[His skin took on that pallid gray again, a black corruption overtaking his face, and when Ardyn next spoke there was an ethereal growl undercutting his words that was markedly inhuman.]

...'Ardyn Lucis Caelum' wouldn't have murdered an innocent girl because she was trying to save the world. The King of Light wouldn't have killed a girl because she held back the Starscourge.

[And when he met Church's eyes again...Ardyn's eyes were yellow framed by solid black, tangible shadow staining pallid skin made worse by the snarl of frustration he wore.]

If I don't know what I am, how could you ever claim to know Ardyn Lucis Caelum even still exists?