Thingfish's Riddle

[Free_Spirit]

Actually, Father David's surname is Heavenguard. I had FFI on the brain when I gave that last name(I had a feeling it wasn't Lightbringer after I posted it, but since Bobby Corwen fit better, I let it be.)

Hmm. You see, the problem here is that he has effectively eliminated every answer. I can assure you I'm not 95% of most FFIX players. If it's in the game at all, in any way shape or form, I'll be aware of it.

The biggest limiter here is the fact that the character has a surname. FFIX is notorious for having characters without surnames. The *only* characters in the game that have them are the main characters, Lowell Bridges, Gogo Godfingers, Cid Fabool, Bobby Corwen, and the dwarves at Condie Petie. Since you said it's not a playable character, there goes the main cast. Since you said you can still access this NPC after Disc 3, there goes all of Condie Petie(so there goes Father David Heavenguard). Earlier someone guessed Lowell Bridges, so it's not him. Since you said you can actually meet this character, there goes Gogo Godfingers. Other than that, you've got Bobby Corwen, who fits every single clue given so far. As far as prominence, Bobby Corwen is probably the one of the more obscure NPC in the game, at least as far as his name goes. I am willing to wager if you said there was a character named Bobby Corwen in the game, no one would have a clue that it was the chocobo in Black Mage Village.

If I had to guess, simply based on your insistence that no one has heard of their name, I'd say Old Man Kukoro, the guy who gives you the Excalibur. I doubt anyone remembers his name being mentioned by the innkeeper, although since there is no mention of his first name, he's out.

So...we've got Bobby Corwen and....Bobby Corwen.

The only other possibility I can think of is it is a character whose name is not given fully anywhere in-game, and was only given elsewhere in some official capacity, like the Ultimania.

EDIT: There is one more character that has a last name, upon further inspection. The girl who runs the weapon shop in Dali is named Eve Subboard, as the little notice in her shop proclaims. She is not present after Disc 3(Part-Time Worker Mary takes over the shop at that point), so once again, she's out.