Editing Final Fantasy IV (section)

==Plot==
===Setting===
Most of ''Final Fantasy IV'' takes place on Earth, also known as the Blue Planet,<ref>'''Fusoya:''' Long ago, the world that lay between the Red Planet and the Great Behemoth stood at the verge of destruction, both terrible and complete. The last survivors of that devastation boarded a ship and escaped to the Blue Planet. / '''Cecil''': Blue Planet? / '''Fusoya''': The one that you call home. But your planet was still in the midst of its evolution, you see. And so those travelers created a second moon for the planet, and there they settled into a long and quiet slumber. {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> which consists of a surface world (or [[Overworld]]), inhabited by humans, and an underground world (or Underworld), inhabited by the [[Dwarf (Germanic mythology)|Dwarves]]. An artificial moon orbits the planet, upon which the Lunarians live. The Lunarians are a race of beings originally from a world which was destroyed, becoming the [[asteroid belt]] surrounding the Blue Planet, and are identified by a moon-shape crest on their foreheads. They created the artificial moon, resting until a time when they believe their kind can co-exist with humans.<ref name="FFIVGametrailers"/> A second, natural moon orbits the Blue Planet as well, although it is never visited in the game.

===Characters===
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''Final Fantasy IV'' offers twelve playable characters, each with a unique, unchangeable [[character class]]. During the game, the player can have a total of five, or fewer, characters in the party at any given time. The main character, [[Cecil Harvey (Final Fantasy)|Cecil Harvey]], is a [[Dark Knight (Final Fantasy)|dark knight]] and the captain of the Red Wings, an elite air force unit of the kingdom of Baron. He serves the king alongside his childhood friend [[Kain Highwind]], the commander of the [[Dragoon (Final Fantasy)|Dragoons]]. [[Rosa Farrell]] is a [[White Mage (Final Fantasy)|white mage]] and archer, as well as Cecil's love interest. The Red Wings' airships were constructed by Cecil's friend, the engineer [[Cid Pollendina]].<ref name="FFIVGametrailers"/>

During his quest, Cecil is joined by others, including [[Rydia]], a young [[Summoner (Final Fantasy)|summoner]] from the village of Mist; [[Tellah]], a legendary [[Final Fantasy character jobs#Sage|sage]]; [[Edward Chris von Muir]], the prince of Damcyan who is a [[Bard (Final Fantasy)|bard]] as well as the husband of Tellah's daughter Anna; [[Yang Fang Leiden]], the head of the [[Final Fantasy character jobs#Monk|monks]] of Fabul; [[Palom and Porom]], a [[Black Mage|black mage]] and a white mage, twin apprentices from the magical village of Mysidia; [[Edward "Edge" Geraldine]], the [[Ninja (Final Fantasy)|ninja]] prince of Eblan; and [[Fusoya]], the guardian of the Lunarians during their long sleep.

[[Zemus]] is the main antagonist of the game. He is a Lunarian who wishes to destroy the human race so that his people can populate the earth. He uses [[Golbez]] to do this by controlling him and Kain with his psychic powers to activate the Giant of Babil, a huge machine created to carry out the genocide and take over the world.

===Story===
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The Red Wings attack the city of Mysidia to steal their Water Crystal, and return to the Kingdom of Baron. Afterwards, when Cecil, Captain of the Red Wings, questions the king's motives, he is stripped of his rank and sent with Kain, his friend and Captain of the Dragoons, to deliver a ring to the Village of Mist.<ref>'''King of Baron:''' This is most unfortunate, but I can place no trust on one who offers none in return. I hereby relieve you of command of the Red Wings. / '''Cecil:''' My liege! / '''King:''' You will go now to the Valley of Mist instead. There is a task I would have you do. A phantom creature haunts the borders of that land-the Eidolon of Mist. You will slay it and deliver this ring to the village that lies beyond&nbsp;— they will know its meaning. Be gone by first light in the morning! {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> There, Kain and Cecil watch in horror as monsters burst forth from inside the ring and lay waste to the village. A young girl, Rydia, is the only survivor and summons a monster named Titan in anger. This monster causes an earthquake, separating Cecil and Kain.<ref>'''Rydia:''' Mother, you can't die! Just because your dragon did... {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> Cecil awakens afterward and takes the wounded Rydia to a nearby inn. Baron soldiers come for Rydia but Cecil defends her,<ref>'''Officer of Baron''': Our orders come directly from His Majesty's own mouth. Surrender the girl, and he will pardon all you've done. The inhabitants of Mist represent a threat to us all. They must not be allowed to live! {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> and she joins him on his journey.

It is revealed that Rosa, Cecil's love interest, had followed him and is extremely ill with a fever. Soon after this, Cecil and Rydia meet Tellah, who is going to Damcyan Castle to retrieve his eloping daughter, [[Characters of the Final Fantasy IV series#Anna|Anna]].<ref>'''Tellah''': My daughter Anna was tricked by a silver-tongued bard. He's taken her to Damcyan Castle. I fear I've little time. I sense something sinister. {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> However, Anna is killed when the Red Wings bomb the castle. Edward, Anna's lover and the prince of Damcyan, explains that the Red Wings' new commander, Golbez, did this to steal the Fire Crystal for Baron as they had stolen the Water Crystal from Mysidia.<ref>'''Edward''': The Red Wings laid siege to us, led by a man named Golbez. {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> Tellah leaves the party to exact revenge on Golbez for Anna's death.<ref>'''Tellah''': Tears do not bring back the dead, boy! Anna's death must be avenged. I'll find this Golbez! {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> After finding a cure for Rosa, the party decides to go to Fabul to protect the Wind Crystal. On the way there they meet Master Yang, a warrior monk serviced to the kingdom and the protection of the crystal. The Red Wings attack Fabul, and Kain reappears as one of Golbez's servants. He attacks and defeats Cecil; when Rosa intervenes, Golbez kidnaps her and Kain takes the crystal.<ref>'''Kain''': It's been some time, Cecil. / '''Cecil''': Kain! You're alive! / '''Kain''': I am. / '''Cecil''': You'll fight, then? / '''Kain''': Of course. That's the very reason I've come. But, Cecil...The one I'll fight is you! / '''Cecil''': Kain!? / '''Kain''': A duel, Cecil! / '''Cecil''': What do you mean? / '''Kain''': Draw your blade! {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> On the way back to Baron, the party is attacked by [[Leviathan]] and separated.

Cecil awakes alone near Mysidia. When he enters the town, he finds that its residents deeply resent him for the prior attack on their town. Through the [[Characters of the Final Fantasy IV series#Elder of Mysidia|Elder of Mysidia]], he learns that to defeat Golbez, he must climb Mt. Ordeals and become a [[Final Fantasy character jobs#Paladin|Paladin]].<ref>'''Elder''': First you must ascend the mountain and trade your dark sword for one of light. Should the hallowed light deem you worthy, you will be made a paladin--a warrior of virtue. But know it will be no easy trail. Many are the man who have scaled the mountain, but not one has returned. Will you try where all others have failed? / '''Cecil''': I will! {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> Before embarking on his journey, he is joined by the twin mages, Palom and Porom. On the mountain he encounters Tellah, who is searching for the forbidden spell Meteor to defeat Golbez.<ref>'''Cecil''': Weren't you planning to go after Golbez?. /'''Tellah''': Yes, but my magic is no match for a man of his strength. I've been searching for the legendary magic of Meteor. It has been long sealed away, and I know not where. But I feel a powerful aura radiating from this place. I believe the spell I seek may well rest within this mountain. {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> After defeating the fiend Scarmiglione and casting aside the darkness within himself, Cecil becomes a Paladin, while Tellah learns the secret of Meteor. Upon reaching Baron, the party discovers an amnesiac Yang and return him to his senses. The party then confronts the King, only to discover that he is an imposter and one of Golbez's minions, Cagnazzo.<ref>'''Cecil''': What have you done with the king!? / '''"King of Baron"''': Would you like to go and see him, that king of yours? You best not mistake me for another Scarmiglione. How one as weak as he came to be crowned an archfiend is something I will never know. Mwa ha ha! / '''Cecil''': Then you're one of them! / '''"King of Baron"''': Behold! I am the Drowned King, Cagnazzo--archfiend of water and sworn servant of Golbez! {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> After defeating him, Cid arrives and takes them to one of his airships, the ''Enterprise''. On the way, the party enters a room booby-trapped by Cagnazzo, where Palom and Porom sacrifice themselves to save Cecil, Tellah, Cid, and Yang.

On the airship, Kain appears and demands Cecil retrieve the final crystal in exchange for Rosa's life,<ref>'''Cecil:''' Where's Rosa? She's safe, I trust. / '''Kain:''' Heh. Worried about her, are you? If you wish to see Rosa alive, fetch me the Earth Crystal from the land of Troia.{{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> which the party obtains with assistance from a bedridden Edward. Kain then leads the party to the Tower of Zot, where Rosa is imprisoned. At the tower's summit, Golbez takes the crystal and attempts to flee. Tellah casts Meteor to stop Golbez, sacrificing his own life in the process, but the spell only weakens Golbez, ending his mind control of Kain.<ref>'''Golbez:''' So, the old man's interference severed my hold over you. No matter. Your purpose is served. Do not think this affront will be forgiven. / '''Cecil:''' Why...why now stay your hand? / '''Golbez:''' You're--You..But--how?...? We will finish this another time. {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> Kain helps Cecil rescue Rosa, and defeat Barbariccia another fiend before Rosa teleports the party out of the collapsing tower to Baron.

In Baron, Kain reveals that Golbez must also obtain four subterranean "Dark Crystals" to achieve his goal of reaching the Moon.<ref>'''Cecil''': Kain, we've lost the Earth Crystal. Golbez holds all them now. / '''Kain''': No. he holds four. / '''Rosa''': You mean to say there are more? / '''Cid''': Come to think it, I've heard tales of others! You speak of the Dark Crystals? / '''Kain''': I do. / '''Kain''': There is more. He said when all of the Crystals were gathered, the way to the moon would be opened. {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> The party travels to the underworld and encounter the Dwarves, who are currently fighting the Red Wings. They defeat Golbez thanks to a sudden appearance by Rydia, now a young woman due to her time spent in the Feymarch, the home of the Eidolons. However, the party ultimately fails to prevent Golbez from stealing the Dwarves' crystal. With the help of the Dwarves, they enter the Tower of Babil in order to obtain the crystals Golbez has stored there, only to find that they have been moved to a surface portion of the tower. Yang later sacrifices himself in order to stop the tower's cannons from firing on the Dwarves (though he's later revealed to have survived). After escaping a trap set by Golbez, the party flees the underworld aboard the ''Enterprise'', with Cid sacrificing himself to reseal the passage between the two worlds and to prevent the Red Wings from continuing their pursuit.<ref>'''Cid:''' Once you breach surface, I'll seal off that hold for good--with this! / '''Rosa''': No! Not you too! / '''Cid''': I was hoping I'd get to see your kids someday, but, well--someone's got to keep Yang company! You get yourselves back to Baron. Talk to my boys there! / '''Rydia''': But Cid! You'll die! / '''Cid''': And so young, too! {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> The party, now joined by Edge, the prince of Eblan, travels back to the Tower of Babil in order to take back the stolen crystals and revenge himself upon Rubicante the last of the fiends. Upon reaching the crystal room, however, the party falls through a trap door to the underworld. Meeting with the Dwarves once again and finding Cid to be alive, the party sets out to retrieve the eighth crystal before Golbez can. When the crystal is obtained, Golbez appears and reveals he still has control over Kain, while taking the crystal for himself.<ref>'''Golbez''': Kain...Return to me, my pawn...Deliver to me the Crystal... / '''Cecil''': Golbez! / '''Cecil''': Kain! / '''Rosa''': Don't listen! Resist him! / '''Kain''': It's alright. I...I'm back in control of myself. / '''Edge''': You filthy double-crosser! / '''Rosa''': Kain. What are you doing!? /'''Golbez''': You underestimate the strength of my abilities. I had but slackened your friend's leash, waiting for the proper moment to pull it taut. With this final Crystal, the Tower of Babil will be made complete. Come, Kain. / '''Cecil''': Kain! Don't listen to him! Kain! / '''Kain''': The Crystals are all assembled. We can open the way to the moon at last! {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> After learning of the ''Lunar Whale'', a ship designed to take travelers to and from the moon, the party return to Mysidia where the town's Elder and mages summon the ship.<ref>'''Elder:''' She is risen! The promised Ship of Light... The Lunar Whale! {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref>

Arriving on the Moon, the party meets the sage Fusoya, who explains that Cecil's father was a Lunarian.<ref>''''Cecil''': And the Lunar Whale, where did it come from? / '''Fusoya''': Ah, the ship...My younger brother Kluya built that vessel long ago, and flew it to the Blue Planet. He took with him several of our secrets, such as the ones employed in your Devil's Road and in airships--a gift to your people. Kluya was fascinated by your planet and wished to know more about it. And while he was there, he fell in love with a woman of your planet. {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> Fusoya also explains that a Lunarian named Zemus plans to destroy life on the Blue Planet so that the Lunarians can take over, using Golbez to summon the Giant of Babil, a colossal robot.<ref>'''Fusoya''': He thought it fit that we should simply raze all existing life on the Blue Planet and claim it as our own. / '''Rydia''': That's horrible... / '''Fusoya''': Yes. And so I used my powers to force him into hibernation with the others. But as he slept, his will grew stronger and took on a consciousness all its own. It reached out to men with tainted hearts on your planet, twisting them into beings yet darker still. And through them, he began to gather the Crystals. / '''Cecil''': So he was manipulating Golbez! / '''Edge''': Does this guy have a name? / '''Fusoya''': His name is Zemus. The Crystals function as a source of energy you see. I fear he has gathered them in order to activate the interdimenional elevator within the Tower of Babil. With it, he will be able to transport the Giant of Babil to your planet and use it to extinguish all life there.{{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> The party returns to Earth and the forces of the two worlds attack the Giant, including Palom and Porom, who have been revived. After the party breaks the robot, Golbez and Kain confront them, only to have Fusoya break Zemus' control over Golbez, in turn releasing Kain. Cecil learns that Golbez is his older brother.<ref>'''Golbez:''' My father... His name was Kluya. / '''Rosa:''' That you're Cecil's own... / '''Edge:''' Brother!? {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> Golbez and Fusoya head to the core of the Moon to defeat Zemus, and Cecil's party follows. In the Moon's core, the party witnesses Golbez and Fusoya kill Zemus, but then quickly fall to an evil spirit named Zeromus, the embodiment of all of Zemus' hatred and rage.<ref>'''Zeromus''': I am the wellspring of darkness, fed by Zemus's unbridled hate. I am He who is called Zeromus... I am He who know naught but hate! {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> Back on Earth, the Elder of Mysidia entreats all of Cecil's allies and friends to pray for the party, which gives Cecil and his allies the strength to fight and destroy Zeromus. Following the battle, Fusoya and Golbez opt to leave Earth with the moon.<ref>'''Golbez:''' I cannot return. Not after I have done. And I would very much like to meet my father's people. At least one time. {{cite video game | title =Final Fantasy IV DS | developer =Square Enix | publisher =Square Enix | date=July 22, 2008 | platform =Nintendo DS}}</ref> Cecil, at last accepting the truth, acknowledges Golbez as his brother, and bids him farewell.

During the epilogue, most of the cast reunites to celebrate Cecil and Rosa's wedding and their coronation as Baron's new king and queen, while Kain is seen atop Mount Ordeals, having vowed to atone for his misdeeds.