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Final Fantasy VI Characters

Biographies by  laszlow
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Statistics and Special Characteristics by  Djibriel
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Characters


Terra Branford

Terra Branford

Vital Statistics

Age
18
Height
5'7"
Weight
105
Birthdate
18 October
Class/Occupation
Magitek Elite
Strength
31
Speed
33
Stamina
28
Magic Power
39
Attack
12
Defense
42
Evasion
5
Magic Defense
33
Magic Evasion
7

Biography

Terra is a young woman that has lived under the care of the Gestahlian empire for some time, manipulated by handlers via a Slave Crown. As the game opens, Terra is leading an Imperial attack on Narshe to seize the frozen Esper; when Terra, Biggs, and Wedge find the Esper, a strange reaction occurs, Terra's Magitek armor is destroyed, and she is rescued by Arvis. Not long after Arvis removes Terra's restraint, Terra meets Locke, Edgar, Sabin, and Banon, and becomes a key part of the rebellion against the Empire. Terra is able to naturally use magic without Magitek armor or implants, which is about as shocking as news gets within the world of this game.

There's more! But you need to turn on spoilers to see it.

Gameplay

Terra has very high Magic, but is around average in her other stats. Terra learns a few spells without the aid of Espers, is able to equip heavy armor and most sword and dagger weapons, and is a teammate for the entire first half of the game except for exploring Zozo and the assault on the Imperial continent. Her Morph skill doubles her physical and magic damage inflicted and halves her magic damage received. Morph only lasts a short time, and its activation and time limit are determined by Terra accumulating Magic AP in combat.

Terra is also one of the two characters who can learn magic organically. These are the spells she can learn as she levels up.

Level 1: OCure
Level 3: OFire
Level 6: OAntdot
Level 12: ODrain
Level 18: OLife
Level 22: OFire 2
Level 26: OWarp
Level 33: OCure 2
Level 37: ODispel
Level 43: OFire 3
Level 49: OLife 2
Level 57: OPearl
Level 68: OBreak
Level 75: OQuartr
Level 86: OMerton
Level 99: OUltima

Special Skill: Morph

When Terra uses Morph, she changes form for a while. When Terra is in Morph, she will do twice as much physical and magical damage, and her damage from all non-barrier-piercing magical attacks will be reduced by half.

Being in Morph is only temporary, and will wear out in time. The length of the time she can stay in Morph depends on the amount of Magic AP she receives (unlike other characters, she will also receive Magic AP if she isn't equipped with an Esper or piece of equipment that teaches spells). The minimum value of the Morph bar is 0, the maximum 256. Her Morph counter will increase by double the amount of AP earned. You can't Morph if the Morph bar has value 16 or lower.

When in Morph, the Morph bar gets more complicated: the entire time you can Morph is set to 65535, and is slowly reduced by the outcome of the following formula each tick of the clock: ((65535 / Morph duration counter) / 8) + 1

Later, after a spoilery event, the equation changes to: ((65535 / Morph duration counter) / 16) + 1

In other words, her Morph bar depletion effectively becomes twice as slow later in the game.

Long story in one sentence: Terra gains Morph energy from Magic AP and loses it when she's in Morph status, so try to save up on your Morph energy for particularly tough battles.

Desperation Attack: Riot Blade

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