History Characters / FinalFantasyII

* [[EveryGirlIsCuterWithHairDecs Every Bishounen Is Prettier With Hair Decs]]: Oh so very many many pretty beads in his hair.

** Put it this way -- in ''{{Dissidia}}'' [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101218210453/finalfantasy/images/4/49/FirionDissidiaModel.PNG Firion's]] [[http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101218053309/finalfantasy/images/c/ce/Firion_alt.png three]] [[http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110127135423/finalfantasy/images/2/2b/Firion_3rd_costume.png costumes]] all have different hair accessories and differently styled and colored armor, and all three are based on different Amano arts.

** Put it this way -- in ''{{Dissidia}}'' Firion's three alternate costumes all have different hair accessories and differently styled and colored armor, and all three are based on different Amano arts.

* FollowTheLeader: Some of his actions were later repeated by later Final Fantasy villains. For starters, his action of poisoning the water supply of the Dragoon fortress was later redone with Kefka, the latter of whom managed to take it to an even new low by poisoning a civilian kingdom (Doma), and most of Mateus' personality and traits (even his coming back from the dead) were reused with [[FinalFantasyX Seymour Guado]].

* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Even before his adoptive parents died in the siege of Fynn, he was orphaned. Precisely ''why'' this is convenient is explained in Maria's section, under NotBloodSiblings.
* CovertPervert: Old gaming manuals reveal that he apparently has a weakness for "feminine charms". No kidding...

* DependingOnTheArtist: Interesting, in that this is a one-artist variation on the trope--YoshitakaAmano drew Firion quite differently from picture to picture, to the point where a lot of official art of the character has to be labeled as such in order to be recognizable as Firion. His face and his armor would remain the same but he frequently changed his headgear and color scheme.
** Put it this way--in ''{{Dissidia}}'' Firion's three alternate costumes all have different hair accessories and differently styled and colored armor, and all three are based on different Amano arts.

* HikaruMidorikawa: His voice for the ''Origins'' opening FMV and his appearance in DissidiaFinalFantasy.

Firion's best friend and, [[AllThereInTheManual according to various Japan-only materials]], also an adopted brother. Guy was abandoned in the wild as a baby, only being raised by humans from age ten onwards, and as a result is very...well, slow, and quiet. Nonetheless, he has a close bond with Firion, Maria, and Leon, and joins them in their quest to save the world from oppression.

* RaisedByWolves: Specifically, a beast named Mauza. [[NoExportForYou Not that many anglophones can figure that out]].

* YoungerThanTheyLook: He's around Firion's age, but is quite large and...well, ''craggy.''

* CainAndAbel: The Cain of this relationship, at least at first...though interestingly, in this case, while Firion and Guy would also qualify as Abels, Maria is the best Abel candidate.

* TakayukiYamaguchi: His voice for the ''Origins'' opening FMV.

* JokeCharacter: His initial stats are utterly pathetic...
* MagikarpPower: But if you stick with him, you can have a quite good character.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Enjoys a startling amount of popularity for a mere guest character. Square-Enix has taken notice, and [[http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Minwu#External_References many references are made in other games]] to a legendary mage of great strength named Minwu, making him something of a LegacyCharacter.
** BreakoutCharacter: Gets to be the main protagonist of the Soul of Rebirth sidequest.

* {{Badass}}: Started the trend of ''FinalFantasy'' dragoons/spear-users being very, very {{Badass}}.

A prince of Kashuan, and Gordon's older brother. He dies of injuries sustained during the failed defense of Fynn, very early in the game...but in the BonusLevelOfHeaven, he is playable, and is key to investigating the mystery behind why the afterlife is suddenly such a hostile place.

* AscendedExtra: In the original version of the game, Scott had a bit part--but as of the Dawn Of Souls remake and onwards, he's vital in the optional areas.

* MagikarpPower: Because he was never playable (and thus level-up-able) in the main story, his initial stats are...depressing. But once you start raising him, he turns into a powerhouse.

* PosthumousCharacter: Has a handful of lines prior to his own death...then becomes a major character afterwards.

Princess of Fynn, and leader of the Wild Rose Rebellion. Hilda is the brains behind the operation, and sends the party on most of their missions, eventually retaking her throne in Fynn. Although her father the king dies halfway through the game, she is curiously never upgraded to "Queen."

* DamselInDistress: Minimally invoked: she's kidnapped only once, and there are indicators that the Emperor had no idea she was even on the airship when he captured it. Pretty good for TheEighties.

* EverybodyRemembersTheStripper: She wasn't even ''involved'', technically, but is still associated with the lamia queen...incident.

* PimpedOutDress: Most obvious in Amano's rendition of her.

!!The Emperor

The villain of the story. The Emperor of Palamecia is so dedicated to taking over the world, he even sold his soul to gain control of the LegionsOfHell to aid in the effort. He's also one of the least sympathetic and most evil ''FinalFantasy'' villains to date--how evil is he? When he dies, as the remakes reveal, part of his soul is (somehow) good enough to get into heaven...[[BeyondTheImpossible and then proceeds to conquer]] ''[[BeyondTheImpossible that]]'' [[BeyondTheImpossible too]]. In the Novelization, apparently the Emperor was able to actually kill Satan despite his powers [[DealWithTheDevil coming directly from a deal with him.]]

* {{Bishounen}}: First in a long line of ever-so-lovely ''FinalFantasy'' villains.
* BlondGuysAreEvil: [[CompleteMonster Very, very evil]].

* CompleteMonster: He starts out as one, siccing the LegionsOfHell on the innocent people of the world, and then proceeds to [[BeyondTheImpossible top himself in bastardliness]] as the [[ItGotWorse game progresses]].
* DealWithTheDevil: The novelization heavily implies that the source of his powers were due to a pact with Satan. Also subverted in that unlike most characters in this trope, this deal actually backfired horribly on Satan, reinforced by the Emperor's return.
** Also inverted in the interquel game "Dawn of Souls", where the Emperor's light half (who is also just as bad) attempts to beg those of the party who ended up dead in the main game to forgive him for the actions that his dark half committed, and in exchange will give them eternal life. Of course, they don't buy it.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The original Japanese manual [[AllThereInTheManual included extra stats for most characters]], except this guy. Heck, even ''Borghen'' gets more tidbits about him than the Emperor does, evidence that Square did not expect anyone to actually like this guy. [[{{Understatement}} They were wrong.]]

* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Him The Emperor]]: He has a first name and a surname--Mateus Palamecia--but it is only ever mentioned in the novelization, in-game he's just "The Emperor."

* FreudianExcuse: Surprisingly enough, the official (and Japanese only) novelization for the game actually ''attempted'' to give Mateus one. Apparently, the reason he became such a monster is because of an even worse demon sealed in a stone taking him over and attempting to use human proxies as revenge against humanity. It's also hinted that every single Palamecian emperor before Mateus was afflicted by the same demon. He also exiled his mother under the influence of this demon, and she was trying to get him back to the good side. In a way, he seems very tragic in that respect.

* LikeABadassOutOfHell: A Type 4--he ''took it over'' and came back to Earth to finish what he started.
** According to the [[NoExportForYou Japanese-exclusive novelization]], the Emperor made a pact with Satan, who is mentioned by name, to summon demonic minions to help him conquer the world, and when the Emperor dies and Satan tries to collect on his soul, the Emperor engages and defeats him to become the ruler of Hell. Really drives home the {{Badass}} part of this trope.

* MemeticMutation: '''"UBOAAAAAAAAAA"'''

* TakumiYamazaki: His voice for the ''Origins'' opening FMV.

* NeverLiveItDown: The famous Lamia Queen scene is pretty much always referenced every time Firion himself is in a different work.

* SquishyWizard: Her HP is the worst of the initial party and she is placed in the back row of the party by default. Fortunately, especially in the later remakes, StatGrinding means she doesn't have to put up with that for long if trained that way.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Enjoys a startling amount of popularity for a mere guest character.

* NeverLiveItDown: The famous lamia queen scene is pretty much always referenced every time Firion himself is in a different work.

* ShipTease: He seemed pretty willing to oblige Hilda before he realized it was actually the lamia queen...

* ShipTease: With Firion

* ShipTease: He seemed pretty willing to oblige Hilda before he realized it was the lamia queen...

* ThresholdGuardian: Was turned into this due to his powerful magical abilities.

!!Firion[=/=]Firioniel

* HeroesPreferSwords: Though he can be trained in the use of all weapons in the game, his initial equip and InfinityPlusOneSword are...well, swords.

** Put it this way--in ''Dissidia'' Firion's three alternate costumes all have different hair accessories and differently styled and colored armor, and all three are based on different Amano arts.
* DubNameChange: His Japanese name, フリオニール, ''Furioniiru'', is usually transliterated as Frioniel. This became Firion in English due to character limits, and has remained such likely due to a combination of inertia and euphony.

* {{Expy}}: Arguably one of [[StarWars Luke Skywalker]].

** FanDisservice

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Minwu, Minh, Ming-du...

* {{Expy}}: Of Jareth from {{Labyrinth}}, released two years prior.

* DependingOnTheArtist: Interesting, in that this is a one-artist variation on the trope--YoshitakaAmano drew Firion quite differently from picture to picture, to the point where a lot of official art of the character has to be labeled as such in order to be recognizable as Firion.

* DualWielding: Yes, everyone can dual wield anything in this game, but Leon gets special mention because he dual-wields a sword and a spear upon joining the party.

!!Firion

* BrotherSisterIncest: [[NoExportForYou According to the novelizations of the game]], she has a ([[{{Squick}} thankfully]]) unrequited secret crush on Firion.
** NotBloodSiblings: But at least they're not related, so it's not as bad as it could be?

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Very, very evil.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Enjoys a startling amount of popularity for a mere guest character. [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff It's mostly in Japan, but even so.]]

* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Him The Emperor]]: He has a first name and a surname--Mateus Palamecia--but is never referred to as anything other than the Emperor.

* EasilyForgiven: Leon and Maria are willing to welcome him back, no conditions and no questions asked. Unfortunately, he can't forgive himself nearly as easily.

* DependingOnTheArtist: Interesting, in that this is a one-artist variation on the trope: YoshitakaAmano apparently had no idea how he wanted to draw Firion from picture to picture, to the point where a lot of official art of the character has to be labeled as such in order to be recognizable as Firion.

* RummageSaleReject: YoshitakaAmano character. Whatcha gonna do.

* {{Gonk}}: Amano's no stranger to Gonks, but Guy is easily the least attractive character in this game by a large margin.

* {{Bishounen}}: Like most young men drawn by Amano.

* HairOfGold: Amano [[{{Understatement}} likes]] drawing lovely, good, blonde women.

* NiceHat AND ScarfOfAsskicking: His intricately-folded bandanna...thing.