FF6 dosn't really have a main character because a lot of the time it lets you totally re-mix your teams.
Who would you class as the most Main character?
A lot revolves around terra but not enough to make her the main one yea?

If Terra isn't the main character, than you can't really call anyone the main character.

Or maybe Kefka is the main character...

Terra is the main character, but characters like Locke and Edgar play just as important roles in the game. Terra is without a doubt the main character though. although there is a a lot of alteration's in the game and twists in the story, she remains the main character. FF6 is the best!

Terra or Celes.

My first instinct would be Terra, since much of the story really does revolve around her. But the fact that you don't actually have to get her back to beat the game makes me lean more toward Celes.

I'd say terra

For part one, Terra, for part two, Celes.

I'm gonna agree with both Pat and Aeris 802. Not being required to have Terra for such a large portion of the game puts a big dent on any chance of her being the "main" character. I'd say Celes largely also --- the fact that the bonus FMV ending is mostly about her also lends to that.

I'm gonna agree with both Pat and Aeris 802. Not being required to have Terra for such a large portion of the game puts a big dent on any chance of her being the "main" character. I'd say Celes largely also --- the fact that the bonus FMV ending is mostly about her also lends to that.

What about Crono? You don't have to get him to beat Chrono Trigger, yet he is most definitely the main character because you have to use him until he dies.

Having not played Chrono Trigger I can't really comment on that, but on what I can make out of it, it sounds like you're comparing apples to oranges.

For one thing, the game is called Chrono Trigger, while this game is Final Fantasy VI. Secondly, nobody dies in Final Fantasy VI. Thirdly, if you're trying to argue for Terra, you don't have to keep using her. In fact --- after the World of Balance, you never again have to have her in your party.

I'd say Terra as well, but I suppose you could make an argument for Edgar. You only need three characters to beat the game, and of those three characters, you get Edgar first in the WoB. Unfortunately, in the WoB, he becomes entirely optional after your fight with Kefka in Narshe... but if there was a third candidate for main character, it'd probably be him. Locke's up there as well, if it wasn't so much of a pain to get him in the Phoenix Cave. (That cave always annoyed me.)

I would have to say Celes.

I say Celes is the main character, although it should have been Terra.

I don't think there was a real main character in FFVI. One could make a case for just about every character, I think. My ex boyfriend and I actually got into this discussion a few years ago, because I thought it was Terra, and he thought it was nobody because more than one character got a turn at the wheel.

Having not played Chrono Trigger I can't really comment on that, but on what I can make out of it, it sounds like you're comparing apples to oranges.

For one thing, the game is called Chrono Trigger, while this game is Final Fantasy VI. Secondly, nobody dies in Final Fantasy VI. Thirdly, if you're trying to argue for Terra, you don't have to keep using her. In fact --- after the World of Balance, you never again have to have her in your party.

The point I was making was that Crono is obviously the main character, because as you said his name is in the name of the game. However, you can beat the game without him. After a certain point, he is gone from your party and when you get him back, you don't have to use him. My point was that the two situations are very similar, but Crono is unquestionably the main character of Chrono Trigger, so it's not unheard of for the main character to be optional at the end of the game.

i agree with Szklana kobieta. It just depends on what the heck you're doing in the game. The two that are the most important though are Terra and Celes.
Terra: WoB revolves around her.
Celes: WoR revolves around her.

I disagree. Every character ties into the plot, and at sometime the story revolves around them, I would say that the creators did a good job in keeping everyone a main character.

I would think Terra would be, although Kcirtap1990 has a valid point.

I actually disagree with Kcirtap1990's point. Although it was neat how each character had their own theme and their own ending, some characters, in particular Umaro and Gogo really didn't have much of a plot. I personally thought FFVI had a few too many characters.

For the World of Balance, I'd say the main character is Terra. Though not a clear-cut choice really, I think she plays one of the largest roles and her story seems to be set for her to be the main character.

For the World of Ruin, on the other hand, I'd say Celes or perhaps even Kefka. The entire WoR seems to revolve around Kefka, though Celes does play a large-ish role.

I agree with Agent0042 to a certain extent, and also agree with Kcirtap1990. In my opinion, there were too many characters that weren't really needed in the plot, and as such didn't really play central (or in some cases necessary) roles in the game, and get the development they perhaps deserved.

Kcirtap1990�s logic is quite silly (don�t mean to be rude). If that were true, it would mean that all the characters in any other game were the main character, and that just isn�t true.

I don't think there was a real main character in FFVI. One could make a case for just about every character, I think. My ex boyfriend and I actually got into this discussion a few years ago, because I thought it was Terra, and he thought it was nobody because more than one character got a turn at the wheel.

Actually, If you play through every quest in FFVI, almost every character gets a turn at the wheel, and 10 of them have an almost equal number of events revolving around them, and those who are outside the circle of perfect balance, are the minor characters that are just there to fill in your party. In the World of Ruin, Celes is the initial leader only because she gathers the characters together. She appears to be the primary focus, but shortly after you begin picking up other characters, she fades into the background, behind each of the others who have their turn in the spot light. Celes gets the candidacy for main character not out of the story's focus on her really, but more on the pivotal role she plays. She's the one who gathers the gang back together.

I gave up on trying to give the game a main character long ago. People of course wouldn't be arguing that there was no main character, if the two main candidates for the role weren't female. But FF6 was an experiment. Every one after 6 had a Male lead, and at least one prominent female role. Something about 6 showed Square that they weren't quite ready to do one without a male lead. What I think they were trying to do with 6 was a game where the lead wasn't really any one character, but rather the lead was the fellowship itself. Fellowship seems to be a very central theme to the game. From the shakey start of quickly drawn battlefield loyalties, to the oddly balance party structure. Both the story and the game engine are designed to create a feel of teamwork. In Every FF but 6 I've found myself in frequent situations where a single character ends up carrying the whole fight. In FF6 Such a situation very rarely happens. It takes the combined efforts of the whole party to make it through almost every battle. And to even have a complete party in the Final Dungeon, you have to have at least 12 characters. So both the story line and the game engine reinforce the theme of fellowship.

Actually, If you play through every quest in FFVI, almost every character gets a turn at the wheel, and 10 of them have an almost equal number of events revolving around them, and those who are outside the circle of perfect balance, are the minor characters that are just there to fill in your party. In the World of Ruin, Celes is the initial leader only because she gathers the characters together. She appears to be the primary focus, but shortly after you begin picking up other characters, she fades into the background, behind each of the others who have their turn in the spot light. Celes gets the candidacy for main character not out of the story's focus on her really, but more on the pivotal role she plays. She's the one who gathers the gang back together.

I gave up on trying to give the game a main character long ago. People of course wouldn't be arguing that there was no main character, if the two main candidates for the role weren't female. But FF6 was an experiment. Every one after 6 had a Male lead, and at least one prominent female role. Something about 6 showed Square that they weren't quite ready to do one without a male lead. What I think they were trying to do with 6 was a game where the lead wasn't really any one character, but rather the lead was the fellowship itself. Fellowship seems to be a very central theme to the game. From the shakey start of quickly drawn battlefield loyalties, to the oddly balance party structure. Both the story and the game engine are designed to create a feel of teamwork. In Every FF but 6 I've found myself in frequent situations where a single character ends up carrying the whole fight. In FF6 Such a situation very rarely happens. It takes the combined efforts of the whole party to make it through almost every battle. And to even have a complete party in the Final Dungeon, you have to have at least 12 characters. So both the story line and the game engine reinforce the theme of fellowship.

Couldn't have said it better myself =)

I second that. That was very well written and insightful, Forgotten Relm.

I would have to agreed with TheOracle as well. But most of my partys did consist of Locke.

thats a good thing about ff6 there is no main character each has their own story and there is no one involved more than the except maybe terra in p1 and celes in p2

I agree with Forgotten Relm, too. Are we decided on it, then?

I don't think it's a matter of being decided at all. You can make a party out of whomever you wish in the game, so while all the characters are there, it's still up to you whether you forge the fellowship or not. You aren't required to do anything in that direction, yet if you don't, you will either find yourself in the final parts of the game without a full party, or with only a few characters that have enugh power to face the final challenge. Getting everybody leveled up and magically learned at leas to a moderate extent is very vital to taking the last part. Where I was at last time I left off playing it, I am still looking for the dragons, but I have everyone in my party except for Shadow. I can't figure out how you get him in the World of Ruin.

but I have everyone in my party except for Shadow. I can't figure out how you get him in the World of Ruin.
At the end of the World of Balance, you're supposed to put him in your party and then he'll show up and help you out with Kefka. Then, once you reach the end of the path when you're put on a six-minute countdown, you should choose Wait instead of Jump and he'll show up when you only have like ten seconds left. Then in the World of Ruin, you find in the Cave on the Veldt and then after returning him to Thamasa, go to the Coliseum and bet the Striker. If you chose Jump instead of Wait at the end of the World of Ruin, then he's gone.

A true answer to this question is pretty hard to determine. I dunno... A good percentage of the characters play big parts, so I really can't say. Hmm... It can be almost any of them, really.

i would say locke has a big part ot play in it but again it comes back to the fact that they all had big parts unlike some other ff's (But locke is the best :D)

I dont like ff6 ive got it for the ps1 terra buggerd off sumwhere i couldnt find her so i gave up looking its so poo you cant even summon or cast magic!! i couldnt get into it i say ff7 all the way!

Um... yes you can. You just didn't get far enough in the game. Find a town called "Zozo". And incidentally, this isn't the thread for complianing about the game anyways.

Hmm, it is Locke to me, even if Terra had a bigger part to the story.....
I'm not sure though. Well, I'll say Locke and Terra... :)

I'd say part of the beauty about this game is that it has no clearly defined main character. Sure, a lot of the story revolves around Terra, but only because she's half-esper. I'd say if anything, the espers themselves are the main characters, if not for them, there would be no story at all.

Hmmmm I am completly convinced that umaro is the main character of the game...
...Oh please Terra is the main character of the game, She appears in the logo and if that is not enough she is the main character of the FMV intro in Anthologies. That's the proof, and anyway the story not exactly is about her but she is the firts character and the one most involved with the espers and magic so she MUST be the main character... I mean in FFVII the story is not just about cloud neither

But it isn't kinda stinky for her main character chances that she just sort of conveniently goes off and gets herself caught up in the affairs of an orphanage in the World of Ruin and you don't even have to have her around at all until right up at the end after defeating Kefka?

this might sound like a dumb question but is it possible to finish the game without getting Terra back? i dont think i've tryed only person i didnt get was Shadow *Sob*

The only three characters you need to beat the game in the World of Ruin are Celes, Edgar, and Setzer.

i agree with Szklana kobieta. It just depends on what the heck you're doing in the game. The two that are the most important though are Terra and Celes.
Terra: WoB revolves around her.
Celes: WoR revolves around her.

Yeah, Celes is the 2nd on the game still i think terra is the N�1

But it isn't kinda stinky for her main character chances that she just sort of conveniently goes off and gets herself caught up in the affairs of an orphanage in the World of Ruin and you don't even have to have her around at all until right up at the end after defeating Kefka?

Pleeeease, you can get Terra right after you get the Phoenix airship. You can get her any time you want after Daryl's Tomb. I've done it every time. Just ignore the darn dove, put Cyan on hold, and steer the thing to Mobliz. If you have enough EXP, you can defeat Phunbaba then and get the green-haired mama. If that fails, find Cyan, then go to Mobliz, and you should be able to get her. But I think you can get her after the tomb.

However, that's beside the point.

Terra is the main character of Final Fantasy VI. Saying that Celes is the main character of FFVI is like saying that Aragorn is the main character of Lord of the Rings. Even though Aragorn plays a major part and it wouldn't be LOTR without him, he is not the main character. Frodo is. Even though Celes is featured a good deal in the WoR, Terra is the main character of the entire story. FFVI begins focused on Terra and ends focused on Terra.

Kit Thespian --- I'm afraid you missed my point thoroughly. Yes, I'm aware that you can get Terra back that soon --- my point is that you don't have too.

Ohhh, okay. But it chews if you don't.

i think terra and locke are the main characters in ff6 =)

I agree, but Terra is the main main character. Locke is the foremost male character.

I'm going to have to agree with the people that say noone is the main character.
At first you may think Terra is because you control her first, but that is simply how the story starts.

I consider Terra and Celes to be the "mainest" main characters, but that's probably because I hate or ignore everyone else. Especially that useless bastard, Locke. >:

This discussion can go on for eons, and we'd be no further along than a dog that chases its tail. Both views have their merits, so we might as well agree to disagree.

This discussion can go on for eons, and we'd be no further along than a dog that chases its tail. Both views have their merits, so we might as well agree to disagree.


Well if you say that it would mean that we could agree to disagree in around 90% of all the topics posted :p

Well if you say that it would mean that we could agree to disagree in around 90% of all the topics posted :p

...Good point. :-P

Forget I said anything then, so I can toss my two cents in, LoL.

I say Locke is the main character, just to be somewhat different. Everybody talks about how Celes and Terra are the "leads," when both their stories in the game are wrapped around Locke.

He saved Terra right off the bat in Narshe. He was the one who brought her to the Returners. He also rescued Celes in South Figaro, and brought her to the Returners. Were it not for Locke's efforts, the party would not have met Sabin, Cyan, or Gau. It was the thought of Locke that drove Celes to "put the band back together" as someone put it earlier.

*shrug* Just putting thoughts out there.

But doesn't Locke kind of... I don't know... Suck?

I think that the more "targeted" charecter would be Terra.

the least targeted charecter IMHO is Gau..

I would say Terra, but you could also argue Locke or Celes.

the least targeted charecter IMHO is Gau..
No, I think that would have to be Umaro.


But doesn't Locke kind of... I don't know... Suck?
No way! Locke is one of the best characters in the game!

They can all be the best once you get magic, but before that all he can do is steal and use shitty attacks, as opposed to Sword Art with Cyan, Blitzes with Sabin, Tools with Edgar, Rage with Gau, and Slot with Setzer. Locke can't even steal good items for christ's sake! "Oh boy, I just wasted a turn to get a Soft which I'm not even going to need until the WoR which I won't get to for 15 hours! YIPPIE!"

I repeat, saying that Locke or Celes is the main character of FFVI is like saying that Aragorn is the main character of LOTR. It's not true. Even though Frodo would have died a long time ago if not for Aragorn, that doesn't make Aragorn the main character. Even though Locke saved Terra's life, Terra is still the main character.

And I do have to agree that Locke is pretty useless in fights. My ideal party is Terra with the Atma weapon, Edgar, Cyan, and Gogo or Setzer.

I agree with the LOTR thing, but there isn't really a main character in LOTR either.

But doesn't Locke kind of... I don't know... Suck?

Well...I don't know...NO. At any rate, he's a better character than, say...Cloud. Or Tidus.


I repeat, saying that Locke or Celes is the main character of FFVI is like saying that Aragorn is the main character of LOTR. It's not true. Even though Frodo would have died a long time ago if not for Aragorn, that doesn't make Aragorn the main character. Even though Locke saved Terra's life, Terra is still the main character.

As much as I like LotR, that analogy isn't the best. You could argue Aragorn, for the fact that he's the King and such. And I see your Frodo point. But why isn't Gandalf the 'main' character? So much revolves around him. (just playing devil's advocate right now).

More pro-Locke points. Wasn't it Locke who went after Terra when she spazzed after the Kefka fight? Wasn't Locke one of the two who volunteered to go to the Empire? And without Locke, you can't get Ultima, Illumina, or the Paladin Shield.

Terra is the main character, but characters like Locke and Edgar play just as important roles in the game. Terra is without a doubt the main character though. although there is a a lot of alteration's in the game and twists in the story, she remains the main character. FF6 is the best!
i totally agree terra is the main character because if you look closely enough to the plot it is based around her

Well...I don't know...NO. At any rate, he's a better character than, say...Cloud. Or Tidus.



As much as I like LotR, that analogy isn't the best. You could argue Aragorn, for the fact that he's the King and such. And I see your Frodo point. But why isn't Gandalf the 'main' character? So much revolves around him. (just playing devil's advocate right now).

More pro-Locke points. Wasn't it Locke who went after Terra when she spazzed after the Kefka fight? Wasn't Locke one of the two who volunteered to go to the Empire? And without Locke, you can't get Ultima, Illumina, or the Paladin Shield.
Yeah, you need him to get three things. Then you can hang him up along with your underwater materia, your FF3 scholar, and Zidane's "Skills."

Wha?

I'm saying you only need to use him to unlock the doors in Narche. Otherwise, he's the second most fucking useless FF character ever. (Most useless is Edward from FF4. God, what a fuckhead that guy was.)

No swearing filters in these forums, I see...

How about asking this... who is the main MALE character in Final Fantasy VI? Locke would easily get my vote, followed by either Edgar or Setzer.

Locke is probably the most important male character in FFVI, and probably one of the most important overall, but I'm not sure how he can be the main character of the game. He doesn't play the largest part in either half of the game, and in the second half, he's really not any more important than any other character, and nowhere near as important as Celes or even Terra.

The main Male character is kefka duh :rolleyes:

The main Male character is kefka duh :rolleyes:
Locke is the most important playable character, then. Either way, that wasn't the focus of my post.

I think there is no real protagonist, let's say that Locke is the representative of the gang, while Terra is the one the story goes around to.
Then everyone but Gau, Momo, Umaro and Gogo have a great importance and could be the protagonist

Yeah, you need him to get three things. Then you can hang him up along with your underwater materia, your FF3 scholar, and Zidane's "Skills."

But Zidane's Thievery rocked...