Final Fantasy: Rise of Despair

This is merely an interlude chapter meant to make sure you keep up with the characters. You don't have to review this chapter if you don't feel like it.

Disclaimer: I do not own Final Fantasy: Tactics Advance, I do own the characters and the plot.

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Interlude Ichi (That's one in Japanese.)

Key:

Name: The name of the character duh.

Race: The race of the character

Gender: The gender of the character, it goes without saying with Vieras since they are all female

Age: The age of the character

Class/Job: What job/class the character is

Position: If they have a title, here's what it is.

Physical description: How the character looks

Personality: There personality

Skills: Abilities they have assigned and such. Even R-abilities and S-abilities.

Equipment: What equipment they have, I know it hardly matters, but I'm a geek like that.

Other Info: Anything else that's noteworthy about the character.

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Name: Harris

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Age: Appears to be in late twenties, claims to be older

Class/Job: Paladin

Position: Clanmaster of Clan Falcon

Physical description: 6'1" in height, long brown hair in a ponytail, brown eyes, wears traditional white paladin robes and cape with light blue underneath with the sash converted in to a belt for his sword sheathes. Both swords are at his left hip, small blue hoop earrings in both ears, entire left forearm and hand bandaged.

Personality: Chivalrous, protective of his allies and merciless to his enemies. Rarely gets angry, only one known instance of this.

Skills: Chivalry (Master), White Magic (Master), Counter, Double-Sword

Equipment: Excalibur 2, Excalibur 2, Peytral, Angel Ring, Ninja Tabi

Other Info: Noted by his clan members to possess unusual speed, mana levels, and magic power for a paladin. Disappears to somewhere every month. Overall, he's a mystery to his clan members.

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Name: Heidi

Race: Viera

Age: 28

Class/Job: Assassin

Position: Second in command of Clan Falcon

Physical description: 5' 6" in height, white hair in a long ponytail, blue eyes, wears a slimmer assassin's outfit with Katana sheathed behind her, and greatbow hidden underneath her cape.

Personality: Kind, caring, a little curious, will show no mercy to her enemies

Skills: Corner (Mastered except for Ultima Masher), Sharpshoot (Master), Reflex, Concentrate

Equipment: Masamune 100 (swaps for Gastra Bow pending on situation), Judge coat, Ribbon, Angel Ring, Ninja Tabi

Other Info: Has known Harris for eight years and receives a tulip from him every time he comes back from his monthly trip. Has received the most personal training from Harris and the two had a deep trust for each other.

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Name: Gilbert

Race: Nu Mou

Gender: Male

Age: 32

Class/Job: Alchemist

Position: Elite of Clan Falcon

Physical description: Gray fur with slightly pink nose, 5'2" in height, black eyes, wears half-moon spectacles, red Alchemist's hat and robe with white robes underneath. His long ears have the usual bell like earrings typical of Alchemists.

Personality: Intelligent, sometimes rather dry, thinks more logically than anything else.

Skills: Alchemy Skill (Master), Black Magic (Master), Return Magic, Magic Power plus

Equipment: Lotus Mace, Temple Cloth, Black Hat, Germinas, Mindu Gem

Other Info: Is trusted by Harris nearly to the same extent as Heidi, is often asked for his advice in situations.

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Name: Mendoza

Race: Bangaa

Gender: Male

Age: 29

Class/Job: Gladiator

Position: Elite of Clan Falcon

Physical description: Yellowish scaled skin, yellow gladiator's helmet, his power sash over his overalls, his blade is sheathed as his left side.

Personality: Short-tempered, but highly respectful of those he acknowledges.

Skills: Spellblade Tech (Mastered except for Ultima Sword), Battle Tech (Master), Strikeback, Double Hand

Equipment: Pearl Blade, Power Sash, Bracers, Dash Boots, Star Armlet

Other Info: Former member of Clan Liberation, older brother of Will, fiercely loyal to Harris and Heidi, best friends with Monty

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Name: Monty

Race: Moogle

Gender: Male

Age: 26

Class/Job: Gunner

Position: Elite of Clan Falcon

Physical description: . He stood 4'0", large beret-esque hat covers his ears but allows an antenna with his red pompom on it to come through. Brown and white shirt and pants and a blue sash that had bullets on it. Gun on his right side.

Personality: Light-hearted and likes to make a light joke or taunt at someone, can get flustered

Skills: Gunmanship (Master), Item, Block Arrows, Concentrate

Equipment: Outsider, Power Sash, Headband, Dash Boots, Genji armlets

Other Info: Best friends with Mendoza, has a crush on Stacy, superb marksman, former sergeant in the Black Army although how he broke free of the brainwashing is unclear as of now.

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Name: Jessica

Race: Human

Gender: Female

Age: 25

Class/Job: Ninja

Position: Elite of Clan Falcon

Physical Description: 5'4" in height. Pink ninja robes with tight pink shorts partially covered by a pink skirt. Long blonde hair in a net that forms a long ponytail that reaches down past her back. Has thin red lipstick, blue eyes, and basically flawless skin due to carefully applied make-up.

Personality: Comes across as bored a lot of the time, really brash and headstrong

Skills: Ninja Skill (Master) Steal (Master), Counter, Double Sword

Equipment: Kikuichimonji, Nosada, Power Sash, Mindu Gem, Dash boots

Other info: Is completely unaware of Jason's crush on her, though she shows it the least, she does respect Harris quite highly. Very reckless when not fighting.

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Name: Will

Race: Bangaa

Gender: Male

Age: 27

Class/job: White Monk

Position: Regular member of Clan Falcon

Physical description: traditionally dressed white monk, blue shirt that reaches over to the top of his head along with blue gloves and brown baggy pants, green eyes, reaches 5'9". Orange skin

Personality: Rather calm for a bangaa, yet can still be provoked in to a fight. Highly respectful.

Skills: Monk Tech (Master), item, reflex

Equipment: Kaiser Knuckles, Brigandine, Headband, Dash boots, Genji armlets

Other info: Mendoza's younger brother, also a former member of clan Liberation, highly-respectful of Harris and Heidi. Considers Jessica a rival since he was an elite before she joined.

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Name: Stacy

Race: Moogle

Gender: Female

Age: 26

Class/job: Black Mage

Position: Regular member of Clan Falcon

Physical description: Wears pink variation of the traditional black mage coat, no hat, just a ribbon, no antenna for her pompom since she's female. Long eyelashes, 3'6" in height, brown eyes

Personality: Tad mischievous, curious, light-hearted.

Skills: Black Magic, Item, Return Magic

Equipment: Thunder Rod, black robe, magic ring, dash boots, fortune ring

Other info: Is unaware of Monty's crush on her, has a tendancy to call Will and Mendoza lizards, respects Gilbert highly.

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Name: Jason

Race: Human

Gender: Male

Age: 25

Class/job: Archer

Position: Regular member of Clan Falcon

Physical description: he has brown hair under his yellow, pointed, feather hat, yellow tunic and brown breeches and sandals with his bow and quiver on his back. Has brown eyes and stands about 5'7" in height.

Personality: Timid, lacks self-esteem, easily awed

Skills: Aim, Item, Block arrows

Equipment: Yoichi Bow, Survival Vest, gauntlets, spike boots, fortune ring

Other info: Has a huge crush on Jessica, which is part of the reason why he joined, the rest of the reason is because it was a misunderstanding.

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Name: Louise

Race: Viera

Age: 21

Class/job: Fencer

Position: Regular member of Clan Falcon

Physical description: Looks exactly like a generic fencer, brown eyes, long white hair, 5'2" in height.

Personality: Overshadowed by the other members is quite apparent. Little clumsy

Skills: Lunge Tech, item

Equipment: Djinn Flyssa, Survival Vest, Guantlets, red shoes, fortune ring

Other info: Joined two months ago, by far the weakest member of the clan. Hardly even worth mentioning.

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Well there you have it. I hope you guys enjoy this story and what is yet to come in this story. Once again, thanks to Biggoron for the inspiration of this story.