Banon

Banon
(バナン, Banan?, lit. Bannan)
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Biographical information
Home	South Figaro
Age	54 (born October 23)
Affiliation	Returners
Occupation	Returner leader
Hobby	Reading
Loves	Peace
Hates	Chaos
Zodiac sign	Libra
Physical description
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Height	172 cm (172 cm) 5' 8"
Weight	70 kg 154 lbs.
Blood type	A
Gameplay details
Type	Guest character
Job class	Oracle
Weapon	Punisher
Armor	Magus Hat and Silk Robe
Behind the scenes information
Designer	Yoshitaka Amano

Your power is a gift, not a curse. No matter what happens, you must remember that. You are this world's last ray of light...our final hope.

Banon, to Terra

Banon is a temporary playable character in Final Fantasy VI. He is the leader of the Returners, a secret resistance movement formed against the Gestahlian Empire.

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Appearance

Yoshitaka Amano's artwork shows Banon with a mass of shaggy brown hair and a beard, wearing green clothing and a layered cape that is brown, green, and orange from outside to inside. He wears black pauldrons, red bracers, and a wide belt with a zebra-striped sash underneath. His boots are dark brown. His in-game sprite simplifies this look as well as recoloring his trousers red and his boots green.

Personality

Banon is a man of determination and spirit, leading a small rebel group against the might of the Empire. He has his agents fight with diplomacy, sabotage, and spying more than brute force. However, the harsh conditions of the war makes him somewhat harsh himself; he is very blunt when speaking to Terra for the first time and speaks of the atrocities she committed as an Imperial soldier, and brushes off Edgar's anger for not taking her amnesia into consideration. However, he does encourage her to join them by describing her as a ray of hope and doesn't intend to force her into it.

Story

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Banon meets Terra.

Players first meet Banon when Locke Cole, Edgar Roni Figaro and Sabin Rene Figaro bring Terra Branford to see him. He immediately becomes interested in Terra because he knows she annihilated fifty of the finest Imperial soldiers single-handedly, a fact which Terra denies due to amnesia. He asks Terra to join the Returners, and while it is up to the player to decide if Terra agrees or not, the story remains the same as she is forced to flee with the Returners. With Terra on his side, Banon realizes he needs to protect the remaining espers from the Empire. He decides to go to Narshe to take a look at the frozen esper, and takes Terra, Edgar and Sabin on a raft ride down the Lethe River to get there.

On the way, the four meet up with Ultros the octopus, and a battle ensues. During the struggle, Ultros sticks a tentacle onto Terra's leg, forcing Sabin to save her. He then boldly jumps from the raft to teach Ultros a lesson, but is swept away, and Banon, Edgar and Terra continue to Narshe alone. Once they get there, they can not enter the town because Terra is recognized as the person who attacked Narshe earlier.

Terra shows Edgar and Banon a secret way in, which they use to make their way to Arvis, a Returner living in Narshe. They then speak to the Elder of Narshe, who is reluctant to side with the Returners. Not even Cyan Garamonde, Gau or Celes Chere can convince the Elder. Kefka Palazzo attacks Narshe to claim the esper and Banon has to lead a defense, which consists of Terra, Locke, Edgar, Sabin, Cyan, Gau and Celes. They succeed in holding back Kefka, but when they check on the esper, Terra reacts to it and turns into an esper herself, flying away.

A search party is formed to look for her. Meanwhile, Banon stays in Narshe and tries to convince the Elder to align the city with the Returners and by the time Terra is saved, Narshe has decided to do so. Banon formulates a plan to attack the Empire. Terra would plead to the espers in their home to help, and attack Vector from the east, while Banon would lead a coalition of Returners and Narshe Guards to attack from the north.

The plan works, and Banon eventually winds up in Vector to find it in flames, worried that the espers had gone too far. What happens to Banon after that is unknown, and it is possible he is either betrayed and killed by the Empire, or died during the end of the world. The developers actually refuse to comment on his fate, with Sakaguchi saying "Use your imagination."

Spoilers end here.

Gameplay

Banon's job wasn't listed within the Super Nintendo version of the North American game. It was removed. Within the Final Fantasy III Nintendo Player's Guide, his job is given as Top Returner. The English Gameboy Advance version retained the job titles and Banon is a Oracle.

Banon is an Oracle, and as such his stats are heavily weighted in the magic areas, while having low HP, and attack power. His defensive stats are also quite high. Being a temporary character, his equipment is permanently set to a Punisher, Magus Hat and Silk Robe. Also, if Banon is KO'd at any time while in the party, it counts as an instant Game Over. His ability is Pray (Health in the original SNES version), which simply casts Cura on the party for no MP cost. This makes Pray vulnerable to Runic, and can be reflected, though it is unlikely for the player to ever see this happen.

Banon and Leo share the same slot, whatever row (back or front) Banon is currently or placed in before he leaves the party, Leo will be in the same row Banon last was.

Stats

Name Initial Stats Strength 10 Speed 24 Stamina 11 Magic 32 Attack 6 Defense 56 Evasion 36% Magic Defense 51 Magic Evasion 32% Escape Success 2 HP Gain 46 MP Gain 16 Level Averaging -3

Level HP MP EXP + 1 46 16 0 2 57 20 32 3 69 24 96 4 83 29 208 5 100 34 400 6 120 40 672 7 142 46 1056 8 166 53 1552 9 192 61 2184 10 219 69 2976 11 247 78 3936 12 277 87 5080 13 312 97 6432 14 351 107 7992 15 395 117 9784 16 445 127 11840 17 499 137 14152 18 556 148 16736 19 617 159 19616 20 682 170 22832 21 749 181 26360 22 818 192 30232 23 890 204 34456 24 966 216 39056 25 1045 228 44072 26 1127 240 49464 27 1213 252 55288 28 1303 265 61568 29 1398 278 68304 30 1497 291 75496 31 1597 304 83184 32 1698 317 91384 33 1800 331 100088 34 1902 345 109344 35 2005 359 119136 36 2109 373 129504 37 2215 387 140464 38 2322 402 152008 39 2430 417 164184 40 2540 432 176976 41 2651 447 190416 42 2764 462 204520 43 2878 478 219320 44 2994 494 234808 45 3111 510 251000 46 3230 526 267936 47 3350 542 285600 48 3472 559 304040 49 3597 576 323248 50 3725 593 343248 51 3855 609 364064 52 3986 624 385696 53 4119 638 408160 54 4253 651 431488 55 4389 663 455680 56 4526 674 480776 57 4665 684 506760 58 4807 693 533680 59 4951 701 561528 60 5096 708 590320 61 5243 714 620096 62 5391 719 650840 63 5541 724 682600 64 5693 730 715368 65 5846 736 749160 66 6001 743 784016 67 6157 750 819920 68 6315 757 856920 69 6475 765 895016 70 6637 773 934208 71 6797 781 974536 72 6952 789 1016000 73 7103 797 1058640 74 7248 804 1102456 75 7388 811 1147456 76 7524 818 1193648 77 7656 824 1241080 78 7782 830 1289744 79 7902 836 1339672 80 8019 842 1390872 81 8132 847 1443368 82 8242 852 1497160 83 8350 857 1552264 84 8455 862 1608712 85 8557 867 1666512 86 8657 872 1725688 87 8755 877 1786240 88 8850 883 1848184 89 8942 889 1911552 90 9032 895 1976352 91 9120 901 2042608 92 9207 907 2110320 93 9292 914 2179504 94 9375 922 2250192 95 9457 931 2322392 96 9537 941 2396128 97 9620 952 2471400 98 9706 964 2548224 99 9794 977 2637112

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Banon's sprites (SNES).

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Etymology

[view · edit · purge]Banon is a Welsh female name meaning "Queen". An alternate spelling (Bannon) is a family name of Anglo-Saxon origin that translates to "warrior" or "soldier".

Trivia

• In the Dawn of Souls and subsequent remakes of the original Final Fantasy, Banon is one of the automatic names the player can choose for the Warrior job.
• Duncan, the mentor of Sabin, appears as a palette-swap of Banon.