,000 HP; Carbuncle reflects his Firaga
Tellus	Chapter 5, Nameless Ruins (ends before you can win) and Fina's Psyche; Chapter 7, Forest Path	Wind	Drops the Golem Core, then Earth Scroll II
Lux	Chapter 6, Rugged Mountain Pass	Dark	Drops the Halo Ring

Sources: RPG Site walkthrough, Oct 22, 2026; Game8 boss list, read Oct 25, 2026. Every boss's strategy is on Bosses and in the chapter walkthroughs (Walkthrough).

0:00 The launch trailer opens on a close-up of an armored helm as the narrator says an ancient force "threatens the eight crystals" and a voice warns "All that you hold dear will be wiped away." PSU adds that the Sworn Six's motives stay a mystery for most of the game, with hints that what the heroes believe about their world is false, and Shacknews says Fina's forgotten past connects to them. What the Veritas want, and who leads them in the end, is told in Story.

The woman who hunts the Veritas of the Dark

Square Enix's cast list includes a woman it names only "??????": "bound by a deep enmity" to the Veritas of the Dark, she travels with Bahamut and mostly uses offensive magic, and teases Rain behind a playful front. Corey Pettit voices her in English and Inori Minase in Japanese (RPG Site, Jun 13, 2026). Her name is not given in any source Vi.ki cites as of Oct 25, 2026. The party and the other key people are on Characters.

Frequently asked questions

Who are the Veritas in Final Fantasy Resonance? The Veritas are the Sworn Six, the six armored villains of Final Fantasy Resonance: the Veritas of the Dark, the Heavens, the Waters, the Flame, the Earth and the Light. The Veritas of the Dark destroys the Earth Crystal in Chapter 1, and the group's goal, in Square Enix's words, is to annihilate all the Crystals.

Who is the Veritas of the Dark in Final Fantasy Resonance? He is the armored leader of the Sworn Six, voiced by Ian Sinclair in English and Akio Otsuka in Japanese. PSU's review names him Umbra; Square Enix's own materials use only his title.

Can you beat the Veritas of the Dark in Chapter 1 of Final Fantasy Resonance? No. RPG Site's walkthrough says the Chapter 1 fight at Grandshelt Castle ends in a scripted loss after a few turns, so do not spend items or MP on it. You fight him for real in Chapter 7, where he is weak to Light.

What is Aether weak to in Final Fantasy Resonance? Aether, the Veritas of the Heavens, is weak to Ice. Game8 lists him at level 18 with 34,000 HP at the Wind Shrine in Chapter 2.

Who voices the Veritas in Final Fantasy Resonance? In English: Ian Sinclair (Dark), Ricco Fajardo (Heavens), Colleen Clinkenbeard (Waters), Paul St. Peter (Flame), Kieran Flitton (Earth) and Morgan Berry (Light). In Japanese: Akio Otsuka, Show Hayami, Kana Hanazawa, Kenta Miyake, Yuichi Nakamura and Yoshino Nanjo, in the same order.