Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Voting closed, and some honourable mentions.


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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