[Hundreds of Final Fantasy 14 players have paid their respects to Kentaro Miura, author of the manga "Berserk," who died at the age of 54. The players have all classified themselves as Dark Knight, a character heavily influenced by "Berserk," and many characters are posing with their swords on the ground.

Players from servers such as Balmung, Cactuar, Leviathan, and Midgardsormr have joined in, and players from many other servers report that people are flocking to honor Miura. twitter user @ localhyurzen posted a video showing so many people lined up on the Balmung server that the game could not load everyone at once. When I went to check out the other parts of the game, they wouldn't let me go back to the main part for a while because it was so crowded."

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This is a striking tribute to Miura and a way for the community to come together to mourn and celebrate his life and work; Redditors report that Leviathan players were handing out pretzels and campfires to those in line.

Kentaro Miura died of acute aortic dissection on May 6. The editorial board of the magazine Young Animal announced Miura's passing earlier today on the official Berserk Twitter account, tweeting in machine translation, "We would like to express our utmost respect and gratitude."