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:Faraway Dreams:

Preface:

When Final Fantasy IX was in production, the release of the Playstation 2 was within two years of being released. Square knew that this newest addition to the Final Fantasy line would be the last on the Playstation, so they decided to try something rather new. The previous Final Fantasy titles, VII and VIII, were both set in worlds where dark technology and fantasy collided in a truly unique way. This newest Fantasy, IX, would be a sort of rebirth of the classic fantasy world that the original three Final Fantasy titles brought to us a decade earlier. In the end, it was released and brought us into a massive world filled with magic, depth, and dreams.

This Final Fantasy is one of my favorites out of the series. It drew me back into that dreamy world of fantasy that the first three games instilled, only with beautiful details and music that the originals couldn't produce. What intrigued me the most was the introduction of demi-humans like the Burmecians, hippos, dogs, and others, whereas the only other major species in previous games were dwarves and moogles. This opened up an opportunity to create a history for each species of demi-human, most of all, the Burmecians and their dragon knights.

This story isn't about the history of Burmecians or dragon knights, though, but on the struggles of their people, or rather just one of person alone in a new city with only his dreams to motivate him.

Are we strangers in this place,

looking for a place unknown.

We're just leaning on the breeze,

saying you'd like to give it up.


Can we find the truth behind us,

when the long journey ends?


Are we wrapped in mysteries,

walking down the winding roads.

Can we find the reason why we love

on this walk of trials?


-The Breeze, Final Fantasy III