Cyclone (Final Fantasy II)

Cyclone
竜巻 (Tatsumaki?, lit. Tornado)
Background information
Type	Artificial tornado, fortress
Affiliation(s)	Palamecia empire
Gameplay details
Items	Ripper Poison Axe Diamond Helm Diamond Gloves Defender Diamond Armor Wind Flute
Enemies	Bomb Big Horn Captain Cockatrice Devil's Bloom Eyemoeba Gottos Green Dragon Hill Gigas Killer Mantis Lamia Malboro Terra Royal Guard Vampire Girl Vampire Lady Wizard Wood Golem
Quests	Defeating the Emperor

Look, I gotta be honest. Your next target is a Cyclone. I don't know how you can get that one.

Paul, wondering how the party could possibly triumph over a cyclone.

The Cyclone, also known as the Whirlwind, is a giant artificial tornado that the Emperor unleashes to subdue the Kingdom of Fynn in Final Fantasy II. It contains a fortress inside, where the Emperor himself controls his weapon and watches the destruction caused by it.

The fortress is composed of seven floors and is filled with imperial troops and fiends, as well as corridors with electrified panels that hurt whoever steps on them. The Emperor's chambers, as well as the great hall is located on the top of the floating building.

Story

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The Emperor is defeated at the Cyclone.

By the time the party leaves the Mysidian Tower with the Ultima Tome, the Cyclone has already destroyed the towns of Altair, Gatrea, Paloom and Poft, and has begun to approach Fynn in order to obliterate it as well. Firion, Maria, Guy, and Ricard summon the last Wyvern of Deist at Fynn Castle to fly into the vortex, and must work their way to the top, where the Emperor awaits.

When encountering the Emperor, he judged the Wild Roses to not be important enough for him to slaughter. He then sends a few teams of Royal Guards to deal with them. After several squadrons of Guards are defeated, the Emperor calls two more Royal Guards and a Wood Golem to his side and attacks the party himself, seeing them as a definite threat by that point. The party manages to defeat him and his allies in battle and leaves the Cyclone, thinking that their adventure is finally over.

Spoilers end here.

Items

Item	Location
Ripper	Second Floor
Poison Axe	Third Floor
Diamond Helm	Fourth Floor
Diamond Gloves	Fourth Floor
Defender	Fifth Floor
Diamond Armor	Fifth Floor, guarded by General
Wind Flute	Sixth Floor, guarded by Green Dragon

Enemies

1F

• [18.8%] Cockatrice x3-7
• [18.8%] Captain x1-2, Hill Gigas, Bomb x0-2
• [18.8%] Big Horn x1-4
• [18.8%] Vampire Girl x2-6, Vampire Lady
• [9.4%] Wood Golem, Royal Guard x0-2
• [9.4%] Lamia x1-2, Captain x0-3
• [4.7%] Devil's Bloom, Gottos x0-2
• [1.6%] Royal Guard x2-4

2F

• [18.8%] Cockatrice x3-7
• [18.8%] Captain x1-2, Hill Gigas, Bomb x0-2
• [18.8%] Vampire Girl x2-6, Vampire Lady
• [18.8%] Wood Golem, Royal Guard x0-2
• [9.4%] Lamia x1-2, Captain x0-3
• [9.4%] Devil's Bloom, Gottos x0-2
• [4.7%] Royal Guard x2-4
• [1.6%] Wood Golem x1-2

3F

• [18.8%] Cockatrice x3-7
• [18.8%] Captain x1-2, Hill Gigas, Bomb x0-2
• [18.8%] Wood Golem, Royal Guard x0-2
• [18.8%] Lamia x1-2, Captain x0-3
• [9.4%] Devil's Bloom, Gottos x0-2
• [9.4%] Royal Guard x2-4
• [4.7%] Wood Golem x1-2
• [1.6%] Eyemoeba x1-2, Malboro Terra x0-2

4F

• [18.8%] Cockatrice x3-7
• [18.8%] Wood Golem, Royal Guard x0-2
• [18.8%] Lamia x1-2, Captain x0-3
• [18.8%] Devil's Bloom, Gottos x0-2
• [9.4%] Royal Guard x2-4
• [9.4%] Wood Golem x1-2
• [4.7%] Eyemoeba x1-2, Malboro Terra x0-2
• [1.6%] Wizard x2-5

5F

• [18.8%] Wood Golem, Royal Guard x0-2
• [18.8%] Lamia x1-2, Captain x0-3
• [18.8%] Devil's Bloom, Gottos x0-2
• [18.8%] Royal Guard x2-4
• [9.4%] Wood Golem x1-2
• [9.4%] Eyemoeba x1-2, Malboro Terra x0-2
• [4.7%] Wizard x2-5
• [1.6%] Wizard x1-3, Captain x0-3
• General x1-2 (Monster-in-a-box)

6F

• [18.8%] Lamia x1-2, Captain x0-3
• [18.8%] Devil's Bloom, Gottos x0-2
• [18.8%] Royal Guard x2-4
• [18.8%] Wood Golem x1-2
• [9.4%] Eyemoeba x1-2, Malboro Terra x0-2
• [9.4%] Wizard x2-5
• [4.7%] Wizard x1-3, Captain x0-3
• [1.6%] Killer Mantis x1-4, Vampire Girl x1-2
• Green Dragon (Monster-in-a-box)

7F

• Royal Guard x2-4 (Scripted, fought twice)
• Royal Guard x2, Wood Golem, Emperor (Boss)

Musical themes

"The Imperial Army"

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The background music inside the Cyclone is "The Imperial Army".

Other appearances

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Gallery

Cyclone's Map (GBA).

Cyclone on the World Map (NES).

Cyclone's First Floor (NES).

Cyclone's Second Floor (NES).

Cyclone's Third Floor (NES).

Cyclone's Fourth Floor (NES).

Cyclone's Fifth Floor (NES).

Cyclone's Sixth Floor (NES).

Cyclone's Seventh Floor (NES).

Cyclone (PS).

Cyclone on the World Map (PS).

Cyclone (PS).

Battle background (NES).

Battle background (PS).

battle background (PSP).

Final Fantasy II (GBA).

Cyclone on the World Map (GBA).

Cyclone (GBA).

The Japanese dungeon image for The Cyclone in Final Fantasy Record Keeper.

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Etymology

[view · edit · purge]In meteorology, a cyclone is an area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth.

[view · edit · purge]A whirlwind is a weather phenomenon in which a vortex of wind (a vertically oriented rotating column of air) forms due to instabilities and turbulence created by heating and flow (current) gradients.

Trivia

• The Sky Fortress Bahamut in Final Fantasy XII bears a strong conceptual resemblance to the Cyclone.