History Headscratchers / FinalFantasyVI

*** But Banon is the leader of the Returners and knows more about fighting the Empire than anyone else, making him a valuable resource; furthermore, Vector (where Banon and Arvis were) is, in theory, part of the Floating Continent. Shouldn't they have described rescuing Banon and Arvis, if they're still alive, as part of the goal of the assault on the Floating Continent? The game allows you to worry about ''Shadow'', and is deeply worried about everything that happens to Celes, but not those two. From an out-of-character standpoint it's because party members matter more than NPCs, but from an in-universe standpoint Banon and Arvis should be every bit as important as if two of your party members were likely being held hostage on the Floating Continent (and possibly dead, but you don't know that so it's worth searching for them.)

* We never see her in the World of Balance. It can be presumed that she was hiding so Celes could take her place, but then we don't see her in the World of Ruin either. Is she still alive and working for the opera? Did Setzer kidnap her after the end of the game?

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** But the scene ''does'' act as though all the water is instantly poisoned. Less than five minutes after Kekfa pours it in, Cyan and that one NPC are the only people in the whole castle still standing. Everyone else dropped like flies, soldier and civilian, no matter where they were--everyone just happened to be thirsty at that exact moment?

** You think a lover of fine arts like Gesthal would decorate the place. Or at least live in a fancy looking palace than what looks like a factory.

*** Except even Kefka and Cid somehow didn't know about magacite until the Returners attacked the Magitech factory. How they managed to never kill a single Esper during the decade and a half between the attack on the Esper World and the events of the game is a headscratcher all by itself but that's what the events of the game show us.

* When going inside Zozo, you can find enemies called Slam Dancers, who know basic elemental magic. That doesn't make any sense. The only humans in the story context who can use real magic are people who have connections with the Empire, the Espers and their Magicite, or the citizens of Thamasa (And although Ramah lives in Zozo, I'm pretty sure he has nothing to do with anybody living there). To make this stranger, the Slam Dancer enemies are probably just prostitutes, considering their name, appearance, and the "crime and villainy" theme of Zozo.

** They're descendents of the magi; people who recieved some magical power during the War of the Magi, but not enough to be turned into espers.

*** No, they only went overboard beause they never knew their own strength outside of their world, they intended to free their friends because it was what they should have done but they caused far more trouble than they intended.

*** No, they only went overboard beause they never knew thier own strength outside of their world, they intended to free thier friends because it was what they should have done but they caused far more trouble than they intended.

** Yeah, but Leviathan (and maybe Gigantaur too, I can't remeber) attacked you first. Plus, Diablos is already magicite when you find him.

** Personal fan fiction: The experiment that gave Kefka magic and unhinged his mind also allowed him to equip several Magicites at the same time. Since the full knowledge of inheriting an Esper's power wasn't known until the part accidentally provided the information to the Empire, he'd never had a chance to do more than develop his own natural magic. Afterward however, he was able to quickly sky rocket in power, gaining multiple stat-boosts at each level and acquiring buckets of spells at a time. As for where his Magicite came from? Well, despite the devastation it suffered, Vector must have had some success in defending itself, as the Espers did eventually leave before razing it to the ground entirely. In addition to General Leo, they had at least one Guardian, and presumably at least some of their air force.

*** X-Zone, look at his fight against the Ifrit PaletteSwap. Also, what with his new knowledge of Magicite, he probably snagged a whole bunch of magic by using whatever Espers the Empire had left. That would also explain how he was able to impersonate Ghestal. One of the Espers must have been a master of illusions.

** Two options. 1) Kefka did some leveling up and learned some stronger magic or 2) Kefka's been screwing with you the whole game as part of the set up to obtain more espers. Remember, the Empire knew Terra's origin from the begining so they probably figured that once she escaped them she'd try to get help fro the other side. The Empire's goals were all about the espers early on.

* The Doylist answer is that the slave crown is a handy method to give her amnesia, allowing the writers to introduce the setting over time and develop her character as a blank slate. Without it she would have known about Kefka, Geshtal, Leo, Celes, and the entire plot up until then, and would probably have strong opinions about the Empire one way or the other right at the beginning.

** The exact nature of Kefka's powers (and just about everything related to them) is extremely poorly-defined. For that matter, even the Warring Triad are pretty poorly-defined; but either way, the players managed to beat them up, soemhow. The simplest explanation is that that power was never "transcendent" in the way we think of it, and that gathering enough espers-as-magicite, absorbing their power, accumulating ancient weapons and relics, etc. was enough to kill both them and him.

* See Sephiroth from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'' to know the dangers having a living weapon like Terra around with no means to ensure her everlasting loyalty combined with shady circumstances surrounding her acquirement. All Terra needs to go on a murder spree directed at the empire is to learn about the factory, visit, and have a moment of realization. No no, better to put her in the Slave Crown so her obedience is ensured and she stays functional enough to serve the cause.

* See Sephiroth from {{Final Fantasy 7}} to know the dangers having a living weapon like Terra around with no means to ensure everlasting loyalty combined with shady circumstances surrounding creation with acquirememt. All Terra needs to go on a murder spree is to learn about the factory, visit, and have a momemt of realization. No no, better to put her in the Slave Crown since she her obedience is ensured and she stays functional enough to serve the cause.

** Think [[Manga/KimetsuNoYaiba Inosuke]].