Characters of the Final Fantasy IV series

Illustration by Airi Yoshioka featuring Cecil in the middle alongside Rosa (left), Kain (right) as well as other playable characters featured in Final Fantasy IV.

Square's role-playing game Final Fantasy IV features a large number of characters designed by Yoshitaka Amano. Final Fantasy IV focuses on Cecil Harvey, a knight of Baron who embarks on a quest to defeat Golbez, a man that is controlling the king of Baron. During Cecil's quest, he is joined by his childhood friends Kain Highwind and Rosa Farrell, as well as other warriors from around the world who also seek to stop Golbez. Final Fantasy IV was released in 1991, and was later ported to multiple consoles. In 2007, Square Enix released an enhanced remake for the Nintendo DS that added voice acting to both the Japanese and English versions.

The game's 2008 sequel, Final Fantasy IV: The After Years is set seventeen years after Final Fantasy IV and includes most of the characters from the original game as well as introducing several new characters. The story of The After Years primarily revolves around Ceodore Harvey, the son of Cecil and Rosa.[1] In 2011, a third game in the series was released. Set one year after Final Fantasy IV and sixteen years prior to The After Years, Final Fantasy IV Interlude, was released for the PlayStation Portable, and featured several of the original Final Fantasy IV protagonists.

As Final Fantasy IV was the first game in the series on the Super Famicom, character designer Yoshitaka Amano took advantage of the console's graphical capabilities, designing much more elaborate characters than prior entries. Lead designer Takashi Tokita noted how he and the staff worked in making all of the game's cast fit into the story. The characters were well received by video game publications with several of them finding the cast innovative thanks to their characterization.

Concept and creation

According to Final Fantasy IV lead designer Takashi Tokita, Final Fantasy IV was the first Japanese role-playing game to feature such "deep characters."[2] The graphical capabilities of the Super Famicom allowed character designer Yoshitaka Amano to create more elaborate designs than he had done for previous games released for the Famicom. Tokita stated that although his inexperience may have hurt the story, the characters' personalities and roles made the story more appealing.[3] Tokita also pointed out the variety of characters helped to appeal to a wider demographic, stating that the team worked hard to make all side characters fit into the story, something that, at the time, was difficult to do in Japanese media.[4] For the Nintendo DS remake, the characters were handled by Airi Yoshioka. In Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, the characters were designed by Akira Oguro.[5]

Tokita stated that the inclusion of voice actors in the DS remake was pleasing for him, claiming that the voice-overs "allowed for a much more dramatic localization."[6] The Japanese voice actors reflected Tokita's vision of the characters, but he noted that others did not feel the same way.[7] English translator Tom Slattery had to change various parts of the original script for the voiced scenes in order for the characters' mouth movements to match the words they were speaking.[8]

Final Fantasy IV playable characters

Cecil Harvey

Cecil Harvey (セシル・ハーヴィ Seshiru Hāvi) is the protagonist of Final Fantasy IV and Interlude and a major character in The After Years. He was raised by the King of Baron to become a Dark Knight. Although Cecil is reluctant to master the Dark Sword, he excels as a Dark Knight and is eventually promoted to the command of Baron's airship fleet, the "Red Wings". When the King orders Cecil to rob the magical town of Mysidia of its Water Crystal at the cost of killing innocent people, Cecil begins to question the king's morality.[9] After the King tricks him into bombing the village of Mist, Cecil openly rebels and forms an alliance of warriors to oppose Baron. His first recruit is Rydia, a child he rescues from Mist.[10] During his quest, he becomes a Paladin by climbing Mt. Ordeals and overcoming the darkness in his heart.[11] This represents one of the game's themes; "brute strength alone isn't power," as when he becomes a Paladin, Cecil's power actually decreases, although he gradually becomes more powerful than he ever was as a Dark Knight.[6] Cecil reaches Baron and learns that the new leader of the Red Wings is a man named Golbez, and that Golbez's minion, Cagnazzo, had killed and impersonated the king. With his companions, Cecil is able to defeat Cagnazzo but Golbez continues to hunt for the Crystals and Cecil must continue his quest. He ultimately learns that he is the son of a Lunarian, Kluya, and that Golbez is his brother. Golbez himself is not evil, but is being controlled by Zemus, a Lunarian who wants to wipe out all life on the Blue Planet.[12][13] Although Cecil initially cannot accept that Golbez is innocent, he later forgives him, acknowledging him as his brother after Zemus' defeat.[14] Cecil then returns to Baron, marries with Rosa, and becomes the new King of Baron.

Interlude depicts Cecil investigating the unexplained appearance of multiple monsters one year after the events of Final Fantasy IV. The game ends with Cecil discovering that Rosa is pregnant. Sixteen years later, in The After Years, Cecil and Rosa have a son named Ceodore. During an invasion of Baron, Cecil is defeated and possessed by the summoner Maenad, and his friends are forced to fight him to free him from Maenad's control. After he joins them, they encounter the incarnation of Cecil's negative emotions, the Dark Knight, who seeks to become the real Cecil and take revenge against Golbez for abandoning him when they were young.[15] With the help of his family, Cecil manages to defeat his alter-ego.[16] He then joins Ceodore and his friends in their efforts to stop The Creator.

Cecil has also been featured in the fighting games Dissidia Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy where he use both his Dark Knight and Paladin forms.[17] He also appears in the rhythm game Theatrhythm Final Fantasy, as the main character representing Final Fantasy IV.[18] He is voiced by Shizuma Hodoshima in Japanese and Yuri Lowenthal in English.[19] Cecil also appears in Secret of Evermore as a weapons dealer and makes several references to Final Fantasy IV, including being king of Baron Castle, his wife Rosa, his battle with Zeromus, his being a paladin, and his adventures on the moon.

Kain Highwind

Kain Highwind (カイン・ハイウィンド Kain Haiwindo, "Cain Highwind" in the Japanese version) is the leader of the Dragoon Knights of Baron as well as childhood friend of both Cecil and Rosa. He claims that being a dragoon makes him feel closer to his father, who died when he was very young. Although best friends with Cecil, Kain is in love with Rosa and must deal with his jealousy throughout the story. Like Cecil, Kain notices the King of Baron's unusually harsh behavior, but he is under the mind-control of Golbez, and thus becomes Cecil's enemy.[20] Kain eventually breaks free of Golbez's control after Tellah weakens Golbez. At this point, Kain joins Cecil's group in their efforts to defeat Golbez.[21] However, after Cecil claims the last Dark Crystal, Golbez resumes his control of Kain. When Zemus' mind-control of Golbez breaks, Kain is released and helps Cecil's group destroy Zemus. After the final battle Kain is overcome with remorse for his actions, and decides that he must atone on Mt. Ordeals before he can rejoin his friends permanently.[22]

At the end of Interlude, Kain, who is still living on Mt. Ordeals hears a mysterious voice calling to him. He reappears in The After Years as the "Hooded Man" (謎の男 Nazo no Otoko), assisting Ceodore, while hiding his real identity.[23] He is impersonated by the incarnation of his negative emotions, Dark Kain (ダークカイン Daaku Kain), who wishes to kill Cecil and have Rosa for himself. Kain defeats his dark alter-ego and merges with him, causing Kain to become a Holy Dragoon.[24] After helping his friends to defeat The Creator, Kain returns to Baron to assume command of the Red Wings.

Kain has also been featured in Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy as a playable character, as producer Tetsuya Nomura wished to add him to the fighting game.[25] He is voiced by Kōichi Yamadera in Japanese and Liam O'Brien in English.[19]

Rosa Farrell

In Final Fantasy IV, Rosa Farrell (ローザ・ファレル Rōza Fareru) is the childhood friend of and love interest for Cecil. She is a white mage and archer.[26] Experienced in healing magic, Rosa is often busy attending to Baronian soldiers who have been wounded in battle. When Rosa learns that Cecil was sent to Mist with a bomb ring, she immediately leaves Baron in search of him, but contracts desert fever.[27] Cecil cures her, and she joins his party.[28][29] During the battle of Fabul, she attempts to save Cecil from Kain, but Golbez kidnaps her and demands the Earth Crystal for her safe return.[30] Cecil brings the Crystal but when the party meets Golbez a fight erupts. Tellah wounds Golbez with the forbidden spell Meteor, but dies in the process and the party is left at the mercy of a wounded Golbez. He is about to slay Cecil but stops and flees. Afterwards, Cecil saves Rosa, and she helps them defeat the Lord of Wind, Barbariccia. Immediately after this, Rosa uses her magic to teleport them out of the unstable tower and she remains in the party for the rest of the game. At the end of the game, she marries Cecil and becomes the Queen of Baron.

After marrying Cecil, Rosa has a son named Ceodore; her pregnancy causes her absence from most of Interlude. In The After Years, she is kidnapped by Kain's dark self. Once back to safety, Rosa joins her old friends as they fight to defeat The Creator. If both Rosa and Golbez are present in the player's party when the player encounters the Dark Knight, she will intervene when the Dark Knight attempts to murder Golbez, and the two of them will battle the Dark Knight by themselves for a short time.

She is voiced by Yuhko Kaida in Japanese and Kirsty Pape in English.[19]

Rydia

Rydia of Mist (ミストのリディア Misuto no Ridia) is a powerful summoner. When Cecil and Kain travel through the Mist Cave to reach Mist, they kill the Mist Dragon that was summoned to protect the village. As Eidolons are directly linked to their Summoner, Cecil and Kain inadvertently kill Rydia's mother in the process.[31] They also set the entire village on fire by inadvertently releasing a Bomb Ring. Rydia becomes enraged when she learns of their actions, using Titan to cause an earthquake that separates them, but injuring herself in the process. Cecil takes her to Kaipo, and when she regains her senses, she initially cannot forgive him, although she does agree to join him after he defends her from some Baron soldiers.[32][33] Later, Rydia is swallowed by Leviathan and taken to the Land of the Eidolons, the Feymarch.[34] Due to the different flow of time in the Feymarch, she physically matures during her stay despite being gone only a short time in the real world. Having mastered summoning and black magic at the expense of white magic, she saves Cecil from Golbez's Shadow Dragon in the Dwarven Castle's Crystal Room and rejoins the party for the rest of the story. At the end of the game, she returns to the Land of Eidolons.[35]

During Interlude, Rydia is impersonated by a mysterious summoner named Maenad that attacks Cecil and his friends. The real Rydia appears near the end of the game, saving their lives. At the beginning of The After Years, Ashura (Queen of the Feymarch) teleports Rydia to the real world moments before Maenad appears and turns Ashura and Leviathan (King of the Feymarch) into stone. After helping her old friends defeat The Creator, Rydia decides to rebuild Mist with the cooperation of Cecil and others.

Rydia also appears in the rhythm game Theatrhythm Final Fantasy as a character representing Final Fantasy IV.[36] She is voiced by Noriko Shitaya in Japanese and Daniella Macey in English.[19]

Tellah

Tellah, known in the Japanese version of the game as Tella (テラ Tera), was once the wisest sage in Mysidia and master of all spells. However, after a serious accident involving his magic, he retired to Kaipo, where he gave up sorcery and forgot most of his spells. He had a wife and daughter. When his wife passed away, and he learned of his daughter's secret engagement to Edward of Damcyan, he became furious. He left his home and traveled to Damcyan to confront Edward. Along the way, he meets and befriends Cecil and Rydia.[37] Upon reaching Damcyan, he learns Anna, his daughter, has sacrificed her life to save Edward from Golbez.[38] When Tellah learns how deeply Edward had cared for Anna, his anger towards him lessens and he vows to kill Golbez, leaving Cecil's group.[39] During his quest, he realizes that his current powers are not enough to accomplish this goal, so he travels to Mt. Ordeals where his memories return and he regains his mastery over magic. He also learns the forbidden spell, Meteor.[40] Rejoining Cecil to confront Golbez, Tellah casts Meteor. Doing so weakens Golbez, but it kills Tellah. In the final moments of his life, Tellah admits to Cecil that his thirst for vengeance had consumed him.[41]

He briefly reappears as a spirit in The After Years, alongside Anna, advising Edward not to give up the fight against The Creator.

Tellah is voiced by Gorō Naya in Japanese and Lee Everest in English.[19]

Edward Chris von Muir

Edward Chris von Muir, known in the Japanese version of the game as Gilbart Chris von Muir (ギルバート・クリス・フォン・ミューア Girubāto Kurisu fon Myūa), is the prince of Damcyan, soon to become the seventh king of the region. Edward grew up very mild-mannered. Although expected to become an expert in business, Edward showed much more interest in music and became a bard. When Golbez's Red Wings attack Damcyan and kill his beloved Anna, Edward joins Cecil's group in their fight against Golbez.[38][42] He falls overboard when Leviathan attacks Cecil's ship on the way to Baron, and is tended to in Troia. From his room, he plays the Twin Harp, sending out a melody which aids Cecil's group in defeating the Dark Elf. He joins the airship fleet against the Giant of Babel, and helps to rebuild Damcyan after Zemus' defeat, ultimately becoming its king.

In The After Years, he is an active member of the group who fight The Creator. His royal secretary, Harley, also helps out in this game's events, first by joining Edward's party in his story and then by assuring Rydia's party that Edward is alive in the finale.

Edward is voiced by Ryō Horikawa in Japanese and Sam Riegel in English.[19]

Yang Fang Leiden

The composed leader of the monks of Fabul, Yang Fang Leiden (ヤン・ファン・ライデン Yan Fan Raiden) is an undisputed expert in martial arts. When training on Mt. Hobs, he and his fellow monks are attacked by a group of monsters. Yang emerges as the only survivor, and returns to Fabul with Cecil's group, who help him to defend the city from Golbez's attack.[43] He finds his way to Baron after Leviathan attacks the party's ship, losing his memories and attacking Cecil before coming to his senses. In the Tower of Babel's cannon room, he sacrifices himself to prevent the cannon from destroying the dwarven tanks, but resurfaces in the Sylvan cave, unconscious. He wakes up when the party strikes him with a frying pan (given to them by his wife). After the ultimate victory over Zemus, Yang becomes king of Fabul.[44]

In Interlude, Yang investigates some incidents caused by monsters one year after becoming the king of Fabul. In The After Years, he spends much of his time arguing with his daughter, Ursula.

Yang is voiced by Tesshō Genda in Japanese and Jackson Daniels in English.

Palom and Porom

Palom (パロム Paromu) and Porom (ポロム Poromu) are twins from Mysidia. Palom is a rowdy, immature and rude young boy who is a Black Mage, while Porom is his sweet, polite, and mature older sister who is a White Mage. Though the twins are only five years old, they are experts in their respective magic skills and are sent by the Elder of Mysidia to help Cecil on his journey to the top of Mt. Ordeals.[45] However, they are really acting as spies for the Elder, who does not yet trust Cecil.[46] Following Cecil's trial and his transformation into a Paladin, Porom and Palom decide to join his group.[47] They turn themselves to stone to save Cecil and his friends from being crushed in Cagnazzo's trap. The Elder later releases them, and they assist the efforts against the Giant of Babel and ultimately help in the defeat of Zemus.[48] They later resume their studies in Mysidia, with Porom working to rein in Palom, who aspires to become as great as Tellah.

Palom and Porom are major characters in Interlude: they join Cecil's party at Mount Hobs along with Cid and stay there until the end of the story. In The After Years, Palom is sent on a mission to Troia to train a replacement Epopt, Leonora. However, with Porom now helping the elders preserving Mysidia's laws, a wedge is driven between them. Over the course of the game, they come to realise that despite the fact they dislike and get on one another's nerves, they need each other, and are at their best when together.

Palom and Porom are voiced by Rie Kugimiya in Japanese.[19] In the English remake, Palom is voiced by Megan Harvey while Porom is voiced by Hunter MacKenzie Austin.

Cid Pollendina

The chief engineer of Baron, Cid Pollendina (シド・ポレンディーナ Shido Porendīna) is friend of Cecil, Kain, and Rosa. He lives in the town of Baron with his daughter, who often scolds him for his workaholic behavior. Since the loss of his wife, Cid has treated Cecil like his own son. Having discovered the ancient skill of levitation, Cid is credited with inventing the airship. After discovering that Cecil has been relieved of his position in Baron's fleet, Cid is locked away in the dungeon by Cagnazzo. After Cagnazzo is defeated, Cid escapes and gives Cecil access to his special airship, the Enterprise. When the Enterprise crashes in the Underworld, Cid takes it back to the surface to outfit it with Mythril, which enables it to fly over magma. He rescues Cecil from the collapsing bridge to the Tower of Babel, and attempts to escape a pursuing Red Wings airship. He ultimately jumps off the ship and detonates explosives to seal the Underworld. He is thought to have been killed, but he returns to add Mythril and a drill to the newly acquired airship, the Falcon, which he deploys against the Giant of Babel.

In The After Years, Cid is still Baron's airship engineer, having refused to retire. He has taken on Luca, daughter of the King of Dwarves, as his apprentice. He joins in the fight against The Creator.

He is voiced by Ichirō Nagai in Japanese and by Stephen Martello in English.[19]

Edge

Edward "Edge" Geraldine (エドワード・"エッジ"・ジェラルダイン Edowādo "Ejji" Jerarudain) is the royal prince of Eblan, only heir to the throne and a skilled ninja. Though often cocky, impulsive and overconfident, he is a righteous young man who is not easily manipulated or led astray. Cecil's group first meets Edge in Eblan Cave, after he has been defeated in battle by the Lord of Fire, Rubicante.[49] Because Cecil and the rest are after Rubicante as well, Edge, joins the party and leads them into the Tower of Babel. However, he is made to watch helplessly as his parents, whom Dr. Lugae has abducted and turned into demons, sacrifice themselves rather than be forced to kill him. He stays with the party throughout the game. Following Zemus' defeat, Edge returns to Eblan.

By the time of The After Years, Edge has proven to be a kind-hearted and popular king, making efforts to aid in the reconstruction of Mist. He joins his old friends in the struggle against The Creator.

He is voiced by Hiroya Ishimaru in Japanese and Taliesin Jaffe in English.[19]

Fusoya

Fusoya, known in the Japanese version of the game as Fusuya (フースーヤ Fūsūya) and FuSoYa in earlier versions of the game, is a Lunarian, and a resident of the moon. He watches over the other Lunarians in their long sleep and knows the true origins of Cecil, Golbez, the Crystals, and the real nature of the threat to the Blue Planet. Once Fusoya explains Golbez's innocence to Cecil, he joins the party to help defeat Zemus, returning to the planet just in time to fight the Giant of Babel. Inside the huge android, Fusoya dispels Zemus' mind control over Golbez, and the pair set off to fight Zemus at the core of the moon.[50] While Fusoya and Golbez defeat Zemus' physical form easily, just as Cecil's group arrives Zemus transforms into Zeromus, a being formed from Zemus' intense hatred. Zeromus defeats Fusoya and Golbez, but is then vanquished by Cecil's group. Fusoya then returns to his sleep with Golbez and the rest of the Lunarians.[51]

In The After Years, Fusoya sacrifices his own life to ensure Golbez escapes from the moon and gets to the Blue Planet to help in the conflict against The Creator.

He is voiced by Banjō Ginga in Japanese and Michael McConnohie in English.[19]

Final Fantasy IV antagonists

Golbez

Golbez (ゴルベーザ Gorubēza) is a sorcerer who pursues the Crystals around the world using Baron's forces, attacking multiple innocent people in the process.[52] In reality, he is Cecil's older brother Theodore (セオドール Seodōru) who has been under the control of Zemus from the day his parents died; his father beaten by the people he tried to help and his mother dying after giving birth to Cecil.[13] Taking Cecil's place as the captain of the Red Wings, Golbez is a powerful opponent who serves as the main antagonist for the majority of the game. Seemingly affiliated with King Baron, Golbez brainwashes Kain to assist him. Upon recovering his true self while fighting Fusoya, he attempts to defeat Zemus, but fails.[50] Once Cecil's group defeats Zemus, lacking the heart to return to the Blue Planet with the others, Golbez decides to remain on the moon with the Lunarians.[51]

Golbez returns to the Blue Planet in The After Years under the identity of the Man in Black (黒衣の男 Kokui no Otoko), joining Rydia in the finale to help her save her friends. Depending on the player's party, Golbez either dies while protecting Cecil from his alterego, the Dark Knight, or is saved by Rosa.[53][54] Should Golbez survive, he remains with the party until the end of the game, at which point he decides to return to the moon.[55]

He is also been featured in Dissidia Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy as a playable character.[56] He is voiced by Takeshi Kaga in Japanese and Anthony Landor in English.[19]

Zemus

Zemus (ゼムス Zemusu) is the mastermind behind Golbez's actions in Final Fantasy IV. Wishing to destroy the planet, he manipulates Golbez into carrying out his will in hunting down the Crystals.[57] Fusoya reveals that Zemus is the only Lunarian who refused to go into stasis until the time when Lunarians and Earthlings could live in harmony. Even though Golbez and Fusoya seemingly vanquish him, Zemus comes back to life as Zeromus (ゼロムス Zeromusu), the monstrous embodiment of his hatred and evil.[58] Cecil and his friends use a Crystal to reveal the true shape of Zeromus, and manage to slay him.

Unfortunately, Zeromus returns in The After Years as Zeromus' Malice, which the Maenads unleash on the Lunarian's Moon by shattering the Crystals there. Fusoya sacrifices himself at the end of Golbez's story so he can escape from Zeromus and reunite with Rydia and Edge on the Blue Planet.

A stronger version of Zeromus, Zeromus EG, can be found in the Game Boy Advance port, where he can be fought in the Lunar Ruins, on the last floor. Zeromus is also an optional esper in Final Fantasy XII, combining the Zeromus and Zeromus EG designs. He is voiced by Ryō Horikawa in Japanese and Michael McConnohie in English.

Rubicante

Rubicante (ルビカンテ Rubikante) ("Rubicant" in the original SNES release and PlayStation re-release) is the leader and strongest member of the Four Elemental Lords. The Lord of Fire, he is working with Dr. Lugae to raise the Giant of Babel, and is the archenemy of Edge. Cecil and Edge defeat Rubicante in the Tower of Babel and the Giant of Babel. Unlike the other Lords, he is very honourable, and even heals Cecil's party before fighting them. He later advises Edge not to let his anger get the best of him, as it will merely blind him. He did not authorize Lugae's transformation of Edge's parents into monsters, and he apologizes to Edge for the deed before they fight. Cecil must face him again within the Giant of Babel.

Rubicante also appears in Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls, in the final level of Hellfire Chasm, as well as in The After Years, where he again gives Edge advice.[59] He is voiced by Norio Wakamoto in Japanese and Lee Everest in English.

Barbariccia

Barbariccia (バルバリシア Barubarishia) (Valvalis in the original SNES release and PlayStation re-release) is the only female member of the Four Elemental Lords. The Lord of Wind, Barbariccia can transform herself into an almost indestructible tornado. Although Cecil's party first defeat Barbariccia in the Tower of Zot, they fight her again inside the Giant of Babel.

She also appears as an optional boss in Final Fantasy: Dawn of Souls on the final level of Hellfire Chasm, as well as in The After Years.[60] She is voiced by Yūko Kaida in Japanese and Kirsty Pape in English.

Cagnazzo

Cagnazzo (カイナッツォ Kainattso) (Kainazzo in the original SNES release) is the Lord of Water. He is a large turtle demon with a humanoid face, hired by Golbez and Zemus. Cagnazzo killed King Baron and impersonated him.[61] It was in fact Cagnazzo that ordered Cecil to steal the Water Crystal from Mysidia and bomb the village of Mist. He was also responsible for imprisoning Cid after he would not divulge the location of his hidden airship. The initial battle with Cagnazzo is fought in the throne room of Baron. His battle tactics primarilly consists of drawing water around him to unleash a powerful Tsunami, although when struck by lightning, Cagnazzo will retreat into his shell and attempt to restore his lost health. Upon his defeat, he attempts one final attempt at killing the party by crushing them between the walls of the antechamber to the King's throne room, but this is foiled by the sacrifice of Palom and Porom. He later joins the other Lords in a final battle against Cecil and his friends in the Giant of Babel.

He also appears in Dawn of Souls on the fifth level of Hellfire Chasm. He is voiced by Takeshi Ono in Japanese and Michael McConnohie in English.

Scarmiglione

Scarmiglione (スカルミリョーネ Sukarumiryōne) (Milon in the original SNES release and PlayStation re-release) is the Lord of Earth who first meets Cecil's group on Mt. Ordeals.[62] Scarmiglione first appears as a small cloaked figure. Though Cecil thinks that he has defeated Scarmiglione and his zombie minions, the Earth Lord soon transforms into a hunched, zombie-like beast, attacking the group from behind. Even though Cecil and his allies believe that Scarmiglione had been destroyed as he fell off a bridge at the summit of Mt. Ordeals, he faces the Lord once again in the Giant of Babel.

Both of his forms appear in Dawn of Souls on the fifth level of Hellfire Chasm. He is voiced by Konishi Ōnishi in Japanese and Dameon Clarke in English.

Dr. Lugae

Dr. Lugae is a mad scientist working for Rubicante. He is the self-proclaimed "brains behind Golbez's operation" and he turns Edge's parents into monsters even though Rubicante never gave him permission to do so. His bodyguard and master creation is Barnabas (バルナバ, Barunaba) (Balnab in the original SNES release). Should Barnabas become damaged enough to warrant the concern of Dr. Lugae, he will apply oil, and eventually mount the monster as a last resort, combining their powers. If Lugae is defeated before the player destroys Barnabas, then Barnabas will explode, damaging the party. Lugae later transforms into a cyborg-like creature with advanced weaponry.

He reappears in The After Years as a boss.[63]

Baigan

Baigan (ベイガン Beigan) is a knight of Baron. He is a good friend of Cecil — although like Kain, he joins Golbez and the King in their army of evil. When the party sneaks into the seemingly vacant castle through the Watery Passage, he is the first apparently friendly face to greet them. However, the twins Palom and Porom smell "something fishy", and Baigan reveals his true self, telling the party that he was given the gift of his alternate form by Golbez. He is subsequently killed by Cecil's group.

He reappears in The After Years as a boss.

Other characters

Ceodore Harvey

Ceodore Harvey (セオドア・ハーヴィ Seodoa Hāvi) is the protagonist of The After Years and the son of Cecil and Rosa. He is an apprentice knight who has no confidence in himself, as he fears he will never be able to step out from the shadow of his parents.[64] When his family disappears, Ceodore goes on a quest to find them and eventually joins forces with them to fight against The Creator.

Ursula Leiden

Ursula Leiden is a supporting character in The After Years: she is Yang's daughter and a childhood friend of Ceodore's. Unlike Ceodore, she takes great pride in being Yang's daughter and the princess of Fabul, and knows no better way of expressing this than by training as a monk herself, which frustrates her father greatly: the two often quarrel since Yang does not want her to be a monk. However, when he sees how she has developed, he gives in. If the player did not load a save file with Yang's story completed, she will not join the party in the finale, but if she does join, she and Ceodore will talk about their families in a cut scene and will learn a unique Band ability.

Anna

Anna (アンナ) is the daughter of Tellah and is engaged to Prince Edward of Damcyan. After the death of Anna's mother, Tellah became overly protective of Anna, in the hopes of never losing her. When he learns of Anna's elopement with Edward, Tellah becomes furious and sets out after her. In Baron's raid on Damcyan, Anna is killed saving Edward's life. Edward later meets Anna's spirit in Kaipo, where she assuages his fears.

She is voiced by Hitomi Akino in Japanese and Zarah Little in English.

Elder of Mysidia

The Elder of Mysidia is the trainer of Palom, Porom, and the other mages of the town. A friend of Tellah, the Elder orders Palom and Porom to spy on Cecil when he heads to Mt. Ordeals. When Cecil becomes a paladin, the Elder realizes he is trustworthy, and becomes his ally. Later, the Elder, along with Palom and Porom, directs the prayers of the world to Cecil before the final battle against Zeromus.

In The After Years, the Elder offers much advice to Porom before she leaves to join the fight against The Creator.

King Baron

As both Cecil and Kain were orphaned at very young ages, King Baron took them in and raised them as his own. While he wished for both to become Dark Knights, Kain wanted to train as a Dragoon, like his father. King Baron is killed by Cagnazzo though his spirit remained trapped in a secret second throne room of Baron Castle. When it is released, he is reincarnated as the Eidolon, Odin.

King Giott

King Giott, or King Giotto (ジオット王 Jiotto Ō) in the Japanese version, is the King of the Dwarves. Though the Enterprise gets caught in the crossfire between the Red Wings and Giott's tanks, the dwarves soon befriend Cecil and the rest of the party. King Giott provides much of the insight on the Dark Crystals of the Underworld. In all his kingdom, Giott's most prized treasure is his only child, his daughter Luca. After his wife's passing, he gave his wife's necklace to Luca. The necklace is needed to open the Sealed Cavern, so Cecil and his party can stop Golbez from obtaining the final Dark Crystal.

He is voiced by Takeshi Aono.

Luca

Luca is the daughter of King Giott and princess of the Dwarves. She is most notable as the creator of two mechanical dolls, Calca and Brina, which Golbez turns into a monster called Calcobrenas that attack the party. At first Luca seems untrusting of Cecil, but like the other dwarves, she learns to accept them. Under the rule of Luca and her father, the Dwarves help assist the party in their battles in the Underworld.

Luca is a major character in The After Years, where she is Cid's apprentice, mastering the skills of airship steering and maintenance. She joins the party in Rydia's chapter along with her two dolls.

She is voiced by Naomi Orikasa.

Maenad

Maenad is a strange being with summoner powers encountered in Interlude and The After Years. In the first of the two, she impersonates Rydia and causes trouble for Cecil and his friends. She is defeated by Cecil, Edge, Cid, Palom and Porom with the real Rydia's assistance but she escapes from them. In the second game, she first appears in Baron Castle where she defeats Cecil and brainwashes him. Then, as if this was not enough, she later plays a cruel trick on Ceodore, forcing Cecil to fight him for her own amusement. She regards humans as lower life forms than herself and therefore has no qualms about hurting them physically or psychologically.

It is later revealed that Maenad is not a singular entity: there are many Maenads brought into being by the true antagonist of The After Years: the Creator. These beings were born to retrieve the Crystals for their father. It seems that they also receive their summoning abilities from him, as their powers are not how a summoner's powers usually work: the Maenads can overwrite the Code of the Eidolons and force them to serve them, and by extension, the Creator. Fusoya states upon seeing a petrified Bahamut that he is trapped in another dimension, so it can be speculated that the Maenads trapped him and the other Eidolons in this unknown dimension, which could in fact be the dimension the Creator himself resides in.

Reception

The cast of Final Fantasy IV has been well received by video game publications. GameTrailers stated that by the time the game was first released, the characters surpassed common RPG stereotypes, and that the relationships between the main cast would still entertain gamers a decade later.[65] Dragon reviewer Sandy Petersen added that the cast was notable for each having their motives in the plot which attached him to the game.[66] The diverse amount of characters has been praised for their distinctive traits by RPGFan's Matt Rickert.[67] Greg Kasavin from GameSpot had similar comments, and appreciated that unlike other RPG protagonists, Cecil was already an experienced warrior at the start of the game and had strong relationships already established.[68] Similarly, Micky Gunn from GamePlanet stated that thanks to the characters' expertise, the player had access to a wide variety of moves from the game's beginning.[69]

Cecil was listed as the best hero in the Final Fantasy franchise by GamesRadar as well as one of the characters by GameZone owing to his heroic traits and character arc.[70][71] Both GameSpot and IGN stated that the cast was interesting and avoided common cliches.[72] On the other hand while RPGamer's Michael Beckett found the main characters likable, he felt that some of the most important ones "have been copied by so many other titles in the genre that they have been rendered cliche," specifically pointing to Cecil and Rosa's personalities.[73]

The designs from the Nintendo DS remake were praised by Elisa Di Fiore from GameSpy as making the characters appealing, while Cheat Code Central complained that some were too pixelated.[74][75] The inclusion of English voice actors in the Nintendo DS remake resulted in positive reactions from RPGamer's Glenn Wilson, who stated that the actors "emote well and add to the believability of the characters," while Elisa Di Fiore stated it made the characters more enjoyable.[75][76] Lark Anderson from GameSpot instead said the acting was "weak", stating it made some scenes overdramatic.[77] Cheat Code Central enjoyed the voice acting but felt it could have been better.[74]

Manga author Masashi Kishimoto cited the cast as likable and expressed a preference for both Palom and Porom and their scenes.[78]

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  11. ↑ Square Enix (December 12, 2005). "Final Fantasy IV Advance". Game Boy Advance. Nintendo. Elder: The most important thing is that you have become a paladin and have shed yourself of the darkness you once had. That sword! Where did you obtain it! / Cecil: It was given to me on the mountain's peak.
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  43. ↑ Square Enix (December 12, 2005). "Final Fantasy IV Advance". Game Boy Advance. Nintendo. Yang: You have my gratitude. Yang is my name. I am the high monk of Fabul. I came out here to train with my men, but all were killed by a swarm of beasts. They were Fabul's finest monks. /.../ Rosa: I'd assume Golbez was behind the monster attacks that killed your men. And almost killed you. / Yang: Then the attack is imminent. I must go. / Cecil: We will follow you to Fabul. We would like to help.
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