#5 Terra
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We first meet Terra at the very beginning of the game. She is a soldier of the Empire... kinda, as Kefka has her under control with a slave crown. It starts with Terra walking into Narshe to capture the Esper found there frozen in the mines. She is accompanied bye Final Fantasy Favorites Biggs and Wedge. Later we find out she is a product of human and Esper relations, and was kidnapped bye the Emperor as a young child.

Like I said with Celes. You can swap these two out. Either can go to #4 and #5 as they are basically carbon copies of each other. her special is Morph, which allows her to take her Esper form in battle giving her some power boost that sends enemies home crying.

#3 Relm
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Relm is Strago's Grand daughter and it is hinted at heavily Shadow's daughter. We meet Relm with her Grandfather in Thamasa when Terra and Locke go to talk to the Espers with the Empire. She joins up with Strago after Terra and Locke help Strago save her from a burning house.

I love using Relm! Early on she isn't that great, you will rely heavily on her Magic which she is one of the best in the game at casting it. Her special is sketch, which really isn't very special at all. In the World of Ruin she really comes into her own though. Find for her the Fake Mustache and she starts taking control of the battle field. want an easy way to try and steal those so special eccodomizers from the Branchasours of doom? Easy take this gem with you and he wont touch you! Battlefield control and power magic puts her at #3

#2 Sabin
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Sabin is the Prince of Figaro and Edgar's twin Brother. He gave up his rights to the throne (willingly I might add) after losing a coin toss to Edgar. It is also rumored that Square initially wrote him as the games homo-sexual character. There is lots of evidence in the game to support this theory as well. We first meet Sabin on Mount Koltz on the way to the resistance hideout. He saves Edgar Terra and Locke from Vargas and joins up.

Sabin is a great choice throughout the whole game. He can be part of any party and be extremely useful. His special ability is Blitz which takes on kinda a Mortal Kombat/Street Fighter II feel to it while you use them and they scale nicely almost until the end.

#1 Gau
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Gau's mother died during child birth and his father went Nuts. As a result Gau was tossed onto the Velt bye his father and left to fend for himself. We meet Gau When Sabin and Cyan are headed to Narshe and must go through the serpent trench to get there. Gau joins the team when you throw him some dried meat after a battle on the Velt.

Gau is POWERFUL! My last playthrough when battling Kefka I thought Kefka was going to drop everything and give him a hug. Gau though is a more time you spend the better he will become though. Some players toss him aside due to the time it takes to power him up and the fact that you do lose control of him in battle. Gau uses the Rage command in battle and the Leap command on the Velt. Leap will let Gau learn the ability of the monsters Leaped on and it will become one of his rages. With over 240 rages to experiment with and choose from (about 230 being utter trash) It can overwhelm beginners to the franchise. However When you take the time to know what rage to use when and the time to learn the rages he is a unstoppable beast who sends big baddies crying in fear of him! If anyone needs hints with him like getting him to charm the End Boss I'd be more than happy to help them.