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 Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 6:49 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 6:53 pm
About the tragic Terra Terra is a hybrid of both human and esper. Her father being a pure blood esper, lived in the esper world and stayed there his entire life. But one day, a human woman showed up and he got close to her, unable to let her go when it was time for her to go home.
Two years after Terra was born, the empire came across the esper world. Though the esper did what they could, some tihng were unavoidable. Terra was taken away from her dying mother, and her father reduced to a magicite.
Terra was raised and bred to be a weapon of mass destruction due to her natural ability to use magic. Though it is unclear why Terra ended up docile and closed off while living with the empire.
The exact details of this part of her life are unknown, but she developed a fondness for Moogles during this time, and enjoyed fluffing their fur. Eventually, the Imperial general Kefka Palazzo took a keen interest in her and put a Slave Crown on her head, forcing her to obey Kefka's orders directly. Among them was to annihilate fifty of the Empire's finest soldiers, which she did with ease. Presumably this was a test of her loyalty and/or her ability to do so.
Sixteen years after the raid on the Land of Espers, Terra was assigned on a mission to Narshe, accompanied by two Imperial troopers: Biggs and Wedge. The mission was to do research on, and retrieve, the frozen Esper that was lying in the mines. The trio succeeded in reaching the Esper, but the sheer power of the Esper removed Biggs and Wedge from the area and knocked Terra clean out cold. Despite this, she had a bad case of amnesia. She was rescued by Arvis, a resident of Narshe, who removed the slave crown and nursed her back to health. However, the local police knew of her location and wanted her in custody due to her former control by the Empire. Arvis helped Terra escape, but the guards caught up to her in the mines. This forced Locke Cole to rescue her, along with eleven Moogles. They succeeded, and Locke took Terra away to Figaro.
Terra in a FMV in the Anthology release of Final Fantasy VI.Meanwhile, Kefka was worried that his weapon was taken away. He headed to Figaro (where Terra was being hidden by the king, Edgar Roni Figaro, and Locke), to ask about her whereabouts. Edgar lied and said he never knew of her. This did not stop Kefka from attempting to burn the castle down. Terra, Locke, and Edgar managed to escape riding Chocobos, while the Castle submerged under the desert. Edgar and Locke, knowing of Terra's power, took her to the Returner Hideout in the Sabre Mountains, where Terra met Edgar's twin brother, Sabin Rene Figaro. After passing the Sabre Mountains, the party met up with the leader of the Returners, Banon, who tried to convince Terra to join their cause. He did not want to force Terra to do so, because, as Edgar said, forcing her would make them "no different from the Empire", making her decesion completely hers. Depending upon the player's actions, Terra eventually agrees to join. Banon then invited Terra to come to Narshe with him, Edgar and Sabin, and she accepted. On the way, the foursome was attacked by Ultros, an octopus inhabitant of the Lethe River. During the battle, Ultros latched onto Terra's leg using a tentacle, while Edgar pulls Terra away, Sabin tries fighting it off with a Blitz. However, during the struggle, Sabin was thrown from the raft, and Terra, Edgar, and Banon had to reach Narshe alone. They eventually did so, and had to trek back through the mines to meet up with Arvis (the local police did not want Terra or the Returners in town).
Thereafter, everyone met up in Narshe. The Empire was staging an attack in order to get the Esper again, this time led by Kefka. Banon led the defense, which Terra participated in. The defense eventually won and Kefka was forced to retreat. After the battle, the group went to see the Esper, which reacted with Terra again. This time, Terra was transformed into an Esper, and flew away to a place unknown.
A search party was set up to look for Terra. She was eventually found in the city of Zozo, atop the tallest tower. She was being cared for by Ramuh, the Esper. Ramuh told the party that in order for Terra to recover, she had to meet with her father, who was still being held prisoner by the Empire. Celes Chere agreed to lead a party to attack the Empire, and Locke agreed to accompany her.
Terra in her Esper formLocke eventually returned with Maduin, now a Magicite shard, and brought him to Terra. She regained her memory, and was able to control her transformations now. The party headed for Narshe to form a strategy to attack the Empire. Banon thought the best strategy would be to have the Espers attack from the east, and then a coalition of Returners and Narshe guards would attack the Imperial capital, Vector. Terra had to be the messenger to the Espers, since she was the only one who could communicate with them. She led a team through the Cave to the Sealed Gate, which led to the Land of Espers. She was ambushed by Kefka there, but was able to open the gate to the Land of Espers, and the army of Espers that emerged, led by Yura, attacked Kefka. Terra's group managed to escape to the party's airship, but the Espers were in hot pursuit, and attacked the ship, which was forced to land near Vector. The party agreed to enter Vector.
Once they arrived, they found the city up in flames, and Arvis and Banon were confused. Inside the castle, Emperor Gestahl appeared to have surrendered. He invited the Returners to a banquet during which he proposed peace. He then asked Terra to relay this message to the Espers, who were now hiding out on Crescent Island to the east. Locke agreed to accompany her, and General Leo Cristophe would act as the Imperial liaison. On the way there, Terra asked Leo about love, because it was an emotion that she never felt. She was worried that being half-Esper would prevent her from truly falling in love. Leo reassured her and said that it wouldn't.
Upon arriving at Crecent Island, Terra and Locke, now accompanied by Shadow, made their way to the remote village of Thamasa, to ask about Espers. They found the villagers to be very hostile to strangers, and they asked an old man named Strago Magus for help. Strago denied the existence of Espers, but was friendly nonetheless. That night, Terra, Locke, and Shadow were invited to stay for free at the inn. During the night, a building was caught on fire, and Strago's granddaughter, Relm Arrowny, was stuck inside. Strago asked Terra and Locke to help him rescue her, and they saw Strago's magical abilities in the process. As a result, Strago revealed the truth of his ancestry to Terra and Locke, and agreed to accompany them to the Espers' Gathering Place. Relm followed them, and caught up to them in a fight with Ultros. Eventually, the group reached the area where Yura was hiding with the rest of the Espers who attacked Vector. Terra convinced Yura to set up a conference with General Leo.
Back in Thamasa, Yura and Leo began peace negotiations. However, they were interrupted by Kefka, who revealed that this was a set up for him and Gestahl to retrieve more Espers to turn into Magicite. Kefka killed Yura and the other Espers and wounded everyone but Leo, who fought Kefka and died. Kefka then began to collect the remains of various Espers, and headed to the Sealed Gate to collect more. As a result, the Statues were restored and the Sealed Gate rose above the ground and became the Floating Continent. Afterward, Terra led a funeral service for Leo.
One year after Kefka destroyed the world, Terra found herself in the village of Mobliz, which was attacked by Kefka's "Light of Judgement." All the adults had died, and Terra felt a responsibility to take care of the kids. While doing so, she realized a new side of her was awakening, and thus she lost all her ability to fight. Celes and Sabin tried to convince her to take up arms again, but Terra refused, knowing that, as she was, she would only be a burden. She even proved her weakness when the town was attacked by Humbaba, a legendary beast. The second time Humbaba came, though, Terra realized what her feeling was, and it was love for the children. With this new-found knowledge, she defeated Humbaba and rejoined the battle.
After Kefka was finally defeated, Terra's friends, most noticably Celes, were worried about her fate, as the Statues had died, and they were the source of Magic and allowed the survival of the Espers. Terra agreed to use the last of her power to help the party escape from Kefka's Tower. However, Maduin told her as he was about to shatter, that she would live on as a full human if she was attached to someone or something. Due to her love for the children of Mobliz, she was allowed to live, and the game ends with Terra standing at the bow of the Falcon releasing her ponytail and savoring freedom at last.
It is assumed that Terra went back to care for the children after the fight.
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:00 pm
Theories regarding Terra TerraXLocke- Well this is unlikely as square never really did anything with her and Locke losing touch after Kefka destroyed the world. Most likely that because she felt like she didn't belong, that she needed Locke to feel like she found a place, but hse found her place after the world was reduced to ruin. It's more than likely that Locke went with Celes.
TerraXEdgar- I don't know how this one was started up. But I'm gunna be honest, it's Edgar, he is very unpredictable and not only that, he knows how to stay in character! It is possible, but unlikely. I doubt Edgar would have that much time to try to win Terra over when he has Sabin who can bring girls to him.(As they have a Markus and Eliwood relationship)
Her love of moogle- Well there is no way possible that Terra could gain a love of Moogles due to the fact that Moogles lived in Narshe. It may be possible that she grew fond of them after Kefka's destruction of the world as Mog is the only moogle left in Narshe. there may have been a possibility that Terra came across a moogle, but Kefka may have put an end to it as he completely snapped.
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Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 11:03 pm
Trivia There exists an underlying contrast between Terra and Celes. In the English version, similar to the word "celestial", Celes' name might be a direct counterpart to Terra's name. This contrast is touched upon in the game with Terra having innate fire magic and other destructive spells, and Celes having innate ice magic and supportive spells. To this same end, Red Dragon holds Terra's strongest weapon and Blue Dragon holds Celes' strongest weapon in the Advance port of the game. And to make the contrast complete, Terra's weapon's stats, the Apocalypse, suggest that it is intended to be used as a melee weapon, while Celes' weapon, Save the Queen, is more a Mage's weapon.
Along with Faris, Terra is Yoshitaka Amano's favorite character to design.
Terra appeared in the Final Fantasy VI: The Interactive CG Game along with Shadow and Locke, but is shown with blonde hair.
With the PSx remake, her CG is shows her with blonde hair like in Amano's artwork, but in game is still mint green.
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