Battle of the Swords Encyclopedia:
Jason Kaminari's Guide to help you understand the present and future of the Battle of the Swords Fanfiction.
Contents:
1. Particpants/Characters
2. Swords
3. Ability Expansion
4. Terminology/Explanations.
~*Particpants/Characters (In order of appearance):*~
-----------------Characters Appearing in Chapter 1-----------------
Name: Cloud Strife
Purpose: Contestant in the Battle of the Swords.
Sword: Ultima Weapon
Alignment: Good guy
Looks: Blonde Spiked hair (literally), blue eyes, black pants, blue shirt, one shoulder has an armor pad.
Abilities: Limit Breaks, Use of magic with Materia. Able to Summon through materia.
History: Main character from Final Fantasy 7, uses the Ultima Weapon, a sword which gets stronger with the higher HP he has (Hit Points; Health). Sephiroth is his ultimate enemy. He is a unsuccessful clone of Sephiroth. Together with a group of fighters, Cloud intends to beat Sephiroth (unfortunately for him..none of his actually decent fighting allies are here.)
Name: Aeris Gainborough
Purpose: Cloud's girlfriend, Not a contestant in the Battle of the Swords.
Sword: None (non-fighter)
Alignment: Good guy
Looks: Brown hair, green eyes, long pink dress, red overcoat. CUTE ^_^
Abilities: Various Limit Breaks, Use of magic through Materia. Able to Summon through Materia.
History: Character from Final Fantasy 7, her and Cloud have a unofficial relationship in the game. Her white materia is one of the most valuable magical objects in the FF7 world and is used to summon "Holy". Usually uses a staff, so doesn't participate in battles in this fanfiction.
Name: Sephiroth
Purpose: Contestant in the Battle of the Swords
Sword: Masamuné
Alignment: Bad Guy
Looks: Long silver hair, sleek, clad in all black.
Abilities: Levitation, Summon "Meteor" and "Supernova", telekinetic powers.
History: Ultimate Enemy from Final Fantasy 7, uses the Masmune. He found of his past in a library of research books, reveailng he is the "son" of Jenova, was not born, but created. Cloud is his atagonist (enemy).
Name: Dr. Citan Uzuki
Purpose: Contestant in the Battle of the Swords.
Sword: Generic Sabre, all have weird names in the game.
Alignment: Good Guy
Looks: Brown hair, Brown eyes, wears green, glasses (actually cool looking ones)
Abilities: Several Sword Combos, including Four Elemental ones: Rumble Earth, Festive Wind, Tsunami Ice, and Haze of Fire. Also can raise elemental defenses, inadvertantly lowering the resistance to the opposite element. (i.e. Fire Shield; Fire Defense Up, Water Defense Down)
History: Character from XenoGears, an RPG involving Fighting/religion/Gears (really good game guys...rent it.) He is a small-village doctor who seems to know too much for his position. Swore he would never use a sword again, but took to the blade once more when he realized he could not stand by idly after returning to Solaris, his hometown.
Name: Link
Purpose: Contestant in the Battle of the Swords
Sword: Master Sword
Alignment: Good Guy
Looks: Dirty blonde, left handed (YAY! Author is left handed.), green tunic, green elf -like hat.
Abilities: Playing the Ocarina, Magical Whirl Slash.
History: From the popular series of the Legend of Zelda, wields not only swords, but bows, magical powers, and an Ocarina. Saves the world many times in several different ways. It is believed by most gamers that the Zelda games take place in multiple dimensions, because he never recalls anything he's done before.
Name: Crono
Purpose: Contestant in the Battle of the Swords
Sword: The Rainbow
Alignment: Good guy
Looks: Red spiked hair, clad in all blue, with a red bandana around his neck
Abilities: Various Techs (single, double and triple. But cannot use double or triple since no other person from Chrono Trigger has arrived, yet.)
History: Character from the extremely popular Chrono Trigger. Ends up saving the world with his own enemy and friends from a power so destructive that it effects multiple time periods at once. Crono posseses as ship that can time travel.
Name: Luke Skywalker
Purpose: Guess/Cameo Contestant in the Battle of the Swords
Sword: Lightsaber; green. (cheeaater!)
Alignment: Good Guy
Looks: Mark Hamill-looking.
Abilities: Various Force moves (i.e. Saber Throw)
History: Main Hero from the Mega popular triology: Star Wars. Along with his lightsaber and the force, and some well placed shots, Luke manages to foil the plans of the Empire (an evil dictatorship over several planets) twice.
Name: IRS Agent
Purpose: To Indeit our characters, Not a contestant in the Battle of the Swords.
Sword: None (Has a badge though)
Aligment: Government Agent (That's about as evil as it gets, or misguided, whichever you prefer)
Looks: Black suit. No other specifics.
Abilities: To Indeit and pry into Character's personal lives. Can "summon" other Agents in a van to haul off our Characters.
History: The IRS (Internal Revenue Service) is in charge of auditing and filing your taxes so the government will receive them. IRS Agents, this one in particular, investigate suspected tax fraud.
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-----------------Characters Appearing in Chapter 3-----------------
Name: Squall Leonhart
Purpose: Contestant in the Battle of the Swords
Sword: Lionheart (GunBlade)
Alignment: Good Guy
Looks: Brown hair, brown eyes, Wears black pants, a black coat, and a white t-shirt. Also wears a necklace upon his neck with the "Lionheart" symbol.
Abilities: Various Limit Breaks. Amazing powers to not care. Draw and Use magic. Use Guardian Forces.
History: Character from Final Fantasy 8. He and his friends are part of an elusive group known as SeeD, who are dispatched to kill Sorceresses. Fights against not only a powerful Sorceress, but against Seifer-his misguided rival-as well.
Name: Seifer Almasy
Purpose: Contestant in the Battle of the Swords
Sword: Hyperion (GunBlade)
Alignment: Bad Guy
Looks: Blonde hair, blue eyes, black pants and t-shirt, grey trenchcoat with no pockets, his "red cross" insignia is upon the back of the coat.
Abilities: Various Sword Moves. Draw and Use magic.
History: Misguided teenager and rival of Squall. Has tried several times to enter SeeD, but never has completed the Training Run required by the Garden (Academy where you train to become a SeeD). Becomes a Sorceress' Knight throughout most of FF8.
Name: Child Link (Chibi-Link will work also, for you Japanese fans.)
Purpose: Contestant in the Battle of the Swords
Alignment: Good Guy
Looks: Same as Link, except shorter.
Abilities: Same as LInk, along with use of masks to shift into a Zora, Goron, and Deku Shrub. Can use other masks to modify/add abilties and attacks at the expense of impeeding others.
History: Child who appears in the past of Ocarina of Time (N64), and in the entire Majora's Mask (N64). In Majora's Mask, he must use the Ocarina, and masks to solve problems within a world within a period of three days before the moon crashes into the planet.
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~*End of Character Section*~
~*Swords used in this Fanfiction:*~
-----------------Weapons Used in Chapter 1-----------------
Name: Ultima Weapon
Type of Sword: Broadsword
User: Cloud Strife
Origin: Carried by the Ultima Weapon (machine/beast), which Cloud kills.
Elemental: None
Special: Attack power varies along with HP of Cloud.
Name: Masamuné
Type of Sword: Nodachi
User: Sephiroth
Origin: Always used by Sephiroth.
Elemental: None
Special: None
Name: Master Sword
Type of Sword: Generic/magical
User: Link
Origin: Found in the Pedestal of Time, inside the Temple of Time.
Elemental: None.
Special: Used as a time traveling device along with the Pedestal of Time
Name: Rainbow
Type of Sword: Katana
User: Crono
Origin: Forged by Melchoir, using the rainbow shell material.
Elemental: None
Special: 70% critical hit rate
Name: Lightsaber
Type of Sword: Lightsaber
User: Luke Skywalker, various Jedi Knights
Origin: A handle is made with a crystal inside, which the light spectrates through, creating the almsot unstoppable pure energy blade.
Elemental: None
Special: Can be modified to be twice as long using two crystals.
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Name: Kokiri Sword
Type of Sword: Dagger (to Adults), Sword (to Link)
User: Child Link
Origin: Found in a treasure chest after climbing through a hole in the Kokiri training center.
Elemental: None
Special: None.
Name: Lionheart
Type of Sword: Gunblade
User: Squall Leonhart
Origin: Forged by Squall using several materials.
Elemental: None
Special: Enables Squall to use all his Limits, including the devastating "Lionheart". Can also shoot bullets.
Name: Hyperion
Type of Sword: Gunblade
User: Seifer Almasy
Origin: Always had it with him
Elemental None:
Special: Can also shoot bullets.
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~*Ability Expansion (mostly for the gaming-impaired, good for guys who don't know much about the games)*~
-Cloud Strife's Limit Breaks-
Braver- Cloud leaps up and overhead slashes a single enemy
Cross-slash- Cloud runs to an enemy, and slashes him three times consecutively.
Blade Beam- Cloud fires a beam from his blade into an enemy, smaller beams emit from target into other enemies, beams keep emitting until all enemies are hit, the more levels of beams that have been emitted, the weaker the damage.
ClimHazzard- Cloud stabs his sword into the enemy, and then leaps up, cutting up through their torso
Meteorain- Cloud leaps up into the air and swings his sword around, causing meteors to fall upon a group.
Finishing Touch- Cloud waves his sword around, causing a tornado of wind that may instantly kill
Omnislash- Cloud flares up and slashes a group (or one) enemy(s) approximately seventeen times.
-Aeris Gainsborough's Limit Breaks-
Healing Wind- Heals Allies
Seal Evil- May petrify enemies
Breath of Earth- Cures Any Negative Statuses
Fury Brand- Gives other characters their Limit Breaks.
Planet Protector- Forms a barrier around everyone, making them temporarily invincible.
Pulse of Life- Completely Cures all ailments, HP, and MP of party.
Great Gospel- Temporarily makes party Invincible and fully healed in all aspects.
-Squall Leonhart's Limit Breaks-
Rough Divide- Squall runs up and slashes up into his enemy
Faded Circle- Squall leaps into the air, twirling around to emit a shockwave that hits all enemies.
Blasting Zone- Squall's gunblade emits a massive beam of energy into enemies.
Lionheart- Squall rushes his opponent (one only, unlike Omnislash) and slashes him too many times.
-Seifer Almasy's Limit Breaks-
Fire Cross- Seifer shoots a fire spell, then slashes the opponent.
Demon Blade- Seifer rushes an opponent and slashes him three times.
(I'm working on finding the others)
-Cloud's Summons-
Choco/Mog- Wind Element, Chocobo charges into enemies with mog on his back, OR Fat chocobo lands on enemies.
Ramuh- Thunder Element, Calls upon creator to shock enemies
Shiva- Ice Element, Calls upon Spirit of Ice to freeze enemies
Ifrit- Fire Element, Calls upon Spirit of Fire to burn enemies
Titan- Earth Element, Calls upon Spirt of Earth to upturn the ground beneath enemies.
Bahamut- Non-element, king of the dragons shoots a flare at enemies
Kjata- Multi-elemental, many forms of elemental spirits called
Leviathan- Water-element, Serpent Spirit of Water creates a tidal wave
Alexander- Holy Element, Machine of Holiness annihilates Enemies in beams of light.
Phoenix- Fire Element, Summons Firey Bird, fire damage attack, revives all fallen allies.
Hades- 4000 damage (rigged), Random Negative Statuses.
Neo Bahamut- Non-element, King of the Dragons raises enemies up and beams them and the platform, causing them to drop back down to the ground.
Odin- Non-element, Calls upon the Norse God Odin to slash enemies in half (instant kill), or to send a lance of judgement into a single enemy
Typhoon- Wind Element, Weird demon sneezes a wind storm up.
Bahamut Zero- Non-element, King of the Dragons returns in space to blast a large beam into enemies
Knights of Round- Non-element, knights of the round table and Arthur attack enemies (14 hits of damage)
-Aeris' Summons-
Choco/Mog, Ramuh, Shiva, Ifrit, Titan, Bahamut
Holy- Holy Element, Ultimate Summon of light
-Sephiroth's Summons-
Meteor- Summon Meteor to destroy the planet
Supernova- Summons a blast of energy that annihilates the universe planet by planet.
-Citan's Sword Combos-
(Too many normal sword combos to name off hand)
Rumble Earth- Earth Elemented.
Haze of Fire- Fire Elemented
Festive Wind- Wind elemented
Tsunami Ice- Ice Elemented
(more coming)
-Citan's Abilities-
Earth Shield- Earth defense up, wind down
Fire Shield- Fire up, water down
Wind Shield- Wind up, Earth down
Water Shield- Water up, fire down
(more coming soon)
-Link's Songs On his Ocarina (revelant ones at least)-
Song of Soaring- Transports him to various locations
Song of Healing- calms the soul of a being.
Song of Time:
In Ocarina of Time- Dissipates certain blocks, opens temple of time
In Majora's Mask- Resets time back 3 days
Song of Double Time- Skips time ahead to 6:00 pm or 6:00 am (whichever is closer)
Inverted Song of Time- Slows down time to .5x (half) speed
Oath to Order- Summons Released Giants to assist Link
Epona's Song- Used to call Epona, Link's horse/pony (depending on his age)
Scarecrow's Song- Used to call upon a Scarecrow, who Link can use along with his hookshot (a small devide that shoots out a grappling chain, then pulls Link to where it shot/stuck into) to reach new areas.
Song of Storms- Make it rain wherever (indoors..outdoors...who cares?!)
Sun's Song- Shift day to night; night to day, stun the undead.
Prelude of Light- Used by Link to transport himself directly to the Temple of Time, where he can use the Master Sword and the Pedestal of time to switch between Adult and Child Link.
-Link's Various Gadgets-
(A)- Usable by Adult Link
(C)- Usable by Child LInk
Bow (A,C)- It's a bow...that's all.
Arrow- Normal Arrows
Fire Arrow- Arrows with fire elemental
Ice Arrow- Arrows with ice elemental
Light Arrow- Arrows with light emental
Slingshot (C)- Y-shaped stick with elastic band, can shoot Deku Seeds, which stun enemies/damage.
Hookshot (A,C)- device that shoots out grappling chain, lodges into certain objects/ surfaces and pulls Link to where it shot/stuck into.
Longshot (A)-Hookshot with a much longer reach
Lens of Truth (A,C)- Allows him to see invisible objects/sprits.
Bombs (A,C)- Blow up stuff..yea!
Boomerang (C)- Projectile that is thrown and comes back, used to damage and stun enemies, and retrive certain objects such as money and heart (life) pieces.
Magic Crystals (A,C)- Magical Crystals used for magic by Link.
Din's Fire- Radius of Fire engulfs enemies
Farore's Wind- Used to mark a place, then teleport Link back to it later (only in dungeons)
Nayru's Love- Used to make Link temporarily Invincible
(more to come)
-Child Link's Masks (ones he'll use at least)-
Transformation Masks:
Deku Mask- Transform into Deku shrub, who can shoot bubbles, and glide on flowers
Goron Mask- Transform into Goron, a rolling heavy hitting creature with a rock-hard back. Luckily, the somewhat dimwitted brain of the Goron is not included.
Zora Mask- Transform into the Zora, underwater creature with arm blades, and the ability to use an electric shield
Fierce Deity- Transform into Dark Adult Link, with wicked sword that fires magical beams.
Regular Masks:
Mask of Truth: Allows Link to read people's thoughts
Bunny Hood- Doubles Link's foot speed
Stone Mask- Become like stone, unimportant; ignored by enemies
Giant's Mask- Non-transformation mask (yet transforms) that enlarges Link to a giant size.
Captain's Hat- Wear the face of Keeta to control the undread skeleton forces
Garo's Mask- Summon Dark cloaked Ninjas with dual blades to do your work and give you hints.
Mummy's Mask- Control the undead, make them dance for a distraction
-Squall's Guardian Forces-
Quetzacoatl- Electric Element, Summons Electric Bird to create a thunderstorm on enemies
Shiva- Ice Element, Summons Spirit of Ice to freeze enemies
Ifrit- Fire Element, Summons spirit of fire to burn enemies
Siren- Non-element, Summons a Siren to sing a song, damaging and silencing enemies
Brothers- Earth Element, Summons Minotaur and Sacred to fight and blast a chunk of rock into enemies.
Alexander- Holy Element, Summons a Holy Machine to blast enemies with holy beams.
Cerberus- Non-Element, Summons the Hound of Hell to cast Double and Triple on entire team, allowing them to use cast more than one spell per turn.
DoomTrain- Poison Element, Summons Doomtrain to bash into your enemies, many abnormal statuses inflicted.
Cactuar- Non-Element, Summons giant Cautaur that does a rigged amount of damage of 100x its level (1 to 100)
Tonberry King- Non-Element, Summons the Tonberry king to come out and poke the enemy with a knife.
Bahamut- Non-element, Summons the King of the Dragons to launch several flares into enemy group (one hit)
Eden- Non-element, Summons Eden, a spacestation to use a devastating beam attack.
~*End of Ability Expansion Section*~
~*Terminology/Explanations*~
-Limit Breaks: Limits breaks are Abilities used by Final Fantasy characters in games 6-8. They are special attacks unique to characters. In Final Fantasy 7, damage taken raises a bar which when filled, allows you to use a limit break. In Final Fantasy 8, the lower your HP (Hit Points; Health) was, the more likely you were to get a chance to use a limit break. Several Characters use Limit Breaks in this fanfiction.
-Summons: Summons are used throughout almost all Final Fantasy games. They are best known as Spirits who can be magically called during battle to aid and assist the team. Though most famous in Final Fantasy, they are also used in other games. Some well-known summons include: Bahamut, Ifrit and Shiva (which are in a lot of games.) In Final Fantasy 7, you can use summons while the respective materia is equipped to a character, Summons usually cost A LOT of Magic Points, which is why you cannot use them constantly.
-Guardian Forces: Squaresoft's more interesting version of Summons used in FF8. Guardian Forces are spirits that no longer use MP, but have a compability with your character, the better the compability, the faster the Spirit comes (a bar represents the time remaining before spirit comes), not only do they no longer have a penalty for using them, but they also have their own HP, in which they can take damage for you while they're waiting to be called. This is both an advantage and disadvantage. Advantage: They can take severe hits for you and your character will not suffer. Disadvantage: Too big of a hit will bring their HP to 0, disabling from being called until you use an item to revive them back, or until you stay at an Inn/Rest.
-Link's Masks: Link's Mask are used in Majoar's Mask to assist him in doing several different quests and solve puzzles in the game. There are twenty four masks in total. Four are transformation masks, and twenty are masks that do various things, like enabling Link to run faster, march as a one-person band, be ignored by enemies, control the undead, summon Ninjas.
-Extended Information: Masmuné: The Masamuné is not only used by Sephiroth, but in many Squaresoft games and in a lot of other Video games as well. It is also used in Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross and several other games.
-Extended Information: Ultima Weapon: Not just used by Cloud, but is the ultimate weapon in several of the other final fantasies, and a very strong weapon in others when is it not the best. It has two forms in FF9, being both a sword, and a swallow.
-Epoch: The time traveling ship build by Balthasaur (a sage) in Crono Trigger, it can also fire missiles and fly, though Crono and the team did not attach the weapons or the wings, it was taken from them and modified to be a general's personal ship. Though well-equipped, the team rarely uses the weapons (only once I believe.)
-SeeD and Garden: Garden is an academy where people and children go to train to become SeeDs, an elite group of Sorceress Hunters. Balamb Garden is where Squall and Seifer are both from. It is a very technologically advanced place including propulsion elevators, and a very interesting hover system that makes it mobile.
-Elements: How to explain elements.....Elements are forces of nature (well..not so much in final fantasy as they expand a little beyond normal). The following is a list of known elements (from games): Fire, Ice, Water, Thunder, Poison, Dark, Holy, Moon, Gravity, Earth, Nature, Wood, and Wind. Each element trumps another and so forth, I have neither the time or attention span to write out the whole chart dealie ^_^;.
-Ocarina: A small flute-like instrument. It may have anwhere from 4 to 6 holes for different notes. There are actually two version of Ocarinas in the Zelda Games, the Ocarina of Time is the only one capable of harnessing the power of the Song of Time, while the other cannot.
-Magic: Magic is..well..magic. It is one's ability to call forth energies of the earth and elements. There are many many many kinds of magic in RPGs and all Genres of games. Different games have different systems of magic.
Magic is probably the most-used aspect of an RPG game.
-Use of Magic through Materia: In Final Fantasy 7, a character must equip a materia to their weapon or armor to allow them to use it in battle. Cloud and Aeris use this method in the fanfiction. Materia have growth levels are can learn other spells as they gain more AP (ability points), which are recieved after most battles. There are a few times of Materia:
-Summon (Red) Materia: Equips Characters with "Summons" (i.e. Ifrit, Bahamut)
-Magic (Green) Materia: Equips Characters with Basic Magic (i.e. fire, flare, death)
-Command (Yellow) Materia: Equips Character with new commands (i.e. Toss, Deathblow)
-Support (Blue) Materia: Equips Characters with support abilities (i.e. Quadra Magic, All)
-Independant (Purple) Materia: Equips Characters with skills (CounterAttack, Cover)
*Note: Only Summon and Magic materia use MP. Command, Support, and Independant just modify character statistics and abilities.*
-Use of Magic through Drawing: In Final Fantasy 8, Characters draw magic out from enemies, and can carry a stock of 99 of aproximately 20 different spells. Enemies may draw magic from you, but it is very rare. Squall and Seifer use this kind of magic method in the fanfiction. There is no MP in the FF8 Draw System.
-Use of Magic: Natural way. Most Games' characters learn magic this way, by becoming stronger and inherently learning spells as they go along, more than likely at certain levels. Because it would be cheap to use magic continuously, Magic Points were invented. Spells and Summons (if there are summons) take up Magic Points and therefore limit and constrict your use.
~*End of Terminology/Explanations*~
Special thanks to:
Zach Kaiser for reminding me that Melchoir was the one who forged the Rainbow (I just couldn't remember).
Josh Berkholz for reminding me of Aeris' Limit Breaks (he has a strategy guide..the cheater.)
And Finally..My readers! who if you've actually read to the special thanks....you deserve it..because this thing is long and only getting longer as the chapters roll in.
Jason Kaminari's Guide to help you understand the present and future of the Battle of the Swords Fanfiction.
Contents:
1. Particpants/Characters
2. Swords
3. Ability Expansion
4. Terminology/Explanations.
~*Particpants/Characters (In order of appearance):*~
-----------------Characters Appearing in Chapter 1-----------------
Name: Cloud Strife
Purpose: Contestant in the Battle of the Swords.
Sword: Ultima Weapon
Alignment: Good guy
Looks: Blonde Spiked hair (literally), blue eyes, black pants, blue shirt, one shoulder has an armor pad.
Abilities: Limit Breaks, Use of magic with Materia. Able to Summon through materia.
History: Main character from Final Fantasy 7, uses the Ultima Weapon, a sword which gets stronger with the higher HP he has (Hit Points; Health). Sephiroth is his ultimate enemy. He is a unsuccessful clone of Sephiroth. Together with a group of fighters, Cloud intends to beat Sephiroth (unfortunately for him..none of his actually decent fighting allies are here.)
Name: Aeris Gainborough
Purpose: Cloud's girlfriend, Not a contestant in the Battle of the Swords.
Sword: None (non-fighter)
Alignment: Good guy
Looks: Brown hair, green eyes, long pink dress, red overcoat. CUTE ^_^
Abilities: Various Limit Breaks, Use of magic through Materia. Able to Summon through Materia.
History: Character from Final Fantasy 7, her and Cloud have a unofficial relationship in the game. Her white materia is one of the most valuable magical objects in the FF7 world and is used to summon "Holy". Usually uses a staff, so doesn't participate in battles in this fanfiction.
Name: Sephiroth
Purpose: Contestant in the Battle of the Swords
Sword: Masamuné
Alignment: Bad Guy
Looks: Long silver hair, sleek, clad in all black.
Abilities: Levitation, Summon "Meteor" and "Supernova", telekinetic powers.
History: Ultimate Enemy from Final Fantasy 7, uses the Masmune. He found of his past in a library of research books, reveailng he is the "son" of Jenova, was not born, but created. Cloud is his atagonist (enemy).
Name: Dr. Citan Uzuki
Purpose: Contestant in the Battle of the Swords.
Sword: Generic Sabre, all have weird names in the game.
Alignment: Good Guy
Looks: Brown hair, Brown eyes, wears green, glasses (actually cool looking ones)
Abilities: Several Sword Combos, including Four Elemental ones: Rumble Earth, Festive Wind, Tsunami Ice, and Haze of Fire. Also can raise elemental defenses, inadvertantly lowering the resistance to the opposite element. (i.e. Fire Shield; Fire Defense Up, Water Defense Down)
History: Character from XenoGears, an RPG involving Fighting/religion/Gears (really good game guys...rent it.) He is a small-village doctor who seems to know too much for his position. Swore he would never use a sword again, but took to the blade once more when he realized he could not stand by idly after returning to Solaris, his hometown.
Name: Link
Purpose: Contestant in the Battle of the Swords
Sword: Master Sword
Alignment: Good Guy
Looks: Dirty blonde, left handed (YAY! Author is left handed.), green tunic, green elf -like hat.
Abilities: Playing the Ocarina, Magical Whirl Slash.
History: From the popular series of the Legend of Zelda, wields not only swords, but bows, magical powers, and an Ocarina. Saves the world many times in several different ways. It is believed by most gamers that the Zelda games take place in multiple dimensions, because he never recalls anything he's done before.
Name: Crono
Purpose: Contestant in the Battle of the Swords
Sword: The Rainbow
Alignment: Good guy
Looks: Red spiked hair, clad in all blue, with a red bandana around his neck
Abilities: Various Techs (single, double and triple. But cannot use double or triple since no other person from Chrono Trigger has arrived, yet.)
History: Character from the extremely popular Chrono Trigger. Ends up saving the world with his own enemy and friends from a power so destructive that it effects multiple time periods at once. Crono posseses as ship that can time travel.
Name: Luke Skywalker
Purpose: Guess/Cameo Contestant in the Battle of the Swords
Sword: Lightsaber; green. (cheeaater!)
Alignment: Good Guy
Looks: Mark Hamill-looking.
Abilities: Various Force moves (i.e. Saber Throw)
History: Main Hero from the Mega popular triology: Star Wars. Along with his lightsaber and the force, and some well placed shots, Luke manages to foil the plans of the Empire (an evil dictatorship over several planets) twice.
Name: IRS Agent
Purpose: To Indeit our characters, Not a contestant in the Battle of the Swords.
Sword: None (Has a badge though)
Aligment: Government Agent (That's about as evil as it gets, or misguided, whichever you prefer)
Looks: Black suit. No other specifics.
Abilities: To Indeit and pry into Character's personal lives. Can "summon" other Agents in a van to haul off our Characters.
History: The IRS (Internal Revenue Service) is in charge of auditing and filing your taxes so the government will receive them. IRS Agents, this one in particular, investigate suspected tax fraud.
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-----------------Characters Appearing in Chapter 2-----------------
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-----------------Characters Appearing in Chapter 3-----------------
Name: Squall Leonhart
Purpose: Contestant in the Battle of the Swords
Sword: Lionheart (GunBlade)
Alignment: Good Guy
Looks: Brown hair, brown eyes, Wears black pants, a black coat, and a white t-shirt. Also wears a necklace upon his neck with the "Lionheart" symbol.
Abilities: Various Limit Breaks. Amazing powers to not care. Draw and Use magic. Use Guardian Forces.
History: Character from Final Fantasy 8. He and his friends are part of an elusive group known as SeeD, who are dispatched to kill Sorceresses. Fights against not only a powerful Sorceress, but against Seifer-his misguided rival-as well.
Name: Seifer Almasy
Purpose: Contestant in the Battle of the Swords
Sword: Hyperion (GunBlade)
Alignment: Bad Guy
Looks: Blonde hair, blue eyes, black pants and t-shirt, grey trenchcoat with no pockets, his "red cross" insignia is upon the back of the coat.
Abilities: Various Sword Moves. Draw and Use magic.
History: Misguided teenager and rival of Squall. Has tried several times to enter SeeD, but never has completed the Training Run required by the Garden (Academy where you train to become a SeeD). Becomes a Sorceress' Knight throughout most of FF8.
Name: Child Link (Chibi-Link will work also, for you Japanese fans.)
Purpose: Contestant in the Battle of the Swords
Alignment: Good Guy
Looks: Same as Link, except shorter.
Abilities: Same as LInk, along with use of masks to shift into a Zora, Goron, and Deku Shrub. Can use other masks to modify/add abilties and attacks at the expense of impeeding others.
History: Child who appears in the past of Ocarina of Time (N64), and in the entire Majora's Mask (N64). In Majora's Mask, he must use the Ocarina, and masks to solve problems within a world within a period of three days before the moon crashes into the planet.
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~*Swords used in this Fanfiction:*~
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Name: Ultima Weapon
Type of Sword: Broadsword
User: Cloud Strife
Origin: Carried by the Ultima Weapon (machine/beast), which Cloud kills.
Elemental: None
Special: Attack power varies along with HP of Cloud.
Name: Masamuné
Type of Sword: Nodachi
User: Sephiroth
Origin: Always used by Sephiroth.
Elemental: None
Special: None
Name: Master Sword
Type of Sword: Generic/magical
User: Link
Origin: Found in the Pedestal of Time, inside the Temple of Time.
Elemental: None.
Special: Used as a time traveling device along with the Pedestal of Time
Name: Rainbow
Type of Sword: Katana
User: Crono
Origin: Forged by Melchoir, using the rainbow shell material.
Elemental: None
Special: 70% critical hit rate
Name: Lightsaber
Type of Sword: Lightsaber
User: Luke Skywalker, various Jedi Knights
Origin: A handle is made with a crystal inside, which the light spectrates through, creating the almsot unstoppable pure energy blade.
Elemental: None
Special: Can be modified to be twice as long using two crystals.
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Name: Kokiri Sword
Type of Sword: Dagger (to Adults), Sword (to Link)
User: Child Link
Origin: Found in a treasure chest after climbing through a hole in the Kokiri training center.
Elemental: None
Special: None.
Name: Lionheart
Type of Sword: Gunblade
User: Squall Leonhart
Origin: Forged by Squall using several materials.
Elemental: None
Special: Enables Squall to use all his Limits, including the devastating "Lionheart". Can also shoot bullets.
Name: Hyperion
Type of Sword: Gunblade
User: Seifer Almasy
Origin: Always had it with him
Elemental None:
Special: Can also shoot bullets.
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~*Ability Expansion (mostly for the gaming-impaired, good for guys who don't know much about the games)*~
-Cloud Strife's Limit Breaks-
Braver- Cloud leaps up and overhead slashes a single enemy
Cross-slash- Cloud runs to an enemy, and slashes him three times consecutively.
Blade Beam- Cloud fires a beam from his blade into an enemy, smaller beams emit from target into other enemies, beams keep emitting until all enemies are hit, the more levels of beams that have been emitted, the weaker the damage.
ClimHazzard- Cloud stabs his sword into the enemy, and then leaps up, cutting up through their torso
Meteorain- Cloud leaps up into the air and swings his sword around, causing meteors to fall upon a group.
Finishing Touch- Cloud waves his sword around, causing a tornado of wind that may instantly kill
Omnislash- Cloud flares up and slashes a group (or one) enemy(s) approximately seventeen times.
-Aeris Gainsborough's Limit Breaks-
Healing Wind- Heals Allies
Seal Evil- May petrify enemies
Breath of Earth- Cures Any Negative Statuses
Fury Brand- Gives other characters their Limit Breaks.
Planet Protector- Forms a barrier around everyone, making them temporarily invincible.
Pulse of Life- Completely Cures all ailments, HP, and MP of party.
Great Gospel- Temporarily makes party Invincible and fully healed in all aspects.
-Squall Leonhart's Limit Breaks-
Rough Divide- Squall runs up and slashes up into his enemy
Faded Circle- Squall leaps into the air, twirling around to emit a shockwave that hits all enemies.
Blasting Zone- Squall's gunblade emits a massive beam of energy into enemies.
Lionheart- Squall rushes his opponent (one only, unlike Omnislash) and slashes him too many times.
-Seifer Almasy's Limit Breaks-
Fire Cross- Seifer shoots a fire spell, then slashes the opponent.
Demon Blade- Seifer rushes an opponent and slashes him three times.
(I'm working on finding the others)
-Cloud's Summons-
Choco/Mog- Wind Element, Chocobo charges into enemies with mog on his back, OR Fat chocobo lands on enemies.
Ramuh- Thunder Element, Calls upon creator to shock enemies
Shiva- Ice Element, Calls upon Spirit of Ice to freeze enemies
Ifrit- Fire Element, Calls upon Spirit of Fire to burn enemies
Titan- Earth Element, Calls upon Spirt of Earth to upturn the ground beneath enemies.
Bahamut- Non-element, king of the dragons shoots a flare at enemies
Kjata- Multi-elemental, many forms of elemental spirits called
Leviathan- Water-element, Serpent Spirit of Water creates a tidal wave
Alexander- Holy Element, Machine of Holiness annihilates Enemies in beams of light.
Phoenix- Fire Element, Summons Firey Bird, fire damage attack, revives all fallen allies.
Hades- 4000 damage (rigged), Random Negative Statuses.
Neo Bahamut- Non-element, King of the Dragons raises enemies up and beams them and the platform, causing them to drop back down to the ground.
Odin- Non-element, Calls upon the Norse God Odin to slash enemies in half (instant kill), or to send a lance of judgement into a single enemy
Typhoon- Wind Element, Weird demon sneezes a wind storm up.
Bahamut Zero- Non-element, King of the Dragons returns in space to blast a large beam into enemies
Knights of Round- Non-element, knights of the round table and Arthur attack enemies (14 hits of damage)
-Aeris' Summons-
Choco/Mog, Ramuh, Shiva, Ifrit, Titan, Bahamut
Holy- Holy Element, Ultimate Summon of light
-Sephiroth's Summons-
Meteor- Summon Meteor to destroy the planet
Supernova- Summons a blast of energy that annihilates the universe planet by planet.
-Citan's Sword Combos-
(Too many normal sword combos to name off hand)
Rumble Earth- Earth Elemented.
Haze of Fire- Fire Elemented
Festive Wind- Wind elemented
Tsunami Ice- Ice Elemented
(more coming)
-Citan's Abilities-
Earth Shield- Earth defense up, wind down
Fire Shield- Fire up, water down
Wind Shield- Wind up, Earth down
Water Shield- Water up, fire down
(more coming soon)
-Link's Songs On his Ocarina (revelant ones at least)-
Song of Soaring- Transports him to various locations
Song of Healing- calms the soul of a being.
Song of Time:
In Ocarina of Time- Dissipates certain blocks, opens temple of time
In Majora's Mask- Resets time back 3 days
Song of Double Time- Skips time ahead to 6:00 pm or 6:00 am (whichever is closer)
Inverted Song of Time- Slows down time to .5x (half) speed
Oath to Order- Summons Released Giants to assist Link
Epona's Song- Used to call Epona, Link's horse/pony (depending on his age)
Scarecrow's Song- Used to call upon a Scarecrow, who Link can use along with his hookshot (a small devide that shoots out a grappling chain, then pulls Link to where it shot/stuck into) to reach new areas.
Song of Storms- Make it rain wherever (indoors..outdoors...who cares?!)
Sun's Song- Shift day to night; night to day, stun the undead.
Prelude of Light- Used by Link to transport himself directly to the Temple of Time, where he can use the Master Sword and the Pedestal of time to switch between Adult and Child Link.
-Link's Various Gadgets-
(A)- Usable by Adult Link
(C)- Usable by Child LInk
Bow (A,C)- It's a bow...that's all.
Arrow- Normal Arrows
Fire Arrow- Arrows with fire elemental
Ice Arrow- Arrows with ice elemental
Light Arrow- Arrows with light emental
Slingshot (C)- Y-shaped stick with elastic band, can shoot Deku Seeds, which stun enemies/damage.
Hookshot (A,C)- device that shoots out grappling chain, lodges into certain objects/ surfaces and pulls Link to where it shot/stuck into.
Longshot (A)-Hookshot with a much longer reach
Lens of Truth (A,C)- Allows him to see invisible objects/sprits.
Bombs (A,C)- Blow up stuff..yea!
Boomerang (C)- Projectile that is thrown and comes back, used to damage and stun enemies, and retrive certain objects such as money and heart (life) pieces.
Magic Crystals (A,C)- Magical Crystals used for magic by Link.
Din's Fire- Radius of Fire engulfs enemies
Farore's Wind- Used to mark a place, then teleport Link back to it later (only in dungeons)
Nayru's Love- Used to make Link temporarily Invincible
(more to come)
-Child Link's Masks (ones he'll use at least)-
Transformation Masks:
Deku Mask- Transform into Deku shrub, who can shoot bubbles, and glide on flowers
Goron Mask- Transform into Goron, a rolling heavy hitting creature with a rock-hard back. Luckily, the somewhat dimwitted brain of the Goron is not included.
Zora Mask- Transform into the Zora, underwater creature with arm blades, and the ability to use an electric shield
Fierce Deity- Transform into Dark Adult Link, with wicked sword that fires magical beams.
Regular Masks:
Mask of Truth: Allows Link to read people's thoughts
Bunny Hood- Doubles Link's foot speed
Stone Mask- Become like stone, unimportant; ignored by enemies
Giant's Mask- Non-transformation mask (yet transforms) that enlarges Link to a giant size.
Captain's Hat- Wear the face of Keeta to control the undread skeleton forces
Garo's Mask- Summon Dark cloaked Ninjas with dual blades to do your work and give you hints.
Mummy's Mask- Control the undead, make them dance for a distraction
-Squall's Guardian Forces-
Quetzacoatl- Electric Element, Summons Electric Bird to create a thunderstorm on enemies
Shiva- Ice Element, Summons Spirit of Ice to freeze enemies
Ifrit- Fire Element, Summons spirit of fire to burn enemies
Siren- Non-element, Summons a Siren to sing a song, damaging and silencing enemies
Brothers- Earth Element, Summons Minotaur and Sacred to fight and blast a chunk of rock into enemies.
Alexander- Holy Element, Summons a Holy Machine to blast enemies with holy beams.
Cerberus- Non-Element, Summons the Hound of Hell to cast Double and Triple on entire team, allowing them to use cast more than one spell per turn.
DoomTrain- Poison Element, Summons Doomtrain to bash into your enemies, many abnormal statuses inflicted.
Cactuar- Non-Element, Summons giant Cautaur that does a rigged amount of damage of 100x its level (1 to 100)
Tonberry King- Non-Element, Summons the Tonberry king to come out and poke the enemy with a knife.
Bahamut- Non-element, Summons the King of the Dragons to launch several flares into enemy group (one hit)
Eden- Non-element, Summons Eden, a spacestation to use a devastating beam attack.
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~*Terminology/Explanations*~
-Limit Breaks: Limits breaks are Abilities used by Final Fantasy characters in games 6-8. They are special attacks unique to characters. In Final Fantasy 7, damage taken raises a bar which when filled, allows you to use a limit break. In Final Fantasy 8, the lower your HP (Hit Points; Health) was, the more likely you were to get a chance to use a limit break. Several Characters use Limit Breaks in this fanfiction.
-Summons: Summons are used throughout almost all Final Fantasy games. They are best known as Spirits who can be magically called during battle to aid and assist the team. Though most famous in Final Fantasy, they are also used in other games. Some well-known summons include: Bahamut, Ifrit and Shiva (which are in a lot of games.) In Final Fantasy 7, you can use summons while the respective materia is equipped to a character, Summons usually cost A LOT of Magic Points, which is why you cannot use them constantly.
-Guardian Forces: Squaresoft's more interesting version of Summons used in FF8. Guardian Forces are spirits that no longer use MP, but have a compability with your character, the better the compability, the faster the Spirit comes (a bar represents the time remaining before spirit comes), not only do they no longer have a penalty for using them, but they also have their own HP, in which they can take damage for you while they're waiting to be called. This is both an advantage and disadvantage. Advantage: They can take severe hits for you and your character will not suffer. Disadvantage: Too big of a hit will bring their HP to 0, disabling from being called until you use an item to revive them back, or until you stay at an Inn/Rest.
-Link's Masks: Link's Mask are used in Majoar's Mask to assist him in doing several different quests and solve puzzles in the game. There are twenty four masks in total. Four are transformation masks, and twenty are masks that do various things, like enabling Link to run faster, march as a one-person band, be ignored by enemies, control the undead, summon Ninjas.
-Extended Information: Masmuné: The Masamuné is not only used by Sephiroth, but in many Squaresoft games and in a lot of other Video games as well. It is also used in Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross and several other games.
-Extended Information: Ultima Weapon: Not just used by Cloud, but is the ultimate weapon in several of the other final fantasies, and a very strong weapon in others when is it not the best. It has two forms in FF9, being both a sword, and a swallow.
-Epoch: The time traveling ship build by Balthasaur (a sage) in Crono Trigger, it can also fire missiles and fly, though Crono and the team did not attach the weapons or the wings, it was taken from them and modified to be a general's personal ship. Though well-equipped, the team rarely uses the weapons (only once I believe.)
-SeeD and Garden: Garden is an academy where people and children go to train to become SeeDs, an elite group of Sorceress Hunters. Balamb Garden is where Squall and Seifer are both from. It is a very technologically advanced place including propulsion elevators, and a very interesting hover system that makes it mobile.
-Elements: How to explain elements.....Elements are forces of nature (well..not so much in final fantasy as they expand a little beyond normal). The following is a list of known elements (from games): Fire, Ice, Water, Thunder, Poison, Dark, Holy, Moon, Gravity, Earth, Nature, Wood, and Wind. Each element trumps another and so forth, I have neither the time or attention span to write out the whole chart dealie ^_^;.
-Ocarina: A small flute-like instrument. It may have anwhere from 4 to 6 holes for different notes. There are actually two version of Ocarinas in the Zelda Games, the Ocarina of Time is the only one capable of harnessing the power of the Song of Time, while the other cannot.
-Magic: Magic is..well..magic. It is one's ability to call forth energies of the earth and elements. There are many many many kinds of magic in RPGs and all Genres of games. Different games have different systems of magic.
Magic is probably the most-used aspect of an RPG game.
-Use of Magic through Materia: In Final Fantasy 7, a character must equip a materia to their weapon or armor to allow them to use it in battle. Cloud and Aeris use this method in the fanfiction. Materia have growth levels are can learn other spells as they gain more AP (ability points), which are recieved after most battles. There are a few times of Materia:
-Summon (Red) Materia: Equips Characters with "Summons" (i.e. Ifrit, Bahamut)
-Magic (Green) Materia: Equips Characters with Basic Magic (i.e. fire, flare, death)
-Command (Yellow) Materia: Equips Character with new commands (i.e. Toss, Deathblow)
-Support (Blue) Materia: Equips Characters with support abilities (i.e. Quadra Magic, All)
-Independant (Purple) Materia: Equips Characters with skills (CounterAttack, Cover)
*Note: Only Summon and Magic materia use MP. Command, Support, and Independant just modify character statistics and abilities.*
-Use of Magic through Drawing: In Final Fantasy 8, Characters draw magic out from enemies, and can carry a stock of 99 of aproximately 20 different spells. Enemies may draw magic from you, but it is very rare. Squall and Seifer use this kind of magic method in the fanfiction. There is no MP in the FF8 Draw System.
-Use of Magic: Natural way. Most Games' characters learn magic this way, by becoming stronger and inherently learning spells as they go along, more than likely at certain levels. Because it would be cheap to use magic continuously, Magic Points were invented. Spells and Summons (if there are summons) take up Magic Points and therefore limit and constrict your use.
~*End of Terminology/Explanations*~
Special thanks to:
Zach Kaiser for reminding me that Melchoir was the one who forged the Rainbow (I just couldn't remember).
Josh Berkholz for reminding me of Aeris' Limit Breaks (he has a strategy guide..the cheater.)
And Finally..My readers! who if you've actually read to the special thanks....you deserve it..because this thing is long and only getting longer as the chapters roll in.