Characters of the Final Fantasy IV series

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.

[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.

After helping her old friends save the planet, Rydia decides to rebuild Mist with the cooperation of Cecil and others, and also becomes the adoptive mother of the child Maenad Cuore.

[43] He briefly reappears as a spirit in The After Years, alongside Anna, advising Edward to not let his heart be weighed down by their deaths and encouraging him to come to Harley's aid.

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.

[20][21] Edward Geraldine (エドワード・ジェラルダイン, Edowādo Jerarudain), primarily called by his nickname Edge (エッジ, Ejji), is the royal prince of Eblan, only heir to the throne and a skilled ninja.

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 Eblan and Mist and to defend the Blue Planet from the invasion of the True 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.

[20][21] 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] 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.

With help from Rosa and Ceodore, Golbez stands up to his past sins and begs for forgiveness, allowing Cecil to regain his own strength and banish his dark half.

[20][21] According to Takashi Tokita, one of the writers for Final Fantasy IV, Golbez was created as an homage to the Star Wars saga villain Darth Vader.

This version of Golbez is designed similar to Final Fantasy IV and is depicted as a resident of the Thirteenth shard, now a desolate wasteland known as the Void thanks to the machinations of the Ascians.

With Light from the First to reach Golbez's domain, the Scions return and learn of his past as Durante, with Zero convincing him to help stop Zeromus and save Azdaja by rekindling his trust in others.

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.

Golbez, seeking to break the barrier between the Thirteenth and the Source, fused the Great Wyrm Azdaja with the remnants of the primal Zodiark's aether.

As Golbez's archfiend, he witnesses the defeat of Scarmiglione and Barbariccia at the hands of the Warrior of Light, then promises to enact revenge alongside Cagnazzo.

His battle tactics primarily 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.

In patch 6.3 Gods Revel, Lands Tremble, Cagnazzo is fought at the end of the Lapis Manalis dungeon where it is revealed he was a decoy to allow Rubicante to destroy the gate to The Void.

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.

They bury him alive alongside the rest of the dead but during funeral rites for the fallen, the commander would rise from the ground and leave, being dubbed Scarmiglione, where he would eventually meet and join Golbez.

A character who shares the same name as Giott appears in Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers as a dwarven bounty hunter aiming to slay the sin eater Sophrosyne, who was created from the body of one of the First's Warriors of Light, Lamitt.

It is later revealed that Leonora had always looked up to Palom since she was a little girl listening to his stories about his adventures with Cecil, and their friendship grows stronger as they travel to the True Moon.

He ends up inadvertently showing the party what laid his kind low: as they prospered, so too did the evil within them, but while the people of the Blue Planet worked to contain the damage done by their inner demons, the Creator's race did not do anything like this.

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.

[70] 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.

[71] 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.

[75] 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.

[76] 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.