Main hero

[Erdrick Holmes]

Due to most of the characters' roles in FFVI I'm having trouble finding the main hero of this game. Some say it's Locke, some say Edgar, some say Terra. Who is it, really?

[DocFrance]

It's Umaro. Duh.

[Erdrick Holmes]

No, I'd say Mog more then Umaro.

[m4tt]

The story goes mostly around Terra in the WoB. The WoR is kinda jumbled, but I think Celes is the focal point at the start.

[DocFrance]

Do you mean the WoR is kinda jumbled? 'Cause that would make more sense, if you ask me.

[m4tt]

Why, whatever are you talking about? :riiight:

Yeah that's what I meant

[TheAbominatrix]

Terra is basically the catalyst for the entire story. The first half at least. She was the focus of both sides of the conflict, and she's the one we follow through the first half. In the second half, Celes becomes more of the center, but I still say Terra in the main character.

[Kirobaito]

Terra and Celes are BOTH the main character.

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

Locke, Terra, Edgar, and Celes, because they can all equip the Illumina. And because they do a lot of stuff.

[Outsider]

None of them.

I know that Terra is the most important character in the WoB, but she leaves the group, and can be left behind anytime, just like any regular character.

[Flashback007]

:mog: , absolutly Mog.

No, their different main charaters (what a word). The story focuses itself on Terra, Locke, Celes and Shadow. I wouldn't call Edgar a real main character cause he is really more a sort of a help. Like in other FF games the story doesn't go around one character.

[Flying Mullet]

That's the beauty of FF6, any of the characters can be the main character if you want them to be. I always like the fact that no one character is the main character because it let's each person identify with the character that they want to be a main character.

Plus by not having the story spoon fed to you you can use your imagination to fill out the rest of each character's story that you never see in the game, which I think makes it much more enjoyable

[Del Murder]

I'd say Terra and Celes are both the main characters, but there is no clear cut one like the other games.

[Estes]

are you all blind? GoGo is the real Main Character, he has so much depth to his personality :D

[Del Murder]

Actually I am blind...

[Estes]

:eek:....:laughing:

[DocFrance]

:eek:....:laughing:
Why are you laughing at this poor man? Have you no compassion for the handicapped?

[Imperia]

I think Terra and Celes are the main characters. The story just seems to revolve around them the most.

[Edgar]

Terra is out of my book for a main character. She is like an item, a tool to the entire game. She's hardly the main character. She's never the leader of any group.

Locke would be closer but he is just too...much of a main character sometimes :P

[OneWingedAngel89]

GoGo all the way!

[Anderin Range]

We must clearly declare Celes the winner of this title. This can only be understood by comparing the plot driving of each character. Most often we think of Terra as a main catalyst. She causes most of the action to occur in the World of Balance and many of the plot twists are revolving around her... right? well it may seem so but Celes is always, well after we get her, allowing such polt drives to go forward... The Opera leads to our getting to the Magitek Factory, Celes's knowledge and affiliation with the empire get us to be freed from the empire so we can go talk to the Espers and also to Thamasa. Lastly we also have a need for her when there is connections between magic/expers/Terra. It is her that gets many actions to get done. Then in the World of Ruin she is the one that starts us off, follows Edgar, and turns Setzer to come back onto the field (and only these characters are needed to complete the game). Also, Locke is in love with her! :mog:

[Silent Warrior]

The wonders of a game that actually has character-development! Well, Terra and Celes are a given, Locke has to be in there somehow, Sabin and Edgar as well (though slightly secondary), Setzer...? Nah, you'd need a good bit of imagination to include him. And Cyan requires even more.
Mog, Umaro, Gogo, Shadow, Relm, Strago are all secondary... Did I miss anyone? Let's see... 13... Oh yeah, Gau! Well, he's secondary as well. :)

[Itzpopalotl]

are you all blind? GoGo is the real Main Character, he has so much depth to his personality :D

Or she- I maintain that Gogo is Daryll.



I like to think that all the characters are main characters due to the fact that they each have their own storyline- and you don't have just one in a party- but due to the fact that you focus on Terra in the WOB and Celes in the WOR- an argument could be made that they are the main characters of the story- especially due to their relationship with magic and Espers- Terra as the one born into it, and Celes and the one experimented on...

[Edgar]

One property of a main character is to stick with your party like glue. No character have that property.

If I were to say, then Locke would be the main character as far as WoB goes. The world revolves Celes too...lightly =/.

In WoR, I could be suggested the Celes be the main character but that was only first section of the WoR. Once you get Sabin, the main character property of her slowly dissipates.

[Anderin Range]

Hey you are assuming that we all get Sabin in the World of Ruin EVERY TIME WE PLAY. Sabin, in no way, detracts from Celes's role in the game if he is not there every time. As a challenge was put out for beating the game with Celes, Edgar and Setzer only in the World of Ruin, we can already limit this to them, since they become essential to the plot. No other characters are! Edgar and Setzer had 1 time major roles in the World of Balance and Celes had many... tis clearly Celes.

[Flying Mullet]

Just because a character is required, or that you have to play them, doesn't mean that they are the main character in the game.

[Trumpet Thief]

Umaro was the main character, since the game clearly revolved around him. Not to mention he was the smartest and most wise character in the game, as well as a great fighter. That and the fact that most of the character development was given to him.

[UltimateSpamGrover]

I'd say Terra and Celes are both the main characters, but there is no clear cut one like the other games.

Ok, I'm serious

Terra, Celes, Edgar, and Locke are all the main characters

[Palindrome]

All of you are way off. The main character is Interceptor. That dog rocks.

[Sefie1999AD]

Ok, I'm serious

Terra, Celes, Edgar, and Locke are all the main characters

That sounds reasonable, but I'd add Sabin there too. I always tried to make my party of who I consider the main characters, and I had Tina, Celes, Edgar and the 4th position was always a tough choice between Locke and Sabin. Those 5 are who I'd consider the most important characters. Although Setzer is very important to the storyline, and Cyan has a very tragic, emotional storyline. Too many main characters, really. It's almost like if you ask who the main character of all the Star Wars movies (episodes 1-6) is: there's Luke Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker aka Darth Vader, Padmé Amidala, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Han Solo, Princess Leia etc.

[DJZen]

There doesn't need to be a main character. In fact, I'm of the minority opinion (seemingly) that there just isn't one. You do play as Terra first, but it quickly becomes clear that she's not the valliant knight or brave hero that the main character would be. When she isn't doubting herself, she's trusting someone else, usually Locke or Edgar, even Bannon for a brief time. Locke IS a very brave hero, but the role he plays is usually more significant to himself than it is to the story at large. Edgar only helps get Terra to Bannon, after that he settles quietly into the background. Sabin does even less. He joins up to help out, and then is there pretty much just to fight people and resolve his own personal conflicts. Celes plays a more important role, giving information and doing the Opera House performance, but she too is plagued with self doubt and, let's face it, really couldn't carry any party. She's just not all that powerful on her own. I don't think any one character is the focal point of the game, and I really do like that. It makes the struggle seem more important. Sure, the interpersonal relationships in FFVIII were kinda cool (or they woulda been....) but the main villain is just sorta there for no reason, feeling more like a forced plot device. How many people out there REALLY hated Kefka their first play through?

That's what I thought ;)

[Mr. Graves]

There is no main character, the way I see it. It a story about who a group of adventurers save the world, like in FF1. It's just that there are three times the characters and that they actually have something like personalities.

[§håd0w]

The only time when there is someone remotely close to being the main character, it's usually during specific scenes, that revolve around that person. Like once you enter The World of Ruin, the main character is Celes for the longest time until you find all of your party. And once you find Pheonix Cave then it is revolving around Locke.

But in actuality, at that point Celes, Edgar, and Setzer are actually gonna be the main characters, since those are the only ones you need to beat the game. Well at least that's how I see it.

[DJZen]

Uhhhhh...... Well those are the only characters you need in the WoR.... But you need every character you meet in WoB (except Shadow). In that sense, everyone except Shadow, Umaro and Gogo are the main characters.

[Ioudas Omnis]

I had always felt that Celes and Locke were the main characters, although after reading all of this, my opinion has changed drastically. You people all know what you're talking about, it seems, I like that.

[Zante]

I would say Kefka is the main character. He is there from the begining to the end, and he has his hands in almost everything. (controlling Terra, attacking Figaro, poisoning Doma castle...) From the playable characters it would be Celes though.

[Triple T]

I've always thought of it as Terra being the main character in WoB, since it revelves a lot around her, then in WoR it's Celes, since she's always in your party. But that's just me.

[§håd0w]

Uhhhhh...... Well those are the only characters you need in the WoR.... But you need every character you meet in WoB (except Shadow). In that sense, everyone except Shadow, Umaro and Gogo are the main characters.

Well Shadow also has his own story, and he is somewhat mandatory, since you get him when Leo hiars him and Celes, forgot which city that was though. But it's the part where Locke and Terra are together, and Locke and Celes are avoiding each other. So in a sense, he is mandatory. I think it may also be possible to get by without Mog; but why would someone want to do that? Mog is the man.

[Del Murder]

You have to use Mog to choose a scenario! Kupo!

[§håd0w]

Touché... Apart from that, and the battles at the beginning when the moogles help, Mog isn't mandatory I believe. And to add on to my other comment, Shadow is required; so he's not one of those optional characters. You get him in Albrook, and you get him on the Floating Continent.

[Depressio]

umaro's definitely the main character. he has the best magic ability, and you can easily control him... he also has this deep personality that just draws you into the game. no, i'm just kidding. they're all main characters, really... there's no true main character to the game. if i were to pick a main character, i'd hafta say it would be locke.

[Trumpet Thief]

chaos: I agree with many of the things alreay stated. Heh, I wish Umaro was the main character... But I find Edgar, Locke, Terra and Celes all the main characters. It seems like they take over different parts of being the main character. Like the storyline revolves around Terra, Locke seems like the "hero", but Edgar and Celes also get way more imput and have storyline with them too.

Rubedo: I don't want to pick a favorite out of them either. They all rocked!

[Lost Heretic]

If you count Edgar as a main character, you really need to include Sabin in the same slot. Most of their background and character development revolves around each other.

[§håd0w]

Yeah.

You know, now that I think of it, in some of Final Fantasy's the soundtrack always has the one repeated riff in most songs; and that riff generally comes from the theme of the main character in the game. In FFVII, Cloud's Theme (main theme/world map) was a basis for all the other songs. Whereas in FFX all the songs were based around Tidus's theme. In FFVI however, alot of it is around Terra. Even though there is no real main character in FFVI, it seems as if it should be Terra. But as I said in an earlier post, it all depends on the scene in the game. Because there is also quite a few songs with part of Celes' theme in it, and those parts are based on her. I dunno if what I'm saying makes sense or not, it did when I typed it, and now that I reread it I dunno if anyone is gonna understand it. If you do, yay. If you don't oh well, I'll try to explain it again.

[Sefie1999AD]

In FFVII, Cloud's Theme (main theme/world map) was a basis for all the other songs. Whereas in FFX all the songs were based around Tidus's theme. In FFVI however, alot of it is around Terra. Even though there is no real main character in FFVI, it seems as if it should be Terra. But as I said in an earlier post, it all depends on the scene in the game. Because there is also quite a few songs with part of Celes' theme in it, and those parts are based on her. I dunno if what I'm saying makes sense or not, it did when I typed it, and now that I reread it I dunno if anyone is gonna understand it. If you do, yay. If you don't oh well, I'll try to explain it again.

Cloud doesn't really have his own theme. The world map theme (called The Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII) is more like the game's theme, not Cloud's. As for FFX, the songs aren't based around Tidus' theme. In fact, there's only two songs with Tidus' theme, and they're rarely played in the game. Yuna's theme is the main theme of FFX, I'd say. The melody is used in songs like Spira Unplugged, Braska's Daughter, Yuna's Theme, Tragedy, Moment of Truth, A Fleeting Dream and Suteki Da Ne. There's plenty of character themes in FFVI that that appear in many different songs. Tina/Terra's theme has loads of versions, but the same can be said about Celes, Locke, Edgar, Sabin and Setzer's themes. Every character theme also reappears during the Ending Theme.