Nael van Darnus (ネール・ヴァン・ダーナス, Nēru van Dānasu?), also known as The White Raven (白銀の凶鳥, Hakugin no Magatori?, lit. The Silver Harbinger of Birds), is the main antagonist of the original Final Fantasy XIV storyline. The Legatus of the VIIth Legion dispatched to the western front, he boasts a distinguished parentage in his late father, a founding figure of the Garlean Empire, and a descendent of the Allagans. He carries a gunhalberd named Bradamante, said to be named after a warrior maiden he had killed.