Quote Originally Posted by Peter_18
Well, they *are* intended to be certain classes, but you can build them any way you want.
I somehow prefer the Fighter/White Mage/Black Mage party, though.

I think this is the intended party:

FIRION: Paladin (high strength, uses swords and raises Soul easily)
MARIA: Hunter/Black Mage (uses Bows, and handles black magic really well)
GUS: Fighter/Monk (high initial HP and strength, uses Axes)
LEON: Knight (uses swords, rivals Firion in physical strength)

This way you'll get three fighters, a hunter, a white wizard and a black wizard.
That's exactly how I set the group up when I played in Origins, except I made Firion my lead white mage, and Gus was my back up mage in both. Right now he has a higher white magical stat than Firion does, and I'm working through the Jade passage. It's soooo hard...