Cecil Harvey

Birthplace: Near Baron
Age: 20
Class: Dark Knight, Paladin
Height: 6'
Weight: 177 lbs.

The Dark Knight of Baron and commander of the powerful air force the Red Wings. Baron, the most powerful nation in the world has suddenly gone evil. Cecil commiting these acts of unjust crimes he wears the evil and fearsome Dark armor. He attacks the town of Mysidia forcing the people to give up the Crystal of Water, and they willingly agree but not before Cecil's men kills a few mages. Although he wields the Dark Sword and wears the Dark Armor he is in constant remorse with his past sins. Taken away from his rank as Commander of the Red Wings he sets his journey forth towards the unknown lands full of deadly monsters and mystical magic of both good and evil.

NOTE: The Dark Wave command is somewhat of a unique attack. Although the hits are considerably weak they do however hit all on opponents. But there is a downside to this, and that's the fact that each time he uses it his HP drops down by about 8-9%.

His Cover command is used to cover allies, although he still covers his allies automatically this just allows Cecil to cover the ally even though his ally's HP is nowhere near the danger zone.

When Cecil's allies HP are low Cecil will automatically cover his ally from constant attack, so it is important that you equip Cecil with the best piece of armor with the highest Physical Attack defense. However you cannot prevent Cecil from Covering his allies and if his allies are in the back row Cecil will take damage like he was in the back row. Also when Cecil's HP are low he cannot cover because he is too weak to take the hits, but don't rely on Cecil to constantly protect your ally because sometimes an opponent might deal a serious blow that can immediately wound Cecil out of battle so make sure you always keep all your characters' HP out of the Danger Zone. Also Cecil cannot Cover the ally if the ally is attacked by Magic.

After Cecil becomes a Paladin he loses the ability to use his Dark Wave command.

Kain Highwind

Birthplace: Baron
Age: 21
Class: Dragoon
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 184 lbs.

The Commander of the Dragoon Knights of Baron is a loyal friend of Cecil. While he trains daily to perfect his skills as a Dragoon he still seeks to be one day a true Dragoon Knight. With his kind heart he aids Cecil in his journey to the Town of Mist while losing his Command of the Dragoon Knights. He is constantly under the power of Golbez as he cannot break free of Golbez's constant curse and sometimes has a unknown love for Rosa.

NOTE: Kain's Jump attack is probably the single most strongest physical attack in the game. Although he cannot equip a Sword he can do serious damage with a Spear. If he is equipped with a Spear he does double the damage of his Fight command.

When Kain jumps it takes awhile for him to attack his target and will consume about 1.5 turns as it would normally take to attack regularly. So if your party's HP is low and your fighting against a powerful boss and you need to kill him quick before he kills your party then Jumping is not always the best option.

Rosa Farrel

Birthplace: Baron
Age: 19
Class: White Mage
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 109 lbs.

The White Mage of Baron and girlfriend of Cecil. She constantly is at the side of Cecil at tough times and often tries to help cheer up her friends as well. As being Cecil's girlfriend she is captured by Golbez and hopes that Cecil will come for her. She is also an expert at using Bow and Arrows along with using White Magic to heal her allies incase of critical or servere injury.

NOTE: Whenever you are equipped with a Bow and Arrow make sure you put the Bow on the opposite hand, for example if Rosa is Right handed put the Bow on her Left Hand and the arrows on her left hand so that your attack power can significantly increase. This goes the same for all characters liable to use a Bow and Arrow(Cecil, Rosa, Palom, Porom, and Rydia).

Whenever you are equipped with both a Bow and Arrow you should always use the aim command. This allows Rosa to have a higher accuracy rate as well as a stronger punch towards her opponent.

As you might have guessed it, buying Arrows can get pretty steap because evetually you will have to refill her Arrows as she runs out. When all of her Arrow supply is depleted she will have to use her fists to attack or use a staff.

Rosa's PRAY command allows Rosa to heal the party with Cure1 without using MP or potions, it's not guaranteed...but hey, it's free, you're cheap, so why not? ^_^

Edge (Edward Geraldine)

Birthplace: Eblan
Age: 26
Class: Ninja
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 147 lbs.

The prince of Eblan, with an annoying ego he agrees to help the party after the party meets him in the underworld after his defeat at the hands of Rubicant, the fiend of fire. Also his defense rating is not as high as you would like it as a fighter, but he has the ability to equip two swords and can use your weapons as throwing objects.

NOTE: His NINJA command allows him to use 6 types of Magic. He has three elemental spells of Water, Fire, and Lightning, but basically its Water2.5, Fire2.5, and Lit2.5 because the damage done is between a level 2 magic attack and a level 3 magic attack. Also his Smoke command is used to run from battles except of course boss battles. At first it might not seem useful because you can easily run away from enemies, but enemies like EVIL MASK, Behemoth, or Red Dragons you cannot run away from except with the use of Smoke. His Image magic is more of an effect magic, he is the only one in the game who can cast it and it will allow him to avoid attacks throughout the battle, making this essential for boss fights. However it will not protect him against magic attacks as you can expect.

His STEAL command allows him to steal items from opponents, but he will rarely be successful at stealing and sometimes if he misses he will lose very little HP like about 1-5 HP which should not bother you.

His THROW command allows him to throw your weapons at him except for Rods, Staffs, Bows, Arrows, and Whips. So it might be a good idea not to sell some of your more powerful weapons and they should be saved when your fight against hard bosses, and also most of the weapons he throw causes critical hits!

Rydia Of Mist

Birthplace: Mist
Age: 7
Class: Summoner
Height: 4'1"
Weight: 84 lbs.

When she was just a young child Kain and Cecil accidentally brings forth a package(Bomb Ring in Japan) that destroys her hometown. She also loses her mother because Kain and Cecil kills the Mist. Meaning that if the Monster summoned is slayed that means that the Summoner also loses his or her life. She hates Cecil and Kain for what they have done and summons a monster that creates a massive earthquake that swallows up Kain. She is also injured by the occurance and Cecil brings her to Kaipo to help her heal her wounds. He feels that is the least he can do for all the pain and suffering he has caused her. During his overnight rest Guards from Baron were sent to kill all Summoners by order of the King of Baron(Odin). Cecil reluctantly refuses and attacks and slays the Guards and Rydia realizes that he did not mean to kill his mother or burn her town but she still doesn't forgive him. Later she will become more powerful in her Magic but her HP and Defense remains extremely low throughout the game.

NOTE: Rydia will lose her ability to use White Magic after you meet her again in the Underground World.

Rydia can learn the strongest attack in the game which is METEO when she is at level 60. Note though, it takes a long while for METEO to come out and under some circumstances, it shouldn't be used at all.

Tella the Sage

Birthplace: Mysidia
Age: 60
Class: Sage
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 105 lbs.

The legendary Sage of Mysidia swears revenge on the death of his beloved Daughter Anna. At first he blames and attacks Edward and runs off on his own after Anna's last words. Later after his visit on Mt.Ordeals he realizes who the real threat is and who killed his daughter, Golbez. While at first he only knows basic Black and White magic, but after his encounter with Mt. Ordeals he remembers all the lost magic, but his MP still remains low limiting his uses of high power magic. He also remembers Meteo, and when Meteo is unsealed that means the age of Apocaplypse is near. Also he cannot use Meteo because his MP is too low to cast it.

NOTE: After Tellah's encounter with Mt. Ordeals his White and Black magic level will be significantly higher so now he can cast hard hitting spells like Bio or Fire3.

Tellah's RECALL ability allows him to use a random spell of any strength other than Meteo. It'll cost him a certain amount of MP depending on the spell, sometimes you may get a stronger spell like Fire3 or Wind, or maybe a weaker spell like Fire1.

Yang Fang Leiden

Birthplace: Fabul
Age: 35
Class: Monk
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 148 lbs.

The expert Karate Master(a Monk in the Japaneese version) martial artist is the prince of Fabul with powerful attacks that can easily sway battles in the party's direction. The party first encounters Yang during their trip to Mt. Hobs as Yang was suddenly attacked by Golbez's minions. Yang easily took care of the minions but the Commander that was leading the minions did not look like he would be taken down easily, but that's when the party decided to help. With Yang's numerous abilities and his lethal attacks its always a good option to keep him upfront.

NOTE: Dont' bother using the Power Command with Yang. It takes up three turns for him to do an attack that does equal damage as if he wasn't using the Build command. However it does raise your chance of doubling your attack power, but only if you lucky and its pretty rare if that ever happens.

Also don't bother using the Bear command either. Although it says his defense is raised it is only raised by one point each time and it takes two turns for him to use it and will leave him open to attack. Also his Kick command will hit all enemies but his overall attack power will be averaged depending on how many enemies there are, so each hit will not result in his normal attack power, so unless there are three or more opponents just use Yang's fight command instead.

Yang's KICK command will attack everyone for relatively weak damage, it's better you stick to his Fight command, even if it is against a group of enemies.

Palom

Birthplace: Mysidia
Age: 5
Class: Black Mage
Height: 4'2"
Weight: 87 lbs.

Being an apprentice he only knows a few spells of Black Magic. He has a boastful mouth and is extremely rude. Instructions from the Elder in Mysidia his job is to spy on Cecil to see if he can live up to his words and if he was to become evil then it was to be his job to destroy Cecil. Although the magic he has are quite elementary they should help Cecil early on.

NOTE: The Twin attack can only be done by both Palom and Porom. If one of them is critically wounded(dead) then the Magic attack will not work. The Magic attack is unpredictable but there are only two spells they can cast.

Comet: 20 MP Each Hundreds of Stars come pouring in on opponents doing critical damage. This attack hits all opponents and it cannot be reflected. Each single hit is stronger than that of Flare and also there is a 1-in-4 chance of this being cast.

Flare: 10 MP Each A burst of Nuclear Energy is exploded towards an opponent doing excellent damage. This attack can be reflected however and the single hit is less than a single hit of Comet.

The BLUFF command is used to raise his magic Power, but this only works during battle. However it raises his magic power by very little and will need to be used serveral times before you see any significant results.

Porom

Birthplace: Mysidia
Age: 5
Class: White Mage
Height: 4'2"
Weight: 87 lbs.

Also being an apprentice she only knows a few spells of White Magic. Just like Palom she was intructed by the Elder to spy on Cecil and if Cecil was to become evil she was ordered to destroy Cecil because of his past sins. She is very polite and often has to remind her brother to behave and although she only knows elemental White Magic she can aid her party by using healing and curing spells that should help Cecil early on.

NOTE: The Twin attack can only be done by both Palom and Porom. If one of them is critically wounded(dead) then the Magic attack will not work. The Magic attack is unpredictable but there are only two spells they can cast.

Comet: 20 MP Each Hundreds of Stars come pouring in on opponents doing critical damage. This attack hits all opponents and it cannot be reflected. Each single hit is stronger than that of Flare and also there is a 1-in-4 chance of this being cast.

Flare: 10 MP Each A burst of Nuclear Energy is exploded towards an opponent doing excellent damage. This attack can be reflected however and the single hit is less than a single hit of Comet.

Porom's CRY command allows the party to escape from battle easier, supposedly making opponents feel sorry for them since she's crying. :'(

Lunar FuSoYa

Birthplace: N/A
Age: N/A
Class: Lunarian
Height: 5'6"
Weight: N/A

The Lunarian of the moon possesses powerful magic that can send chills down anyone's spine. He will agree to help Cecil when they meet him on the moon and he later frees Golbez from Zemus' mind control(which leads to Kain being free) and sets off helping the party with his powerful magic. He is kind hearted and is a dependable character that you can rely on.

NOTE: FuSoYa knows every WHITE and BLACK magic in the book when you aquire him.

The REGEN command allows FuSoYa to constantly heal the party's loss HP, but note that you cannot control him during the duration of this time. You should avoid using this though, it heals only 10 HP rather slowly and it's really a waste of time...it just doesn't heal enough to work effectively...even when you acquire him at level 50.

Edward (Gilbert Chris von Muir)

Birthplace: Damcyan
Age: 24
Class: Bard
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 134 lbs.

The Bard of Damcyan is a complete coward. He cares deeply for Anna as he runs off with Anna towards the castle of Damcyan but however their luck runs out as the Red Wings of Baron attack and demolish the castle of Damcyan and Anna as well is fatally injured. After Anna's death Edward joins and helps Cecil find the Sandruby to help cure Rosa's high fever.

NOTE: When you use the Sing command the special added effect of the Harp Edward is equipped with will try and negatively effect his opponent. Like using negative status effects like Confuse or Sleep.

When Edward's HP is low he will automatically Hide because like the coward that he is, but you can still command him but the only command he can use is Show, he will appear in battle however but then quickly run away. Also he will still recieve expierience points even though he did not participate in battle, pretty cheap huh!

Edward's HEAL command will allow him to spread the potion to every party member, which will pretty much act like a Cure1. But note that it does consume one potion.

The command SING can only be used by Edward, Edward will sing out a random tune that will have a status effect on the opponent, either being CHARM, SLEEP, MUTE, or CURSE. However it will take a few tries for Edward to be successful, and this also is not an attack and will not damage opponents. The type of Harp you have will determine what comes out as the status effect.

Edward can automatically hide using the HIDE command, it removes him from battle temporarily and he can SHOW himself if you choose to do so.

Cid Pollendina

Birthplace: Baron
Age: 54
Class: Engineer
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 203 lbs.

The chief engineer of Baron is the master technician behind the designs and contructions of the Red Wings' air force. However Cid is always optimistic and did not know that his ships were being used for war. He decides he help out the party after he had found out about his ships being used as weapons he had especially designed a high class airship hidden from the King of Baron. Later after sacrificing himself in the underworld he is treated by the Dwarves and helps out the party with enhancements towards the Falchon.

NOTE: Cid's Study command allows him to see the enemies' HP or MP and also displays the enemies' weakness if there is one. Also he cannot see bosses' HP and this will not cost Cid any Magic points. Also if you have the spell Peep its pretty much useless unless you are down on MP.