Final Fantasy funeral procession for coronavirus victim draws hundreds for online goodbye【Video】 soranews24.com

A tearful farewell as the real-world pandemic creates a hole in Final Fantasy XIV’s online realm.
Though the remake of Final Fantasy VII just came out, Final Fantasy XIV, the franchise’s current online multiplayer iteration, is still going strong and connecting gamers worldwide.
After becoming infected with the coronavirus, Ferne’s human player succumbed to the disease.
The #FFXIV community lost one of their own to #COVID19 and had held a funeral march for the fallen player, Ferne Le… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… —Silver~Nexus (@SnNexus) April 12, 2020Following a discussion on Reddit, Ferne’s Final Fantasy friends organized a funeral procession in the player’s honor.
Mourners gathered in the desert city of Ul’dah on the game’s Zalera server, and were also joined by those who knew Ferne’s player from an alternate character, Poppy Rose, on the Coeur server.