Cloud of Darkness
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| Version | Nintendo DS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | World of Darkness | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steal | Potion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Drop | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Uncommon Drop | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rare Drop | None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weak Against | Nothing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Special Attacks | Particle Beam, Bad Breath, Lighting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Other Information | attacks twice per round, and each tentacle gets an action as well. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Cloud of Darkness (暗闇の雲 Kurayami no Kumo lit. The Dark Cloud) is the Final Boss of Final Fantasy III. It appears to be a green, naked, humanoid female, but only the top of its torso is shown. It is summoned accidentally from the World of Darkness by Xande, and decides to return the world to a state of nothingness. The heroes must pursue it back into the Dark World and defeat it after Xande is defeated. They encounter it twice: first in a battle they cannot win, and second at the very end of the game, where it's beatable.
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[edit] Battle
Note: for DS remake only.
One way of battling this enemy is just attacking the Cloud of Darkness' main body. But an easier way is attacking the right tentacle to rid the nuisance of using its Lightning attack. The right tentacles is completely immune to physical attacks but not magic. The left tentacle is immune to magic other than Bahamut's Megaflare and Leviathan's Tidal Wave, and must be taken down with physical attacks. The Cloud of Darkness can use Bad Breath to hamper the party unless the characters are equipped with Ribbons or Aegis Shields. Otherwise, only its physical attacks pose an actual threat, until it starts to use Particle Beam.
A Devout is highly recommended for this battle due to their ability to use high level white magic often (unlike the Sage), including Curaja and Arise. Also, they can support the entire party with Protect or cast Holy on the Cloud of Darkness. However,Protect can only be cast on one person per turn so that strategy is optional. Warriors can use their Advance ability to deal heavy damage to either the right tentacle or the Cloud of Darkness; Ninjas are useful for their Throw ability and they can also inflict massive physical damage to the Cloud of Darkness while dual-wielding the Masamune and Muramasa.
[edit] Music
The original battle theme for the Cloud of Darkness was called "Saigo no shitou" ("Final Battle to the Death"). The Black Mages included a rearrangement of the theme in their third studio album. The theme was retitled "Kurayaminokumo".
[edit] Other Appearances
[edit] Dissidia -Final Fantasy-
The Cloud of Darkness appears among other villains on the poster for Dissidia -Final Fantasy-, and later announced, along with the Onion Knight. Her appearance was based from the original Amano sketch, as she is now more "human"-looking with pale skin, gray hair, and a cloak. She is actually wearing clothes, albeit extremely revealing ones. She also seems to have legs, and seems to be of normal human size. She does, however, still have the tentacled mouths from her original sprite. Later scans reveal that, when in EX-mode, The Cloud of Darkness changes into the familiar green skinned version of herself as seen in Final Fantasy III. Her voice will be provided by Ikeda Masako in the Japanese version.
[edit] Ivalice
The Totema Famfrit from Final Fantasy Tactics Advance and the Esper Famfrit are loosely based on the Cloud of Darkness.
| Characters |
| Playable Characters |
| Final Fantasy |
| Warrior of Light - Garland |
| Final Fantasy II |
| Firion - Emperor Mateus Palamecia |
| Final Fantasy III |
| Onion Knight - Cloud of Darkness |
| Final Fantasy VII |
| Sephiroth |
| Final Fantasy VIII |
| Squall Leonhart - Ultimecia |
| Final Fantasy IX |
| Zidane Tribal - Kuja |
| Final Fantasy X |
| Tidus - Jecht |
| Non-Playable Characters |
| Chaos - Cosmos |
