Main hero

[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 (SPOILER)The World of Ruin, the main character is (SPOILER)Celes for the longest time until you (SPOILER)find all of your party. And once you find (SPOILER)Pheonix Cave then it is revolving around (SPOILER)Locke.

But in actuality, at that point (SPOILER)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.