Final fantasy 8 riddles

[Rantz]

Very nice reasoning, but the answer is incorrect.

The second stanza is more down to earth, it describes three things the answer is host of. The first stanza describes a series of events from the history of the answer, but "left ground" does not refer to going airborne.

Left my robe and egressed, westbound
Gathered courage, then, and left ground

Now host of tricks of greatest power
Host of the outcast and half a flower

Wrong guesses:
Queen of cards
Edea
Garden
Ragnarok
Island Closest to Heaven/Hell
Ellone
Rinoa
Squall acquiring Brothers

Hints:
The answer is a person

[sillybuttons™]

How about Edea?

Left my robe and egressed, westbound (Maternal robe perhaps and headed to Galbadia,west(ish), from Centra)

Gathered courage, then, and left ground (Planned for the future by setting up SeeD with Cid, knowing thier purpose would be to kill her, before she left)

Now host of tricks of greatest power (Now possessed by Ulty)

Host of the outcast and half a flower (Outcast = Squall and half a flower = SeeD):mog:

[Rantz]

Nope, Edea has already been guessed.

[Masamunemaster]

a moomba?

[Rantz]

Not a moomba.

[Masamunemaster]

white seeds?

[Rantz]

Nope. Remember that the answer is one person.

[Liberi_Fatali]

I'm at a loss, so I'm going to guess Laguna, because the second line reminds me of the time he finally approached Julia.

[Hyperion4444]

ochu

[FFIX Choco Boy]

Is it Doomtrain?

[Rantz]

No, not Laguna, Ochu or Doomtrain. Again, the answer is a person. The person didn't leave ground metaphorically, either.

[FFIX Choco Boy]

It's Adel!

[Rantz]

It's not!

[Liberi_Fatali]

If "left ground" isn't a metaphor or referring to becoming airborn, then does it refer to turning to the left? Are we channelling Beyonce or playing a game of Mad Gab?

...OH! This person went onto the WATER!!
Is it Nida, the guy who steered the Garden?

[Hyperion4444]

President Deling
random guess