History Headscratchers / FinalFantasyVI

** When he's behind their unavailability, as Wiki/ThisVeryWiki speculates.

** Also, Kefka's Tower is not his "Monument to Nonexistent", that was going to be him destroying (literally) everything.

* It's possible the Empire ''did'' indoctrinate Terra, but, prior to the start of the game, she started to realize the Empire was evil, ''then'' they put the slave crown on her.

* We se Gestahl and Kefka approach the Gate to the Esper World. We then have a cutscene where the continent lifts up out of the ground. Then we see Gestahl and Kefka on the continent in front of the Warring Triad statues. Were the statues originally in the Esper World, and Gestahl and Kefka did something to them to bring them into the World of Balance? Were they in the World of Balance to begin with? I had thought the game implied the later because of the part where Espers talked about something in the World of Balance giving them a rush of power when they passed through the gate. Also, if the Traid were the source of all magic like they say a few times, it would make sense that they were located in the World of Balance, since peole can cast magic there. This also explains why the Espers in the Esper World were able to be captured so easily when Gestahl attacked years ago, when he captured Terra. Their magic was weak since the Triad was in the other world. Though, if the Triad statues were in the World of Balance, I'm unclear why there was a shot of Gestahl and Kefka in front of the Esper Gate.

* We se Gestahl and Kefka approach the Gate to the Esper World. We then have a cutscene where the continent lifts up out of the ground. Then we see Gestahl and Kefka on the continent in front of the Warring Triad statues. Were the statues originally in the Esper World, and Gestahl and Kefka did something to them to bring them into the World of Balance? Were they in the World of Balance to begin with? I had thought the game implied the later because of the part where Espers talked about somehting in the World of Balance giving them a rush of power when they passed through the gate. Also, if the Traid were the source of ll magic liek they sy a few time,s it would make sense tht they wer elocated in the World of Balance, since peole can cast magic there. This also explains why the Espers in the Esper World were able to be captured so easily when Gestahl attacked years ago, when eh captured Terra. Their magic was wek since the Triad was in the other world. Though, if the Triad statues were in the World of Balance, I'm unclear why there was a shot of Gestahl and Kefka in front of the Esper Gate.

* We se Gestahl and Kefka approach the Gate to teh Esper World. We then have a cutscene where the continent lifts up out of the ground. Then we see Gestahl and Kefka on the continent in front of the Warring Triad statues. Were the statues originally in the Esper World, and Gestahl and Kefka did something to them to bring them into the World of Balance? Were they in the World of Balance to begin with? I had thought the game implied the later because of the part where Espers tlked about somehting in the World of Balance giving them a rush of power when they passed through the gate.

** But the real answer is: In the original ending, she did die, but it was too much of a downer for the test audiences, so they changed it. Also, Esper doesn't look like a cute monster girl to me. Least, here's the official concept art I found: [[http://images.wikia.com/finalfantasy/images/b/bb/Terra_Esper.jpg]] [[http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/1/14205/417760-6_terra_morph_a.jpg]]

* So is Terra's official hair color [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Green]], or Blonde? I've been wondering that for a long time.

** Also personal fan fiction: The planet Final Fantasy 6 takes place on has a creature of [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Lavos's]] species living deep beneath the surface. It lured Kefka to its Frozen Flame to power him up as part of a ''BatmanGambit'' to damage the planet so it could walk the surface. Just like how 'Baba, Death Gaze, and the 8 Dragons were freed from earthly containment in the main game.

*** Celes 'is' an Imperial citizen - citizens are people that live in a city/country. So by all counts, Locke's quote 'can' also refer to Celes. Do not mistake "citizen" for "civilian" - while "civilians" are "citizens", "citizen" also include the military corps.

*** Celes _is_ an Imperial citizen - citizens are people that live in a city/country. So by all counts, Locke's quote _can_ also refer to Celes. Do not mistake "citizen" for "civilian" - while "civilians" are "citizens", "citizen" also include the military corps.

*** [[TheSimpsons Just like in real life.]]

** [[ShootTheDog My first impression]] was similar to what was made apparent of the Thieve's Guld in FF 9. The Thieve's Guild "sort of" gets disbanded, I think, somewhere around the 3rd disc. Not officially, just in that much of the conflict that was generating their need/profit of thievery had been resolved, especially due to the companionship between Zidane and Garnet. Logically, dramatic, or, rather, heavy emphasis on Thieve's Guild related ties, went by the wayside. Similarly, Banon and Arvis were significant companions of Edgar and Locke, but also weren't the only two others who were part of The Returners, just the two "showcased" for plot effect, so they stand out to the player as, probably [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve omg]] (pardon lol) "the most important" friends-of-Edgar-and-Locke/members-of-The-Returners. Further, Edgar, as royalty, saw a constant "flux" of personel, and probably wrote off the "extravagance" of their companionship by default experience. Locke is technically a hair's breadth from cold-blooded when it comes to getting sidetracked by "goose-chases" by the Floating Continent portion of the game. These two personality traits combined with the direness of the situation lead me to believe, srsly, there was no time to try and find them, have a little pity-pot or back slapping party, and tell them, "Look, screw you guys, we're getting involved with the source of all magic, probably some head's are gonna fly, and probably they will be yours if you insist on following.". Given the likelihood of this scenario, they chose not to search for their friends, also, only to inform them that they themselves would be leaving them promptly, and likely perishing. Ugh, even after all that I realize they could have at least mentioned them and their intentions at some point (there was damn opera for crying out loud) but THAT made me realize, that aside from Celes solitary segment, there really are exactly zero portions of the game where the party gets together to [[BrainBleach solemnly consider any type of anything]]. [[ThreeSecondSilence Waiting]] for Gau on the Veldt does not count.

** I hate to be a pest, but doesn't it rough out to about the same thing? "Phew. The Empire's made me a rich man" makes it sound like, he has plenty, who cares, let the good times roll, so to speak? and "Hmmm . . . Business has been awfully slow lately thanks to the Empire . . ." soooooo, again, no misgivings, will take what he can get. Since he's got virtually no backstory, it is SO purely a matter of semantics. The [[UnwinnableByMistake/FinalFantasy Airship]] wasn't free :/ [[GlobalAirship lol]].

** [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief Haha]] you guys. In the same manner of breathing underwater in a capsized row boat, they alternated, keeping the helmet upright. There was no corresponding [[HandWave air supply]] so I can only assume Magicite/Magitech or some such. [[DeaderThanDisco Enchantments]] be damned in FF6 it seems.

* That gate was sealed for a reason. When the Imperials first entered the Esper world, they completely stomped everyone there, easily kidnapping a bunch of them to drain their powers; in fact, this is the source of how the Empore got so powerful (which means that they were just some random city-state before then.) The Empire is vastly more powerful today than it was back then, and there's absolutely no reason to think the Espers have grown in power, so... wouldn't opening the sealed gate just end up giving the Empire a bunch of Espers and Magicite, further empowering them? As, in fact, happened? (This is basically the counterpoint to "how did Kefka beat, drain and capture Espers so easily" near the top of the page - the flip side is "why would anyone think the Empire ''wouldn't'' be able to beat the Espers so easily given that they did it before when they were much weaker and knew far less?")