Today, it is my sad duty to tell you that voting
for the top 100 Final Fantasy characters has CLOSED! After calculating hundreds
of votes, I know who the top hundred are. Some I’m stunned made the list, other
are kinda standard to any top FF character list, and it has been a lot of fun
doing this.
Anyway, next week I reveal who got positions 100 to
91, but before then, I’m gonna do some honourable mentions, or, the characters
I did some work on but in the end they didn’t make the list and I don’t wanna
waste my work, but honourable mentions is easier to say. These dozen just
missed out (sorry guys):
Angeal Hewley
(Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-)
"Embrace your
dreams. If you want to be a hero you need to have dreams... and honor."
The original Buster Sword owner. Angeal was created
during Project Gillian, a branch of the Jenova project, when Gillian Hewley was
injected with Jenova cells. Angeal grew up in Banora village with his friend
Genesis Rhapsodos, another Project G experiment. Years later, he becomes
SOLDIER 1st Class, and Zack’s mentor. The man who raised him gave
him the Buster Sword, which he rarely used to avoid wear, tear and rust. Angeal
is the one who has Zack promoted to SOLDIER 1st Class. When Angeal
thinks he’s become a monster, he believes he’s lost his honour, despite what
Zack tells him.
Tellah (Final
Fantasy IV)
"You spoony
bard!"
What the hell kind of insult is “spoony bard”?
Tellah is amazingly not the oldest character in Final Fantasy IV, and the speaker
of one of Final Fantasy’s most famous quotes. When Tellah’s daughter Anna runs
away with Prince Edward of Damcyan, Tellah pursues them. He teams up with Cecil
and Rydia in the Underground Waterway, who help him reach Damcyan.
Unfortunately, the Red Wings got there first, stole the Crystal of Fire,
destroyed the city and attacked the inhabitants. Tellah blamed Edward until
Anna explained it was Golbez’s doing. Tellah swore revenge, and started looking
for the spell Meteor.
Luneth (Final
Fantasy III)
"We
won't let you! Not if we have anything to say about it!"
You sure don’t look like an Onion Knight. Luneth is
the main character of Final Fantasy III, but only in the DS remake. As a child,
Luneth lived with his parents on the surface world. Unfortunately, while on a
flight on Cid’s airship, they crashed into the Floating Continent. Luneth’s
parents were killed on impact, but Cid and Luneth (as well as Arc, Refia and
Ingus) survived. Cid gave him to Topapa to be raised. At the start of the game,
Luneth is exploring a cave when he accidentally finds the Wind Crystal, which
names him a Warrior of Light.
Please note: This is
the only Final Fantasy III write-up I did. Sorry FFIII fans.
Brother (Final
Fantasy X)
""Disasterrific"
is not a word! Say "disastrous" like the rest of Spira!"
You’re a leader? You are kidding me right? Brother
is Rikku’s brother and Yuna’s cousin, and a non-playable character. In Final
Fantasy X, his role is fairly minor. He first appears on the Al Bhed savage
ship that rescues Tidus from the Baaj Temple ruins. He then appears in
Macalania when he unleashes some machina to seal the party’s magic and aeons.
After this, he is the one to pilot the airship. In Final Fantasy X-2, his role
becomes more major. He has become the leader of The Gullwings, a group of
sphere hunters which Yuna is a part of.
Paddra Nsu-Yeul
(Final Fantasy XIII-2)
"If you change
the future, you change the past. You can remold history as your heart
desires."
Jesus ain’t got shit on her. Yeul is a seer
priestess with the Eyes of Etro, giving her the ability to see visions of the
future. However, they are also a curse, as they shorten the owner’s life,
though she will be reborn. When she predicted the destruction of the nation of
Paddra, it caused a civil war and destroyed the city, like she predicted.
Because of this, she cast off her crown and title. Throughout the game, she
helps Serah and Noel try and fix the timeline, though it’s almost always a
different Yeul each time they meet her.
Gippal (Final
Fantasy X-2)
"Dig to your
heart's content."
I thought Paine was the only noteworthy character
from Final Fantasy X-2. Gippal always wanted to be a Crusader, but they
wouldn’t recruit him because of his Al Bhed heritage. When he heard about the
Crimson Squad taking all comers, he joined them. He quickly made friends with
his team-mates Nooj and Baralai, as well as their recorder Paine. When on their
final mission to the Den of Woe, Shuyin possessed all of them, and it was only
by Paine interfering that they lowered their guns. Later when they had escaped,
Nooj, who was still possessed, shot the other three.
Jenova (Final
Fantasy VII)
"Beacause‚ you
are... a puppet."
Aliens? I thought this was Final Fantasy, not Final
Sci-Fi. Jenova is an alien who invaded The Planet about two thousand years
before the events of the game. It began killing all the Cetra while the humans
hid. However, the Cetra fought back and drove it to the North Crater (where it
landed) and it lay dormant for thousands of years. When the Shinra Electric
Power Company heard about the Cetra’s legendary Promise Land, they recovered
Jenova’s remains (thinking they were Cetra) and began experimenting on them.
Sephiroth, Genesis Rhapsodos and Angeal Hewley were all infused with some cells
Jenova.
Edward Chris Von
Muir (Final Fantasy IV)
"Anna, my love.
I...I will try. But what would you have me do?"
I don’t care how spoony they are, bards can make
the list. Edward is the prince of Damcyan, but he prefers music to politics.
While travelling the land, he meets a girl named Anna with whom he fell in
love. Anna’s father Tellah is infuriated by this, and even more so when they
leave to return to Damcyan. While there, Golbez and the Red Wings attack them,
wound Anna and steal the fire crystal. Tellah arrives with Cecil and Rydia and
see what has happened, and Tellah attacks Edward and speaks one of the most
famous lines of the franchise.
Al-Cid Margrace
(Final Fantasy XII)
"I would lay down
my life at a single word to be sure... but I harbor no maundering delusions of
valiant grandeur."
Two Cids in one game? Preposterous. Al-Cid plays a
small role in Final Fantasy XII and Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the
Rift. In Final Fantasy XII, Al-Cid wants peace for Rozarria and Archadia, and
talks to Larsa about it. However, when Gramis is killed, his plans change. When
Bergan attacks him, Ashe and her team save him. He invites them to Rozzaria for
safety, but they decline. He is met late in the game, when he tells the party
about the battle about to begin (Rozarria and The Resistance against Archadia).
He’s a playable character in Tactics A2
Chocobo (Various)
"Kweh!"
They have the appearance of a chicken, the size of
an ostrich, and the colour of a canary. Chocobos are one of the Final Fantasy franchise’s
most recurring creatures, debuting in Final Fantasy II. They usually don’t have
a big role in the story, and are mostly used as a mode of transport. The most
famous Chocobo is Boco from Final Fantasy V, owned by Bartz. Chocobos appear in
numerous different colours (most commonly yellow), including blue, green,
brown, red, black, white, purple, silver and gold. Some games include chocobos
as a summon, however these summons only do minimal damage.
Barthandelus (Final
Fantasy XIII)
"I am fal'Cie. My
name is Barthandelus; voice of the Sanctum, and Lord-Sovereign of the Cocoon
fal'Cie. Your kind feared the darkness, so we gave you light. You begged us for
the Purge, and did it not come to pass? Now you spurn our counsel? You must
learn your place!"
This is, by far, the least human thing on the
entire list. Barthanelus is the true form of Galenth Dysley, and a major
antagonist in Final Fantasy XIII. His goal is to destroy the fal’Cie Orphan,
who gives life to Cocoon. However, since he’s also a fal’Cie, he can’t harm
Cocoon in any way, so he needs to find other means to do so. When Fang and
Vanille fail, he waits five hundred years for new l‘Cie to take control of.
When the main cast become those l’Cie, he guides them on their quest to become
Ragnarok and destroy Cocoon.
Penelo (Final
Fantasy XII)
"I'll be going
too, of course. Every good sky pirate needs a partner, right?"
If only she could stop Vaan claiming he’s Basch.
Penelo is Vaan’s close childhood friend, whose family adopted him and his
brother Reks when their parents died in a plague. Unfortunately, three years
later, the war between Dalmasca and Archadia claimed her parents and Reks. Her
parent’s friend Migelo took the two in to work at his shop. Vaan constantly
stole from Archdia’s soldiers, which Penelo scolds him for. Vaan tells her of
his plan to sneak into the Royal Palace of Rabanastre, and when she hears
intruders have been caught on the grounds, she finds Vaan being led away.
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