What happens when [[{{Axioanarchist}} a bored amateur author]] decides ItsEasySoItSucks for every ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' game after [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Seven]] (VIII and IX had some touchy moments at least, but I digress) and decides to see how well he can do on his own.

[[BrilliantButLazy Mostly due to Procrastination]], these remain theoretical in anything more than a mostly-gathered soundtrack (consisting of mostly music from other games, as I don't have a composer, though a few original tracks from various writers across the Internet have slipped in) and either complete or partial scripts of dialogue, action, and a vague idea of where certain combat scenarios should go. In other words, the projects vary between barely started and around 25% complete, leaving really only the hard stuff like creating sprites and maps and the actual coding of the game. [[DistractedByTheShiny Apparently, I've got a tendency to complete writing a project then start writing a new one before starting the actual building...]] wonder what that says about me.

So far I have four such stories at least partially tinkered with. Here they are, in order of completion, most to least:

!'''Final Fantasy Odyssey'''

TheEmpire is on a rampage. LaResistance is desperately seeking allies. Between the two is Cestal Morwind, a vagabond on the run from [[EvilOverlord Emperor Malvedar]] and his army. He finds shelter with the rebel faction, the Freedom Riders, led by [[GentlemanThief Richter Kline]], who takes to Cestal immediately, and [[LadyOfWar Midgard Barion]], who has been burned by mysterious allies in the past and is significantly less trusting. While the Emperor seems more concerned with grabbing up as much territory as he can and bulldozing all resistance in the way, his [[TheDragon Dragons]] [[EvilSorcerer Shaed]] and [[PsychoForHire Magnas]] seem to have other plans, involving the legacy of the Legendary Hero Gilgamesh...

'''''Characters:'''''
* '''Cestal Morwind:''' A [[MegaManning Blue Mage]] and wandering swordsman on the run from TheEmpire.
* '''Midgard Barion:''' LadyOfWar and leader of the [[LaResistance Freedom Riders]].
* '''Richter Kline:''' Midgard's childhood friend, right hand, and resident GentlemanThief.
* '''Edge Dronovan:''' A [[UltimateBlacksmith weaponsmith]] who doesn't want to get involved in the politics between TheEmpire and the other countries... [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive at first]].
* '''Dalia Caldezhar:''' A young Baroness (and amateur alchemist) from the south.
* '''Dagan Amakiir:''' Wizened Sage and servant of Asura, Goddess of Benevolence.
* '''Shaed:''' Mysterious dark-clad spellcaster who speaks in an odd dialect. One of the Emperor's [[TheDragon Dragons]].
* '''Magnas Revenan:''' The other [[TheDragon Dragon]], Magnas is a DualWielding maniac who exemplifies KatanasAreJustBetter. Oh and [[YouKilledMyFather he killed Midgard's father]].
* '''Emperor Malvedar:''' Resident EvilOverlord, leader of TheEmpire, [[KickTheDog kicker of kittens]], [[ShootTheDog pillager of villages]], [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking bearer of terrible fashion sense]]. (I couldn't resist.)
* '''Kaylah Darshin:''' A [[KnightInShiningArmor Paladin]] of Alexander, God of Justice.
* '''Jareth Kalastar:''' [[BareFistedMonk A brawler]] participating in a tournament.

'''Will theoretically eventually provide examples of:'''

* AscendedMeme: You'll know it when you see it.
* [[spoiler:ArtificialHuman: Cestal!]]
* [[spoiler:TheAtoner: Kaylah after her fall.]]
* AxeCrazy: Magnas.
* BloodKnight: Magnas again.
* BoisterousBruiser: Jareth.
* CatchPhrase: Cid's "MIIIIIIIIIIDGAAAAAAAAAAARRRD!!"
* CorruptChurch
* CosmicHorrorStory
* DarkIsNotEvil: Except when it is. [[PhysicalGod Alexander]] explains it in some detail.
* [[spoiler:DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu]]
* DiscOneFinalDungeon: The Gate Shrine in Chapter One, Pandemonium in Chapter Two.
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:'''ZALGO COMES!!''']]
* TheEmpire
** EvilOverlord: Emperor Malvedar.
*** TheDragon: Shaed and Magnas.
* EnfantTerrible: [[spoiler:Cestal was intended to be.]]
* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler:Kaylah's armor changes from white to red and black when she becomes a Blackguard. [[DarkIsNotEvil It remains that color when she's redeemed though]].]]
* EvilSorcerer: Shaed the Dark Summoner, and the Emperor himself.
* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn: Very shortly followed by HeelFaceTurn - TWICE. With two different characters.]]
* FailureKnight: Midgard.
* FourIsDeath: The Four Fiends, obviously, among other things.
* GeniusLoci: Sylph.
* GentlemanThief: Richter.
* GodIsEvil: One of the four gods, Leviathan, turned against the other three many years ago and has been plotting TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt ever since.
* HalfHumanHybrid: Summoners are descended from Human-Eidolon crossbreeds.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Kaylah. [[spoiler:She ends up as a KnightInSourArmor for a while, then gets better.]]
* LadyOfWar: Midgard and Kaylah both qualify.
* LaResistance: The Freedom Riders.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Midgard and Richter. [[spoiler:At first.]]
* MagicKnight: Cestal, Midgard, Kaylah, [[spoiler:Jareth after becoming a Dragoon]].
* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Magnas [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenant_(folklore) Revenan(t)]].]]
* MegaManning: Cestal, as a Blue Mage it's expected.
* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler:Happens to Kaylah, causing her Fall, and also happened to [[GodIsEvil Leviathan]] eons ago.
* TheNothingAfterDeath
* OlderThanTheyLook: Kary ''appears'' to be a ten year old girl, but...
* TheParagon: Gilgamesh. According to himself, his greatest feat was not taking on the Eidolon tyrants who ruled Terra when he was mortal, but inspiring humans and other [[HalfHumanHybrid Half-Eidolons]] to fight back as well.
* {{Portmanteau}}: [[spoiler:Terresguard = Human World Terra + Eidolon World Esguard.]]
* PowerFist: Most of Jareth's weapons. [[spoiler:Until his Class Change, when he switches to spears after becoming a Dragoon.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Richter and Midgard respectively. Hair colors to match.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Queen Genevieve of Juliana is possibly the most active monarch in the whole world (save perhaps [[EvilOverlord Emperor Malvedar]]) - personally planning tactics and directing her forces against TheEmpire, refusing to stand aside while the BigDamnHeroes fight the forces of evil, and when even that doesn't suffice [[spoiler:offering herself as a [[PhysicalGod vessel for Gaia]] so the Entity can interact with mortals against [[EldritchAbomination Zalgo's]] arrival.]]
* SheatheYourSword: [[spoiler:Dalia vs. the Hatefiend.]]
* ShoutOut: Much of Dalia's backstory and introduction story were inspired by ''Literature/TheCountOfMonteCristo''.
* SinisterMinister: [[MeaningfulName High Priest Vulgaar]].
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler:TWICE! [[ApocalypseHow Class 1 then later Class X-2]].]]
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Dalia at the Shrine of Asura in [[spoiler:Terresguard]] says this when she goes to face the Hatefiend alone. [[spoiler:It's then [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when Dagan shows up as a SpiritAdvisor to help in the battle.]]
* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: [[EvilTowerOfOminousness The Crystalline Tower]] / [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness The Shadow's Maw]].
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Many Eidolons can take humanoid forms.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Dagan [[spoiler:to Dalia, though in this case it would be Well Done Daughter Guy]].
* YouAreNotAlone
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness
* YouKilledMyFather: Midgard is the victim, Magnas is the killer.

!'''Final Fantasy Enigma'''

Tyranny is on the rise - thanks to a constant struggle between the various countries ignited years ago at a peace meeting gone horribly horribly wrong, coupled with a rutheless pirate scourge along the southern coastlines and a planar breach spilling TheLegionsOfHell into the harsh lands of the [[GrimUpNorth North]]. But this story is just as much about that as it is about Karish, an [[LaserGuidedAmnesia amnesiac young woman]] found in a cave. Karish is a [[SummoningRitual Soulbinder]], a person who can call [[OurSoulsAreDifferent Vestiges]] - trapped souls of powerful ancient entities - out of [[TheNothingAfterDeath The Void]] between life and death. She also looks like she halfway swapped bodies with a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]]. And doesn't remember why.

'''''Characters:'''''
* '''Karish:''' A young woman with [[LaserGuidedAmnesia no memories]], a fiendish appearance, and strange powers.
* '''Denton Conway:''' A MagicKnight and a soldier of [[LaResistance The Baronic Brigade]].
* '''Andrew Iratio:''' An older scholar studying magic, especially the unexplored areas of "Grey Magic".
* '''Cid Lartesson:''' An instructor at a school of magic.
* '''Renard of the Whisperfang:''' A [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Lupin]] sage and geomancer.
* '''Zara Silverscale:''' A rogue [[LizardFolk Yuanti ranger]] who is part of a clan rebelling against the rest of their kind.

'''Will theoretically eventually provide examples of:'''

* AChildShallLeadThem: "Queen" Alenn was born ''[[SomeoneToRememberHimBy after]]'' her father [[MeaningfulName Alexander's]] death. [[EvilChancellor Ghirard]] has been running the country in the twelve years since.
* AffablyEvil: Tarot.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: [[spoiler:The reason Esmerelda becomes a more powerful Demon King than all the mighty warlords, relentless tyrants, and vicious pirate kings? Each and every one of her sins was personal and direct, rather than large-scale and therefore vulnerable to this trope.]]
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:Or more accurately, [[ThePlan that's the plan]].]]
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Karish.]]
* BigCreepyCrawlies: The Hive.
* ChaoticStupid: Ensiro has moments like this... ''on purpose''.
* DealWithTheDevil: Tarot's purpose on Atlas is to offer one of these to Karish.
* DiscOneFinalDungeon: Emperor Anhur's Palace.
* EldritchAbomination: Any [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] that becomes powerful enough takes on a lot of these qualities unless they [[HoldingBackThePhlebotinum actively restrain themselves]]. Thus, by extension, all of the [[DemonLordsAndArchDevils Demon Kings]] qualify.
* EvilOldFolks: Esmerelda Taubokk, the Wandering Witch.
* EvilOverlord: The various tyrants and rulers of Part One, with Emperor Anhur being the Evilest Over-est Lord of them all... [[spoiler:or so it appears at first]]; the Demon Kings in Part Two.
* [[spoiler:FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: Harmony is Zara's mother.]]
* [[spoiler:FirstEpisodeResurrection]]
* FlashBack: Karish keeps having them as dreams.
* ForTheEvulz: Jackal and Hyena really don't have much of a reason why they like destroying things and killing people, the fact that Balor rewards them seems like a side benefit. Coyote, on the other hand, is annoyed by the waste of time and effort but considers it even ''more'' wasteful to go to the effort of restraining them.
* [[spoiler:GambitRoulette: If you don't hate the various tyrants and lords in Part One enough, you '''will''' hate [[ManipulativeBastard Esmerelda]] by the time you reach Part Two.]]
* GenderBender: Ensiro does so at random.
* GenderFlip: Slightly different from standard: Cid in this game is short for Cidney, whereas all Cids in normal ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' stories have been male.
* GeniusLoci: Dionaea Saranac. (For the curious: ''Dionaea muscipula'' is the scientific name for ''Venus Flytrap''.)
* GoldfishPoopGang: Jackal, Hyena, and Coyote.
* GrimUpNorth: The Northlands on Atlas [[spoiler:and Nivelheim in Hell.]]
* HealingHands: Harmony.
* {{Heroic BSOD}}: See RoaringRampageOfRevenge below.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Ensiro turns this into ''an art form''. Partially because it's less the particular item s/he's using and more the power of Chaos running through them.
* InstrumentOfMurder: Some of Cid's weapons.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Karish, though not completely... memories resurface occasionally in the form of dreams. [[spoiler:It's standard procedure for Hellbreds: it's the universe's way of making sure they start over with a clean slate.]]
* TheLegionsOfHell
* MagicKnight: Denton.
* MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:As]]Tarot[[spoiler:h]]. Yes, both ways.
* Metamorphosis: Yuanti use it as an alernative to MarsNeedsWomen. The body is changed first, [[MoreThanMindControl then the mental state]], leaving a small gap where they can be rescued from becoming AlwaysChaoticEvil but remain Yuanti physically. [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch The Silverscale clan]] is entirely made up of those who have been rescued at this point. (Rescue before that point causes them to shed their skins, reverting - painfully - back to humans, but beyond it is not reverseable save by powerful magic.)
* TheMentor: Andrew, to both Denton and Karish.
* MoreThanMindControl: Cid's "Draw" ability.
* TheMultiverse: See WorldTree below.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: All of the Demon Kings: Balor, Erinyes, Miyguo, Sertrous, Cathezar, Dagon, and Oroboros. Former Kings such as Asmoday [[spoiler:and Astaroth]] are little better.
* NobleDemon: Tarot spends a lot of time complaining about [[EvenEvilHasStandards how debased and monstrous demons have become]] since Asmoday was overthrown.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent
* OurDemonsAreDifferent
* OurSoulsAreDifferent
* ProudWarriorRace: The Lupin.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Subverted. Most Yuanti are evil, but later the [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Silverscale clan]] prove rebellious.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: When Zara learns that [[spoiler:Karish is the {{Reincarnation}} of Vanessa Scalion, [[YouKilledMyFather the tyrannical Countess who killed her mother]],]] she immediately launches into a vicious punching fest. [[spoiler:Karish]] is equally stunned and goes into {{Heroic BSOD}} mode, sitting there and letting Zara slug her until Denton and Renard pull them apart.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Though after a bit you may wish they hadn't.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: The creed by which Ensiro lives. S/he then goes on to screw their own rules. The only constant seems to be "I will break every rule I encounter".
* ShoutOut: [[Literature/TheWhispererInDarkness Mi(y)g(u)o]], Demon King of the Hive; the Glabrezu trio [[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} Jackal, Hyena, and Coyote]].
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Implied. [[AChildShallLeadThem "Queen" Alenn]] was born after her father, King Alexander, was killed.
* TheStoic: Renard.
* TarotMotifs: Obviously.
* ToHellAndBack
* TooDumbToLive: Ensiro makes a habit of performing acts like these and getting out of them just to prove s/he can. One example shortly after her/his introduction is the claim that s/he worships the Lady of Pain, the ruler of Sigil, who explicitly refuses to be worshiped as a goddess and kills anyone who does so. Ensiro manages to get away with it... mostly by doing a lot of fleeing and being very hard to trace.
* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: Nessus, the Throne of Bones.
* WorldTree: Or more accurately, a Forest of Worlds Trees, of which the game's world only encompasses one - Heaven being (in) the branches, Hell being (in) the roots, Atlas and the other "Earths" being (in) the trunks. There is one place where every WorldTree has a branch extending, though, and at that crossing point is the city of Sigil.
* YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:Zara's mother was killed in front of her by Countess Vanessa Scalion, who died shortly thereafter... and reincarnated as Karish. TheReveal is none too pleasant.]]


!'''Final Fantasy Sojourn'''

The [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Age of Dragons]] came to an end not long ago, thanks to the now-legendary Tabaris the Dragonslayer and the Companies - teams of warriors working in units - that came in his wake, ushering in what scholars have begun to call the Age of Humanity. But some dragons are not so willing to [[StockQuotes go quietly into that dark night]], despite lingering on the edge of extinction - and one of those is Shaal'Runar the Black. One Company has been hired to deal with the threat: [[AmazonBrigade the Mazona Mercenary Corps]].

'''''Characters:'''''
* '''Rebecca Elvier:''' One of the newest members of the Mazona Corps, [[BareFistedMonk a hand-to-hand combat specialist]].
* '''Winter:''' A Black Mage with a vendetta against the few remaining dragons in the world.
* '''[[PunctuationShaker Shaal'Runar]]:''' [[OurDragonsAreDifferent A Black Dragon]], one of the few remaining dragons in the world. Also known as The DarkLord and The Destroyer, he eagerly plans to destroy as much of humanity as he can before extinction claims his kind.
* '''Lorelei Starrwyn:''' A high-ranking member of the Corps and Rebecca's superior officer.
* '''Shelbey [=DeMarter=]:''' An [[LadyOfWar expert swordswoman]] and founder of the Mazona Corps.
* '''Marisol:''' [[WrenchWench The Corps' mechanic and engineer.]] Also [[HealingHands a White Mage]].
* '''Deacon Vice:''' A suspicious clergyman from another country.
* '''Tanas Fenton:''' Rebecca's cowardly informer.
* '''Kenja:''' A spy, scout, and assassin.
* '''Hammer:''' A wandering warrior known only by the weapon he carries.

'''Will theoretically eventually provide examples of:'''

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Dragons, due to their [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demonic nature and origin]].
* AmazonBrigade: Mazona Mercenary Corps.
* BareFistedMonk: Rebecca.
* {{BFS}}: Tabaris was known for his: The [[ShoutOut Dragon]][[{{Manga/Berserk}} Slayer]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Hammer, and Lorelei occasionally.
* DeathIsCheap: [[spoiler:... if you're a Dragon who's one of the Masters.]]
* EvilPlan: [[spoiler:Why is Mazona female-only? The Masters and [[TheMole Shelbey]] started it with the intent of weeding through humanity to find the strongest candidates to [[{{Squick}} mother the next generation of dragonkind]] now that [[MarsNeedsWomen Tabaris and the Companies killed off all the Dragon females]]. [[XanatosGambit When that falls through, they still have an ace to play...]] the [[ScaledUp Echidna Ritual]].]]
* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler:Endaras and the other Half-Dragons.]]
* HealingHands: Marisol is a White Mage.
* HesJustHiding
* LadyOfWar: Rebecca, Lorelei, Shelbey... heck with it, anyone in Mazona who's not a WhiteMage.
* LastOfHisKind: [[spoiler:The Masters.]] See OneGenderRace below.
* MagicAIsMagicA: Rebecca and Lorelei's Martial Techniques are referred to by scholars as "just as good as Magic" and operating under similar rules. Naturally, this elicits some grumbling from [[GlassCannon Winter and other Mages]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:Tanas.]]
* OneGenderRace: [[spoiler:Dragons - Tabaris and his successors intentionally killed off all the females and young first, to prevent the race from reproducing to restore their lost numbers. The remaining handful of adult males, the Masters, are near-exinct and desperate as a result.]]
* OurDragonsAreDifferent / OurDemonsAreDifferent: In this case, they're the same thing.
* TheParagon: Tabaris the Dragonslayer, at least according to legend. [[spoiler:Of course, AllMythsAreTrue.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Winter.
* SinisterMinister: Deacon Vice.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler:Played straight with Tabaris, subverted with [[ImmortalitySeeker Shelbey and the Masters]].]]
* WrenchWench: Marisol. Being an Engineer also grants her archer, ChainsawGood, ThisIsADrill, and a few others... all in sharp contrast to her [[WhiteMagicianGirl gentle demeanor and affinity for White Magic]].


!'''Currently Unnamed'''

Expectedly, perhaps, there is very little information available on this at this time.

'''''Characters:'''''
* '''Garion:''' A Druid of the Arbor Grove.

'''Will theoretically eventually provide examples of:'''

(To be completed)

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