Ramuh



Ramuh (ラムウ), also known as Indra, "Lamú" in Spanish, is a recurring character and summoned creature in the Final Fantasy series. He is affiliated with thunder and lightning, and is represented as an old man carrying a staff. His signature attack is called Judgement Bolt.

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As most recurring summons have, Ramuh has maintained the same basic appearance across the series with minor variations. Ramuh typically appears as an old man with a large beard and mustache, balding and wearing blowing robes. The exact design of Ramuh's robes has varied considerably from game to game. He carries with him a staff that he uses to call down bolts of lightning on enemies, including his signature Judgement Bolt.

Ramuh is one of the few summons to play a major role in the storyline of a game. In Final Fantasy VI, Ramuh calls Terra Branford to him when she loses control of her magical powers and helps calm her while she regains her senses. He relates to the party the general details of the War of the Magi and what has led the espers to flee the human world, before sacrificing his life to become magicite and aid them in battle.

In Final Fantasy IX, Ramuh appears to Princess Garnet and gives her a trial requiring the party to find the parts of a story and relate them to Ramuh, before Ramuh again gives himself up to become Garnet's eidolon.

Final Fantasy III
Ramuh can be summoned by Evokers and Summoners, and is obtained by purchasing the Level 3 Summon Magic spell Spark.


 * White summoning: Mind Blast - Paralyzes all enemies if successful.
 * Black summoning: Thunderstorm - deals lightning damage to a single target.
 * High summoning: Judgment Bolt - deals lightning damage to all enemies.

Final Fantasy IV
Ramuh is a summon for Rydia, and she is able to summon him innately when she rejoins the party as an adult in the Dwarven Castle. His name was translated as Indra in the SNES release. Ramuh costs 30 MP to summon in all releases, and uses Judgement Bolt to attack all enemies for lightning-elemental damage.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Ramuh returns in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years as one of the Eidolons being controlled by the Mysterious Girl. He is first fought in Porom's chapter in Mysidia, then later can be faced in The Gathering chapter. The first time is a scripted battle, but the second time the player fights Ramuh until he stops attacking. At this time player should stop attacking and wait until he recognizes Rydia, or else he will be permanently lost. Afterwards, he will be acquired as a summon. He costs 30 MP to summon.

Final Fantasy V


Ramuh is a Level 2 Summon found in the forest outside of Istory Village. The party must fight him as a random encounter and defeat him. He uses the attack Judgement Bolt when summoned, dealing lightning-elemental damage to all enemies for the cost of 12 MP.

He is also encountered in the Castle Section of Interdimensional Rift, on the upper level, outside of the actual castle itself, if he was not acquired in the first world.

Final Fantasy VI
Ramuh, as an esper, plays a major role in Final Fantasy VI as Terra's guardian while she is coming to her senses in Zozo. He is also the one who sends the party to Vector in order to rescue his friends, as well as Terra's father Maduin. He then turns himself into magicite. He costs 25 MP to summon. Judgment Bolt (Bolt Fist in the SNES Version) has a Spell Power of 50 and is unblockable.

Ramuh teaches the following spells:
 * Thunder x10
 * Thundara x2
 * Poison x5

At Level Up, he gives a boost of +1 to Stamina.

Mog also mentions that Ramuh has appeared to him in dreams and has told him to fight alongside the party; in the Japanese and GBA versions, Mog also says that it was Ramuh, through these dreams, who taught him how to speak. Dissidia Final Fantasy also makes mention of this in its Summon files on Ramuh. When the player fights Ifrit and Shiva in the Magitek Research Facility, they sense Ramuh's power and stop their attacks, implying, as in Final Fantasy V, that Ifrit and Ramuh know each other.

Final Fantasy VII

 * See the Summon sequence here.

Ramuh is a Summon Materia that is obtained in the Gold Saucer. The player must pick up this Materia in the Chocobo Jockey Room after Barret Wallace defeats Dyne. If the player does not pick it up then, it becomes unobtainable. Ramuh's spell power is equal to 1.875x the base magic damage.

Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-
Ramuh can be summoned in battle using the appropriate Materia in this game.

Final Fantasy IX

 * See the Summon sequence here.

Ramuh is an eidolon, and once again plays a role in the story. After Zidane Tribal, Vivi Orunitia, and Princess Garnet flee Alexandria, they wind up in the Pinnacle Rocks. Ramuh agrees to help Garnet if she can pass his test of completing a story. If she succeeds, Ramuh gives her a Peridot, which can be used to summon his Judgement Bolt in battle. Ramuh reveals to Zidane and Vivi, that whatever ending Garnet chose for the story, he would lend her his power; the story was simply to test her character.

The magic power for Ramuh's summon under normal circumstances is 31. When the full animation for the summon plays, the power is equal to 32 plus the amount of Peridots in the party's inventory. It costs 22 MP to summon.

Tetra Master

 * Card 062
 * Location: Treno, Card Stadium, Alexandria

Final Fantasy XI
Ramuh appears in Final Fantasy XI as one of the six celestial avatars. He represents the lightning element. The job class Summoner can unlock the "spell" Ramuh upon completion of the quest Trial by Lightning. Alternatively, a brave low-level summoner may go on the quest Trial Size Trial by Lightning and defeat Ramuh in a battle alone rather than in a group. He retains his trademark maneuver Judgement Bolt and has several other offensive abilities as well as two party enchantments. Olduum is the name given to Ramuh's staff. His staff, so named, is also identified with an ancient culture on the same continent as Aht Urhgan. Not much is known of this ancient civilization, aside from the fact they worshiped Ramuh and developed electronic technologies.

More about him prior his worship in said civilization is revealed: He was a sage from a nation situated on the Buburimu Peninsula. His great learning allowed the country to prosper and develop advanced technology. However, one day, one of Ramuh's machines predicted an earthquake. His kinsmen were unwilling to believe the possibility of a tragedy after so much prosperity, so they didn't take any precautions. The earthquake struck, and the people, angry at their own foolishness, began to look for a scapegoat. Suspicions naturally fell on Ramuh, who decided to exile himself to an uninhabited island after a young boy, who had lost his parents in the earthquake, threw stones at him. The nation neglected its technology, out of spite for Ramuh.

Thus, when beastmen attacked them, several years later, they couldn't defend themselves. The same boy who had thrown stones at him — now grown into a man — was sent to ask Ramuh for help, and the sage accepted. He used the Staff of Olduum to wipe out the beastmen with a thunderstorm, but victory had a bitter taste. Fearful of this new power, Ramuh's kinsmen soon forced him into exile again.

This time, he didn't return. The nation collapsed, but Altana rewarded Ramuh's selflessness by taking his soul to the heavens and transforming him into the Celestial Avatar of Lightning. Olduum is the name of the brightest, purple-colored star of the Ramuh constellation. It's also the name of an ancient civilization which used to exist in the Aht Uhrgan region. It's possible that Ramuh learned how to control lightning from them on one of his travels.

Ramuh is also the name of a server.



Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings


Ramuh is the rank 3 Thunder Aerial summon along with his pupil Raiden (a fellow lightning summon) and his tool Ramih. His regular attack is Judgement Staff, while his special, Judgement Bolt, deals massive lightning damage to all enemies in range and causes Silence.

Final Fantasy XIII
Ramuh makes a minor appearance as an Eidolon in the Pompa Sancta at Nautilus Park. He is summoned to battle Ifrit to defend Cocoon. There is also an area in Eden named Ramuh Interchange. The Final Fantasy XIII Ultimania Omega further reveals that Ramuh was, at some point, planned to be a Pulse fal'Cie, depicted towering over the landscape as an old man smoking a pipe.

Final Fantasy XIV
Though not a summon, the description of Rhalgr, one of the Twelve, matches Ramuh's description as an magi with a bronze staff. He is attributed to lightning.

Final Fantasy Tactics
Ramuh performs a lightning attack, Judgement Bolt, when summoned. It costs 24 MP to cast, has a speed of 25, and needs 200 JP to learn.

In the PS version, when summoned, the summoner will sometimes say, "Master of creation, impart thy help! Ramuh!"

Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
Ramuh appears as a summoned beast, and performs lightning attack when summoned. He can be learned through the Judge Staff, after receiving 200 AP. Ramuh costs 18 MP to summon, has a Magic Power of 40, is stealable through the ability Steal: Ability, and is also susceptible to Return Magic and Absorb MP.

The description of the staff states that it was "struck by Ramuh's lightning".

Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift
Ramuh is a summon spell that can be learned through the Judicer's Staff by the summoner class for 300 AP. The description of the staff states that "The gigas Ramuh himself infused this staff with a bolt of lightning". He deals lightning damage to units in a large area at a cost of 16 MP.

Crystal Defenders
Ramuh can only be summoned in Crystal Defenders W1 for the price of five crystals. When summoned, Ramuh rains down lightning bolts that damage all enemy units and reduce their speed.

Dissidia Final Fantasy
Ramuh appears as a summon in Dissidia. When summoned, Ramuh uses Judgment Bolt, blocking the opponent's summon, disabling him/her of summoning it. Like some summons in Dissidia, Ramuh can be summoned by two distinct ways: Automatically, which summons him immediately when the summoner breaks the opponent's Bravery and shows an artwork of his Final Fantasy XI appearance, and manually, where his Final Fantasy V artwork appears. Ramuh's auto version can be obtained in the third stage of the Shade Impulse III storyline, and its manual version can be obtained in the first stage of the Shade Impulse IV storyline.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
Ramuh returns as a summonstone, with the same function as in the original Dissidia. His auto version is now found in Chapter Four: Where Memories Wait of Scenario 012. The manual version can be purchased from certain Moogle Shops for 30 KP.

Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
Book of Ramuh is a weapon in Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light. It is obtained by defeating the Mimic enemy in Spelvia Dungeons, or bought from the Kingdom of Horne's shop for 580 gil. In Horne, before defeating Satan, the man at the counter carries it; after defeating Satan, the woman in the back carries it.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
Ramuh appears as a summon.

Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon
Ramuh appears in Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon.

Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2
Ramuh appears in Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2.

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
Ramuh appears in Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon as a boss.

Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales
Ramuh appears in Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales. He serves as the Guardian of the Light Crystal, and as a character in Mini Red Riding Hood. In the Pop-Up Duels, he is a light element card, and has six cards under his name.

Kingdom Hearts
Ramuh does not make a physical appearance in the Kingdom Hearts series, but in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, a lightning-based attack, named Ramuh's Judgement, is featured for only two of the main protagonists of the game, Aqua and Terra.

Itadaki Street Special
Ramuh appears in Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Special.

Itadaki Street Portable
Ramuh appears in Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable.

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game
Ramuh appears as cards depicting him from Final Fantasy XI and Final Fantasy Tactics.

Etymology
Ramuh is said to have been loosely based on an epic Hindu poem, written by Valmiki, called. The protagonist of the story is called Raama (also spelled Rama), who was said to have been the incarnation of the Hindu god, Vishnu. It could be suspected that the name Ramuh is an Amalgam of Raama and Vishnu, though this is not confirmed.

In the Final Fantasy series, he is depicted as an old, bearded sage with a staff and the ability to cast thunder magic. Rumors also say that he is based on the king Ra-mu of a supposedly sunken continent, Mu. His previous name, Indra, is the name of the king of the Devas in Hindu mythology. He is the god of rain, lightning, and storms. Ramuh's element is a reference towards this.

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