Gekkou

Template:Sideicon Template:IVTAY Character Gekkou is the stalwart leader of the Eblan Four in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, and is known as Gekkou of Fire. He is a warmhearted, honorable man of few words.

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Story

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Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-

Template:Sideicon Gekkou is one of the characters Edge talks to before heading to the Cave of Eblan. He is seen guarding the entrance to Eblan if the player, when in control of Edge, goes outside the cave and head back to the castle.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

When Eblan receives word of Baron stealing Crystals from the other nations, the Eblan Four become eager to assist Edge, and they are sent on missions to gather information. Gekkou travels to Fabul to investigate the impact crater of a meteorite that crashed near Mt. Hobs. At the base of the crater he sees a mysterious person engaging with the Monks from Fabul, quickly defeating them.

Gekkou ponders if he would be able to save the monks, but, remembering the orders of his master, he regretfully retreats to bring the intel he has gathered, and buries them after their deaths.

Gekkou at the Monks' grave.

He reunites with Edge and the other Eblan Four within the Tower of Babil and after being forced to escape from the Mysterious Girl and Ifrit, they fall to the Underworld and into the Falcon.

In the Gathering Tale, Gekkou watches over Yang, Ursula, and the other incapacitated characters below the Falcon's deck. During the ending, he is seen overlooking the training of Ursula. In the end he and the other Ninja Guard of Eblan renew their vows of loyalty to Edge awaiting for their next mission.

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Gameplay

Stats

Gekkou has high HP, Strength and Stamina, surpassing many other fighters, but has low MP and Speed. His statistics and equipment make him similar to Cid and Luca, though with better individual abilities and less versatility when it comes to armor and Bands.

Stats

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intelligence	Spirit
10	380	32	11	9	12	5	5
20	887	57	21	14	22	9	8
30	1558	90	33	19	31	13	11
40	2491	123	45	24	40	18	15
50	3649	143	60	28	52	20	17
60	4782	165	70	32	63	23	19
70	6023	185	85	37	73	26	20
80	6655	206	86	40	75	28	22
90	7288	230	89	42	78	28	22
99	7943	248	90	44	81	30	24

Abilities

Gekkou cannot dual wield weapons. His special ability, besides Ninjutsu, is Shuriken, a less versatile form of Throw. Gekkou is able to perform Band abilities with the other Eblan ninjas, as well as Yang due to his time undercover in Fabul.

Spell	Level Learned
Flame	Known
Flash	15
Payback Wave	24
Blast	42

Band Abilities

Ability	Members	MP	Effect
Blazing Moon Ring	Gekkou (Shuriken) Edge (Ninjutsu)	7	Attack a single enemy with a flaming body slam.
Explosive Kick	Gekkou (Shuriken) Yang (Kick)	14	Flame damage to all enemies.
Phantom Lightflies	Gekkou (Ninjutsu) Izayoi (Illusions)	9	Restore HP and status of the party, grows stronger as casters have less HP.
Wheel of Elements	Gekkou (Ninjutsu) Izayoi (Ninjutsu) Tsukinowa (Ninjutsu) Zangetsu (Ninjutsu)	15	Attack all enemies with fire, ice, lightning and wind
Ultimate Art: Advent of the Phoenix	Edge (Mug) Gekkou (Shuriken) Izayoi (Illusions) Tsukinowa (Steal) Zangetsu (Human Kite)	20	Create a flaming phoenix to damage all enemies equivalent to lost HP of party.

Equipment

Gekkou can equip the the same equipment as Edge, with the addition of axes and hammers instead of claws. Because he cannot dual wield, it is usually best to keep him equipped with an axe or hammer.

Weapons

Boomerangs	Daggers	Katanas	Axes	Hammers
Boomerang Metal Boomerang Chakram Wing Edge Moonring Blade Rising Sun	Knife Dagger Mythril Knife Dancing Dagger Mage Masher Triton's Dagger	Kunai Kodachi Kogarasu Crimson Cherry Ashura Boltslicer Kotetsu Kiku-ichimonji Murasame Masamune Mutsunokami	Crescent Axe Battle Axe Tomahawk Dwarven Axe Ogrekiller Poison Axe Rune Axe Gigant Axe	Hammer Wooden Hammer Mythril Hammer Gaia Hammer Sledgehammer Thor's Hammer

Armor

Shields	Head	Body	Arms
Adamant Shield	Leather Cap Headband Feathered Cap Green Beret Steel Headplate Black Cowl Beret Chakra Band Goblin Mask Officer's Hat White Tiger Mask Ribbon Genji Helm Red Cap Adamant Helm Glass Mask	Clothing Bard's Tunic Leather Clothing Foot Ninja Gear Bronze Breastplate Shinobi Gear Kenpo Gi Silver Breastplate Mist Wrap Black Belt Gi Professor's Robe Exorcist's Gown Power Sash Fire Scarf Genji Armor Red Jacket Brave Suit Black Garb Blue Armor Adamant Armor	Cursed Ring Ruby Ring Iron Gloves Iron Armlet Power Armlet Talisman Hyper Wrist Silver Armlet Rune Armlet Mythril Gloves Diamond Armlet Bone Wrist Genji Gloves Giant's Gloves Protect Ring Adamant Gloves Crystal Ring Flan Ring Sprint Ring Economical Ring Reach Ring Provoke Ring Limit Ring Single Star Twin Stars Rapid Ring Rapid Ring v2 Gil Band Gil Band v2 Level Band Level Band v2 Rare Band Rare Band v2 Treasure Hunter Treasure Hunter v2

Boss

Main article: Gekkou (Boss)

Gekkou is fought as a boss, along with the remaining Eblan Four, at the beginning of Edge's Tale, as part of a training session.

Other appearances

Gekkou appears in the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game.

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Etymology

Like the other Eblan Four, Gekkou's name is related to the moon. [view · edit · purge]Gekkou means "moonlight" in Japanese.

Trivia

• Gekkou is seen to take the guise of a Monk during the ending credits, however he is never seen using it while undercover in Fabul.

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