Minisode: Literature Origins of the Four Fiends of Final Fantasy IV

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August 18, 201417m 3sExplicit

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Dante Travels with Virgil through the 9 circles of hell

Limbo
Lust
Gluttony
Greed
Anger
Herasy
Violence
Fraud
Treachery

The 8th circle is made up of Bolgias

Panderers and Seducers
Flatterers
Simoniacs
Sorcerers
Corrupt Poloticians
Hypocrites
Thieves
Fraudulant advisors
Sowers of Discord
Falsifiers

5th Bolgia

Corrupt poloticians, emersed in a lake of boiling tar - represents "sticky fingers"
Alichino (derived from Arlecchino, the harlequin)
Barbariccia ("Curly Beard")
Cagnazzo ("Nasty Dog)
Calcabrina (possibly "Grace Stomper")
Ciriatto ("Wild Hog")
Draghignazzo ("Big Nasty Dragon")
Farfarello (possibly "Goblin")
Graffiacane ("Dog Scratcher")
Libicocco (possibly "Libyan Hothead")
Malacoda, the leader ("Evil Tail"[1])
Rubicante (possibly "Red-faced Terror" and a reference to Cante de' Gabrielli, who as Podestà of Florencecondemned Dante to exile)
Scarmiglione (possibly "Trouble Maker")

And how they connect with Final Fantasy IV.

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