The White Mage Mystery

[Cecinda]

Is White Mage a man or a woman?

Usually WM"s are portrayed as female (in later FF's), only Knights use White magic and the WM sprite of FF1 and FF3 looks very female, yet when you class change you can clearly see it's a dude.

Plus every guide i've seen refers to WMs as women.
In FF3 the characters are referred to as boys but later in the game it seems they could be either.

So what exactly is WM hiding under that robe?

P.S. I named my WM Leia in my FF1 game, and when one of my friends saw it she laughed and asked me how Leia came to be a guy's name. That;s when the question of WM's gender popped up...

[Flying Mullet]

WM's are asexual.

[Cecinda]

That's unfair, best of both worlds! Maybe it starts out as a woman but has a sex change as part of the class change package cos she was found out (obviously her robe slipped in battle and something showed) and being a woman warrior in the early FF world was just NOT ON you had to be a helpless damsel like Sara...

Damn Square sexists!

WM: Ooops!
Fighter: Dude, what's that?
WM: nothing, just gaining weight.
BM: No dude, that ain't weight.
THIEF: Those are TITTIES! Damn I haven't seen a pair of those in ages.
RM: Dudes, this isn't on. We can't have a CHICK light warrior. it's a men's only job!
WM: I just wanted to save the world...
RM: Well, you can't.
WM: but!
RM: Go become a princess or something.
Fighter: So we can save you like we're supposed to.
Thief: Will I get a kiss if we do?
WM: Shut up.
RM: You know, Dr Unne was talking about this new technology...if you really wanna be a light warrior still....when we class change you can...*whisper whisper*
WM: You mean I'll have a willy?
RM: Uh huh.
Thief: Hmmm, I wonder what THAT's like?
Fighter: Not you too.
Thief: What, me? Never!

[omnitarian]

White Wizard still looks like a female to me. She/He/It has an hourglass shape, which suggests a female figure. However, WW definitely seems to have broad shoulders and a chiseled jawline. I would say the the thick jawline is actually a shadow made by the neck of her clothing, and the broad shoulders is just an illusion made by her robes "bunching up" around there- I mean, it's pretty obvious that her robe is very roomy in the shoulder/arm areas.

[Crossblades]

It will always be a female to me

[Flying Mullet]

Maybe the WM has broad shoulders because it's a swimmer?

[Crossblades]

Doesn't look like it has broad shoulders

[boys from the dwarf]

WM=female. in dawn of souls you can clearly tell.

[KoShiatar]

In FF1 Origins, it clearly looks like a girl. But I wasn't so sure in the NES version....

[Swifthom]

I've always thougt it was the 1 female character of the group in the original FF...

[ljkkjlcm9]

always thought it was a guy... still do actually

THE JACKEL

[Flying Mullet]

Considering Japanese culture it would make sense for all the main characters to be male.

[Cecinda]

That's probably what happened when Thief tried to get it on with White Mage after Class Change...
I'm convinced she has a sex change.
lol

[Starboard Regulator FlareNUKE]

In FF1 it is a girl, if you look at official artwork and her class change, it's a girl. In FF3 the WM and WW sprite were edited because the story was about four BOYS who could class change. Therefore, the sprite was edited to look like a male.

[Black Mage]

The White Wizard in FF3 definitely looks more like a girl than FFI's, if you ask me.

I always considered the White Mage to be female, if not only because of Amano's (and Nintendo Power's) art.