Selkie (Crystal Chronicles)

Selkies are one of the four tribal groups from the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles Series.

Physiology
Selkies have some of the same characteristics of the Clavat Tribe. They usually wear little clothing with some animal fur. Female Selkies have a larger bust than most females, and male Selkies sometimes wear kilts. Their hair ranges from bright colors to plain white. They are the quickest of all the races, but also the weakest in combat. They are able to interbreed with Clavats.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles


In Crystal Chronicles, they are the quickest race with the quickest focus attacks; they also have a longer range on their focus attacks than the other tribes. Overall, the Selkie excels at speed and has decent strength, but lacks slightly in defense and magic. The Selkie "Defend" command is a quick backflip that ignores all attacks and magic. Selkies use rackets as weapons, some of which shoot energy for a focus attack, similar to Final Fantasy IX.

Many of the specific Selkie characters in the game seem to mainly look out for themselves; the Striped Brigands, for example, are thieves (although they are rather incompetent at actual theft), and the Selkie caravan that the player can come across seems to have no interest in actually getting the myrrh needed for the crystal in their town of Leuda. The Leuda crystal manages to replenish itself every year despite the laziness of the caravan. If a player is not a Selkie and talks to people in Leuda, they will have gil stolen from them.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates
In Ring of Fates, one of the playable characters in Story Mode, Gnash, is a Selkie. Other important characters who are Selkies include King Kolka, the King of Rebena Te Ra. Princess Tilika, the daughter of King Kolka, is half Selkie and half Clavat.

Their main weapon in this game is a bow. They have the highest SP of all the Tribes, can hit enemies from long range, and have better chances of critical hits as they level up. When they begin, they are able to fire only one arrow, but as they level up, they will eventually be able to fire five projectiles in a single shot. They are the only Tribe with the ability to "double-jump". When using the touch screen, players can tap an enemy to let out a devastating strike.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King
In My Life as a King, one of the main characters, Chancellor Chime, is half Selkie and half Clavat.

Selkies only appear in the Kingdom after an Inn is built. They do not stay and cannot be recruited until a Selkie Den, an additional downloadable content, is built. Female Selkies can only be recruited as Thieves.

Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time
In Echoes of Time, Selkies return as one of the four tribes to play as.

Etymology
Selkies in Faroese, Icelandic, Irish mythology, and Scottish mythology were humans who could transform themselves into seals. Although they have very little connection to this in the games, Dow Hatty, an NPC in Leuda, does say, "They say Selkies came from the sea, and to the sea we will someday return."