As far as I know he could have been good whenn he was a knight for the king (Unless i got that wrong)
As far as I know he could have been good whenn he was a knight for the king (Unless i got that wrong)
It's a generic character in a generic battle fighting a generic dragon in a generic battle FMV to open the game with generic charcters.
And if it is Garland, then why is he fighting this dragon?
i am still sceptical but as you were saying FMAnd if it is Garland,
he is a KNIGHT that's just what they do!And if it is Garland, then why is he fighting this dragon?
As I said several months ago, it's the Paramekian Emperor, darn it.
Sadly, if the Emperor wasn't already featured in the FMV for FFII, and was strikingly different from the knight in the FFI FMV, that Amano art could almost prove him to be the Emperor. That's not a good thing. It just goes to show that androgynous, color-impaired figures shouldn't be abused, for they all look alike. Is that the Emperor, or Garland, or the Amano representation of the Knight in FF1? Cain from FFIV looked quite similar to that as well, and I'm sure several other characters from Amano illustrated games look pretty close to that. Amano art pretty rarely identifies a subject with any clarity. The only thing one knows at a glance is that Amano drew it.
Knock yourselves down.
So you're saying that it's a chocobo in the opening FMV?Originally posted by Garland
Sadly, if the Emperor wasn't already featured in the FMV for FFII, and was strikingly different from the knight in the FFI FMV, that Amano art could almost prove him to be the Emperor. That's not a good thing. It just goes to show that androgynous, color-impaired figures shouldn't be abused, for they all look alike. Is that the Emperor, or Garland, or the Amano representation of the Knight in FF1? Cain from FFIV looked quite similar to that as well, and I'm sure several other characters from Amano illustrated games look pretty close to that. Amano art pretty rarely identifies a subject with any clarity. The only thing one knows at a glance is that Amano drew it.
DUH!!!!!!!!!Originally posted by Flying Mullet
It's a generic character in a generic battle fighting a generic dragon in a generic battle FMV to open the game with generic charcters.
And if it is Garland, then why is he fighting this dragon?
obviously Garland is fighting the dragon because he feels like it. Evil lords of chaos don't need to bother with things like rational thought and reason. I mean the name Chaos implies he does chaotic things....like fighting random dragons while looking pretty.
I love the Power Glove. It's so bad!
Well if we look at the Amano art:
http://www.gameforms.com/games/plays...1-amano-03.jpg
The horned figure seems to have a mirror showing some girl. From what I remember there was only one female in FF1 who even made a tiny impact on the game; the Princess of Corneria, who Garland kidnapped.
Of course it could be a Knight looking at her so he can go save her, but seeing as it's task #1 in the game it's impossible that a Knight job class could go save her. So my guess is Garland. Maybe fighting the dragon was to give him alittle more character or something, and make him seem more significant.
That could be. After all, he is a boss, and a former Cornerian knight. Perhaps they wanted you the player to have some idea of his fighting prowess. It's also a good reference for your abilities. He easily defeats a big dragon, so he's obviously powerful. That you can in turn easily defeat him gives credibility to your being capable of saving the world. If you can defeat Garland, it's believable that you're the real light warriors.
Knock yourselves down.
except for the fact that any of the dragons in the game would slaughter a low level party.
I love the Power Glove. It's so bad!
beat the game and look at the CG gallery that opens up. there is a picture of a 3d garland, and looks much closer to the little sprite than the other guy in the FMV does. i think that the guy in the beginning is just a knight fighting a dragon. he has a crystal, so he cant be garland. and garland is at the end of the game in those CG scenes. so there ya go.
-shane-
>>> But also remember the mirror picture, its pretty obvious that the guy portrayed there is Garland "the conerian knight", and his evil shadow or something on his back..Originally posted by shane613
beat the game and look at the CG gallery that opens up. there is a picture of a 3d garland, and looks much closer to the little sprite than the other guy in the FMV does. i think that the guy in the beginning is just a knight fighting a dragon. he has a crystal, so he cant be garland. and garland is at the end of the game in those CG scenes. so there ya go.
>> The black orb glitters ominously... but nothing happens..
About the mirror picture. In the collections menu of FFO, under Art Gallery, that very same picture appears titled "Princess and Her Light." This seems to indicate that the figure is a light warrior and not, in fact, Garland. There are also several other pictures that feature the light warriors that use "light" in the titles like that, which provides more backing to the mirror picture not being Garland. The knight in that picture is, as I think was mentioned in an earlier post, strikingly similar to the dude in the FMV into, which seems to indicate that it is not Garland in the movie. Although I think a movie with Garland in it would have been pretty cool. And as for it being impossible for a Knight (rather than a fighter) that rescues the princess: It's just a picture and doesn't have to follow the game progression. For all we know it could have been drawn before the class change had been thought up. Or maybe the artist just really liked that image of a knight, assuming it even is knight. Well, that's my buck fifty. Although, I have the sneaking suspicion that it is actually one of Matoya's brooms that has assumed human form in order to take the light of the ORBs, er, Crystals, for himself.
"insert funny quote here" -Sam
Have any of you beat the game and looked in the Photo Gallery? Check out the photo entitled "The Light and the Darkness". It shows that very character with Garland in his shadow. What does that insinuate?
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