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July 13th - July 20th

I am the dealer of destruction. I am the terror that flaps... wait. I think I got my notes mixed up.

Sprite of Kaiser Dragon in the iOS release of Final Fantasy VI. The game's superboss, Kaiser Dragon was originally added in the Advance port of the game as the final boss of the new Dragons' Den dungeon accessible after the player defeats Kefka. Kaiser is the master of the Eight Legendary Dragons, who return in stronger forms in Dragons' Den and must be vanquished to open the path to the end of the dungeon where Kaiser awaits. In battle Kaiser cycles through various "forms", changing its attack patterns to adopt elemental attacks themed after the Eight Legendary Dragons, before settling on a multi-elemental pattern for his final phase. Upon their victory the player finds the Diabolos magicite.

Kaiser Dragon is a reimagining of CzarDragon, a dummied enemy found in the coding of the Super NES release of the game. Kaiser's battle sprite is a modified version of CzarDragon's sprite, and Kaiser's speech before battle ends in a paraphrase of lines CzarDragon was to say upon beginning battle with it. There is no way to encounter CzarDragon but rumors abounded about ways to do so, most famously by petrifying the Blue Dragon to receive the Raiden magicite without losing Odin. This possession of all the game's magicite shards would supposedly trigger a rematch with the Eight Legendary Dragons once the player defeats the rest of them, ending with CzarDragon revealing himself. This idea is proven true by the Soul Shrine in the Advance release, a gauntlet of enemies ending with the Eight Legendary Dragons followed by Kaiser Dragon.

July 6th - July 13th

Knock knock. Who's there? Agito

Logo artwork for Final Fantasy Agito XIII, the game that became Final Fantasy Type-0. In earlier stages of development, Type-0 and Final Fantasy XV, previously known as Final Fantasy Versus XIII, bore the "XIII" designation in their titles to signify they were part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy series that used the same mythology established in Final Fantasy XIII. Agito was intended as a cellphone game, but later moved to the Playstation Portable on UMD and was rebranded Final Fantasy Type-0 with an altered logo. After several years with no sign of an international release of the game, a Playstation 4 HD port for North America and Europe was announced at E3 in 2014.

The abandoned subtitle was readopted for Type-0's prequel, Final Fantasy Agito. Agito is the term used in the game to refer to a prophesied hero that will appear at Finis, the apocalyptic end of the world, and open the gateway to the unseen realm.

June 22nd - July 6th

That's what she said.

Screenshot of Brother from Final Fantasy X-2. Rikku's brother and Yuna's cousin, Brother is the leader of the Gullwings sphere hunter group, named in honor of a gull he and Buddy ate to survive in the icy north where they found the group's airship, the Celsius. Between the original Final Fantasy X and its sequel, Brother had a falling out with his father Cid, which is what led to him finding his own airship. He has also become more eloquent in the Spiran tongue in the two years between games, when previously he almost exclusively spoke Al Bhed. Brother is in love with Yuna, and his behavior around her serves as comic relief during the game.

As for the context of this particular quote... we'll leave that up to imagination.

June 15th - June 22nd

FFXIV Primals

Renders of the Primals from Final Fantasy XIV alongside Ultima Weapon. Clockwise from the top-right: Good King Moggle Mog and his followers, Odin, Titan, Leviathan, Shiva, Ramuh, Ifrit, and Garuda. The Primals are the summoned monsters of Eorzea, summoned by the ancient beast tribes after the death of the dragon Midgardsormr unsealed the aether needed to conjure them. There is one Primal for each beast tribe, though in-game the true nature of Good King Moggle Mog as a Primal is debated.

Some say that the existence of the Primals disrupts the aether's flow and threatens the world, but the truth of this is unknown. For this belief, the Garlean Empire seeks the Ultima Weapon to destroy the Primals. Ultima Weapon is not a Primal, but instead is an ancient war machine created by the Allagan Empire, which has the ability to absorb Primals and assimilate their abilities. The Allagans also created Dalamud, the moon in which the Elder Primal Bahamut was sealed.

June 1st - June 15th

Hi ho Silver, awaaaaay!

Yoshitaka Amano artwork of the Nameless Warrior for Final Fantasy III. Appearing in much of Amano's concept art for the game, the Nameless Warrior is known as such because none of his artwork names him, and no character in-game appears to have been based on these designs. The Nameless Warrior appears in blue and black armor wielding swords of varying designs. The depicted artwork was used as the basis of the logo for Final Fantasy III's DS remake. In said remake, Luneth and Refia adopt aspects of the Warrior's design; Luneth bears the Warrior's silver hair, while Refia's outfits incorporate light blue coloring similar to the Warrior's armor.

The Nameless Warrior also influenced the Onion Knight in Dissidia Final Fantasy. The design of the Onion Knight's three swords are adapted from various artwork of the Warrior, and his two alternate outfits are based on artwork of the Warrior. When the Onion Knight ends his Ninjutsu EX Burst, he slashes the opponent and poses in the same manner as the Nameless Warrior in the DS logo.

May 18th - June 1st

Initiate Megazord sequence! Megazord Battle Mode!

Yoshitaka Amano's artwork of the Giant of Babil from Final Fantasy IV. Using Golbez as his pawn, the Lunarian Zemus gathers the Crystals of Earth and uses them to activate the Tower of Babil. Using the tower's dimensional elevator, Zemus sends the Giant to Earth to destroy humanity and clear the planet for Lunarian colonization, but an alliance of earth's heroes stall the giant while Cecil Harvey and his allies enter the Giant and destroy its control system, halting its rampage.

The Giant of Babil inspired the recurring summon Alexander, who first featured in Final Fantasy VI with a design heavily based on the Giant's artwork. This is referenced by the boss Proto-Babil, a superboss added in later releases of Final Fantasy IV that is able to use Alexander's signature Divine Judgment.

May 11th - May 18th

Sorry to draw your gaze from other things, but what exactly is going on in the background anyway?

Promotional artwork from Final Fantasy XII International Zodiac Job System by Akihiko Yoshida, depicting, from the right, Penelo as a Black Mage, Ashe as a White Mage, and Fran as a Red Mage. The game includes a new take on the License Board system, with twelve grids instead of one, each corresponding to a different Zodiac sign and job.

April 27th - May 4th

Since when has being killed stopped anyone in a Final Fantasy game from kicking ass?

Render of Aerith Gainsborough as she appears in Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy. Aerith appears as an Assist-only character, available to players who purchased Dissidia Duodecim Prologus Final Fantasy. In Prologus she acts as the manual tutor, explaining the tutorial to the player and telling them they can use her as an Assist in the full game. When summoned as an Assist, Aerith can use Seal Evil, Cure, Planet Protector, and Holy.

Completing the story mode of Prologus earns the player a unique accessory, the Midgar Flower, which can be imported into Dissidia 012 where it can be traded for a unique weapon for Lightning. This is a reference to Maaya Sakamoto, who voices both Aerith and Lightning in Japanese games where they appear, as well as referring to their connections with flowers.

April 20th - April 27th

"A box without hinges, key, or lid, yet murderous treasure inside is hid

Sprite of the Mystery Egg from Final Fantasy IV. Found in the Tower of Babil, the Mystery Egg takes no action of its own. However, if it is attacked, or is left alone for a period of time, it will hatch into a powerful monster. The only way to avoid this is to kill the egg before it can hatch, as it takes on the HP of whatever monster it will transform into. In the DS release however, the Mystery Egg always has 10,000 HP, so this is quite difficult. The enemies it may hatch into are the Black Lizard, Lamia, Nagaraja and Green Dragon.

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April 6th - April 20th

KWEH KWEH MOTHERF!#$ERS

CG artwork of the Fat Chocobo as it appears in Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. It is an exclusive mount only available for those who purchase the game's collector's edition.

It is quite a big bird.

March 30th - April 6th

"I'll be waiting for you, so if you come here, you'll find me. I promise

Detail of the logo illustration of Final Fantasy VIII, by artist Yoshitaka Amano. Thus far, every single entry in the main series has featured a logo designed by Amano, usually illustrating a theme or character of great importance in the game. Final Fantasy VIII was the first in the series to feature romance as the main focus of its plot, and thus the logo was designed to incorporate Squall Leonhart and Rinoa Heartilly embracing.

The design was referenced within the game itself in one of its FMV cutscenes.

March 16th - March 30th

Robot Space Whale, attack!

Early Final Fantasy X concept art. These early concepts for the game show a much brighter and stylized art style than the final product, and numerous cut character designs including a traditional Black Mage, a red airship similar to the Celsius in Final Fantasy X-2, and an imposing cloaked figure wearing similar garments to the Yevon maesters.

This artwork depicts early versions of Sin and Tidus with two unknown characters, the three humans preparing to attack Sin. In the game's climax, the party uses the Fahrenheit to attack Sin directly and enter its core to destroy the spirit of Yu Yevon that controls it.

March 9th - March 16th

I've been om nom noming on souls for a good twenty-six years now, and I happen to like the taste!

Design for the Emperor of Hell for Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call. When The Emperor is killed by Firion and his allies, his soul conquers Hell and returns to the world of the living to finish his conquest of it as well. Raising Pandaemonium, the palace of Hell, where Palamecia once stood, the Emperor of Hell acts as the final boss of the game.

In the original NES release, the Emperor of Hell was only shown with his shoulders and arms visible below his head. Later re-releases of the game and the Emperor's appearance in Dissidia Final Fantasy grant his Emperor of Hell form a full body. This Curtain Call design hearkens back to the NES sprite rather than the remakes. This design is also used in Final Fantasy All the Bravest.

March 2nd - March 9th

Come! Bask in God's divine..

Concept art of Bhunivelze for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. According to the Fabula Nova Crystallis: Final Fantasy mythos, Bhunivelze killed his mother Mwynn to seize control of the mortal world for himself. However, this act sent Mwynn to the unseen realm and created what Bhunivelze saw as the curse of death. To find the unseen realm and take control of it as well, Bhunivelze created Pulse and Etro to find the gate to the unseen realm. Distraught when he realized Etro had been created in the image of Mwynn, he gave her no powers and created Lindzei to serve in her place. With his children working, Bhunivelze entered a deep sleep to wait until they found the gate to the unseen realm.

In Lightning Returns, the death of Etro releases chaos over the world and merges Valhalla with the mortal world, awakening Bhunivelze. The deity plans to create a new world with the old one on the brink of destruction, and tasks Lightning to save the souls of humanity and guide them to the new world for him.

February 23rd - March 2nd

So butterfly, much "oblige", heheheh..

Artwork by Akihiko Yoshida of Agnès Oblige one of the playable characters from Bravely Default. Agnès is the Vestal of the Wind. She sets out to on a journey the cleanse the crystals that have been corrupted by a darkness.

Bravely Default, though a different franchise, is widely considered to be a part of the Final Fantasy canon, as it makes use of many elements taken from the series in its gameplay and storyline; the game features elemental crystals, summons, abilities and job-classes that have become staple to Final Fantasy.

February 16th - February 23th

Fanboys, start your drooling!

Image of Lightning being portrayed by a real life actress in a commercial for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. The commercial, which can be viewed here, depicts Lightning shifting between different Garbs, beginning with her original Final Fantasy XIII Guardian Corps outfit and ending with Equilibrium, her initial Garb in Lightning Returns. During the commercial, Lightning shifts between a CG model and an actress in costume through a series of zoom edits.

Lightning previously made a cameo in the Playstation 3's "Long Live Play" commercials. Before Lightning, other Final Fantasy characters to be portrayed in commercials by actresses include Rosa Farrell and Terra Branford.

February 9th - February 16th

Black Magic at its heaviest

Promotional image of the Black Mages, taken from the album booklet of The Black Mages III: Darkness and Starlight. Founded in 2003 by then Square Enix employees Tsuyoshi Sekito and Kenichiro Fukui, Nobuo Uematsu himself decided to join the band, acting as producer and full-time band member. Their second album, The Skies Above is actually the first album to feature the performances and recordings of their full line-up, including guitarist Michio Okamiya, Arata Hanyuda, and Keiji Kawamori.

January 26th - February 9th

Don't mess with this guy, he WILL make you cry

Lulu's Celestial Weapon, from Final Fantasy X. Celestial Weapons are unique in that simply finding them is not enough to wield them effectively, as the weapons all require a sigil and a crest to be powered up. When fully powered, the Celestial Weapons are the most powerful weapons in the game.

The Onion Knight is a recurring job class in the series, first appearing in Final Fantasy III. Similar to the Freelancer class, the job has no real abilities and cannot equip good equipment aside from the fabled Onion Equipment. Their real strength is revealed after reaching level 90, when their stat growth skyrockets.

January 19th - January 26th

Am I going to have to put on that floozy dress and sing again? 2, 4, 6, 8, guess who Kefka really hates? Aaaaaaaaaaall of YOU! I cut myself shaving once...I prefer not to discuss it, thank you. It takes four hours of grooming every morning to get my mustache just right No, this is *not* a dye job. The nerve.

Portraits from the iOS release of Final Fantasy VI. From left to right - Celes Chere, Kefka Palazzo, Setzer Gabbiani, Cyan Garamonde, and Terra Branford.

The iOS release of the game features a graphical overhaul to give improved detail to the game's enemies and environments. The new menu portraits for important characters are adapted from their Yoshitaka Amano artwork. Terra's portrait is recolored to give her her iconic green hair rather than the blond coloration in Amano's works. Kefka's new portrait is also based on Amano's artwork, as is his new field sprite, rather than the green and red robes in the original Super NES release of the game. By contrast, Celes's field sprite wears the green and white outfit of her original sprite rather than the purple and gold uniform of her artwork.

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