Yang Fang Leiden
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| Yang Fang Leiden | |
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 -->Official artwork of Yang Fang Leiden |
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| Game series | Final Fantasy series |
| First game | Final Fantasy IV |
| Character designer(s) | Yoshitaka Amano |
| In-Universe Information | |
| Class/Job | Monk |
| Special ability | Power Kick Bear |
| Home | Fabul |
| Age | 35 |
| Laterality | Ambidextrous |
Yang Fang Leiden (ヤン・ファン・ライデン Yan Fan Raiden?) is a fictional, playable character from the Square Co., Ltd. RPG Final Fantasy IV. He is a very composed man who serves as the High Monk of Fabul. From a young age, Yang trained intensively until he became the most powerful martial artist among his peers. Despite his high position among the Fabul monks, Yang does not bask in his glory, and keeps his dignity.
Yang enters the story of Final Fantasy IV when he meets Cecil Harvey, Rosa Farrell, Edward Chris von Muir, and Rydia on Mt. Hobs. Yang is fighting off a swarm of enemies when Cecil and the others decide to help. After defeating the enemies, Yang tells the party that he was training on the mountain with his men, though all of them were killed by monsters. Cecil warns Yang that the villain Golbez may be coming after Fabul to steal the Wind Crystal.
With Fabul's finest warriors killed, Cecil and Edward offer to help Yang defend Fabul if Golbez attacks. Sure enough, Baron's forces, led by Golbez and Cecil's friend Kain Highwind, do attack. Kain defeats the party, and Golbez takes the Crystal and kidnaps Rosa. The next day, Cecil, Rydia, Edward, and Yang set sail for Baron in hopes of rescuing their friend. However, they are shipwrecked by the sea monster Leviathan and are separated.
Yang winds up in Baron, where he is brainwashed by soldiers. When he reunites with Cecil (this time with friends Tellah, Palom, and Porom), a fight ensues. After Cecil and the others defeat Yang, the monk regains his memory. They then infiltrate Baron's castle, where they defeat the knight Baigan and Cagnazzo, the Elemental Lord of Water, who was disguised as the king. When they are about to leave the castle, however, Cagnazzo uses the last of his power to close in the walls of the castle, trying to squash the heroes. Palom and Porom turn themselves into stone to protect the other party members.
Yang remains with Cecil for much of the quest. However, in the Tower of Babil, Yang sacrifices his life to save the party from the Super Cannon. Later, however, they find that he was rescued by the Sylph fairies of the Underworld. Yang is awakened by the Frying Pan given to the party by his wife after she hears of his sacrifice. Upon returning to Yang's wife bearing the news of Yang, she will give the party either a Knife or Spoon (depending on the game's version). The Knife or Spoon can then be thrown by the ninja Edge as the most powerful thrown weapon in the game.
Yang later participates in the battles against Golbez's forces in the Underworld. His prayers give Cecil's party the vitality they need before fighting Zemus in the final battle.
If Yang is leveled far enough through cheating or persistent training (or using the GBA version) his HP growth will stall at around 6000.
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[edit] Skills
[edit] Power
By using the Power command (sometimes called Gather), Yang gathers energy to perform an attack with double the strength the next turn. This command causes more damage than two physical attacks, because his power has a double power damage, but the enemy defense does not. In the Game Boy Advance version, it can be upgraded to Deadly, upon completing Yang's Lunar Trial, in which the attack does triple damage instead of double. Both versions cannot be countered.
[edit] Kick
Yang flies across the screen and then back, kicking all enemies, inflicting minimal damage.
[edit] Bear
Using the Bear command (sometimes called Endure or Gird) raises Yang's defense. It is the equivalent of using the white magic spell Protect without costing MP (though he cannot use it on any other party member).
