Disclaimer: This is not entirely how Final Fantasy VI ends, rather my vision of the perfect ending. I will say, if will follow the basic play out of the final confrontation with Kefka, and thusly, will be filled to the brim with spoilers. You have been warned.
It had been a long time since the journeys began. It had been a long time and the heartache of the world continued. It had been a long time since the Espers, the ancestral beings of magic, failed and died away. It had been a short time since the monster, Kefka, once general of the Gestahl Empire, had ascended. Having stolen away the mighty powers and energies of the three entities from another era, the Warring Triad, he was now thought to be invincible, perched atop a misshapen, living tower of machinery and broken bodies. The world had grown decrepit and barren over the course of a single year. Flora and fauna alike were all but memories. The remaining humans lived in fear that one would reject Kefka as their 'god', bringing down his decimating Light of Judgment. They were trapped. They were suffering. They were dying. They were fading.
There were only few who resisted. Those who challenged the empire one year before. Those who match Kefka's armies and might once before. The Returners, the resistance of the now fallen Gestahl Empire and now the challengers of Kefka. Terra Branford, the child of and Esper and human, was stolen away from her parents many years ago, raised as a super soldier for the empire and hunted by Kefka for a long time. She was the one who led the few who chose to resist Kefka into battle.
Locke Cole, a master thief and treasure hunter, and Terra's first ally marched with her into battle. Celes Chere, who was once a general for the empire's army along side of Kefka, who held a grudge for the horrid experiments he and others of the empire preformed on her. Edgar Figaro, king of the Figaro kingdom whom once almost lost his palace and people to the crazed Kefka's fury. Sabin Figaro, Edgar's twin brother who left his kingdom behind to train into a mighty warrior, returning for a world that needed him. Cyan Garamonde, a skilled samurai and the only survivor of the once proud Doman empire after Kefka poisoned the waters of his land, killing his king and family. A wise and deadly ninja known only by the name of Shadow, who once worked only as a sword-for-hire, but now fought to repent for being swayed into the service of the empire one year before. A feral child know only as Gau, who once lived in an untamed savanna who now felt loved and accepted by his new friends. Setzer Gambbiani, an infamous pirate, gambler and airship captain who joined with the Returners after tricked into a fixed gambit. Strago Magus, a wise old sage and mighty magi who joined the fight against the empire after the Returners saved both his town and granddaughter. Relm Arrowny, a young, peppy, spirited artist and an endlessly enthusiastic driving force behind the Returners. Mog, a Moogle, an enigmatic creature native to their world, capable of speech and a skilled combatant. A silent, perplexing warrior known only by her title, Gogo the Mimic. Umaro, a beastly wendigo who was coaxed by Mog to join their cause.
They had come such a long way, through thick and thin, through the sheen and the fires. It was time for them to put an end to the agony. It was time for them to stop Kefka... by any means necessary.
Final fantasy VI is a triumph as a game. I will be sowing my heart and soul into writing this fight. Wish me luck as I make this project.