My Opinions on the FF4 Characters (Spoilers Duh!)

[Dalkaen]

Cecil

He was taken in to be raised by the King of Baron, and Cecil was eternally grateful for this. It was by the King's order, however, that he was to take up the training of the Dark Knight and to claim the crystal from the Mysidians. Cecil was worried about the King's odd behavior, but said nothing to him about it until he was ordered to take a package to the Village of Mist after being discharged as commander of the Red Wings.

After awhile, he was forced to face the wrath of the angered Mysidians, and desperately wanted to make up for what he had done. At the shock of the entirety of the Mysidians, Cecil managed to obtain the sacred class of Paladin by making his way to the peak of Mt. Ordeals.

Thus, as a Paladin, Cecil went through many things until arriving at his final goal, destroying the great evil, Zeromus. Final verdict on Cecil: Well developed.

Kain

Kain, following in the steps of his father, is a Dragon Knight, or Dragoon, and resents, in the beginning, that Cecil advanced through the ranks so quickly. He feels that he sacrificed his integrity in order to achieve a higher status, but does not challenge their friendship.

Unfortunately, his mind is corrupted by Golbez, and he is forced to do his bidding involuntary. (Note: I think its a bit funny that Golbez, who was controlling Kain, was being controlled by Zemus. Seems like someone should cut out the middleman. )

In the end, Kain fights by Cecil's side, and helps him defeat the great evil Zeromus. Kain is awesome.

Rydia

Rydia, a young summoner residing in the Village of Mist watched her mother die, and struck out at Kain and Cecil in a fury, wishing to avenge her dear mother. After the events had transpired, Cecil took the unconscious girl to the town of Kaipo, to rest.

When Cecil defeated the soldiers that had come for them, Rydia began to trust and forgive the Dark Knight.

Later on, Rydia was swallowed by Leviathan, and ended up in the land of the summoned monsters, where she was taken care of and protected for a long time. Since time flows differently in that realm, she had aged quite a bit when she returned, and saved the party in the nick of time.

Rydia is one of my favorite characters from the game, and I think she's very well developed also.

Tellah

Tellah was a wise old sage with an impressive knowledge of magic. Unfortunately, over the years, his knowledge had faded, and only a fraction of his spells were readily available to him. When Cecil attained the rank of Paladin, however, Tellah's spells returned to him, and he was restored to his former status.

He intensely disliked the "spoony bard" Edward, because he felt as if he was stealing Anna, his daughter. (Can't remember whether its daughter or granddaughter) Eventually he learned to respect Edward.

In an attempt to destroy Golbez, Tellah invoked the ultimate spell Meteo, losing his life in the process. He sacrificed himself for a great cause. Tellah's death was quite tragic.

Edward

No one seems to like Edward, it seems, because of how weak he's said to be. Edward's not my faovorite character by any means, but I do like him, and his story. He was a bard, which is always a good thing, and loved Tellah's daughter (or granddaughter) Anna, and assisted the party in obtaining the cure for Rosa from Antlion.

Upon returning to Kaipo, and curing Rosa, Edward obtained stregth, as he envisioned the ghost of Anna and this ghost told him to be strong, and to be courageous.

Yang

A noble monk from the kingdom of Fabul, he is loyal to his King, much like Cecil. He encounters the party as he is trying to fend off a large group of Bombs. He is unable to defend the crystal of Fabul from being taken, unfortunately.

Later on, he sacrificed himself, but he comes back later, as he was tended to by the Sylphs.

Porom and Palom

Two funny twins, who contrast a lot. Porom is proper and always follows the rules, while Palom is rude and mischievious, and never follows the rules, unless he really has to. They're ordered to spy on Cecil as he ascends Mt. Ordeals, and petrify themselves in order to prevent the walls from closing in as the party flees after defeating Cagnazzo.

Rosa

Rosa is Cecil's significant other, supposedly, and is the traditional damsel in distress. She's captured, and used to lure the hero (Cecil) to the lair of the enemy, making for a rather cliche situation. Her background isn't elaborated much on, so I can honestly say she isn't the best developed of the characters.

Edge

A hotheaded ninja Prince residing within the caves of Eblana, his rage bringing out his hidden skills in order to defeat Rubicant. He had to watch his parent mutated into horrible twisted monsters. He had quite a crush on Rydia, which didn't seem to be returned in the slightest. Edge is one of my favorites.

FuSoYa

FuSoYa was a lunarian from (surprise) the moon, the same race that Cecil's father, KluYa is. He tied up some loose ends, like was said, and was generally a good character with some devastating magic.

In conclusion, I'd say that mostly, the characters are well developed, and any who say that they're all just shallow one-diimensional characters, isn't paying very much attention to the dialogue.

Edit: Forgot some characters. Added 'em. :x