Strago Magus

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An elderly gentleman who has spent his whole life pursuing the secrets of monsters...

Game description

Strago Magus is a playable character in Final Fantasy VI. He is from the remote town of Thamasa, and lives with his adoptive granddaughter, Relm Arrowny. He is a Blue Mage, and is a Mage, one of the descendants of the humans who fought during the War of the Magi.

Profile

Appearance

Strago's SD artwork.

Strago is a small, elderly man who wears loose fitting clothes and a bright, red cape. His white hair is styled in mohawk, and he has large bushy eyebrows, a white mustache and beard.

Personality

Strago is overprotective of Relm, not letting her join the party when she asks to. Undeterred by his old age, Strago is energetic and spirited, although clumsy and prone to make mistakes, which Relm scolds him for.

Story

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Strago grew up in Thamasa with his friend Gungho and together they would unsuccessfully hunt the beast Hidon. He was overprotective of Relm, whom some townspeople believe to be his adopted granddaughter, although it is never confirmed either way.

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Strago in Thamasa.

When Terra Branford, Locke Cole, and Shadow visit Thamasa and ask Strago about the espers, Strago denies their existence, but invites them to stay at the inn for a low price of 1 gil. During the night Relm is caught in a burning building and Strago futilely uses Ice spells to put the fire out. The Mayor of Thamasa says that magic is forbidden and Strago asks Terra and Locke to help him. The three enter the burning building and rescue Relm, but are cornered by flames and Shadow and Interceptor save them.

Afterward, Strago explains his magical abilities to Terra and Locke, and agrees to help them find the espers. Relm wants to accompany them but Strago does not let her. She follows anyway, and catches up with them during their fight with Ultros. Together they find the espers and Terra convinces them to negotiate peace with General Leo and the Gestahlian Empire. The peace treaty is a trap set up so Kefka Palazzo could harvest more magicite and Strago and Relm join the others in the fight against him.

Relm apprehends Strago.

One year after the end of the world Strago joins the Cult of Kefka with the belief Relm has perished, but upon reuniting with her snaps back to his senses. Together, they return to Thamasa to find the injured Gungho who claims to have found Hidon. Strago goes to fight it one last time, and defeats it leading to a celebration with Gungho.

In the ending, Strago and Relm have several arguments as they escape Kefka's Tower.

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Gameplay

Strago is a Blue Mage, learning spells from enemies. He has low Strength, the lowest Defense, and Speed of the party, but good Magic and MP. His equipment draw is limited to daggers, rods, Maces, universal shields, and mage robes. Strago shares a unique subset of equipment with Relm called "creature suits". Strago's ability is Lore, which allows him to use magical attacks learned from enemies. Strago's Desperation Attack is Sabre Soul that instantly kills an enemy that is not immune to Death.

When Strago "sees" an enemy use certain attacks, he can learn it as a Lore; he will learn it at the end of the battle, unless he was afflicted with Blind, Petrify, Zombie, Sleep, Confuse, Stop, Freeze, or Rage at the time the Lore was used. Strago may then use the attack at the cost of MP. Strago can also learn Lores used by Gau or Gogo during a Rage.

Stats

Name Initial Stats Strength 28 Speed 25 Stamina 19 Magic 34 Attack 10 Defense 33 Evasion 6% Magic Defense 27 Magic Evasion 7% Escape Success 3 HP Gain 35 MP Gain 13 Level Averaging +2

Level HP MP EXP + 1 35 13 0 2 46 17 32 3 58 21 96 4 72 26 208 5 89 31 400 6 109 37 672 7 131 43 1056 8 155 50 1552 9 181 58 2184 10 208 66 2976 11 236 75 3936 12 266 84 5080 13 301 94 6432 14 340 104 7992 15 384 114 9784 16 434 124 11840 17 488 134 14152 18 545 145 16736 19 606 156 19616 20 671 167 22832 21 738 178 26360 22 807 189 30232 23 879 201 34456 24 955 213 39056 25 1034 225 44072 26 1116 237 49464 27 1202 249 55288 28 1292 262 61568 29 1387 275 68304 30 1486 288 75496 31 1586 301 83184 32 1687 314 91384 33 1789 328 100088 34 1891 342 109344 35 1994 356 119136 36 2098 370 129504 37 2204 384 140464 38 2311 399 152008 39 2419 414 164184 40 2529 429 176976 41 2640 444 190416 42 2753 459 204520 43 2867 475 219320 44 2983 491 234808 45 3100 507 251000 46 3219 523 267936 47 3339 539 285600 48 3461 556 304040 49 3586 573 323248 50 3714 590 343248 51 3844 606 364064 52 3975 621 385696 53 4108 635 408160 54 4242 648 431488 55 4378 660 455680 56 4515 671 480776 57 4654 681 506760 58 4796 690 533680 59 4940 698 561528 60 5085 705 590320 61 5232 711 620096 62 5380 716 650840 63 5530 721 682600 64 5682 727 715368 65 5835 733 749160 66 5990 740 784016 67 6146 747 819920 68 6304 754 856920 69 6464 762 895016 70 6626 770 934208 71 6786 778 974536 72 6941 786 1016000 73 7092 794 1058640 74 7237 801 1102456 75 7377 808 1147456 76 7513 815 1193648 77 7645 821 1241080 78 7771 827 1289744 79 7891 833 1339672 80 8008 839 1390872 81 8121 844 1443368 82 8231 849 1497160 83 8339 854 1552264 84 8444 859 1608712 85 8546 864 1666512 86 8646 869 1725688 87 8744 874 1786240 88 8839 880 1848184 89 8931 886 1911552 90 9021 892 1976352 91 9109 898 2042608 92 9196 904 2110320 93 9281 911 2179504 94 9364 919 2250192 95 9446 928 2322392 96 9526 938 2396128 97 9609 949 2471400 98 9695 961 2548224 99 9783 974 2637112

Equipment Lists

Weapons

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Daggers	Rods	Maces	Universal
Dagger Mythril Knife Air Knife Man-Eater Swordbreaker Gladius	Mythril Rod Flame Rod Ice Rod Thunder Rod Poison Rod Healing Rod Punisher Gravity Rod Holy Rod Magus Rod Stardust Rod	Chain Flail Morning Star	Unarmed Impartisan

Armor

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Shields	Helmets	Body Armor
Buckler Mythril Shield Flame Shield Ice Shield Thunder Shield Aegis Shield Force Shield Genji Shield Cursed Shield Paladin's Shield Tortoise Shield	Leather Cap Plumed Hat Magus Hat Green Beret Priest's Miter Circlet Red Cap Thornlet Saucer	Leather Armor Mythril Vest Mirage Vest Gaia Gear Cotton Robe Silk Robe Luminous Robe Magus Robe Tabby Suit Chocobo Suit Moogle Suit Nutkin Suit Behemoth Suit Reed Cloak

Creation and development

During development, Strago had a 65-year-old wife named Lara. They had amusing arguments with each other claiming the other will die first, but she was cut from the game.

Shadow and Relm's relationship as father and daughter was officially confirmed in developers' interviews in 1995. The developers initially considered having a scene in a bar (presumably in Thamasa) where Strago asks Shadow to reveal his identity. The dialogue was supposed to be as follows:

Strago: I have one request... Show me your face. Even if you are him, I have no intention of wasting time trying to talk you into staying. I just want to know... for Relm's sake...

Shadow: ...... (He takes off his mask and shows Strago his face. However, his back is turned so that the player can't see.)

Strago: Thank you... Shadow. ...Come, let's have a drink.

Musical themes

Template:Listen Strago's theme is named after him, and is the main theme played in the town of Thamasa. The theme is mixed into the ending.

A piano version of Strago's theme is included on the Piano Collections: Final Fantasy VI album.

Other appearances

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Final Fantasy Record Keeper

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An old mage who raised the orphan Relm as though she were his own granddaughter. After encountering Terra and Locke, Strago learns of the dire threat to the world and throws himself into the fight to save it. Though age has left his body frail, the magic he wields is as potent as ever.

Official description.

Strago is a playable character. He could be recruited the Challenge Event Back to the Skies as the First Time Reward for completing the event's stage Phantom Train in Part 1.

Stats

Level	HP	Attack	Defense	Magic	Resistance	Mind	Accuracy	Evasion	Speed
1	172	6	7	11	10	11	20	20	92

Abilities

Strago can use Black Magic spells up to rarity rank 4, White Magic spells up to rarity rank 3, and Summoning spells up to rarity rank 3.

His default Soul Break is Doom which at the expense of one Soul Gauge segment afflicts one target with Doom. The light armor Nutkin Suit (VI) allows Strago to use Aqua Breath which at the expense of one Soul Gauge segment deals magic water damage to all targets.

Equipment

Strago can equip the following weapon types: daggers, rods, and staffs.

He can equip the following armor types: shields, hats, light armor, robes, and bracers. The light armor Nutkin Suit (VI) allows Strago to use Aqua Breath.

He can equip accessories.

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Final Fantasy Trading Card Game

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Non-Final Fantasy Appearances

Secret of Evermore

Strago and company.

In Secret of Evermore, Strago appears among the crowd of spectators that includes other Final Fantasy VI characters at the gladiator battle of Antiqua. He appears alongside Terra, Locke, Mog, Relm, and Umaro.

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Etymology

"Strago" may be related to the Italian word for "wizard", stregone.

Strago's name was originally romanized as Stragus in the original Japanese instruction manual and the game's ending, and likely would have been this in English if not for the game's six-letter name limit. (The katakana form, ストラゴス, is only five characters long and did not reach the six-character name limit.) The name has also been variously rendered as Straggus or Stragos. It may actually derive from Ancient Greek στραγγός, strangós, which means "twisted", alluding to Strago's highly eccentric personality. Ancient Greek did not have a true gg sound, and two consecutive gammas (γγ) were always used to render a ng sound instead; as such, στραγγός may have been misread as straggós. (More confusingly, in modern Greek, γγ is romanized ng but often pronounced simply [ɡ] especially in the modern dialect of Athens, while γ alone is romanized g and pronounced [ɣ] instead. But the modern Greek meaning of στραγγός has changed since ancient times; it now means "drained".)

[view · edit · purge]Magus is the Latin word for "wizard". Its plural is Magi. The Japanese katakana form マゴス, Magosu, alludes to Ancient Greek Μάγος, Mágos, from which the Latin form Magus originally derived. The word is not native to Greek either; it is ultimately of obscure ancient Iranian origin.

If an Ancient Greek origin of both Strago and Magus holds true, then Strago Magus can be rendered in Ancient Greek as Στραγγὸς Μάγος, which literally means "Twisted Wizard".

Trivia

• Strago is among the oldest human playable characters in the series. In the World of Ruin he is 71, an age shared with Cid Pollendina in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years.
• As opposed to the rest of the party, his and Relm's Desperation Attacks inflict instant death rather than high damage.

External links

• Strago at Caves of Narshe

References

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