Gaming Favourite Swordsman in Rpg

[Sir Auron]

My favourite gotta be Auron. He is generally a quiet individual, he keeps to himself mostly, and doesn't rely to much on others. He has a gigantic sword that no fiends can stop in his way and his personality is pretty simliar like mine.

[Musashi189]

You can just tell by my name Musashi from brave fencer, and samuri warriors is the greatest swordsmen for me he can just throw a girl up in the air, fight the bad guys, and catch her, he also can copy moves from enimies, and he has good swords Musashi is awsome.

[PWNED]

My favourite swordsman character is either Flik or Viktor who are both from Suikoden 1 & 2 because they both have awesome personalitys but they are also awesome warriors and really cool looking. They are both awesome characters because they have excellent Art, Cool Weapons (Viktor gets a sword which is broken off of a true rune while Flik has a really powerful weapon), They do an awesome Combination move in Suiko 2 and They are both funny as hell. Below is official art from Suikosource.com and you can tell hat the characters aged.

Viktor from Suikoden 1 [IMG]http://www.suikosource.com/images/chars/v/viktor01.gif[/IMG]
Viktor from Suikoden 2 [IMG]http://www.suikosource.com/images/chars/v/viktor02.gif[/IMG]
Flik from Suikoden 1
[IMG]http://www.suikosource.com/images/chars/f/flik01.gif[/IMG]
Flik from Suikoden 2
[IMG]http://www.suikosource.com/images/chars/f/flik02.gif[/IMG]

[paco3]

I say that Alucard from "Castlevania: Symphony of the Night" is the best swords man because he has like 20 vampire powers, plus a ton of swords. And I mean a ton, I beat the game and I still don't have all of them yet. He is the lord of all vampires because he defeats dracula, proving he is awsome. It was only a 2-d game but it brought a new fun to the vampire legends. I loved it big time! He looks most cool when he has the firebrand, thunderbrand, or icebrand.:angel:
p.s. Alucard spelled backwards is Dracula.

[Lord Dante]

one word: sephiroth.

sephiroth has to be without a doubt the greatest swordsman since ever. i mean, who else has such a strong will that they can manifest it into a corpreal being, with physical prowess?!? no-one, that's who.

plus, the masamune. no-one can or is going to argue with a sword like that.

[Sir Auron]

[QUOTE=Lord Dante]one word: sephiroth.

sephiroth has to be without a doubt the greatest swordsman since ever. i mean, who else has such a strong will that they can manifest it into a corpreal being, with physical prowess?!? no-one, that's who.

plus, the masamune. no-one can or is going to argue with a sword like that.[/QUOTE]


yeah he is one of the greatest swordsman but in the end he still get beaten by cloud. :D

[Lord Dante]

[quote name='Sir Auron']yeah he is one of the greatest swordsman but in the end he still get beaten by cloud. :D[/quote]
his will got beaten by cloud. not his physical form. bizarro, safer, and true sephiroth are all sephiroth's will manifest. sephiroth's actuall physical body has been encased in materia the whole time, in suspended animation. the sephiroths you keep running in to over ff7 are all manifestations of sephiroth's will.

[Cap'n]

I rather like Frog from Chrono Trigger, he's so chivalrous :D . But I also like Guy a lot from Fire Emblem for GBA. Although the game has kinda crappy character development, he looks cool...plain and simple.

As for well developed characters, Vyse from Skies of Arcadia is a swordsman I guess...a pirate swordsman! I may be biased since it's my favorite game but he's such a fantastic character that really goes through a lot in the course of the game and he always manages to look up :animesmil .

[Nony]

Favorite swordsman, huh?

That's a tough choice for me. All the ones listed so far (that I recognize) are good, but as to my favorite...

Would Maxim be considered a swordsman? He's from Lufia 2: Rise of the Sinistrals. He DOES wield a sword, so...
I can't really think right now, I'll have to edit this later or something... but, for now, Maxim's my man.

[SunfallE]

Well I don't have many games that have swordsman characters, but out of what I have played my favirote is Lloyd from Tales of Symphonia. I love the duel swords and special attacks the character has in this game. Plus near the end of the game you have some really cool swords to chose from.

[IMG]http://www.nintendomaine.com/ngc/previews/talesofsymphonia/art-lloyd.jpg[/IMG]

[Desbreko]

[quote name='Lord Dante']his will got beaten by cloud. not his physical form. bizarro, safer, and true sephiroth are all sephiroth's will manifest. sephiroth's actuall physical body has been encased in materia the whole time, in suspended animation. the sephiroths you keep running in to over ff7 are all manifestations of sephiroth's will.[/quote][color=#4B0082]Not quite. [spoiler]The [i]real[/i] Sephiroth was indeed the one that you see suspended up in the Northern Crater, while the Sephiroth you had been encountering earlier was a clone controlled by him. But when Meteor is summoned and the Crater's bottom breaks up, Sephiroth falls down with it -- which is exactly where you fight Sephiroth during the end battles. Bizarro and Safer Sephiroth are just more clones or whatever (Sephiroth/Jenova hybrids?), but the third fight is actually him.

Remember Cloud's line? "He's still here." Cloud can sense Sephiroth's presence, yet when he kills the third Sephiroth, the feeling vanishes and he's calm again. Now, if Cloud could sense a fake Sephiroth even after destroying two previous fakes ... wouldn't you think he'd know the real thing?

Also remember that Sephiroth was the one holding back Holy. If it were only the fakes that were killed, and not Sephiroth himself, Holy wouldn't have been free to play its part in stopping Meteor. But as you see in the ending, it obviously was freed to act. Therefore, Sephiroth himself must have been destroyed.[/spoiler]

So Sir Auron does have a point. Cloud > Sephiroth. :p[/color]

[O-tako-sama]

[COLOR=DarkRed][SIZE=1]Since I can't really think of all swordsmen I know of right at the moment, I'll go off SunfallE's ToS tangent. Zelos Wilder, by far the pinkest swordsman you will ever have the fourtune to play as.[/SIZE][/COLOR]
[IMG]http://www.rpgfan.com/pics/tales-gc/art-007.jpg[/IMG]

[2010DigitalBoy]

Cloud: FF7

I haven't played much of this because of my broken PS2, but Cloud is definetaly a good swordsman. With a sword that big, how couldn't he be?

Auron: FF10

The only FF game Ive played much of. Auron is totally bad, and he can slice through any foe. He is my personal favorite charachter in the game, even if [spoiler] he is a ghost[/spoiler]

Frog: Chrono Trigger

Okay, I haven't played much of it, but Frog was a really cool dude. Wasn't his charachter designed by Akira Toryama?

Vyse: Skies of Arcadia

Those are some of the coolest blades I have ever seen. Vyse soars across the battleground slicng up all the enemies he sees.

the guy: Fable

the ultimate RPG charachter is you in Fable. You get to get new stuff, make your charachter good or evil, you can learn new techiniques and interact with people in any way you desire. Want charachter development? Star out eveil and work your way to good.

[Gavin]

[SIZE=1]Interesting, most interesting.

I'm going to shy away from picking a character from Final Fantasy 7, I haven't played the game in years and although both characters [Cloud and Sephiroth] did have their strong points to them I just never really got to liking them. Perhaps that's because I played the game years ago when I was younger, or perhaps it was that I just genuinely didn't like them as characters.

My own favourite swordsman comes from the KOTOR series, though more specifically the first game, that character being Canderous Ordo. Now I know quite a lot of people who play the game leave him with the awkward Mandalorian Heavy Repeated he comes with, but people for God?s sake stop that, Canderous is melee fighting gold and is potentially your second best non-Jedi melee fighter in the game. Aside from the fact that he is a great melee fighter, Canderous is also a fascinating character, and you get great insight in the Mandalorian War from his perspective, as well as your own part in it. You understand why the Mandalorians did as they did and really feel a great sense of respect for him afterwards.

Other than Canderous I?ve always been a fan of Cyan from FF6, great character, interesting background, although [spoiler]I can?t say that his whole get revenge on evildoer who killed his family is original but hey who wouldn?t want to kill Kefka.[/spoiler] His special attacks are quite powerful once you get them right and overall I just found him to be a person with a character worth exploring.[/SIZE]

[Lord Dante]

[QUOTE]The real Sephiroth was indeed the one that you see suspended up in the Northern Crater, while the Sephiroth you had been encountering earlier was a clone controlled by him. But when Meteor is summoned and the Crater's bottom breaks up, Sephiroth falls down with it -- which is exactly where you fight Sephiroth during the end battles. Bizarro and Safer Sephiroth are just more clones or whatever (Sephiroth/Jenova hybrids?), but the third fight is actually him.

Remember Cloud's line? "He's still here." Cloud can sense Sephiroth's presence, yet when he kills the third Sephiroth, the feeling vanishes and he's calm again. Now, if Cloud could sense a fake Sephiroth even after destroying two previous fakes ... wouldn't you think he'd know the real thing?

Also remember that Sephiroth was the one holding back Holy. If it were only the fakes that were killed, and not Sephiroth himself, Holy wouldn't have been free to play its part in stopping Meteor. But as you see in the ending, it obviously was freed to act. Therefore, Sephiroth himself must have been destroyed. [/QUOTE]

interesting theory, BUT....

sephiorth does not control a clone. he directs his will. he shows nothing but contempt for his clones (i think he is quite vocal on this point).

to prove my point that it is his will...

theory on bizarro:

After defeating JENOVA-Synthesis, the first form of Sephiroth you engage is Bizarro Sephiroth. Taking on an appearance that almost resembles a winged larva, it is an accurate representation of what Sephiroth is aiming to do. Before emerging as the god-like butterfly, he has this pupae stage where he looks unpleasant and fat.

Most likely, this is the product of JENOVA cells and/or Sephiroth?s intense willpower. Able to manipulate things with his mind alone he is probably able to create an intimidating appearance for his body, even if it is not so. Rather or not this is what he truly looked like remains to be seen, but unless this is the result of some sort of JENOVA mutation I think it is more likely to be a psycho-kinetic projection.

The JENOVA cell mutation idea has one major flaw in it, glaring to even the most unlearned eye. Nowhere else in the game did JENOVA cells lead to an actual physical mutation. They instead seem to have a focus on the mental aspects of their host/victim. Only Hojo mutates through three forms as you fight him, but this is probably more a result of his scientific experiments than of JENOVA?s influence. Vincent?s limit breaks probably function in a similar manner, seeing as Hojo not only injected him with JENOVA but with the cells and physical properties of various monsters. And, within those injections, were other agents, probably responsible for his damaged left arm and his limit breaks. If this is not the case then I ask why Cloud does not change physical appearance at any point in the game. Nor do the reunion clones, who are most likely human beings within that cloak.

We know that it?s possible for Sephiroth to simply project the image of Bizarro Sephiroth into the minds of Cloud and company. This is obviously a plausible explanation because throughout the game the Sephiroth you attempt to track down is nothing more than a manifestation of Sephiroth?s consciousness. Since he can create the image of himself walking around to do things for his body - which is paralyzed by death and stored in a Mako chrysalis in the Northern Crater - it is obviously possible for him to make people believe he appears as a monster.

Some may argue that he looks this way because he is slowly becoming a god. True, the background music during this battle is entitled ?Birth of a God,? but little else exists that would provide coherent proof to that claim. Sephiroth?s godship could only be attained if Meteor hit. Since Meteor was bearing down on Midgar, the Lifestream would gather at that point and Sephiroth would have to be there to draw on it. Obviously this is not the case for two reasons. One, Sephiroth and his physical body are in the Northern Crater. Two, Meteor had not hit yet, for if it had the entire game would have become pointless - stopping Meteor was the main goal, and the ending obviously showed Meteor hadn?t hit yet. Holy was being constrained by Sephiroth, and Meteor was just about to collide. Therefore, seeing as Sephiroth couldn?t be a God because he had no chance to absorb the Lifestream that argument is flawed.


theory on safer:

After Bizarro Sephiroth is slain by Cloud and his friends, the battle with the insane ex-SOLDIER continues on to his second form - Safer Sephiroth. There always has been and still is some confusion as to what the name means. Some say it is a corruption of Savior or Seraph, meaning angel. This of course makes sense and I usually refer to him as Savior or Seraph accordingly (Savior the majority of the times however). Others argue that Safer is a corruption of an archaic Hebrew word that has some meaning, much like JENOVA is a corruption of Yehowah (New Latin writes this as ?Jehovah? which is shockingly similar to JENOVA), or the archaic Hebrew word for God ). Whatever the case may be, Sephiroth?s next portrait fits the bill no matter what name you use.

This time around, Sephiroth?s torso and head area, along with his left arm, remain decidedly human. The changes we see are easier on the eye, looking less hideous and more like those belonging to a being that has transcended normal humanity. In place of his legs and feet Sephiroth has four wings that gently move back and forth, keeping him suspended in the sky. His right arm is replaced by a purplish wing that doubles as an attack claw for physical attacks on the good guy party. All in all, he lives up to his theme?s name; he is, a ?One Winged Angel.?

Barring the fact he looks to be a God or becoming a God the same holds true for his Bizarro form. He may indeed appear to have gained his godship (graduating from his pupa form to that of a butterfly) but this, clearly, cannot be so. The same environmental facts are true now as were true during the battle with Bizarro, and as a result there was no Lifestream Sephiroth could absorb. Therefore, Sephiroth must be using his mind abilities once more to replicate an image of himself befit to his godship.

In the end, the real purpose was to release Holy, but to do so Sephiroth had to be destroyed. Or so the short form goes. In actuality, Sephiroth was already destroyed. His body was destroyed by Cloud Strife in Nibelheim five years before any of this happened. Sephiroth wasn?t tackling Holy and holding it down. No, he was rather using his mind to cripple it and keep it sealed away (represented by the red, earthy substance that contained it in the first scene of the ending before Bizarro). Thus, the idea that you are in actuality fighting telekinetic projects of Sephiroth?s psyche makes far more sense in practice than does the idea that you are fighting Sephiroth?s physical form. To free Holy you need to destroy Sephiroth?s will, not his body, because his will is holding it back. Sephiroth?s body was, and still probably is, encased in a Mako chrysalis in the Northern Crater. The only functioning part of it was his mind, and it wouldn?t be until he could utilize sufficient Lifestream that he would be able to be reborn a God. Special emphasis on the term ?reborn,? I might add.

Since Lifestream is the source of all life, and is necessary for creating living organisms, Sephiroth?s dead body could, therefore, be revived with it. This doesn?t work normally because nobody had the will like Sephiroth. Instead of, however, using only a small amount of it to bring himself back to normal physical life (as he was before he was killed by Cloud), he plans on using a massive quantity (released by Meteor?s impact) to bring himself beyond normal limits. His psyche is used to tame the Lifestream and make sure it is HE who is reborn, instead of some new organism.


theory on true sephy:

After the encounter with both of Sephiroth?s two final forms, the party moves out of the crater, thinking Holy will eventually emerge and combat Meteor. Cloud states ?all right, everyone. We did our best. That's it. Let's go home proud.? The crew moves out of the crater but Cloud suddenly has spasms and holds his head, obviously in pain.

Cloud: ...I feel it...

Tifa: What...

Cloud: He is still...here.

Cloud: Still...

Tifa: Cloud!?

Cloud: He's...laughing...

Cloud then is propelled through his own thoughts to combat Sephiroth; but this is not the normal Sephiroth everyone else fought. This is, instead, Sephiroth as lodged in Cloud?s mind. This incarnation is Sephiroth?s final effort. His last ditch chance to win by using Cloud. Calling Cloud to battle was a challenge for supremacy over his body. Unfortunately for Sephiroth, Cloud?s mental fortitude has increased dramatically, with the help of Tifa Lockheart during their Lifestream encounter. As a result, Cloud easily dispatches his former idol with a massive volley of slashes - also known as his fourth limit break, Omnislash. As Sephiroth steps back bloody, he realizes he is beaten and his body explodes. Thus ends Sephiroth?s will power, fully destroyed by AVALANCHE. All that remains is a crippled body in a Mako Chrysalis, somewhere deep in the recesses of the Northern Crater.

We know that the Sephiroth Cloud fights is not physically there for certain. He is at this point too weak to manifest himself in a form that all can see. We also know that Cloud is fighting him within his own mind, because nobody else can detect Sephiroth. To them, Sephiroth is finally beaten. Tifa acts confused (as seen in the excerpt above) because she doesn?t feel him. Additionally, when Cloud is flung off to engage Sephiroth, Cloud is also seen holding his head next to Tifa still. This shows that the part of Cloud that is flung away was not his physical body, but his psyche. This type of event is used throughout FF7 to show what is going on in Cloud?s mind as opposed this body - when Cloud has a spasm there are usually two Cloud?s overlapping but slightly out of synch.

Further backing up the claim that Cloud is fighting only for supremacy of his mind is shown right after the battle. He is not in the center of the Planet, as he would have to have been had he actually been moving. He was instead still standing on the platform with Tifa (although slightly below her because she managed to move off the platform they were on as it fell and he didn?t because of his spasm).

Because Sephiroth still existed in some way he was able to hold back Holy. But since he was weakened by the battles he could not use Lifestream as he meant to. Therefore, he needed Cloud?s body to be able to do this. This is supported by the fact Holy is released and moves immediately after the battle with Sephiroth in Cloud?s mind and not before. Before the battle starts it seems Holy is still dormant and everybody walks off hoping it will start up on its own. We know that Sephiroth is too weak to manipulate Lifestream because of the form he presents himself to Cloud in. He is normal. He is unable to replicate an intimidating body for the first time, and this probably is because his will was severely damaged by AVALANCHE in the first two assaults on him as Bizarro and Safer/Savior.

An obvious counter argument to this, however, would be that Sephiroth?s normal form itself looks intimidating. That said, Sephiroth may have just been showing himself to Cloud in that way because he wanted to. Still, there is more evidence to show his weakened state. He is unable to show himself to the entire party, but only Cloud instead. This of course makes it a one-versus-one battle instead of a one-versus-three battle. Sephiroth was able to hold his own against all three previously but now lost to just Cloud. Not only this, but Bizarro Sephiroth holds his own against the entirety of AVALANCHE. All your members, for once, fight him at the same time. Safer/Savior only fights three of your guys, signifying weakening already, and finally Mental only fights one. This shows his steady deterioration. Barely able to contain Holy he needs Cloud?s mind and body to amplify his own psyche so when Meteor hits he is able to tame the Lifestream. Otherwise, his efforts are futile.

That?s why the final battle occurs. It is unfortunate for Sephiroth that Cloud?s mind was so much stronger than it was when they first met in the Northern Crater and he forced Cloud to hand over the Black Materia.

But of course everything has a contrasting perspective. Some argue Safer/Savior has more powerful moves than Bizarro. This is, of course, true, and I?m not going to say it isn?t. However, there is a trend in Sephiroth to underestimate his opponents. His arrogance may have blinded him and forced him to fight with only a fraction of his power as Bizarro. When he realized he couldn?t win as easily he showed himself only to three and used everything he had. We know of his underestimating habit because of what we know of the Nibelheim incident five years ago. He severely underestimated Cloud and as a result was killed. We also know Sephiroth was confident in his abilities because he showed them off so prevalently right before the battle with Bizarro. The amount of flashes, bells, and shockwaves he used on Cloud and company are reminiscent of a child who can do back flips showing his friends tens of times. He was, simply, showing off because of his arrogance. This of course helped lead to his downfall not one (Nibelheim) but two times


(wording for theory taken from ffshrine.org - credit where credit is due)


there. someone else's wording to prove that it is sephiroth's will. i would have prooved it m'self, but i'm kinda tired.

[LoneTecko]

I don't know if he count's but my favorite is Sora from Kingdom Herats I know he's a keyblade master but the keyblade is a little simular to a sword just diffrent but in the very beginning when your in his dream you get to choose a path it's either a sword, staff, or shield it determins what kind of path you want warrior(sword), mystic(staff), or guardian(shield) soo in my own way I count Sora as a swordman but someone has to tell me if i'm right or wrong.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

Well, I expected that Cloud would be a popular choice, but I can't say I'm too happy with it. Seriously, what is so special about him? I've never played FF VII, but I can tell you this much: Cloud can't possibly be as awesome as he's made out to be. Surely there's something negative about him, but everyone seems to ignore any negative aspects of his character (and if he's the type of male lead that almost every RPG I've played has, then I know I'd absolutly hate him).

Also, what is so great about Lloyd and Zelos? Zelos, especially. I mean, the guy's just a jerk toward Lloyd and Genis (not that I particularly care about Lloyd), and his attitude toward the females is... I really don't know how to put it in words. Man, did I enjoy [spoiler]kicking the crap out of him[/spoiler]. Oh, and as for Lloyd, I just can't stand characters like him. Seriously, what is up with the whole 'upset because your worst enemy just died' thing? Then there's the fact that he has no clue about the real world. He's just so damn naive.


Now, I do have a favorite swordsman: Caim from [i]Drakengard[/i]. You just can't touch the guy. He doesn't shed tears for dead enemies, but just keeps on killing. And this guy can kick some serious ***. Oh, there's also the fact that his motive has nothing to do with the goodness of his heart. He's out for revenge. And the whole mute thing combines with the rest to make him into a total bad-***. He's just awesome.

[SunfallE]

[QUOTE=Takuya]
Also, what is so great about Lloyd and Zelos? Zelos, especially. I mean, the guy's just a jerk toward Lloyd and Genis (not that I particularly care about Lloyd), and his attitude toward the females is... I really don't know how to put it in words. Man, did I enjoy [spoiler]kicking the crap out of him[/spoiler]. Oh, and as for Lloyd, I just can't stand characters like him. Seriously, what is up with the whole 'upset because your worst enemy just died' thing? Then there's the fact that he has no clue about the real world. He's just so damn naive.


Now, I do have a favorite swordsman: Caim from [i]Drakengard[/i]. You just can't touch the guy. He doesn't shed tears for dead enemies, but just keeps on killing. And this guy can kick some serious ***. Oh, there's also the fact that his motive has nothing to do with the goodness of his heart. He's out for revenge. And the whole mute thing combines with the rest to make him into a total bad-***. He's just awesome.[/QUOTE]

That's exactly why Lloyd's such a good character. Most games like to make the swordsman into a dark character who does nothing but kill. I personally think his character is a refreshing change on the typical character. Sure a character may kick some serious *** as you put it but sometimes that type of character just gets repetitive. *mind you this is only based on the games I have seen* Lloyd's being naive is what makes him so charming. :animesmil

As for Zelos, he's a great character as well. Most of his behavior just hides how much he actually cares about other people. *again, just my opinion so don't take it personally* :animeswea

[Erika]

[size=1][font=Verdana][color=royalblue]WHAT THE HELL?! Why do people have to go on a damn tangent about FFVII like that?? I like it and everything, but holy hell!! That's like, going a bit far, isn't it? O_O; [/end of spaz rant]

[quote name='SunfallE']As for Zelos, he's a great character as well. Most of his behavior just hides how much he actually cares about other people. *again, just my opinion so don't take it personally*[/quote]

I agree wholeheartedly with Llyod also. I love the way he handles two swords, and he handles them well. And Zelos is just a great change of pace. He's such an awesome character. A real breath of fresh air. A magic-using, womanizing swordsman that doesn't spread his true self around all the time (which would result in predictability, in a sense lol). But it disappointed me when he seemed to overlook Sheena in a lot of cases. You figured he would be on her tail all the time. XDD

Ah well.[/color][/font][/size]

[Desbreko]

[color=#4B0082]Heh, for all those theories, it still doesn't change the fact that Cloud beat Sephiroth in his entirety. First his physical body in Nibelheim, then whatever Bizarro and Safer Sephiroth are, then his final consciousness afterwards. (Notice I didn't argue that the final battle is with Sephiroth's actual physical body? I doubt it could've survived the breaking up of the Northern Crater. At that point, I think Sephiroth's consciousness, or will, is all that's left of him -- hence, that is the "real" him. And my point still holds that if it were just an illusion, and not his true self, he would've still been around to keep Holy in check.) No matter how you slice it, Cloud wins.

But Erika is right, this is getting a bit off topic. If you'd like to continue the discussion, Lord Dante, we should make a separate, FFVII-specific thread for it. Talking about FFVII's storyline and whatnot is always fun, so I'd definitely be up for it, if you want to get it going.

And now I think I'll finally reply to the original question. :animesmil

Anyway, it so happens that my favorite RPG character is also a swordsman, so Cecil from FFIV is my pick. And I think my post in the [url=http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=39663][u]Favorite Final Fantasy Character[/u][/url] thread sums up my reasons for choosing him about as well as I can express, so to avoid repeating myself, I think I'll just quote the post. Simply read "favorite Final Fantasy character" as "favorite RPG swordsman," heh.[/color]

[QUOTE=Desbreko][color=indigo]As for my favorite Final Fantasy character, that would be Cecil Harvey, the main character of Final Fantasy IV (FFII on the SNES). In the game's opening we see him as a dark knight, commanding the nation of Baron's fleet of airships, the Red Wings. At first he seems almost like a "bad guy," as he steals a crystal from the people of Mysidia, but then we see he's not too happy about it. He questions the King of Baron's motives for stealing crystals from innocent people, and ends up being relieved of command of the Red Wings and, unwittingly, is sent off to destroy a village of callers (aka summoners).

Throughout the game you discover more and more about who Cecil really is, at the same time as he's finding out for himself. All the while he tries his best to do what's right, through the corruption and manipulation happening all around him in the world. He stays determined even as his best friend betrays and almost kills him, and eventually turns from the ways of the dark knight and becomes a paladin.

You really have to admire the strength of will that Cecil has; there are times in the game where, if I were Cecil, I would be sorely tempted to just give up. No matter what happens, he presses on, determined to find out the truth behind the evil around him and then put a stop to it. He doesn't always succeed, and he actually gets his butt kicked a few times (and that's another thing -- he's not one of those all-powerful characters), but he keeps going.

And I like his attitude, also. He doesn't have an "I don't give a crap" attitude, he isn't a smartass, and he doesn't mope about. He's not overly serious, but he also doesn't screw around. He cares about the people around him, and he fights to protect them -- he feels genuinely guilty about what he did to the Mysidians and the village of Mist, and does whatever he can to make up for his mistakes, even going as far as turning against his own country to protect Rydia, a survivor from Mist.

Overall, Cecil has a lot of good qualities about him that I like, and his personality isn't too far off from my own, so I find that I can relate to him a lot more than most other characters in the Final Fantasy series. All of this combines to make him my favorite character in the series.[/color][/QUOTE]

[Lord Dante]

[QUOTE]But Erika is right, this is getting a bit off topic. If you'd like to continue the discussion, Lord Dante, we should make a separate, FFVII-specific thread for it. Talking about FFVII's storyline and whatnot is always fun, so I'd definitely be up for it, if you want to get it going.[/QUOTE]

yeah, you're right. sorry for going off topic.

[Guest blooangel335]

I love Kratos from Tales of Symphonia. I can't really explain why though...
:animeswea

[SunfallE]

[QUOTE=blooangel335]I love Kratos from Tales of Symphonia. I can't really explain why though...
:animeswea[/QUOTE]

I can agree with that, Kratos is a great character to play too. I like him almost as much as I like Lloyd and Zelos. It's like he has the more serious side Lloyd and Zelos lack.

[Ragnarok]

Duh, Link. (I dont know if I already posted this, I didnt see it...)

[Desbreko]

[quote name='Ragnarok']Duh, Link. (I dont know if I already posted this, I didnt see it...)[/quote]
[color=#4B0082]Yeah, you did -- I deleted it just now. Please read the [url=http://www.otakuboards.com/showthread.php?t=43464][u]Favorite Thread Guidelines[/u][/url], and you'll find that we require a bit more thought to be put into posts. Thanks. :animesmil[/color]