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Final Fantasy IV (II US):
Rumor: Palom and Porom can be unstoned in the full (PSX) version of the
game by getting an item called the "Basilisk's Eye."
Reality: There is no Basilisk's Eye item in any of the various versions
of Final Fantasy IV. There is also no possible way of unstoning Palom
and Porom. See article 4.3.1 for more information.
Final Fantasy V:
Rumor: An incompletely translated copy of Final Fantasy V was leaked
from Square several years ago and posted on the Web.
Reality: Actually, the translation that leaked was a fan translation
that was only halfway done. The translation group RPGe was working on
the translation, but an incomplete version of it was stolen from them
and posted on the Web with some other organization's name on it. The
unfinished fan translation has lots of lines that say "(fill in here)"
and have garbage battle command windows, etc. Unfortunately, reports are
coming in that the plagerized incomplete translated version of the game
is still circling around the 'net.
Final Fantasy VI (III US):
Rumor: There are colored chocobos, or chocobos of different sizes, in
the game.
Reality: The only chocobos in the game are the yellow ones at the
stables.
Rumor: General Leo can be revived.
Reality: Once General Leo is dead, he stays that way. There is a Game
Genie code that has a probability of changing an existing character into
Leo, but there is no way to revive him in the actual game.
Rumor: Doing some tasks in a different order, or top-secret tasks,
reveals a secret ending.
Reality: There is only one ending to Final Fantasy VI, although there's
several variations on that ending.
Rumor: Shadow has more than five dream sequences.
Reality: Shadow has no secret dream sequences to unlock.
Rumor: There is a way to play the game over again with all the
characters at their current levels, with most of the same inventory,
etc. like the "New Game +" feature in Square's Chrono games.
Reality: None of the Final Fantasy games have this feature.
Rumor: There exists more than two secret characters, including one
called "Akfek," etc.
Reality: There are only two secret characters in Final Fantasy VI, one
sasquatch and one mime, and no more than that.
Rumor: Secret Character #2 is actually Daryl (or some other NPC) in
disguise.
Reality: Secret Character #2's identity is a secret; there are
absolutely zero clues in the game that single out any NPC that it may
be. But there is no way that it could be Daryl. In the Japanese version
of the game, Secret Character #2 refers to himself as "ore" (pronounced
like "olay") which means "I" in Japanese, but the word "ore" can only be
used by men. And Daryl was not a man.
Rumor: Rydia and other Final Fantasy IV characters make guest
appearances in Final Fantasy VI.
Reality: None of the Final Fantasy IV cast of characters make an
appearance in Final Fantasy VI. The only character in a Final Fantasy
game that was grabbed out of one game and dropped into another was
Gilgamesh (FF V and VIII).
Rumor: The Atma Weapon, if thrown at Kefka, takes him down in one hit,
and says something like "too much damage to calculate" or something
similar.
Reality: This was a popular rumor, origin or intention unknown. It is
not true; the Atma Weapon does nothing other than regular damage if it
is thrown at Kefka.
Rumor: There is a way to uncurse the Cursed Ring and turn it into a
super-powerful Hero Ring.
Reality: Some people have reported that this works in very early prints
of the game, but for now, this should be treated as a rumor. It should
not happen in the PSX re-release of the game.
Final Fantasy VII:
Rumor: There is a trick to acquire unlimited money that involves a town
named "Manchuria."
Reality: There are no towns named "Manchuria" in Final Fantasy VII. None
of the town names in the North America and Europe versions of the game
from the original Japanese release. The rumor actually supposedly is
true for some other game, but some individual claimed it worked in Final
Fantasy VII, and the rumor mill went wild.
Rumor: The game was shipped incomplete; there were several important
things that Square took out of the game, and we should all flood Square
with mail demanding that they release the complete version of the game.
Reality: STOP IT! STOP IT! Most of these demands cite one Ben Lansing,
who more or less admitted that he fabricated his story about Final
Fantasy VII being incomplete. The game is as complete as it is ever
going to get, and no letter writing campaign will change that.
Rumor: There is a way to revive Aeris.
Reality: Not without a GameShark, there isn't. There is no way to revive
Aeris after the "incident" occurs, not with an Underwater Materia or
anything else. This is the #1 false rumor about Final Fantasy VII, it
has persisted ever since the game was released, and many people would be
glad if it would just go away.
Xenogears:
Rumor: Ramsus is a playable character who can be unlocked after
Omiomorph is defeated during disc 2.
Reality: This is another popular false rumor that was started as a joke
in a popular Xenogears secrets guide, but some people apparently did not
understand the joke and took it seriously.
* 1.10 - Square Soft Resources on the InterNet
Square Co. Ltd's Official Home Page:
http://web.square.co.jp/
Square Co. Ltd (in Japan) has their own official home page now present
on the World Wide Web. Too bad it's all encoded in JIS, so unless your
browser can decode Japanese characters, it's illegible. If not, and if
you can read Japanese, you might find something useful there, no one
knows...
RPGamer, or formerly known as "Square Net":
http://www.rpgamer.com/
Contains lots of information on everything about Square Soft - the
games, the company, the fans. Definitely worth a look. It has less
multimedia than the official Square Soft page, but has more
"underground" content.
The Arris Dome:
http://www.cris.com/~shelbyh/chrono/chrono.shtml
This site is Chrono Trigger and Chrono Cross player's heaven: Lots of
useful and interesting information about the Chrono games, the
characters, the plot, etc. If you've played either of the Chrono games
before, you owe it to yourself to come here.
The Final Fantasy Compendium:
http://www.ffcompendium.com/
This fan site serves as a general dictionary to everything Final
Fantasy. It's worth a look for Final Fantasy newbies and veterans alike.
The Official Square Soft Home Page:
http://www.squaresoft.com/
Contains information about many of Square's games from Tobal #1 through
Chrono Cross.
PlayOnline:
http://www.playonline.com/
Contains information about many of Square's games from Final Fantasy IX
to present games.
GameFAQs:
http://www.gamefaqs.com/
This site carries less general, more precise FAQs covering a wide
spectrum of games. If you have a question about any game that isn't
answered in this FAQ, you can probably find your answer here.
Shinra Corporation:
http://www.shinra.com/
This is sort of a joke custom-tailored for Final Fantasy VII players.
Quick! Go visit it before Square finds out!
The Fridge
http://home.att.ne.jp/gamma/fridge/
The Fridge is the home page of Soraya Saga (Kaori Tanaka). While at
Square, she was involved in the design of Final Fantasy V and VI, and is
probably most famous for designing the characters used in Xenogears.
(Site has English, Spanish, and Japanese text)
Procyon Studio, Home of Yasunori Mitsuda:
http://www.procyon-studio.com/
Yasunori Mitsuda has written the soundtracks to a number of games;
including Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, Xenogears, and Mario Party. He
has also produced some of the sound effects for Final Fantasy titles.
This link goes to his home page. (It's now available in English.)
Amano's World:
http://amanosworld.com/
This is the official home page of Yoshitaka Amano, the character
designer behind Final Fantasy I-VI and Final Fantasy IX. The site talks
about Amano's involvement with manga, Final Fantasy, and many of Amano's
other projects.
Final Fantasy - The Spirits Within:
http://www.finalfantasy.com/
This is the official home page for the Final Fantasy movie that was
released in theaters in the summer of 2001.
* 1.11 - Copyright, disclaimers, etc.
This FAQ is Copyright 1996-2000 by Nick Zitzmann.
DISCLAIMER #1: This FAQ is provided "as is" without any express or
implied warranties. I (Nick) have made every possible effort to make
sure that the information contained in this FAQ is correct, but in the
event that something is wrong, then I am not to blame.
DISCLAIMER #2: Neither I nor any of the participants of
alt.games.final-fantasy are in any way related to Square Soft or its
employees, etc. Everything here is unofficial to Square.
DISCLAIMER #3: The participants of alt.games.final-fantasy and myself
speak only for ourselves, not Square Soft or Nintendo or Sony or our
employers or any other related company.
DISCLAIMER #4: We live in a sick society if we have to have disclaimers
on everything... (That's what I think, at least.)
This FAQ is to go over some of Square Soft's games, answer questions,
etc. If you see anything missing from the FAQ, please send it to Nick
at: nickzman@eskimo.com
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* 1.12 - Changes History
The version history was last wiped in version 1.9.1 of the FAQ.
Version 1.9 (11/4/00):
- Parasite Eve II has been added to section 3.
- The sizes of all the Final Fantasy games have been added to article
4.1.7.
- The "death chart" in article 4.1.6 has also been updated.
- As usual, the glossary has been updated.
Version 1.9.1 (11/20/00):
- Now that Final Fantasy IX is out, large parts of this FAQ have been
updated to contain information about the newest game out there.
- The glossary has been updated again. It just never ends!
- The URLs have also been updated.
- It's been a while since the version history has been cleaned out, so
it's beend done in this release.
Version 1.9.2 (1/8/01):
- There are a number of new glossary updates once again.
- By popular request, article 4.10.4 has been written about defeating
Adel in FF VIII.
Version 2.0 (7/8/01):
- OK, your FAQ maintainer was suddenly motivated to update this thing
after letting it rest for half a year. It must have had something to do
with the fact that Final Fantasy IV has finally been officially released
in its full, uncensored form in North America. As Square Soft themselves
put it, it's about time!
- Several old, obsolete articles have been rewritten or updated.
- Now that there are _five_ different versions of Final Fantasy IV
floating around out there, new article 4.3.16 attempts to classify the
five versions into two categories, "original" and "easytype."
- Some of the URLs in article 1.10 have been updated.
- There are several new glossary items here. Keep these updates coming,
folks! Your FAQ maintainer is trying his part, too.
- Something of a background has been written for Legend of Mana.
- Background is now included for Front Mission and Final Fantasy
Chronicles.
- Added new spaces for All-Star Pro Wrestling and Final Fantasy
Chronicles.
- Updated some of the Final Fantasy IV and Chrono Trigger content to be
consistent with the PSX versions of the games.
- Added a new hint for the PSX release of Chrono Trigger (thanks to Zach
Keene).
- Moved Vagrant Story hints from article 4.11 to 5.7 for consistency
reasons. Not sure why it was in section 4 in the first place.
- Added the single most asked question ever about Final Fantasy IX to
article 4.11.
Version 2.0.1 (9/11/01):
- Several URLs to other Square-related sites have been updated or
deleted.
- The glossary, as usual, is slightly updated.
- Since it's been requested that the FAQ be more comprehensive about
false rumors, article 1.9 has been rewritten to more extensively cover
Square urban legends. We suggest everyone reads it. Now.
- A few minor changes here and there that probably aren't worth
reporting...
Version 2.0.2 (12/30/02):
- Acknowledged the release of a new Final Fantasy game, Final Fantasy X.
- Updated some parts to discuss the FF animated movie, Final Fantasy:
The Spirits Within.
* 1.13 - Thank You's and Other Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank these people for their help:
- David Powell (David_Powell@brown.edu) for stories and information
about Seiken Densetsu/Final Fantasy Adventure and SaGa III.
- Nicholas Yarymowich (ax164@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) for making a list of
Chrono Trigger endings.
- Tatsushi Nakao (Tatsushi.Nakao@Colorado.EDU) for stories and
information on Rudora no Hihou.
- Chris Killam (logain@atcon.com) for providing information about FF IV
rare items.
- Aki K. Seiya (seiya@ix.netcom.com) for information about the story of
Seiken Densetsu III and info about the Black Market in the same game.
- Rob Vanatta (rvanatta@calweb.com) for the Secret of Evermore story.
- My 11th grade Mythology teacher, who taught me a lot of the stuff you
see in the Final Fantasy Glossary below. <8*)
- D.J. Green (nebulosa@best.com) for the Final Fantasy V story.
- Io (mc3488@mclink.it) for the Final Fantasy Mystic Quest story.
- Laurence Hartje (lhartje@primenet.com) for mentioning a tip about the
Son of Sun in article 5.1.
- Dan Posluns, for contributing stories for Breath of Fire and Breath of
Fire II, as well as some information about SaGa/FFL III.
- Ian Kelley (ikelley@mail.sas.upenn.edu) for making several
contributions to the Romancing SaGa stories and pointing out a few other
things.
- Gordon Kam (ckam002@cs.auckland.ac.nz) for the Bahamut Lagoon story.
- Alan Kwan (tarot@netvigator.com) for the Hanjyuku Hero story.
- The list of FF VI/III Colosseum items was originally by Albert Calis
(aka the All-Mighty Bill, d040963c@dc.seflin.org).
- Kao Megura (cgfm2@hooked.net) was the author of articles 4.5.4 through
4.5.45, as well as article 4.5.48. He also recommended the strategies
mentioned in article 4.5.47. Wow! That's a lot of FAQs answered. Thanks,
Kao, and good job!
- Arlo (ajkristo@students.wisc.edu) for submitting some info about FF
II.
- NF (naavaash@rocketmail.com) for submitting some info about Parasite
Eve.
- Zach Keene (zjkeene@bellsouth.net) for some help with Einhander and
the origins of "Seibzehn".
- Ace Jayce (glasswalker@ax.apc.org) for information regarding the four
SaGa monsters.
- Zak Gillman (zg317598@oak.cats.ohiou.edu) for providing information
about the Leviathan.
- The home page of Ohara, Japan, home of Miyamoto Musashi,
, for information used in the glossary
items about Musashi and Kojiro.
- Larry Leow (chickenno1@hotmail.com) for some insight to the origins of
Fei in Xenogears.
- Some of the foreign words in the glossary were confirmed using
AltaVista's translation services at .
- Matthias Lambrecht (mlambrecht@handshake.de) for lots of information
about Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon, Xenogears, and Final Fantasy III.
- Neal Wilson (wilcafe@execpc.com) gets the credit for the "open mind
before reading" paragraph in the article 1.1.
- NightShade (Mario.Laubacher@span.ch) and RPGamer for information
regarding Quetzalcoatl, Minotaur, Gato, Gaia, Nouvelle, and Carbuncle in
the glossary.
- Richard Healey (rhealey@bu.edu) for some help with the origins of
Genji, Id, Anima/Animus, and the real amount of damage which the Aire
Tam Storm attack in FF VII is capable of doing.
- Dan Szymborski (czerny@mindspring.com) for providing insight into the
origins of Andvari and Asura.
- The information about Cid in the glossary mostly came from
Encyclopedia Brittanica ().
- Credit for the information about the changes between the Japanese and
USA releases of Final Fantasy VIII goes to Yuzu-chan (YuzurihaX@aol.com)
and Musashi (kirei_musashi@team-rocket.net).
- The information about Crescens, Dora, Zeal, and Zeboim in the glossary
came from the Catholic Encyclopedia
().
- Jon Niehof (jnieho38@calvin.edu) for providing some extra information
about changes in Final Fantasy VII.
- Ken Arromdee (arromdee@rahul.net) for confirming those Xenogears city
names were from the Hebrew calendar, and for the suggestion to move some
content around...
- Danos (danos2@theglobe.com) for pointing out an alternate use of the
word "Carbuncle."
- The Dome of the Sky () is the
source for Regulus in the glossary.
- Chris Foley (chris.foley@sourcesmith.com) for pinpointing the location
of the real-life Ogopogo.
- Daniel Orner (omegaonyx@geocities.com) for submitting glossary
information for the anima relics, Aphel Aura, Ether, Kadomony, Malakh,
Soylent, and Zephyr. He also pointed out the reference to Zeboim.
- Richard Dare (richarddare@netscapeonline.co.uk) for submitting
glossary information for Ifrit, Seraphim, and information about Front
Mission.
- Jay Decator (DECATJR@aol.com) for submitting glossary information for
Heidegger.
Also, thanks to everyone who has submitted minor changes and typo
reports. You know who you are!
* 1.14 - The Ultimate Final Fantasy Glossary
This glossary covers many of the acronyms, etc. used in this FAQ & the
alt.games.final-fantasy newsgroup, as well as some other things found in
Final Fantasy games.
(NOTE: In the glossary, when referring to Final Fantasy games, I'm using
the Japanese sequel numbering, not the American numbering. For a
conversion table between the two, please read article 4.1.3.)
FF: Short for "Final Fantasy".
NES/DMG/SNES: NES is an acronym for "Nintendo Entertainment System," DMG
is "Dot Matrix Game Boy," and SNES is "Super Nintendo Entertainment
System". These are the American names of Nintendo's products. (They're
called "famicoms" in Japan.)
CT: Short for "Chrono Trigger".
PSX: Short for "PlayStation". The extra letter comes from its
development name - the PlayStation started out as an experimental CD-ROM
drive for the SNES back when Nintendo announced that they would use
CD-ROM technology in their products. Nintendo backed out of the deal
during the development, so Sony ended up releasing the PlayStation as a
stand-alone system.
SoM/SD: Short for "Secret of Mana". (SD is short for "Seiken Densetsu,"
or "Legend of the Holy Sword" in English.)
HP: Hit Points. In most RPGs, the characters hit point amount determines
how much physical damage they can take before they get taken out of
commission.
MP: Magic Points. Characters who cast magic spells use these for their
energy when they cast the spells.
GP: Can be either Gold Points, or Gold Pieces. They are the units of
currency in most of Square's games.
Achtzehn (from Xenogears): "Achtzehn" is a German word, meaning
"eighteen". It most likely represents the eighteenth step in the Hebrew
sephiroth, which refers to the world of humans. (See "Sephiroth" and
"Seibzehn".)
Aegis Shield (from various FF games): Athena (Minerva's Greek
equivalent) used this shield in battle.
Aeris/Aerith (from FF VII): The word "Aerith" is a derivative of the
word "Earth". (See "Terra".)
Aire Tam Storm (from FF VII): The word "Airetam" is the word "Materia"
spelled backwards.
Alpha and Omega (from Xenogears): The opening quote from Xenogears came
from a quote from the new testament, from Apocylapse/Revelations 22:13:
"I am the Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the
end."
Alexandr/Alexander (from FF VI & VII): Alexander was named either after
King Alexander of Macedonia, or Tsar Alexander I of Russia. The former
conquered all of the known world in the 4th century BC, and had several
cities made in his name (such as Alexandria, Egypt). The latter was the
tsar who helped Britain end the reign of Napoleon I in France during the
19th century. Judging by the summoned monster's Russian architecture,
Alexander was most likely named after the latter of the two...
Andvari (from Xenogears): Andvari was a dwarven character who appeared
in an Icelandic epic story, the Volsunga Saga. In the story, Andvari had
a horde of gold which was taken from him by the giant/trickster god,
Loki. (See "Fenrir.") After his gold was stolen, Andvari cursed the gold
as well as anyone who received it.
Anima/Animus (from Xenogears): The Anima is Karl Jung's feminine aspect,
while the Animus is Jung's masculine aspect. Both represent respectively
feminine and masculine traits in human behavior.
Anima Relics (from Xenogears): Xenogears's anima relics were named after
ten of the original twelve tribes of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi,
Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph, and
Benjamin. Actually, one of the anima relics, Dinah (which replaces
Benjamin on the list), is named after the daughter of Jacob.
Aphel Aura (from Xenogears): "Aphelah" is the Hebrew word for darkness,
and "ora" is the word for light. But when the genders are switched
around on the two words, they become "aphel" and "orah," meaning a
change from darkness to light.
Asura/Ashura (from SaGa/FFL I, SaGa II/FFL II, and FF IV): The Asura is
from Indian (Hindu) mythology, and literally means "those who were
denied ambrosia". The legend says that the father god, Brahma, married
the goddess Shatarupa and created two races of people, the Daityas and
Adityas. Both races working together extracted the essence of
immortality from the seas, but the Adityas kept the essence to
themselves. The Daityas then became the gods' enemies, and became known
as Asuras. According to the story, the Asuras' conflicts with the gods
then became the origin of all conflict.
Aveh, Kislev, Nisan, and Shevat (from Xenogears): All of the major
cities in Xenogears (except for Solaris) were named (loosely) after the
Hebrew names for months, taken from the Bible. This includes Tammus,
which was called "Thames" in the USA version of Xenogears (see
"Thames").
Ayla (from Chrono Trigger): Ayla's name, story, and physical description
were derived from a character by the same name in the 1980 novel "The
Clan of the Cave Bear" by Jean M. Auel. In this novel, a natural
disaster causes Ayla to leave her home and eventually be taken up by the
Clan of the Cave Bear, a clan in which she works her way to the top and
ends up becoming humanity's future.
Behemoth and Leviathan (from a number of FF games): In Judaism, before
God created the void, there were two demons: The demon of earth
(Behemoth) and the demon of water (Leviathan). These demons are said to
exist even to this date. ("The Leviathan" was also the title of a book
by Thomas Hobbes, a philosopher of the 17th century who believed very
strongly in an absolute monarchy.)
Beowulf (from FF Tactics): The story of Beowulf is told in a traditional
Nordic epic poem. Beowulf, according to legends, helped King Hrothgar
rid his territories of a monster named Grendal, and Grendal's mother.
After doing so, he returned to his homeland where he reigned as king.
When a dragon was awakened in his homeland, though, he was expected to
defeat it. He wins, but dies after the battle.
Bismark (from FF VI): Bismark was probably named after Otto von
Bismarck, a Prussian chancellor who united all of the German states
(except Austria) into one unified German country in the 19th century. He
is most famous for saying that "nations aren't formed out of speeches
and compromises, they are formed out of blood and iron."
Black Cauldron (from FF VII): Hades's attack, "Black Cauldron," comes
from Celtic mythology & traditional stories. The Black Cauldron, as
defined by the Celts, was a magic cauldron which could re-animate the
dead if their bodies were boiled inside the cauldron. A popular
retelling of the story of the Black Cauldron can be found in the second
book of Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles, called "The Black
Cauldron". (The whole Prydain Chronicles is based on Celtic mythology.)
Brigandier (from Xenogears): "Brigand" is another word for "pirate".
Cain/Kain and Abel (from FF IV and Xenogears): In the Old Testament,
Cain was one of the original sinners, who broke the commandments when he
slew his brother, Abel.
Carbuncle (from every FF game after FF VI): A carbuncle is a skin
inflammation filled with pus, as well as another name for a red gem.
Cecil (from FF IV): We'd like to imagine that Cecil was named in honor
of Cecil Fielder, an American Baseball player who played one season on
the Hanshin Tigers in Japan before coming back to the USA to play on the
Detroit Tigers (and on his first season back he hit a whopping 51 home
runs, thus dominating the major leagues). Probably not, though.
Celes (from FF VI): Celes probably got her name from the Roman goddess
of grain and harvests, Ceres ("Demeter" in Greek mythology). According
to Greek myth, Ceres's habits and work schedules were what caused
seasons to happen - her daughter, Persephone, was taken by Pluto to be
his wife. Jupiter would allow Persephone to be with Ceres half of the
year (between late March and early September) and be with Pluto the
other half; therefore, when Persephone was with Ceres, she would be at
work and crops would prosper, and when Persephone was with Pluto, Ceres
would confine herself to mourning and crops would be affected. Thus, the
seasons are created - Spring and Summer when Ceres is at work, and Fall
and Winter when Ceres is sequested in mourning.
Chaos (from FF I): In Greek/Roman mythology, before anything, there was
nothing but Chaos, where everything was mixed together. Then, out of
Chaos came Gaia (Earth), and then Uranus (the sky), and thus, Order came
from out of Chaos. This is where we get words like "chaotic," which
basically mean "disorganized". In FF I, however, Chaos is portrayed as
the ultimate evil, which is not necessarily true every time. (See
"Gaia".)
Cid (from almost every FF game): It's most likely that Cid was named
after Rodrigo Diaz (1043-1099), aka "El Cid", a national hero in Spain's
Castile region. As a military leader, Cid never lost a battle, and won
victories for both the Christians and Muslims inhabiting Spain at the
time. After switching alliances several times, Cid managed to take over
the rich kingdom of Valencia, which he ruled until his death. His legend
was documented in an 11th century poem, called "The Song of Cid", as
well as the 1637 play "Le Cid" by Pierre Corneille.
Cloud (from FF VII): A bunch of suspended particles which appear in a
planet's atmosphere. On Earth, for instance, clouds contain suspended
water particles. (You've always wanted to know that, right?)
Cockatrice (from just about every Square game, really): It is said in a
legend that, when the moons are just right, a chicken somewhere will lay
an egg. On that night, a snake will appear and curl itself around that
egg. When the egg hatches, a fearful monster called a "Cockatrice"
emerges from it. The monster, half bird and half snake; has the powers
of the Gorgon, and can turn people into stone just by people looking at
them.
Crescens (from Xenogears): Saint Crescens was a companion of Saint Paul
during the early years of Christianity. Crescens was supposedly a bishop
of Galatia (now modern-day Turkey), according to the New Testament, and
is listed as one of the seventy disciples of Christ by the
Pseudo-Dorotheus.
Crono (from Chrono Trigger): Taken from the word "Chronos," which refers
to simple wristwatch time. That leads into things like Chronologies
(history, time by time) and Chronic (occurring and getting worse over a
period of time).
Crusader/Jihad (from FF VI): The Crusades were a series of major wars
fought during Europe's middle ages (around 1000-1200 AD) against the
Muslims, who had invaded the Byzantine Empire, which included Israel
(the Jews' and Christians' holy land). The Crusaders were the people who
fought in any of these wars. In the end, though, the Muslims won the
Crusades by taking over the Byzantine Empire, and turning it into the
new Ottoman Empire (which lasted until the end of World War I). (Note:
"Jihad" literally means "struggle" in Arabic.)
Cyrus (from Chrono Trigger): Cyrus was named after Cyrus the Great, who
was probably the most famous among the kings of the Persian Empire.
Dora (from Xenogears): Dora was named after a town dating from Biblical
times in the Middle East. It's still inhabited today.
Eden (from FF VIII): The Garden of Eden, mentioned in the Old Testament,
is according to the Testament the birthplace of humanity. The Testament
tells a story about Adam, a human made out of the likeness of the
Jewish/Christian God, and Eve, created out of Adam. They were also the
parents of Abel and Cain (see "Cain/Kain").
Einhander (from Einhander): Einhander (pronounced: EYE-n-HEN-DER) is a
German word meaning "one-handed".
Elixir (from various Square titles): An "elixir" is an old fashioned
medicine that used alcohol.
Elru (from Xenogears): "Elru" sounds suspiciously like "Elul," which is
the name of yet another Hebrew calendar month. (See "Aveh".)
Ether (from Xenogears and various FF games): Ancient Greek scientists
once proposed that the "ether" is the substance from which all matter
was permeated.
Excalibur/Xcalber (from every single FF game & then some): In the
Arthurian legend, once Arthur had lifted the sword out of the stone &
thereby becoming the King of the Britons, Merlin directed Arthur to a
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