Thread:BGMaxie/@comment-5916303-20160828215710/@comment-4800771-20160902210038

I read up on Exdeath. I don't think we should not put him as inspiration for Esdeath. You just picking and overgeneralizing details. You want specific details because you are going to get into an edit war due to these details being extremely vague, subjective, and debateable.

Exdeath and Esdeath's ambitions are different. Esdeath just wants to fight. Exdeath wants to eliminate existence and eventual himself. Esdeath treats her comrades differently than Exdeath. Esdeath rewards them with money in order to motivate them to fight harder. Exdeath sees comrades as sacrificial pawns or kills them for failure. Same for enemies. Esdeath will spare her enemies so they can get stronger to fight her again. She doesn't kill her comrades for failure. Exdeath slaughters his enemies without mercy. Exdeath has no similar powers with Esdeath. Their personalities are not that similar. Exdeath does not understand love while Esdeath looks for love with a set of specific conditions which led to Tatsumi.

In the end, it's still speculation and the best thing is either confirmation from the author or guide book.

Edit:

Spoiling myself on Final Fantasy here since I plan to play the video games. I never played them except Lightning and Terra's game which I never finished.