A very not nice lady who kind of had this little reign
of terror going on in Esthar in the past. She was sealed
away by Laguna and a few other revolutionaries and sent
into outer space. Ultimecia uses Rinoa to unseal her.
A very strict instructor in Balamb Garden who
apparently gives hard tests. You can see him in a
one-time-only scene in Disc 3 in Balamb Garden, floor two,
when he berates Squall if he uses magic in the hall.
A gameplay element who flits from place to place, often
not telling you where she's going, and forcing you to
follow her doggedly to pick up a few almost-not-worth-it
cards.
He looks too nice to head a military academy, but there
he is. He can be quite forceful when push comes to shove,
but he's a bit of a coward. He started the orphanage with
his wife Edea, but was forced to transform it into Garden
when she was possessed by Ultimecia. Having to live with
the fact that he might have to order his wife's death is
not a nice feeling. When danger from Galbadia threatens, he
runs.
The dictator President of Galbadia, who got his way
there very cunningly, had a city named after him, then
invited a sorceress in who promptly got rid of him.
Edea's original motives were all for the best. A very
high-class woman, she started an orphanage with her
husband, Cid. However, that all changed when she inherited
the powers of Sorceress Ultimecia (via a bend in time) and
became a sorceress herself. She realized the problems this
could cause. She and Cid started Garden and SeeD, in case
she should ever need to be stopped before destroying the
world. All the children from her orphanage call her Matron,
and have very fond memories of her, which make it all the
harder to be forced to fight her. After she comes to, she
joins up with the youths in the fight against Ultimecia.
(See also Jobs:Edea)
Her parents were killed in an Esthar attack, and she
was adopted and raised by Raine and Laguna. She started off
as the cutest little girl, and grows into a graceful young
lady. She has the unique ability to send someone's mind
back in time, which is how Laguna and Squall became so
closely connected. She's continually getting captured and
rescued because of her abilities. Ellone also eventually
ended up in the Kramers' orphanage, and being the oldest
there, everyone looked up to her and called her "Sis".
The owner of the Timber pub has known Rinoa since she
was a child.
Fujin
A very creepy gal. She has silver hair and an eye
patch. She has a tendency to speak in CAPITAL, ONE WORD
SENTENCES (in JP version, she speaks in Kanji). She can
speak normally, but she doesn't like to. And she packs a
mean kick, usually to Raijin. She, Raijin, and Seifer make
up the Disciplinary Committee of Balamb Garden, for a
little while at least. (See also External Crossovers:Kingdom Hearts
2)
Gilgamesh takes a much different role here as a
Guardian Force, looking like a hybrid of his two forms from
FF5. If you gain Odin before the final fight with Seifer,
he will attempt to attack Seifer but become destroyed, his
sword flying towards the heavens. At the end of the fight,
Gilgamesh comes down, brandishing Odin's sword and three
others, and cuts Seifer down. He takes the place of Odin
for the rest of the game at that point. He has four arms
holding a different sword for four different attacks -
Zantetsuken works the same as Odin's attack, Excalibur does
medium damage to enemies, Masamune does high damage to
enemies, and Excalipur does 1 HP of damage (he used this
sword in FF5, thinking it was the real thing, with
hilarious results). Unlike other GF's, Gilgamesh's
appearances can't be controlled; he appears randomly at the
beginning of battles (including boss fights!) and uses one
of the four attacks. (See also Summon:Gilgamesh)
One of the major symbols of the story. Griever looks
like a silver lion head and appears on Squall's gunblade,
on a plaque in his room, on the ring he gives to Rinoa, and
as the final boss (the "Ultimate GF"). Nancy Lavigne gives an
interesting connection: "Ultimecia searches Squall's mind
for the strongest monster he could imagine, and it was of
course Griever. So Griever was a creature that Squall
imagined, and Ultimecia brought it to life."
The Great Wizard Hyne was supposedly the ancestor of
mankind and who gave part of his power to the sorceresses.
It's a great honor to call a Sorceress a "daughter of
Hyne".
Irvine Kinneas [HERO]
There's always one. Irvine is the ladies' man of 8;
he's even got the cowboy hat and ponytail, and his dead-on
sharpshooting aim, to try to make their knees weak. It's
very rare that he gets any sort of positive reaction,
though. He tends to put people off by his uncaring
attitude, but it's really just a cover. The real him comes
out sometimes when he gets caught up in things. He also
attended the Kramers' orphanage as a child. (See also
Jobs:Gunner)
The beautiful piano player at the Galbadia Hotel is the
distant object of affection of Laguna, who just falls over
himself and gets embarrassing cramps whenever he tries to
talk to her. He becomes her inspiration for finally writing
her hit song, "Eyes On Me". She eventually marries General
Caraway and becomes Rinoa's mother. She dies in a car crash
at age twenty-eight, when Rinoa is only five. (The song
"Eyes On Me" by Faye Wong is played in one of the nicest
scenes in the game, a conversation between Squall and
Rinoa: Laguna's and Julia's children.)
The resident medical specialist in Balamb Garden used
to be so good at cards she was named the Card King. She has
no patience for Seifer's shenanigans, but she's good in a
crisis.
Laguna's traveling companion, this dark-skinned cool
dude makes Laguna look like a total nerd. He can quietly
dash Laguna's bumbling antics with one short comment. But
their friendship spans countless decades. Kiros is thin,
wiry, and deadly with two blades called Katal which are
more like extensions of his hands than weapons. (See also
Jobs:Kiros)
Not what you'd really think of being hero type,
actually. His bungles and cock-ups are legendary. Laguna's
more bent on journalism, telling the world about the
horrors of violence, war, and alcoholism. Although he did a
stint for the Galbadian army, he spent the rest of his life
righting wrongs in his own shy way, and eventually landed a
slave job in Esthar. He tricks the Sorceress and seals her
away, ending her years of tyranny. The people rewarded him
by making him President of Esthar, and his first job is to
close the borders and protect its xenophobic people. He
doesn't like getting too close to battle; his gun does all
the damage he needs. The game holds much evidence that
point to him being the father of Squall. (See also
Jobs:Laguna)
The head of Galbadia Garden was unceremoniously dumped
when Edea took over. He retired and moved to Fisherman's
Horizon, where he's known to play a brutal game of cards
with the ones he confiscated from the Garden.
The only other person besides Squall, Zell and Selphie
who managed to pass the SeeD field test. Nida takes control
of the Balamb Garden rudder after its flight capabilities
are discovered.
A fat and rich Shumi reminiscent of Jabba the Hutt, he
was the one who financed SeeD. However, his cowardice
caused him to want to do anything to appease the new
sorceress, so he decided to give her Cid's head on a
platter. Squall didn't like that idea too much.
An extremely idiosyncratic personage, he has a
scientific mind like a broken mirror - brilliant, but
fractured. He tends to have absolutely no feelings for
anything besides his research. His dress is ridiculous,
looking sort of like a clown with that huge striped collar.
He is a famous researcher of magical artifacts, and has
taken a special interest in the sorceresses. He was the one
who invented Junctioning and discovered GFs, and who
extracted Ellone's powers into a machine. His lab is in
Esthar City.
A cute widdle alien what has lost his way and got stuck
on earth. The end result of a convoluted UFO quest which
results in either you giving him Elixirs and him giving you
his PuPu Card, or you killing him and getting a neat item
instead.
Precocious is the word that comes to mind when dealing
with this tall blonde. Quistis rose quickly in the ranks of
SeeD to become an instructor, but was demoted from her
status after allegations of being lacking leadership
qualities - basically, she couldn't control Seifer. She's
still just as determined as ever. And that whip of her's
packs a nice punch. She also grew up in the Kramers'
orphanage with the rest of the gang. She was adopted, but
had problems with her new home, and ended up in Balamb
Garden at the age of 10. (See also Jobs:Blue Mage)
Honest, you almost feel horrible fighting this guy! The
fact that he can kick your butt with his staff doesn't
matter. This dark-skinned, feel-good posse member hangs
around with Fujin and Seifer; they make up the Balamb
Garden Disciplinary Committee. He has a tendency to talk
cool, ya know? And be nice to people. But his friends don't
like that too much, so he gets kicked in the shins a lot.
But he follows them 'cause they're a posse, ya know? (See
also External
Crossovers:Kingdom Hearts 2)
Laguna's secret love, he seldom revealed the fact that
she married him once she passed away. A very conscientious
woman and an ideal mother, her loss affected both Laguna
and Ellone profoundly. Evidence points to her being
Squall's mother.
A vivacious, rebellious young girl whose luxuriant
looks and defiant attitude eventually attract Squall to
her. Her parents are General Caraway of Galbadia and Julia
Heartilly, a piano player, who dies before the game is set.
Her faithful dog, Angelo, takes better care of her than
most pets do. Her life gets even more complicated when she
becomes a sorceress and vulnerable to Ultimecia's mind
manipulation. She wears a blue dress with two stylized
angel's wings drawn on the back. (See also Jobs:Black Mage)
The unruly and unpredictable antagonist of Squall.
Seifer sports a long trench coat, very short orange hair, a
scar from a training battle with Squall, and a chip on his
shoulder a mile wide. He has a tendency to do whatever he
wants, despite any illogic it entails. He also has a
propensity towards violence, which might be why he's head
of the Balamb Garden Disciplinary Committe, with Fujin and
Raijin. He's the only other person in the world of 8 who
wields a gunblade. He attended the Kramers' orphanage as a
child as well. (See also External Crossovers:Kingdom Hearts
2, Jobs:Seifer)
A spunky girl who never seems to run out of cutsey
things to say at any given time, and who has an
overbearingly naive view of the world, Selphie's always
there when people need cheering up, even if they don't want
it. A transfer student from Trabia Garden who found her
niche in the Garden Festival committee. She doesn't look
it, but she's deadly with nunchaku. She attended the
Kramers' orphanage as a child. (See also External Crossovers:Kingdom
Hearts, Jobs:Gambler)
The reclusive, antisocial hero of FF8. Squall sports
brown hair and a facial scar from a tussle with Seifer. An
orphan, we later find out that he attended the Kramer
orphanage. His parents, it is vaguely alluded to, are
Laguna and Raine, which would make Ellone his adopted
sister. (He called her "Sis" in the orphanage either way).
During his escapades as a SeeD, he slowly falls for his
first employer, Rinoa. His weapon of choice is a gunblade -
not the most realistic of weapons, but definitely one of
the coolest. He was supposedly called Squall because he was
supposed to remind you of a passing storm, something that
doesn't get very close up. "Leonhart" is supposedly reused
from Leon, one of the heros from 2, although it's also a
reference to his symbol, Griever. (See also External Crossovers:Kingdom
Hearts, (See also Jobs:Fighter)
We don't hear much about this very evil person except
the fact that she wants to destroy the universe. Truth is,
she was kind of tacked on as an afterthought - we don't
even get to meet her until it's time to kill her. She does
have a weird accent. She takes over Edea and Rinoa in the
course of the game while trying to accomplish her
goals.
The third member of Laguna's group, Ward walks heavily
and speaks very little - in fact, nothing at all, after he
loses his voice in a battle with Esthar soldiers. However,
you can always tell what he's thinking by the expression on
his face. He can still do heavy damage with his anchor-like
spear, though. (See also Jobs:Ward)
Xu's Quistis's friend and another SeeD instructor.
She's also great at the Triple Triad card game. She's
always there for ya in a crisis. (If we're following the
Chinese pronunciation, it should be pronounced "shoe".)
Now here's someone whose mouth always goes before his
brain. So full of energy he's sometimes slightly crazed,
this youthful martial arts master somehow fails to endear
himself to anyone around him besides for an unnamed
pigtailed girl. His enormous affinity for the Balamb Garden
hot dogs is only coupled with the complete inability to get
any due to their demand. A resident of Balamb (he lives
there with his mother, who actually adopted him), he joined
the Garden at 13 but still, it seems, hasn't attained
maturity. He attended the Kramers' orphanage as a child.
(See also Jobs:Monk)
The third piece of Rinoa's rebel faction, the Forest
Owls, who tends to get major stomachaches whenever real
action has to happen. He also has an affinity for girlie
mags.
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