FF6 O_o - Page 12

take a 30 minutes detour in the serpent trench and learn water rondo, yes, that shit is powerfull

On the ship, Terra was still trying to make up her mind.




That's when Shadow came in and said something useful (other than asking for money, leaving, etc.)



Errr.... wait. What? O well. Apparently Terra and Shadow reached an impasse and left the scene. Then Locke came in...



Locke was seasick ^__^... anyways, at this point Terra, Shadow, and Locke formed a group, while Celes stayed with Leo. Disembarking from the ship, the group found them (yet again) in Thamasa.



For some reason, the people here seemed different. Not only were the shops functional, the Inn also offered stay for 1 gil instead of the previous 1500 gil. The most notable difference was the following character in front of the doorway mentioned last time.



And... o shit! A new character!



Then a little girl came in.



(O shit)^2! Another new character.



The little girl was called Relm. The old man was called Strago. Relm immediately took interests in Shadow's dog.



Locke noted there was something odd in this town (thanks Locke, I noticed that a LONG time ago). Anyways, while in the Inn over night, Strago came in and...



Relm was missing! Uh-oh! Everyone got up and went to help, except Shadow who stayed briefly - it turned out Shadow's dog, Interceptor, was missing as well.

After checking around the town, it seemed that one house was on fire, and Relm was probably in it.



Oddly, the townfolks were trying to put out the fire by using - that's right - MAGIC. It turned out everyone at Thamasa could use magic. Of course, given the name of the town, this was not too surprising. However, as these people had no obvious connections with Espers, it was obvious there magic had other sources, as well. More on this later.

Anyways, Terra, Locke, and Strago went into the burning house to save Relm. While they did manage to find Relm, everyone got knocked out by the flame as they tried to make their escape. However, Shadow came in in the nick of time and saved everyone.



On the next day, Strago explained.



So basically, everyone in the village were descendants of Mage Warriors who wielded the power of magic through Magicites 1000 years ago. This was why everyone in the village could use magic.

Anyways, on the next day everyone decided to go to a cave nearby.



It was a dangerous mission; so only Terra, Locke, and Strago came along, leaving Relm behind. As the group ventured into the cave, however, it was obvious that Relm was tailing them. While in the cave, the group made a significant discovery.





The backstory goes as follows. The three Statues were representations of three Goddesses. A long time ago they fought each other, turning some Humans into Espers, or living war machines, as collateral damage.

The group decided to go further, only to be interrupted by Ultros (yep!)



Ultros mentioned Ziegfried here. Recall Sabin met Ziegfried previously on the phantom train. Interesting... anyways, as the group prepared to fight Ultros, Relm interjected and asked Ultros to pose for a portrait.



Ultros was initially unwilling, but Terra and Locke somehow managed to convince Ultros to let Relm do it. The painting omgwtfbqqpwnt Ultros and he was forced to flee.

Further into the cave, Terra and others met a group of angry Espers.



While the situation appeared to be hopeless, one Esper canned Yura came into the scene and stopped the fightning.




Basically this Yura seemed to be a nice guy who wanted to make remands. Perhaps there were hope after all for Humans and Espers. By the way, according to Yura, the destruction of Vector was not even the Espers' fault - they simply went berserk upon entering the Humans' World. On the next day, Yura formally asked Leo for pardons,



At this point it seemed like it was going to be a happy ending, but then a strange laugh was heard! Oh no! It's Kefka!!!



At this point I could only control Leo. There was nothing to do except to confront Kefka.



Leo fought valiantly against Kefka, but he was eventually slain by him.



A big middle finger for you, Kefka. Then, Kefka killed all the Espers on scene and collected their Magicites for his power.



Two big middle fingers for you, Kefka. As more Espers tried to revenge their fallen brethrens, Kefka would kill them one by one - and as a result strengthen himself even more. It was truly sad and disturbing to watch.

Luckily, Terra and others were left alive. After Kefka left, they buried Leo and swore revenge on the Empire.




Then the others came to Thamasa as well.



It turned out the Empire probably tried to capture Edgar and others. However, using his manly charm, Edgar learned about the Empire's plans through a maid (who he flirted with). Way to go Edgar!

After everyone left, there was this odd scene.




I guess Edgar and Relm were related somehow. I haven't figured out what their relationship can possibly be yet, but I will just hope Relm was not Edgar's daughter ^__^;

Now that everyone got together, I was able to form a group with my star characters.



Next stop: the floating island.

you can find a Rage technique that lets Gau use Leo's Shock. You don't find this monster until late late game though.