Mog (Final Fantasy VI)

Mog is a playable character in Final Fantasy VI. He is a Moogle and a Dancer. He also acts as one of the tutorial presenters in the game. The other is Kappa the Imp. He lives deep in the mines of Narshe, and is the only Moogle in the game to speak English. Most of the others just say "Kupo" or variations of it.

Story
Mog is first found in the battle to save Terra Branford from the Narshe Guards. He leads a party of Moogles to help Locke Cole defend Terra, and succeeds. Mog then appears as the character which players use to select the Scenarios in the three Scenario section of the game.

It is not until after Terra rejoins the party that Mog is available as a permanent character. If the player chooses to do the sidequest involving Lone Wolf the Pickpocket, he or she will follow him to the area where Tritoch is. Lone Wolf is holding Mog hostage, and eventually an unknown force separates them. The player must choose between rescuing Lone Wolf and rescuing Mog. If Lone Wolf is rescued, the party obtains a Gold Haripin. If Mog is rescued, Mog joins the party. It is highly recommended by many to rescue Mog, as his Water Rondo can only be obtained in the World of Balance.

One year after the Apocolypse, Mog returned to his cave in the Narshe mines. When the party finds him, he automatically rejoins. In the ending, Mog gets caught in a machine, and Edgar Roni Figaro has to save him.

Equipment and Stats
Mog is a Dancer, and thus his magic stats tend to be high, while his physical stats are low. Despite this, though his base physical defense is one of the highest in the game. His equipment draw is also very strange. For weapons, he can only equip spears and daggers. He can use all universal shields as well as the Gold Shield. He can equip all Gold equipment. He can even use the Snow Muffler, the most powerful piece of defensive gear in the game, something only Gau and Umaro can do in addition. He even has his own special Relic, the Moogle Charm.

Abilities
Mog's special ability is Dance. When Mog uses this, he uses one of four random attacks based on the terrain of his Dance. The player loses control of Mog until either he is KO'd or the battle ends. There is a 50% chance Mog will fail unless he is on the home terrain of the Dance. Mog learns new dances by fighting battles in different areas.

Music
Mog's theme is named for himself, and is the theme played in the Moogle Cave. This theme is recurring throughout the series as the general Moogle theme, and is mixed into the Ending.

Appearances in Other Games
Mog makes an appearance in Secret of Evermore.