Doma Railway

[Crossblades]

You ever wondered where the trains in the Doma Railway went to before it became haunted? It's not really much of a railway if it only went from one end of the forest to the other.

Oh, and you dont have to give a serious answer :p

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

What makes you assume it was ever a normal railway that then became haunted?

[Flying Mullet]

Cyan: A train's there!? But I thought Doma's railway had been
destroyed...?
Sabin: May be survivors inside. Let's take a look.

[Crossblades]

What makes you assume it was ever a normal railway that then became haunted?



Cyan: A train!? I thought all of Doma's railways had been destroyed in the fighting...

Sabin: There could be survivors. Let's take a look inside.

EDIT - Darn you, Mullet ><

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

Cyan: I thought all of Doma's railways had been destroyed in the fighting...And he would know! And it wouldn't make much sense for there to be a train station in the middle of a dense forest, anyway. I've always just thought of it as manfiest memories of Doma's old train lines, not literally a remaining one that's now operated by ghosts.

[Roto13]

Remake needs a Phantom Airship, imo.

[Crossblades]

Cyan: I thought all of Doma's railways had been destroyed in the fighting...And he would know! And it wouldn't make much sense for there to be a train station in the middle of a dense forest, anyway .

Sure it would. The railway could've linked from the kingdom to the forest.



I've always just thought of it as manfiest memories of Doma's old train lines, not literally a remaining one that's now operated by ghosts.

Personally, I think it's the opposite. It could've been abandoned during the war and became haunted. But that's just me. It's one of those small plotholes that SE refused to explain >.>

[blackmage_nuke]

Why wouldnt it take passengers from one side of a forest to the other? The forrest is full of monsters, maybe there use to be a town on the other side or something. One castle isnt really much of a civilisation, maybe the town of doma use to be on the other side. Like Figaro and South Figaro are on opposite sides of a mountain

[Flying Mullet]

Perhaps it was a tourist train that departed Doma Castle, provided a tour of the Phantom Forest and stopped at Baron Falls to turn around, then headed back to Doma Castle.

[NeoCracker]

Cyan: I thought all of Doma's railways had been destroyed in the fighting...And he would know! And it wouldn't make much sense for there to be a train station in the middle of a dense forest, anyway .

Sure it would. The railway could've linked from the kingdom to the forest.
Adviser: King, we must build a railroad through this forest.

King: But why would we do that, there isn't anything through that forest but a waterfall.

Adivser: Trust me sir, this is singly the greatest advantage our kingdom could have at any given time. We MUST build this railroad.

King: I don't know, it's not like theres anyone that way to trade with, and there are not military advantages.

Adivoser: No Military advantages? But it would make the perfect escape route.

King: To where, a location where the enemy can trap us between dense forest and a waterfall.

Adviser: Exactly, they will be so confused by our move they will run away in fear of a trap!

King: That plan sucks.

Adviser: Fine, how about this then. If you have a personal railway heading through that forest, you can quickly dispose of bodies by throwing them over the waterfall, and no one will be able to see the bodies you hide inside the train.

King: Make it so.

*Five hours later*

Kefka: I trust you managed to steal all the kings funds?

Adviser: No, the vault was to well guarded. Instead I convinced the king to make a railroad through the near by forest.

Kefka: But what good does that do him?

Advisor: None at all.

Kefka: MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! *Stabs adviser*

[blackmage_nuke]

The above post should have been the play they used in the opera house.



Cyan: A train's there!? But I thought Doma's railway had been
destroyed...?
Sabin: May be survivors inside. Let's take a look.
After closer examination its possible that Doma's railway was destroyed and the phantom train is a different railway completely. If it really was the haunted remnants of the old railway, then how did souls get to the other side before the fighting.

[Blue Harvest]

If I remember correctly, after boarding the phantom train Cyan suddenly realises what it is. Therefore it existed all along and wasn't the railway that was destroyed in the fighting.

[Necronopticous]

You guys are overthinking it, I seriously doubt Square even has an official answer.

It's just a haunted railway in which a particularly cool scene takes place; whether or not it has a history before the events of the game is beyond the game's canon.

[scrumpleberry]

I think there's probably a lot which is psychological to do with it, and the tracks are probably real, although if they were orignally there or not, I'm not sure. Aside from that, I don't really know.

Maybe the train fancied a snack so it picked the crew up along the way to Valhalla.

[Blue Harvest]

Has anyone else noticed that after you 'beat' the train it drops you off exactly where it picked you up?

[Wuggly Blight]

We all know in a game it doesnt show you every single town that actually exists in its world ans the towns it shows are never the full real size, and its world is far larger in its reality then what it shows in you game, to the people it wouldn't take a 4 second walk to cross the world but months in the wilderness with no roads and monsters. Tzen was a Kingdom with its own monarchy before the game and you never see the trace of there castle.
You can already see the need for a train service. There was probably alot of small towns in the kingdom it connected that was destoryed or not shown in game. It may of connected the kingdom to others and the outside.

[Sarc the Swordsman]

I never really thought about it much, to be honest. I always assumed that at one point in time, the railway had been used as a major connection between another town or village that wasn't shown in game.

On the other hand, the game script hints that it was destroyed. Or at least that's what Cyan says upon stumbling across it.

[Siegfried]

The fact the train can speak to begin with explains everything, it really isnt a train to begin with, it is the manifestation of a psychopomp that took the form of an earthly thing

[Flying Mullet]

I think everyone missed part of the first post:

Oh, and you dont have to give a serious answer :p

[Roto13]

Alright, fine.

The Phantom Train is Sephiroth.

[Flying Mullet]

Sorry, everyone was getting too serious over a minor plot hole. :smash:

[NeoCracker]

Alright, fine.

The Phantom Train is Sephiroth. Ultimecia.

[Roto13]

Which means the phantom train is actually Rinoa.

[NeoCracker]

Which means the phantom train is actually Rinoa.

I'd stick it in the phantom trains gears.

[Roto13]

The whole thing is a metaphor about life, love, and passion.

More specifically, the train is my peep and the forest is your mom.

[Necronopticous]

This is the worst thread ever created in this forum.

I hate all of you.

[blackmage_nuke]

This is the worst thread ever created in this forum.

QFF (quoted for falseness)

[Flying Mullet]

More specifically, the train is my peep and the forest is your mom.
Then I'm not touching the recovery spring water ever again.

[Captain Maxx Power]

This is the worst thread ever created in this forum.

I hate all of you.

Ah come on now, it's not that bad. (http://forums.eyesonff.com/final-fantasy-vi/103584-sex.html)

[Flying Mullet]

This is the worst thread ever created in this forum.

I hate all of you.

Ah come on now, it's not that bad. (http://forums.eyesonff.com/final-fantasy-vi/103584-sex.html)
But there is a strong correlation between sex in the South Figaro trees and pee-pee trains running in Phantom Forests that can't be denied.

[Captain Maxx Power]

This is the worst thread ever created in this forum.

I hate all of you.

Ah come on now, it's not that bad. (http://forums.eyesonff.com/final-fantasy-vi/103584-sex.html)
But there is a strong correlation between sex in the South Figaro trees and pee-pee trains running in Phantom Forests that can't be denied.

Damn straight, the whole things a great big conspiracy if you ask me. I reckon the Adlai E. Stevenson guy's got something to do with it 'n' all.

[Crossblades]

Why did this get stickied? o_O

[Flying Mullet]

There's not much else going on in the FFVI forum right now.

[Roogle]

I have unstickied this thread. Please continue to discuss the Doma Railway.


You guys are overthinking it, I seriously doubt Square even has an official answer.

It's just a haunted railway in which a particularly cool scene takes place; whether or not it has a history before the events of the game is beyond the game's canon.

I agree. I think that maybe there may be a reference to it in some kind of Japanese source material booklet or something, too — the idea of something unexplained in the game being explained in a source material booklet is fairly common.

[blackmage_nuke]

I believe the doma trains use to lead to Nikeah, you can get there by land with a chocobo and as a trading route it makes sense because nikeah has a sea port.

Now on a less serious note


The whole thing is a metaphor about life, love, and passion.

More specifically, the train is my peep and the forest is your mom.
So your peep is dead then?
Trying to give it life just kills it more.

[Roto13]

If my peep is dead then your mom is dark and dank.

[Flying Mullet]

The metaphors are overwhelming.