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This is the Character Sheet for ''[[
* [[AFGNCAAP]]: In the original Famicom/NES version, subverted in the DS remake.▼
** [[Canon Name]]: Muuchi, Doug, J. Bowie, and Melfi in the manga serialization.▼
* [[The Chosen Many|The Chosen Four]]
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Not as prominent as some cases, but Luneth, Arc, Refia, and Ingus seem to favor the colors purple, kimidori (green/yellow - it's a separate colour in Japan), blue, and red, respectively.
▲* [[
▲** [[Canon Name]]: Muuchi, Doug, J. Bowie, and Melfi in the manga serialization.
* [[Heroic Mime]]: Averted, even in the original 8-bit version.
* [[Light Is Good]]: As counterparts to the equally-benevolent [[Dark Is Not Evil|Warriors of Darkness]].
== Onion Knight ==
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The Onion Knight gets no special abilities, since it is the default job class and the weakest during the beginning of the game. However, once the character reaches level 99, their stats expand rapidly, reaching 99 in every stat, making it the most powerful class in the game. It's also the only class that can use the Onion equipment which is the strongest equipment in the game.
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== DS Orphans ==
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=== Luneth ===
The main protagonist of the DS remake, he's an orphan from Ur raised by the Topapa village priest.
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* [[Purple Eyes]]
* [[The Chosen One]]: By the Wind Crystal. [[The Chosen Many|Though all of them are]], Luneth brings them together.
* [[Too Many Belts]]: Though quite tame in comparison to the likes of [[Final Fantasy X
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]
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=== Arc ===
Luneth's studious best friend, who is also from Ur and raised by Topapa.
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* [[Straw Vulcan]]: Tells everyone in the beginning that there are no ghosts in Kazus and goes there to prove it. (He is technically right, though.)
* [[The So-Called Coward]]: He's often called a coward by his peers. But he is the first person who goes to Tozus, where it was rumored to be haunted.
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=== Refia ===
An apprentice blacksmith from Kazus.
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* [[Girl Next Door]]: Probrably the finest example in the series.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Swings between this and [[Fiery Redhead]].
* [[Redheaded Hero
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]
* [[Tomboy]]: Slightly inevitable when you're adopted by a blacksmith.
* [[Team Mom]]: It happens when you're the Light of Affection.
* [[True
* [[White Mage]]: In the opening and artwork.
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: "Toads!? I hate toads! Don't turn me into one!" Even funnier if ''she'' happens to be the mage who has to cast the spell.
** When it turns out that they have to do it ''again'' later on, she just kinda hangs her head in resignation. Poor girl.
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=== Ingus ===
A knight from Sasune, he's a loyal protector of the throne.
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* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Towards Luneth and Arc especially.
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: This is debatable. While Ingus worries about Sarah's welfare, it's his job to do so as a knight of Sasune. But it's worth noting that [[Shipper
* [[Everything's Sparkly
* [[Giant Poofy Sleeves]]: Okay, so they're not ''that'' giant, but they are still very poofy.
* [[Hair of Gold]]
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* [[Red Mage]]: In the opening and artwork.
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: A very mild case. He's the same age as the rest of the party, but his behavior is much more mature.
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=== Fighter/Warrior ===
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The Fighter gets no special command. At the beginning of the game, they are the power houses, providing the best boosts to all physical stats. However, once the Knight job is unlocked, this job loses its usefulness.
In the DS remake it gets the Advance command, which cuts defense in exchange for more offense.
* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]
* [[Fighter, Mage, Thief]]
* [[Glass Cannon]] When using Advance.
=== Monk ===
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Like the Monk from ''[[Final Fantasy I
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]
* [[Hair Decorations]]: Refia wears her headband in her hair.
* [[Kung Fu Fighting]]
* [[
* [[Martial Arts Uniform]]
=== White Mage ===
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White Mages excel in assisting the party with defensive and restorative White Magic. Some offensive magic is also available (Light and Wind). They possess low Attack power and Defense.
* [[Blow You Away]]: In a departure from their typical standing as [[Black Magic]], Aero, Aeroga and Tornado are White Magic in this game.
* [[Healing Hands]]
* [[The Medic]]
* [[Squishy Wizard]]
* [[Status Buff]]
* [[White Mage]]: Duh.
* [[White Magic]]
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=== Black Mage ===▼
▲== Black Mage ==
Black Mages excel in attacking enemies with offensive Black Magic. They wield a variety of spells and can attack multiple targets at once. They possess low Attack power and Defense. They can also wield bows and rods.
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▲Black Mages excel in attacking enemies with offensive Black Magic. They wield a variety of spells and can attack multiple targets at once. They possess low Attack power and Defense. They can also wield bows and rods.
* [[The Archer]]
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=== Red Mage ===
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Red Mages are able to use a wide assortment of weapons, including both Black and White Magic. However, they are unable to become true masters of either school of wizardry.
* [[Fire, Ice, Lightning]]
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=== Thief ===
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During battle, Thieves are able to steal items from the enemy or assist the party in escaping from combat. While on the field, placing a Thief at the front of your party will allow you to open locked doors. They are unable to guard. Unlike the Thief from ''[[Final Fantasy I
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Refia in the DS remake.
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=== The Fire Crystal Jobs: ===▼
== The
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Rangers are highly skilled in the way of archery. However, they can be expensive considering the need to purchase arrows. With a bow in hand and arrows readied, rangers can deal the same amount of damage from either the front line or the rear line. They can also wield boomerangs.
* [[The Archer]]
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Precision
* [[Rain of Arrows]]: Their Barrage attack in the DS remake.
* [[White Magic]]: In the NES version.
=== Knight ===
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Knights are mighty warriors who are experts in close-range combat. They are dependable allies who can defend themselves, as well as shield fellow party members during harsh ordeals. The Knight is considered an advanced version of the Warrior class.
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* [[Taking the Bullet]]: Cover lets the Knight take hits for allies.
* [[White Magic]]: In the DS release.
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=== Scholar ===
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Using their analytical prowess, scholars are able to ascertain an enemy's HP and any existing weakness. They also use the mystic power of ancient tomes to damage enemies. Their extensive knowledge allows them to double the effects of items they use.
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* [[Enemy Scan]]: Their specialty
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Refia
* [[Lethal Joke Character]]: Their combat abilities suck normally: bad physical attacks and limited to low-level magic even worse than [[The Red Mage]]. However, their Study ability casts like Dispel, removing any [[Status Buff
* [[Meganekko]]: Refia in the DS release.
* [[Not Completely Useless]]
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=== Geomancer ===
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Geomancers are able to attack by tuning into their natural surroundings and drawing out the latent powers around them.
* [[Elemental Powers]]: [[Blow You Away|Wind Slash]], [[Dishing Out Dirt|Earthquake and Close In]], [[Playing
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Bells
* [[In Harmony
* [[Lethal Joke Character]]: Their Terrain abilities, as listed under [[Elemental Powers]] up above, are almost as effective as the standard Black Magic spells, but the Geomancer doesn't need a single MP to use them. The only problem is that the spell cast when you use Terrain [[Luck
** Their status as this comes across stronger in the NES release, where three of the eight possible results are Instant Death attacks, giving you roughly a 40% chance of instantly killing an enemy. Not bad odds when it doesn't cost you a single MP to try.
* [[Luck
* [[One-Hit Kill]]: Black Hole in the DS release, Rapids, Sinkhole and Quicksand in the NES release.
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==
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Dragoons wield spears in battle and are highly skilled against aerial foes. They are renowned for their ability to launch deadly attacks from above. ▼
=== Dragoon ===
* [[Blade On a Stick]]▼
▲Dragoons wield spears in battle and are highly skilled against aerial foes. They are renowned for their ability to launch deadly attacks from above.
* [[Death From Above]]
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Dragons]]
* [[Jump Physics]]
=== Viking ===
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Vikings swing giant hammers and axes with ease. Their only drawback is that they develop slower than other melee Jobs. Vikings are mainly used as a "Tanker" for their ability Provoke and access to the strongest armor.
* [[An Axe to Grind]]
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* [[Horny Vikings]]
* [[Mugging the Monster]]: The Provoke ability.
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=== [[Magic Knight]] / Dark Knight ===▼
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▲== [[Magic Knight]] / Dark Knight ==
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Magic Knights can equip heavy armor, and are one of the only two Jobs that can equip "Dark Swords", which appear as katanas. These swords prevent certain enemies from splitting. On the other hand, The Dark Knights are trained to harness the negative energies that flow throughout the world. The dark blades they wield are very effective against monsters that divide and multiply. The Dark Knight replaced in the Magic Knight in the DS release.
* [[Black Knight]]
* [[Cast
* [[Casting a Shadow]]: Souleater.
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]
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=== Evoker/Conjurer ===
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Evokers possess the ability to summon powerful beings into battle. Each possesses a Black and White Magic effect, which is triggered randomly at the time of summoning.
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=== Bard ===
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Bards use their Sing ability to buff their allies or, in the DS version, deal damage to their enemy.
* [[Magic Music]]
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=== Black Belt/Master ===
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Black Belts are masters of combat, able to use only their fists for massive damage. They are capable of linking their mind and body to store energy for an upcoming strike. Black Belt is considered to be an upgrade of the Monk class.
* [[Badass Cape]]
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=== Devout ===
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An upgrade for the White Mage class. Devouts can cast all White Magic spells. They also possess higher MP for high-level White Magic.
* [[Blow You Away]]
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=== Magus ===
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Magi can cast all Black Magic spells. They also possess higher MP for high-level Black Magic. It's an upgrade for the Black Mage class.
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=== Summoner ===
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Summoners are magic users who have harnessed the power of high summoning - the ability to call forth a combined Black and White Magic effect. This is the form of summoning that would become the standard for the future games in the series. The Summoner is considered to be a powered up version of the Evoker job.
* [[Pimped-Out Dress]]: Refia.
* [[Squishy Wizard]]
* [[Summon Magic]]
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=== Ninja ===▼
▲== Ninja ==
[[Ninja]] are able to deal massive amounts of damage by throwing weapons and specialized projectiles at the enemy. It is able to equip almost every weapon and armor.
* [[Cool Mask]]: A typical ninja cowl covering the lower
* [[Eleventh
* [[Flechette Storm]]: Throw
* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]
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=== Sage ===
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Sages are highly adept mages who have mastered all levels of the Black and White arts. They have the ability to cast every magic in the game, as well as high-leveled Summon magic.
* [[Black and White Magic]]
* [[Eleventh
* [[Nice Hat]]: Dear ''god'', how do you clear doorways with those on?
* [[Summon Magic]]
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▲=== Allies ===
==
A man suffering from amnesia, he accompanies the heroes to try and find his lost memories.▼
* [[Cool Sword]]
*
* [[Handsome Lech]]: The first thing he says after they gain the Airship? Surrounded by different girls from different places, no matter the fact that he has a sick girlfriend that falls sick in the first place because he leaves her village. Refia has to keep him in line.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: [[Unexplained Recovery|He doesn't die, however.]]
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]
*
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Casts Thundara when he appears in battle.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Blue verging on [[Shiny Midnight Black]].
=== Sara Altney ===
The Princess of Sasune who holds the Mythril Ring that can dispel the Djinn's curse.
* [[Badass Princess]]: The first of many for this series.
* [[Blow You Away]]: Has the Aero spell.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Hair of Gold]]
* [[Healing Hands]]: Has a Cure spell.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: The [[Final Fantasy I
* [[Rebellious Princess]]
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]
* [[Ship Tease]]: In the DS remake, with Ingus.
* [[White Magic]]
=== Cid Haze ===
The commander of an airship, he's the one who found the orphaned kids ten years ago in the DS release.
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* [[Drop the Hammer]]
* [[The Engineer]]
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]
* [[Happily Married]]
* [[Legacy Character]]: There's an old guy named Cid and what a shock, he owns an airship. Go figure.
* [[Playing
=== Aria Benett ===
A young woman who lives on the surface world and accompanies the party.
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* [[Healing Hands]]: Has a Cure Spell.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: [[Taking the Bullet]] for Luneth.
* [[Last of Her Kind]]: {{spoiler|There are subtle hints that implied the Maidens of Water were from a large tribe, but slowly began dying out to prevent the Flood of Darkness from consuming the world while waiting for [[The Chosen One]], and they still have to keep surviving because they are the only ones who can break the Crystal Shard's seal. Aria is the last one of them, and by the time [[The Chosen One|TheChosenOnes]] finally come, she's already dying and bed-ridden.}}
* [[Mysterious Waif]]
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: All way to the ground, and still has strands that sweep on it.
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=== Alus Restor ===
The young prince of Saronia who is very shy and often bullied.
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=== Doga and Unei ===
Two ancient Sages who trained under Noah, Doga was blessed with great magical power while Unei was given control over the world of dreams while she slept.
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* [[Cool Old Lady]]: Unei.
* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]: Unei uses Holy.
* [[Never Mess
* [[Playing
* [[White Mage]]: Unei
=== Warriors of Darkness ===
The dark counterparts to the Warriors of Light, they are a quartet of Warriors who rallied to defend the World of Darkness from being swallowed by the light many years ago. The Warriors of Light seek their aid in the battle against the Cloud of Darkness.
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* [[Yin-Yang Bomb]]: It takes the powers of both Light and Dark to defeat Cloud of Darkness this time around.
== Villains ==
===
▲== Xande ==
The third student of Noah who trained with Doga and Unei. While Doga and Unei got great power from Noah, Xande's gift from their master was mortality when previously the four of them were all immortals. Outraged at this snubbing, Xande sought to destroy the Crystals and cause a flood of darkness that would trap the world in temporal stasis, allowing him to avoid dying.
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* [[Out of Focus]]: Xande is the Big Bad for most of the game, and he was the first villain with an established backstory and a goal besides [[Take Over the World|Taking Over The World]]. However, odds are most people know the Cloud of Darkness as the villain. ''<nowiki>~Dissidia: Final Fantasy~</nowiki>'' has a lot to do with that, as does the fact that the only time you actually meet Xande in person is when you fight him near the end of the game.
* [[Sorcerous Overlord]]
* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]: The motivation for his actions. Doga and Unei get great magical power, Xande gets to not be an immortal anymore. Just what was Noah thinking?
=== Cloud of Darkness ===
An ancient entity that is the embodiment of nothingness, she appears when the powers of light and dark are unbalanced to return all to the Void.
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