Around a third of the way into Final Fantasy 16, we see a scene where a box is delivered to Hugo Kupka, the Dominant of Titan. The contents of this package obviously leave him shaken and angry. What he saw is not explicitly revealed in FF16, but we can infer what affected him so deeply with the context clues given.
What’s in the box that Hugo Kupka opens in Final Fantasy 16?
It’s heavily inferred that the box delivered to Hugo Kupka in Final Fantasy 16 contains Benedikta’s head. Obviously, the news of her death would be enough to anger and upset him, but his behavior indicates that something more sinister has occurred and that the sender has disrespected him in some way.
Of course, this scene is a call back to the movie Seven, where John Doe (Kevin Spacey) has Detective Mills’ (Brad Pitt) wife’s head delivered to him in a box. In fact, Hugo is playing the part of Wrath, just as Mills did.
It’s ironic that Benedikta harbored no love for Hugo and was ordered to bed him by her lover, Barnabas Tharmr, King of Waloed. Despite this, Hugo considers her to be the love of his life and vows revenge on Cid.
The bigger mystery in Final Fantasy 16 is who delivered the box. Hugo’s attendant says the delivery man said that Cid paid him to do so. However, that doesn’t seem like something he would do. Cid might be roguish, but he respected Benedikta enough not to do something like that. We also see Cid and Clive walk away from her intact dead body. So, she had to be decapitated later if her head was in the box.
At the end of the scene question of who dismembered Benedikta and sent her head to Hugo in FF16 remains an enigma. Despite the delivery man’s claim, many clues point away from Cid’s involvement. A third party interested in inciting a conflict between Cid and Hugo seems a more plausible culprit. The sheer cruelty of this act points towards a hidden enemy with an intricate plan in motion (like a certain someone’s mother), adding another layer of mystery to Final Fantasy 16’s gripping narrative.
