Editing Final Fantasy VI (section)

===Story===
In the town of Narshe, Terra participates in an Imperial mission to seize a powerful Esper encased in ice. Upon locating it, a magical reaction occurs between Terra and the Esper; as a result, the soldiers accompanying Terra are killed and Terra is knocked unconscious. Upon awakening, Terra is informed that the Empire had been using a device called a "slave crown" to control her actions. With the crown now removed, Terra cannot remember anything more than her name and her rare ability to use magic unaided.<ref>'''Terra:''' You... saved me? / '''Locke:''' Save your thanks for the Moogles! / '''Terra:''' Uhh... I can't remember anything... past or present... / '''Locke:''' You have amnesia!? {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy III |developer=Square Co |publisher=Square Soft |date=1994-10-11 |platform=Super NES}}</ref> Terra is then introduced to an organization known as the "Returners", who she agrees to help in their revolution against the Empire.<ref>'''Banon:''' Have you made a decision? Will you become our last ray of hope? ... / '''Terra:''' I'll do it! {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy III |developer=Square Co |publisher=Square Soft |date=1994-10-11 |platform=Super NES }}</ref> The Returners learn that Imperial soldiers, led by Kefka, are planning another attempt to seize the frozen Esper. After repelling Kefka's attack, Terra experiences another magical reaction with the frozen Esper; she transforms into a creature resembling an Esper and flies to another continent.<ref>'''Locke:''' ...Where's Terra? / '''Celes:''' She changed into a...something, and...took off. She looked like... She looked like...an Esper... {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy III |developer=Square Co |publisher=Square Soft |date=1994-10-11 |platform=Super NES }}</ref> Upon locating Terra, the party is confronted by an Esper named Ramuh, who informs the group that Terra may require the assistance of another Esper imprisoned in the Imperial capital city of Vector.<ref>'''(Unidentified character)''' Terra looks like she's in pain. / '''Ramuh:''' Her very existence strikes fear into her own heart. / '''(Unidentified character)''' How can we help her? / '''Ramuh:''' When she accepts this aspect of herself, I think she'll be all right. / '''(Unidentified character)''' We have to help her! / '''Ramuh:''' Then free those of my kind imprisoned in Gestahl's Magitek Research Facility. One of them can surely help her. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy III |developer=Square Co |publisher=Square Soft |date=1994-10-11 |platform=Super NES }}</ref>

At Vector, the party attempts to rescue several Espers; however, the Espers are already dying from Magitek experiments and choose instead to offer their lives to the party by transforming into magicite.<ref>'''(An Esper)''' Our friends are all gone... We haven't much time left... We have no choice but to entrust you with our essences... / '''Esper:''' You want to help me... But... I haven't long to live. Just as Ifrit did before me, I'll give to you my power... {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy III |developer=Square Co |publisher=Square Soft |date=1994-10-11 |platform=Super NES }}</ref> The group returns to Terra and observes a reaction between her and the magicite "Maduin". The reaction calms Terra and restores her memory; she reveals that she is the half-human, half-Esper child of Maduin and a human woman.<ref>'''Terra:''' Father...? I remember it all... I was raised in the Espers' world. ... / '''Terra:''' I'm the product of an Esper and a human... That's where I got my powers... Now I understand... I finally feel I can begin to control this power of mine... {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy III |developer=Square Co |publisher=Square Soft |date=1994-10-11 |platform=Super NES }}</ref> With this revelation, the Returners ask Terra to convince the Espers to join their cause. To do this, she travels to the sealed gate between the human and Esper worlds.<ref>'''Arvis:''' I see... Your plan would combine Narshe's money with Figaro's machinery to storm the Empire... not enough manpower, though... / '''Banon:''' We have to open the sealed gate... Terra!? / '''Terra:''' To the Esper World...? / '''Arvis:''' We'll never beat the Empire without them. / '''Banon:''' When the gate has been opened, the Espers can attack from the east. We'll storm in at the same time, from the north. No way around it. We MUST get the Espers to understand. We have to establish a bond of trust between humans and Espers. Only one person can do this... Terra... / '''Terra:''' Half human, half Esper... My existence is proof that such a bond CAN exist... I'll do it. I'm the only one who can! {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy III |developer=Square Co |publisher=Square Soft |date=1994-10-11 |platform=Super NES }}</ref> However, unbeknownst to the party, the Empire also uses Terra to gain access to the Esper world.<ref>'''Kefka:''' G'ha, ha, ha! Emperor's orders! I'm to bring the Magicite remains of these Espers to his excellency! Behold! A Magicite mother lode!! {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy III |developer=Square Co |publisher=Square Soft |date=1994-10-11 |platform=Super NES }}</ref><ref>'''Setzer:''' We've been had!! The Emperor is a liar! ... / '''Edgar:''' I got to know the gal who brought us tea. After a while, she just blurted out the whole crooked plan. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy III |developer=Square Co |publisher=Square Soft |date=1994-10-11 |platform=Super NES }}</ref> There, Emperor Gestahl and Kefka retrieve the statues of the Warring Triad, raising a landmass called the Floating Continent. The group confronts Emperor Gestahl and Kefka at the Floating Continent, whereupon Kefka, whose mental state has progressively deteriorated over the course of the story, usurps and murders Gestahl. Kefka then tampers with the alignment of the statues, which upsets the balance of magic and destroys most of the surface of the world.

One year later, Celes awakens on a deserted island. She learns that Kefka is using the Warring Triad to rule the world in a tyrannical god-like manner, destroying whole villages who oppose him and causing all life to slowly wither away.<ref>'''Cid:''' Celes... at last...! You're finally awake... / '''Celes:''' I... feel like I've been sleeping forever... / '''Cid:''' For one year, actually... ... / '''Cid:''' We're on a tiny, deserted island. After the world crumbled, I awoke to find us here together with... a few strangers. / '''Cid:''' Since that day, the world's continued its slide into ruin. Animals and plants are dying... The few others who washed up here with us passed away of boredom and despair. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy III |developer=Square Co |publisher=Square Soft |date=1994-10-11 |platform=Super NES }}</ref> After Celes escapes the island, she searches for her lost comrades, who are found scattered throughout the ruined world. They come to terms with their situation and resolve to confront Kefka and end his reign, with Terra additionally accepting her half-Esper heritage and finding a new purpose in life in fighting for a better future. The group infiltrates Kefka's tower and destroys the Warring Triad before confronting Kefka himself, who has descended into [[nihilism]] as a result of his madness and plans to destroy all of existence as a means of self-validation. However, the group successfully destroys Kefka in battle, at which point magic and Espers disappear from the world; despite this, Terra is able to survive by hanging onto the human half of her existence.<ref>'''Celes:''' Terra! What's wrong? The Magicite... Magic is disappearing from this world... / '''Edgar:''' The Espers... They no longer exist... / '''Celes:''' You mean Terra, too? / '''Terra:''' Come with me. I can lead you out with my last ounce of strength. {{cite video game|title=Final Fantasy III |developer=Square Co |publisher=Square Soft |date=1994-10-11 |platform=Super NES }}</ref> The group escapes from Kefka's tower as it collapses and flies away while watching as the world rejuvenates itself.