Final Fantasy VI Characters

Characters
?????	Arvis	Banon	Baram
Celes Chere	Cid del Norte Marguez	Cyan Garamonde	Duncan Harcourt
Edgar Roni Figaro	Elayne Garamonde	Emperor Gestahl	Gau
Gogo	Kefka Palazzo	Leo Cristophe	Locke Cole
Lola	Madeline	Maduin	Mog
Owain Garamonde	Owzer	Relm Arrowny	Sabin Rene Figaro
Setzer Gabbiani	Shadow	Siegfried	Strago Magus
Terra Branford	Ultros	Umaro	Vargas

Gau

Vital Statistics

Age	13
Height	5'2"
Weight	110
Birthdate	5 April
Class/Occupation	Feral Youth
Strength	44
Speed	38
Stamina	36
Magic Power	34
Attack	99
Defense	44
Evasion	21
Magic Defense	34
Magic Evasion	18

Biography

Gau is a young boy living in the wild Veldt south and west of Mobliz, having been abandoned there as a child many years prior to the events of Final Fantasy VI. Sabin and Cyan get Gau's attention by offering him some dried meat, and Gau gives them a route to Nikeah (and eventually Narshe) by using his diving helmet to swim through the Serpent Trench. Gau's command of human languages is... substandard, but he's enthusiastic with a good heart. He finds Cyan's use of the word "thou" hysterical.

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Gameplay

Gau's stats are all above-average, with particularly high Strength and Speed. Gau can wear light armor, hats, and some shields, but is the only party member unable to equip weapons (except for the Impartisan) or use traditional attacks. Gau is one of the few characters that can equip the Snow Scarf, the strongest armor in Final Fantasy VI. Gau can use his Rage command to access abilities of any enemy that has been encounted in the Veldt after Gau has used his Leap command on them. The huge number of enemies available on the Veldt can make Gau's Rage list long and varied indeed, but Gau is extremely effective if you obtain Rages for powerful monsters. After using Rage, Gau is uncontrollable by the player for the remainder of the battle, but (usually) acts in a helpful manner. Surprisingly, Gau has above-average Magic and can be a decent magic user if you choose not to use Rage.

Special Skill: Rage

Gau's Rage is one of the most complex special abilities in the game. It's too involved to discuss in this space. In short, however, it's like this. Rages are learned from monsters upon which Gau Leaps on the Veldt, and only on the Veldt. The monsters that appear on the Veldt are based on the monsters you've encountered in the game; if you haven't fought a monster before, it can't be found on the Veldt. When Gau leaps a monster, he will come back in a future battle on the Veldt, having learned the Rages for every monster in the group when he leapt, and also all the Rages for each monster in the group when he came back.

When using a Rage, Gau essentially is taken over by the monster whose Rage he takes on in several ways. Gau will take the elemental attributes, inherent statuses, and special properties (like Undead) of the monster. In addition, Gau will have a 50% chance each turn of using a special attack that belongs to that monster. Any weaknesses that are applied to Gau by that monster can be overruled by buffs provided by magic or equipment.

Gau will remain as the Raged monster until he dies or the battle ends.

Equipment

Types: Weapons   Armor   Helmets   Shields  

Characters
?????	Arvis	Banon	Baram
Celes Chere	Cid del Norte Marguez	Cyan Garamonde	Duncan Harcourt
Edgar Roni Figaro	Elayne Garamonde	Emperor Gestahl	Gau
Gogo	Kefka Palazzo	Leo Cristophe	Locke Cole
Lola	Madeline	Maduin	Mog
Owain Garamonde	Owzer	Relm Arrowny	Sabin Rene Figaro
Setzer Gabbiani	Shadow	Siegfried	Strago Magus
Terra Branford	Ultros	Umaro	Vargas