#Final Fantasy Dimensions

[bluefloret]

some final fantasy guyssss i doodled

[mostfuckableffvillain]

Round 2

Seifer: Ain't no chicken-wuss

Vata: I learned he's a Dragoon, so

[inksycat]

Barbs for my beloved @bluefloret 🐉⚔

[compass-inks]

My take on Sarah's paladin outfit--advancing the agenda of Women Should Wear Trousers In Combat but I love putting this job on her to carry on the legacy of her kingdom.

[superthatguy62]

FF3 Fun Facts of the Whenever: Ingus-Falgabard Addendum/Followup

I mentioned this on That Other Site and no doubt mentioned bits of it in my other posts, but may as well mention it in a proper post.

While Ingus is associated with the Dark Knight job via his connection to Falgabard, he is not the only one. There are a few cases of characters both before and after that Ingus bears some degree of similarity with, either due to the job, the location or even character trajectory (albeit, in reverse).

(NOTE: Due to the amount of overlap between the jobs, we’ll be counting both proper Dark Knight and FF3!Dark Knight/Warmage.)

1. Cecil Harvey (Final Fantasy IV)

Cecil Harvey is the star of Final Fantasy IV and one of the few main protagonists to be associated with the Dark Knight job (the only other main protagonist of the main series is, funnily enough, Luneth in some portrayals). This is due to Cecil being adopted by the king of Baron and entering service into Baron’s army.

...Say, doesn’t that sound familiar-

Cecil and Ingus had a few similarities, but also a number of differences. In particular, their feelings on Dark Knight and general trajectories go in opposite directions: Cecil started as part of Baron’s Dark Knight corps, but was made to do terrible things for his country and eventually renounced the Dark Sword and became a Paladin. Ingus was born in Falgabard, but only remembered this later in life and expresses an interest in learning to authentically learn how to use Dark Blades upon returning.

Of course, there’s also more a bit more parallels, but I’ve talked about them (and this, really) elsewhere on the blog.

For what it’s worth, the FFIII-D team would go on to make the FFIV 3D remake. It’s an interesting coincidence.

2. Nacht (Final Fantasy Dimensions)

Bear in mind that I can only give a general synopsis at the time of this writing, as I have yet to play Final Fantasy Dimensions and, until Square ports it off of phones or I look into “other means” there are no plans to change it any time soon.

Generally, Nacht is one of the main characters of Final Fantasy Dimensions. A game that homages the earlier games, its central gimmick plays into its episodic nature; It takes the concept of the Warriors of Dark that Final Fantasy III introduced and expands upon it by switching the narrative between the Warriors of Light and the Warriors of Dark. Nacht happens to be one of the latter.

Of course, Dimensions is filled with slews of callbacks to the first five-six games, usually taking concepts, characters and locations and reimagining them. While Nacht is initially introduced simply as one of the prisoners of the Empire, it soon turns out that Nacht is actually the son of a Dark Knight from Castle Falgabard.

As Falgabard is not allowed to have a significant population, the place is bombed by the Empire by the time the party reaches it and is thus populated primarily by ghosts resentful of Nacht’s father Sigurd abandoning them. Without spoiling much, a Dark Knight named Graham aids the party and grants them the Dark Knight job.

Nacht, based on the wiki, fills the same “stoic, serious but overall caring” niche of the party that Ingus does. While Matrix Software did develop FF Dimensions, none of the major FFIII DS staff seem to have led the project, meaning this may just be coincidence.

The FFD cast as not appeared in many crossovers although they were in Pictlogica, Nacht included, making it the only time the two characters associated with Falgabard appeared in the same game. Sure there’s no plot character interactions, and I don’t think Nacht is even in the only version you can play anymore, but he was there!

3. Duane (Final Fantasy Brave Exvius)

Duane is one of the many myriads of original characters from Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. As far as I am aware, he is not involved in the main story, leaving his presence primarily as a “vision”; the term for the characters summoned primarily via memories which make up the main gatcha component of the game. Therefore, the majority of Duane’s story is relayed through his bios.

Duane was once a knight of Grandshelt who, on the suggestion of a superior, decided to learn to wield dark blades. He succeeded in becoming stronger, but his usage of darkness made him a pariah among his fellow knights who rejected him. The stress of such rejection caused Duane to snap and slay several knights. Not only did this result in Duane getting banished, but Duane himself was so wracked with guilt that eventually, he...

...Yes.

But even in death and now a vision, it’s said that his grief remains as he seeks to make amends for his actions.

It’s worth nothing that unlike the rest of the characters on this list, Duane takes heavy inspiration from Final Fantasy III’s Warmage rather than the traditional Dark Knight job. Duane’s 4* bio states that his blade is infused with magic, his armor is essentially a fancier version of the Warmage’s and Duane’s JP bios use the term 魔剣, the same term FF3 uses for its job (English materials go back and forth between “Dark Knight” and “Warmage”). The biggest difference is that Duane incorporates the loss of sanity aspect that the main Dark Knight job constantly alludes to; III’s take on the job doesn’t really mention that aspect, although the association with negative feelings in a few ways.

Duane does somewhat resemble Ingus, but this is probably a coincidence. Probably.

Lightning Round

The ones I’ve talked about before and/or are not quite as related as the above three.

Leonhart (Final Fantasy 2)

I’ve talked about this before: A guidebook for Famicom FF3 gives the backstory of Falgabard, being a village founded by a Saronian Dark Knight named Leonhart who was banished for fear of his power. FF4 also had a guidebook story about Leon, but it went in a very different direction (though that one is more well know). As a bonus fun fact: The FF3 guide seems to use FF2 Leon’s exact name while the name used in the FF4 guide is closer to what would be used for an FF11 NPC (localized as “Leonhardt”).

It is almost assuredly non-canon, but a fun thing to think about. Especially in the just as non-canon Memory of Heroes, which implies that Leon and Ingus are reincarnations of one of the original Warriors of Light (or otherwise inherited his will).

Goffard Gaffgarion (& Ramza Beoulve?) (Final Fantasy Tactics)

Gaffgarion is the lone Dark Knight in Final Fantasy Tactics (PS1). A mercenary who initially takes Ramza under his wing, they come to blows when Gaffgarion attempts to fulfill his mercenary duty of assassinating Princess Ovelia.

Between operating under Gaffgarion for a year or two and the general trajectory of his character arc, Ramza is somewhat associated with the job in Fanon, particularly with a rumor in the PS1 version that would allow Ramza to become a Dark Knight or learn Gaffgarrion’s skills. However, this isn’t possible*.

In the War of the Lions remake, the Dark Knight job was made attainable for units that can switch jobs, including Ramza himself. To differentiate Gaffgarion from the standard job, his unique job was renamed “Fell Knight”.

The War of the Lions take on the Dark Knight job leans more heavily into III’s design (WoTL was released one year after the III remake and both have designs by Akihiko Yoshida), although Gafgarrion’s design does seem to take some cues from it. The two jobs that need to be mastered are Knight and Black Mage, which may be an indirect reference to III’s Dark Knights due to the magic association.**

*Supposedly, Gaffgarion’s Dark Knight abilities have coding that allows them to be learned on contact in the PS1 version which was dummied out, per someone who made a Dark Knight Ramza hack for the original game. I cannot confirm nor deny this.

** It’s worth mentioning that Falgabard is one of the wonders that can be learned about in FFT. The description seems to use the same characters that III uses in JP; As per standard, it was localized as “Dark Knights”, just like in III.

Paine (Final Fantasy X-2)

I have not played FFX-2, so I’ll be brief and say that Paine is sometimes associated with the Dark Knight job in spinoffs, including Dissidia Opera Omnia and Pictlogica (the latter having her share the “Fell Blade” ability with the generic Dark Knights, Seifer, Gabranth, Garland, Leon and, interestingly enough, Ingus and Nacht).

[kplays]

In a very quiet victory Mobius won the last poll

This one is still going to be working with the nicher titles.

Like before, feel free to give reasons or fond memories in the notes or reblogs

*only titles published outside of Japan have been included in the chocobo titles. If I missed one you like please leave a note

[wyspersss]

True Sight

[halcyon-autumn]

Ally Beardsley forcing Brennan to come up with an in-universe reason for Straight Kristen to not be pregnant is one of the funniest things they've EVER done

[bitemarx]

[never coming out, never coming clean]

so is baron just in the briefcase now.

[jaksanaboonchom]

[bluefloret]

some sketches for the Final Fantasy rp server i'm in! definitely recommend come joining us if you like rp

makes for some. interesting crossovers

[mostfuckableffvillain]

Round 1

Logos: Is actually very stressed right now. You're not supposed to separate him from Ormi, this is highly unusual.

Vata: I've never even heard of this game before, I'm so proud of you guys for pulling this one out. Love the color scheme, though.

[inksycat]

commission for a buddy of ff:d barbara for an rp server we're in!

[compass-inks]

[superthatguy62]

I heard you call from the darkness. If you do not fear my arcane powers, then I shall fight with you.

  Argh... I remember this pain. My dark power is growing.

This voice calling to me... You are not evil, are you. If you need my help, have it.

Two descendants of Falgabard square off against the Dark Knight of Remorse