Adel was a wasted opportunity of a character (Eh, may have spoilers)

[Marshall Banana]

Adel is pretty intimidating when she shows up. She could have been the big baddie.

[McLovin']

The boy's name Adel \a-del\, also used as girl's name Adel, is of Hebrew and Old German origin, and its meaning is "God is eternal; noble". More familiar as a part of other names.

Adel has 2 variant forms: Adal and Edel.

Baby names that sound like Adel are Adael, Adil, Adiel, Adeel and Udel.

Adel is a very rare male first name and a common surname.

Adel - meaning of Adel name

[The Last Oath]

Adel was preety intimidating, yeah. Then again, Ultimecia can meddle with time and send herself through different times.

Adel vs Ulti: Ulti in her final form.

[Fynn]

The boy's name Adel \a-del\, also used as girl's name Adel, is of Hebrew and Old German origin, and its meaning is "God is eternal; noble". More familiar as a part of other names.

Adel has 2 variant forms: Adal and Edel.

Baby names that sound like Adel are Adael, Adil, Adiel, Adeel and Udel.

Adel is a very rare male first name and a common surname.

Adel - meaning of Adel name

Boy, did YOU do all your research

[Shattered Dreamer]

Yeah I always found it kinda strange that Adel wasn't developed further as a character in FFVIII considering she caused the Sorceress War which orphaned most of the playable characters of their parents. Sounds like grounds for revenge to me maybe Maybe a crisis core kinda game set in Sorceress War times could be interesting?

Funnily enough I fought her again yesterday & was extremely pi$$ed when I killed a boss I once got stuck on for close to a year with one dose of Level 100 Squall Lionheart!

[rinoasknight]

Yeah I always found it kinda strange that Adel wasn't developed further as a character in FFVIII considering she caused the Sorceress War which orphaned most of the playable characters of their parents. Sounds like grounds for revenge to me maybe Maybe a crisis core kinda game set in Sorceress War times could be interesting?

Funnily enough I fought her again yesterday & was extremely pi$$ed when I killed a boss I once got stuck on for close to a year with one dose of Level 100 Squall Lionheart!

That would be awesome, I think square don't seem to realise how much they could do with the ffVII world. I would like to see some spin off games that would explore different aspects of the story that are un-told.

Would make a great tv series

[Shattered Dreamer]

Would make a great tv series

I wouldn't be opposed to an Advent Children sort of movie or anime based around FFVIII

[Sword]

I guess they didn't develop Adel more because they didn't need to. After all the point of FF8 is the love story of Squall and Rinoa and Squall's development. Everything else is just there to aid it along. However I WOULD like to have seen more of Adel. Actually seeing Laguna defeat Adel and his transition to president would've been cool.

[rinoasknight]

I guess they didn't develop Adel more because they didn't need to. After all the point of FF8 is the love story of Squall and Rinoa and Squall's development. Everything else is just there to aid it along. However I WOULD like to have seen more of Adel. Actually seeing Laguna defeat Adel and his transition to president would've been cool.

Yeah that would be amazing, on a different note it it would cool to have a game dedicated Laguna and peice together the bits we didn't get in the dream sequences

[The Crystal]

Actually seeing Laguna defeat Adel and his transition to president would've been cool.

There is an optional cutscene/flashback showing exactly that.

[Sword]

Actually seeing Laguna defeat Adel and his transition to president would've been cool.

There is an optional cutscene/flashback showing exactly that.

Actually yeah I forgot about that but there was supposed to be an uprising against her and all that, right? I would've liked to see more of that. Specifically what would've been in the public eye, cos that just seemed like a quiet little "in the dark" job.

[ReloadPsi]

I think it always was an "in the dark" job. The public just wouldn't have minded because Adel was extremely unpopular.

[nik0tine]

Had Adel replaced Ultimecia as the primary villain of the game this would have been the best final fantasy.

[Kawaii Ryûkishi]

An interesting point I found on the FFWiki, though, is the text at Timber TV Station: the "noise" broadcast over all the frequencies is in fact lettering that spells "I WILL NEVER LET YOU FORGET ABOUT ME", "I AM ALIVE" and "BRING ME BACK THERE", theorised to be the thoughts of Adel confined in space... probably the only other direct communication she's ever shown to have with the player.

I AM ALIVE HERE

BRING ME BACK THERE

I WILL NEVER LET YOU FORGET ABOUT ME


Definitely the creepiest words ever conveyed in an RPG. They alone justify Adel's role in the story, and the game certainly couldn't have been hurt by more content along the same lines.

[Big D]

It's kind of odd that no-one (in the game) seems to have noticed that the world-wide signal interference, which began with Adel's disappearance, produces static that shows up as unsettling messages.
Still, it was a neat extra titbit about Adel's back-story, which is fleshed out pretty well despite not taking centre-stage for long. They manage to tell us quite a bit about her just in passing, without addressing the topic too directly.