Scarmiglione



Scarmiglione (スカルミリョーネ), also known as Milon, is a recurring character in the Final Fantasy universe. First appearing as a minor villain, he is a fiend associated with the element of Earth and the undead.

Final Fantasy


Scarmiglione appears in the Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable remakes as a boss in floor 5 of Hellfire Chasm, one of the bonus dungeons for the remakes. As in his original appearance, he is fought twice: once under his cloaked appearance and sequentially, in his true form.

When defeated, he drops a Lunar Curtain.

Final Fantasy IV


Originally known as Milon, Scarmiglione is a boss in Final Fantasy IV. He is one of Golbez's Archfiends, titled the Blighted Despot. He speaks in a lisp that makes him slur the letter "S".

Scarmiglione first appears in the Tower of Zot, where Golbez tells him that Cecil Harvey is climbing Mount Ordeals with the intention of becoming a Paladin. Golbez then sends him to kill Cecil while he is still is a Dark Knight, because Cecil is powerless against the undead. When he got to Mount Ordeals, Scarmiglione began to make hissing noises. Porom, a member of Cecil's party, blamed them on her twin brother Palom. However, Palom constantly denied that he was making them.

Tellah, another member of Cecil's party, sensed something evil in the air, and it was in fact, Scarmiglione. Scarmiglione then attacked the party with the help of his four Revenants. After Cecil's party defeated Scarmiglione, he came back from the dead and attacked the party again, this time from behind and in his true form. However, Cecil's party defeated him a second time, and he fell off the ledge.

The other three fiends, especially Cagnazzo, think lowly of Scarmiglione. This is shown before fighting Cagnazzo, he says that Scarmiglione was "a weakling that never deserved to be one of the four fiends".

Scarmiglione makes an appearance with the other three Archfiends (Cagnazzo, Barbariccia, and Rubicante) in the Giant of Babil, after being revived by Zemus. However, all four are defeated again here.

Scarmiglione mentions that "death brings about [his] true power", which may imply he can only take his true form if he dies.

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Scarmiglione returns in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years as a boss. During the battle he begs to be killed before his soul is crushed, then afterwards thanks the party as one of the spirits of the land. If Golbez is in the party, Scarmiglione will thank him for accepting him for what he was a long time ago, despite being hideous and unworthy. The Stardust Rod is awarded at his defeat.

Dissidia Final Fantasy
Scarmiglione appears as a summon in Dissidia. While it has no auto version, it is only summoned as a counter to an opponent's summoning, where Scarmiglione resets the opponent's Bravery points back to 0, as its Final Fantasy IV artwork appears. Scarmiglione can be obtained on the second stage of the Shade Impulse I storyline.

Like the rest of the Archfiends, Scarmiglione seems to act as a "counter" version of one of the original Final Fantasy's Four Fiends, specifically Lich. Lich's Earth Arcana and Scarmiglione's Curse both reduce the opponent to 0 Brave. In addition, Lich and Scarmiglione are each the first "fiend" to be fought in their respective games. Plus, they are both undead.

There is also a weapon bearing his name: "Scarmiglione's Fang".

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy
In Dissidia 012, Scarmiglione functions identically to his previous appearance in Dissidia. He can be purchased from certain Moogle Shops for 100 KP. The weapon referencing him also returns.

Scarmiglione also appears as a tutor for the Labyrinth feature at the in-game manuals.

Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
Scarmiglione appears in the rhythm game as an enemy.

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game
Scarmiglione appears in the Final Fantasy Trading Card Game.

Lord of Vermilion II
Scarmiglione is a card in the sequel to Lord of Vermilion along with other characters from Final Fantasy IV, as a special cross promotion.

Etymology
Scarmiglione's name came from the Inferno, part one of Dante's Divine Comedy. He is one of the Malebranche ("Evil Claws") who guards the 5th Malebolge in the eight circle of Hell (Cantos XXI through XXIII). His name roughly translates as "troublemaker", and derives from the Italian verb scarmigliare, lit. "to dishevel, to throw into chaos".

Trivia

 * Much like in the original Final Fantasy, the fiend of Earth is undead.
 * Scarmiglione is the only fiend to fight Cecil as a Dark Knight.
 * Scarmiglione is the only fiend fought twice in a row. He is also the only fiend whose two forms are different enemies.
 * Scarmiglione is the only fiend not to share his voice actor with another character.

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