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Both are mighty dragons, who guard the [[InfinityPlusOneSword powerfull Ragnarok sword]]. Both are also [[BonusBoss Bonus Bosses]], that dwell in the [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon final area of the game]]. And Shinryu himself has shown himself in the [[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia games]] to be quite malevolent, so he could be another EvilCounterpart to Bahamut.

In all honesty, this is little more than a headcanon with only two points of evidence, the first being that Golbez had left Cecil in the middle of the woods where he was found by Odin/King Baron, and so it's not likely that he would have traveled far to do so (Mist being a neighboring village to the kingdom, perhaps even being part of its territory). The second bit is that Golbez has summoning powers of his own; the Elemental Archfiends, as well as the Shadow Dragon, are all at his disposal. About the only other way I can think of that he got such abilities is through some kind of teachings, but that doesn't exactly seem likely, what with the only folks who aren't Summoners of Mist that can call Eidolons being monsters.

Relatedly, he wants Rydia to rejoin the human world more in ''TheAfterYears'' so that she can have children, and prolong the summoner bloodline.

The Tower of Zot is an big oddity in this game as it's never really shown or given a location. All we know is that it's really high up as the airships must ascend higher than usual. Barbariccia, the fiend of wind, just so happens to be stationed there. She must be keeping the whole place afloat with her powers. The reason it gets destroyed is because once Barbariccia is killed there's nothing to keep if from falling. Thankfully it must have fallen into the ocean, leaving no remains behind.

But rather, the use of the equipment and the dark power makes one more susceptible to Zemus's control. Note that, as a Dark Knight, Cecil's MP, Spirit, and Magic Defense are all abysmal. His Spirit stat will never increase past 1. Note also that all of those stats shoot up when he accepts the light given to him by Klu Ya. The Darkness isn't a corruptive force that leads to inevitable evil; it and the tainted equipment (which, might I add, is the only equipment available to Dark Knights and is only available to Dark Knights) combined drop a persons mental defenses to almost nothing, allowing Zemus to take control far more easily. This also gives a possible explanation as to why Cecil is so comfortable with using the Darkness again in ''DissidiaFinalFantasy''; his time as a paladin has bolstered his mind a lot, so he can safely wield the Darkness again.

Both are mighty dragons, who guard the [[InfinityPlusOneSword powerfull Ragnarok sword]]. Both are also [[BonusBoss Bonus Bosses]], that dwell in the [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon final area of the game]]. And Shinryu himself has shown himself in the [[VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy Dissidia games]] to be quite malevolent, so he could be another EvilCounterpart to Bahamut.

[[WMG: Dark Bahamut is [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Shinryu]].]]

Unfortunately, this meaning was lost when he was killed and Zemus gained the power to affect his plans. Afterwards, the prophesy was reinterpreted to refer to Cecil going to the moon to stop Zemus' manipulations.

[[The Mysidian Legend originally referred to Kluya's plans to arrange a peaceful coexistance between the Lunarians and races of Earth]]

Leviathan used his control of currents and the seas to make sure they all drifted where they did, because he knew this is where they needed to be, acting either on information from Bahamut or that the waters of the world brought to him. (The crew of the ship, possibly, he just let wash up somewhere safe and we just never see them.)

All of them, ''every one'', suffered life-threatening situations that they somehow miraculously "recovered" from and subsequently "reappeared": Cid, Yang, Edward, Palom, Porom, etc. The Troian Clerics could have perished due to prolonged separation from their Earth Crystal, while Giott could have perished in the battle with the Babil Giant. The Master/Elder could be channeling them somehow and sending their spirit's wishes to the Moon...which would explain why '''Tellah''' appears to give support in the final battle as well(though doesn't explain why he isn't in the spectral assembly at the Tower of Prayers). Even the Elder himself could have perished by the crushing wall while trying to cure Palom and Porom of their petrification.

* {{Jossed}} Revealed in Dissidia the only [[WordOfGod two worlds]] that are connected are [[FinalFantasyVII Seven]] and [[FinalFantasyX Ten]].
** Hardly. Dissida (as far as I can see) does nothing to solidify a connection between VII and X. If there was a connection then it would only further prove that other worlds can be connected. I mean if Cloud and Tidus were both summoned for the same place at different time periods it makes it fully possible that Firion and Cecil are both from the same place at different time periods. There's also the whole deal of whether or not Dissidia should be considered canon to the the other games.

All of them, ''every one'', suffered life-threatening situations that they somehow miraculously "recovered" from and subsequently "reappeared": Cid, Yang, Edward, Palom, Porom, etc. The Troian Clerics could have perished due to prolonged separation from their Earth Crystal, while Giott could have perished in the battle with the Babil Giant. The Master/Elder could be channeling them somehow and sending their spirit's wishes to the Moon...which would explain why '''Tellah''' appears to give support in the final battle as well(though doesn't explain why he isn't in the spectral assembly at the Tower of Prayers). Even the Elder himself could have perished by the crushing wall while trying to cure Palom and Porom of their petrification.

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