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Terra or Celes

edgar

Depends on where you're at in the story. Stories can have multiple protagonists/pov characters.

Kefka

Umaro

Mog, obviously. He's on the box art for goodness sake.

masterpug53 posted...

Mog, obviously. He's on the box art for goodness sake.

This has convinced me

There isn't one.

I would say there isn't a true main character like in other FF games but.... I think technically Square says its Terra. In that Dissidia game wasn't Terra the hero representing 6?

I remember each game got 1 hero and 1 villain. The heros tended to be the official main characters

Zikten posted...

I would say there isn't a true main character like in other FF games but.... I think technically Square says its Terra. In that Dissidia game wasn't Terra the hero representing 6?

I remember each game got 1 hero and 1 villain. The heros tended to be the official main characters

Yes. Terra is the heroine of the story if we consider Dissidia canon.

HagenEx posted...

Yes. Terra is the heroine of the story if we consider Dissidia canon.

I do consider it canon. I consider it a prequel to final fantasy 1 actually. And 1 itself is after she gave her power to her warriors but it wasn't enough and now she didn't have enough power to summon new warriors but neither did chaos. I name my white mage cosmos when I play now.

Maybe the real main character is the friends we made along the way.

Terra. It's true that it was Square's intention to have an ensemble cast with no real main character, but the story doesn't really work like that. It's more that (almost) every character gets a segment where they're the most important person there.

Locke and Celes

By WoR Terra was barely a side character

Sufferedphoneix posted...

I do consider it canon. I consider it a prequel to final fantasy 1 actually. And 1 itself is after she gave her power to her warriors but it wasn't enough and now she didn't have enough power to summon new warriors but neither did chaos. I name my white mage cosmos when I play now.

And SoP would be a prequel to that too, correct?

They both are

MaxEffingBemis posted...

And SoP would be a prequel to that too, correct?

Sop?

I mean, technically it's Terra I guess? Celes is a lynchpin for really only the beginning of WoR. And Terra will show up for the ending, recruited again or not. Terra is also basically what kicks off the game's events

However it is hard to definitely say her when you could play half the game without her

It's Terra. The game's story literally doesn't happen without her.

Irony posted...

By WoR Terra was barely a side character

Until the ending, where whether you regained her or not she rushes in and leads the party out of Kefka's Tower, returning to front and center.

Trumble posted...

There isn't one.

This. The game was designed this way.

Sufferedphoneix posted...

Sop?

Strangers of Paradise

MaxEffingBemis posted...

Strangers of Paradise

Know nothing about it

CyricZ posted...

This. The game was designed this way.

I agree but it's hard to argue she isn't the face of the game.

Sufferedphoneix posted...

I agree but it's hard to argue she isn't the face of the game.

I would suggest that was all implemented retroactively in subsequent media given Square thought there needed to be someone they could use as marketing. As the first character, Terra serves that role.

CyricZ posted...

I would suggest that was all implemented retroactively in subsequent media given Square thought there needed to be someone they could use as marketing. As the first character, Terra serves that role.

I can't disagree but still all the same she's the face or poster girl for the game.

The smile on childrens faces

CyricZ posted...

I would suggest that was all implemented retroactively in subsequent media given Square thought there needed to be someone they could use as marketing. As the first character, Terra serves that role.

"Subsequent media" has nothing to do with it. The story literally centers around Terra. No Terra, no FFVI. Every other character can be eliminated with minor rewrites. Eliminate Terra and the entire story has to be rewritten from the ground up. She wasn't merketed in subsequent media because she was the "first" character, she was marketed because she's obviously the most important.

Its more on an ensemble than most FF games, but Terra is the closest to a main character by a lot. She is certainly a lot more central to the game than any other character.

Umaro

FabIe posted...

Maybe the real main character is the friends we made along the way.

Thats what I wanted to say!

One thing to consider is Terra stars in Dissidia and not Celes. Dissidia mainly stars the MC and main villain.

Veggeta_MAX posted...

One thing to consider is Terra stars in Dissidia and not Celes. Dissidia mainly stars the MC and main villain.

Locke MC of FF6 confirmed

FabIe posted...

Maybe the real main character is the friends we made along the way.

You meant that as a joke but that's actually the theme of the game especially during world of ruin...

main characters don't need to be introduced in the first act, or need to be the cause of turmoil

that said, i don't know why it couldn't be Kefka

just because he's the main villain doesn't mean he can't be the main character of the entire story

Terra is without a doubt the lead up until WoR. Celes is the lead at least up until you get the airship in the WoR after that it could be argued anyone is the lead.

I think its like how Jack is the main character of Lost even though its an ensemble. He's the lead same as Terra, while people like Locke and Sawyer are Celes and Locke, respectively.

Sayid is Shadow for obvious reasons

locke

My gut instinct is to say Terra, but I'm genuinely not sure if I'm basing that on the game itself or the cultural osmosis of Terra being in things like Dissidia.

Kefka is also a strong answer.

masterpug53 posted...

Mog, obviously. He's on the box art for goodness sake.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/6/7/AAHmLtAADQcH.jpg
Where?

I don't really consider there to be a true protagonist in FF6. It's ensemble nature is one of the reasons why I love the game so much. I would vote Celes if I had to, in large part due to the fact that she stars in several of the best scenes throughout the game.

Terra is the most important character, but she also acts more like a plot device in a few scenes.

Relm's paintbrush.

Por que no los dos

Terra predominately, but Celes rotates out with her from time to time.

The game is meant to be an ensemble cast, and pulls it off so we'll that it makes many other games that try it look like jokes in that aspect in comparison.

That being said, 2 characters still rise above the rest, as protagonists for act 1 and act 2, and that is Terra and Celes.

Since Act 1 is longer and more traditionally narratively structured, Terra comes out as the most protagonisty protagonist of ff6's ensemble protagonist cast.

Alternate answer:

Ultros.

There isn't really a true protagonist but Terra and Celes are the closest you come

Disengaged posted...

The game is meant to be an ensemble cast, and pulls it off so we'll that it makes many other games that try it look like jokes in that aspect in comparison.

That being said, 2 characters still rise above the rest, as protagonists for act 1 and act 2, and that is Terra and Celes.

Since Act 1 is longer and more traditionally narratively structured, Terra comes out as the most protagonisty protagonist of ff6's ensemble protagonist cast.

Alternate answer:

Ultros.

VI follows the 3 act structure like all FF games. Act one usually ends with the battle with the main villain( think Narshe fighting Kefka, FFVII fighting Rufus, FFVIIi edea, FFIX Beatrix etc act one ends with the confrontation with the main villain.

Terra is protagonist of Act 1.(which ends with the battle of Narshe)

Locke is protagonist of Act 2. you start as him first when he wakes up after Terras escape, and have to use him 2 times in this act, more than anyone else. (Act ends at the Forgotten Continent)

Celes is Protagonist of Act 3. Which covers the rest of the game.

ManaYuka posted...

Terra is protagonist of act 1.(which ends with the battle of Narshe)

Locke is protagonist of Act 2. you start as him first when he wakes up after Terras escape, and have to use him 2 times in this act, more than anyone else. (Act ends at the Forgotten Continent)

Celes is Protagonist of Act 3. Which covers the rest of the game.

This makes a lot of sense and I like it. Unfortunately it is too late, my word is law, and it is now unchangeable.

ManaYuka posted...

Terra is protagonist of act 1.(which ends with the battle of Narshe)

Locke is protagonist of Act 2. you start as him first when he wakes up after Terras escape, and have to use him 2 times in this act, more than anyone else. (Act ends at the Forgotten Continent)

Celes is Protagonist of Act 3. Which covers the rest of the game.

As someone that always takes the bait to argue that Locke is the secret main protagonist of the story, I wont disagree with this.

this topic btw was what pushed me to finally start playing this game again. this time i'm playing the pixel remaster on steam. i'm up to the point where we just found terra in zozo and got introduced to the use of espers. love this game.