Ghost (Final Fantasy VI character)

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(？？？？？？, ???????)
Portraits
Sprites
Biographical information
Home	Phantom Train, Soul Shrine
Age	Unknown
Hobby	Floating
Loves	Hell
Hates	Heaven
Physical description
Race	Ghost (race during mortal life unknown)
Gender	Unknown
Gameplay details
Type	Guest character
Job class	Ghost
Unique abilities	Possess
Weapon	None
Behind the scenes information
Designer	Yoshitaka Amano

The Ghosts (ゆうれい, Yūrei?), known in-game only as ??????, are a pair of temporary playable characters in Final Fantasy VI. The two ghosts are encountered on the Phantom Train and will join the party for the dungeon's duration if the player speaks to them and agrees to bring them along.

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Appearance

The ghosts wear pale blue shrouds with hoods and long sleeves, concealing their bodies but for their hands and faces. Their sprite depicts the area within the hood as a blank, black space, and their portraits show a blue skull-like visage with glowing white eyes.

Personality

Nothing is known of either of the ghosts' past, but they are the most friendly of the Phantom Train spirits, willing to accompany Sabin, Cyan, and Shadow on their journey through the train and fight with them against the other ghosts. However, they will not aid them in the battle against the locomotive and leave when the party reaches the front of the train. They gain nothing from this and ask nothing for their aid, they seemingly just want to be helpful to the group.

In the Super NES release, Sabin and Cyan refer to the ghosts as "it", but in the Game Boy Advance release they refer to them as "he". Unused shop price modifiers that depend on the gender of the party leader treat the ghost as a male.

The Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive guides humorously give the ghost characters "likes" (Hell), "dislikes" (Heaven), and "hobbies" (floating).

Gameplay

The ghosts can be recruited in five places on the Phantom Train: the caboose, the first car (the far-left ghost NPC), the second car (the far-right and far-left ghost NPCs), the car with the lever to detach the rear cars (the ghost NPC in the middle), and the first sleeping car (the far-left ghost NPC). These NPCs respawn when the area is left and returned to, and if there is a spot for the ghost in the party, they can be re-recruited. If Shadow is not in the party, the player can recruit a second ghost, but it will be at a lower level and have lower stats.

All ghosts are permanently equipped with a Lich Ring that sets them to be treated as undead in battle. Any healing item or ability used on them will deal damage and if KO'd they cannot be revived; a Phoenix Down will miss. However, they can be healed outside of battle. If a ghost is KO'd at the end of a battle, they will be removed from the party. Aside from the Lich Ring, the ghosts have no equipment.

The ghosts' special ability is Possess, which instantly defeats a single target at the cost of permanently removing the user from the party. The command overrides Instant Death protection and works on any boss, as they have no resistance checks for Possess; however, this normally cannot be checked as the ghosts are only available while on the Phantom Train.

Because the ghost has poor stats and no equipment, they are of little help to the party and will struggle to deal significant damage. They are mostly useful as diversions to draw enemy attacks, as the enemies on the Phantom Train are dangerous, especially if the party only consists of Sabin and Cyan. Their greatest utility is against the Apparition, a powerful miniboss encountered inside a chest near the front of the train. The ghosts will leave the party soon after, so it is best to have them Possess the Apparition to instantly kill it and avoid what could be a difficult battle otherwise.

Stats

Ghost #1 Name Initial Stats Strength 14 Speed 15 Stamina 10 Magic 30 Attack 22 Defense 66 Evasion 0% Magic Defense 52 Magic Evasion 0% Escape Success 5 HP Gain 26 MP Gain 1 Level Averaging +2

Ghost #2 Name Initial Stats Strength 4 Speed 8 Stamina 2 Magic 15 Attack 10 Defense 17 Evasion 0% Magic Defense 11 Magic Evasion 0% Escape Success 3 HP Gain 20 MP Gain 1 Level Averaging -3

Level HP MP EXP + 1 26 1 0 2 37 5 32 3 49 9 96 4 63 14 208 5 80 19 400 6 100 25 672 7 122 31 1056 8 146 38 1552 9 172 46 2184 10 199 54 2976 11 227 63 3936 12 257 72 5080 13 292 82 6432 14 331 92 7992 15 375 102 9784 16 425 112 11840 17 479 122 14152 18 536 133 16736 19 597 144 19616 20 662 155 22832 21 729 166 26360 22 798 177 30232 23 870 189 34456 24 946 201 39056 25 1025 213 44072 26 1107 225 49464 27 1193 237 55288 28 1283 250 61568 29 1378 263 68304 30 1477 276 75496 31 1577 289 83184 32 1678 302 91384 33 1780 316 100088 34 1882 330 109344 35 1985 344 119136 36 2089 358 129504 37 2195 372 140464 38 2302 387 152008 39 2410 402 164184 40 2520 417 176976 41 2631 432 190416 42 2744 447 204520 43 2858 463 219320 44 2974 479 234808 45 3091 495 251000 46 3210 511 267936 47 3330 527 285600 48 3452 544 304040 49 3577 561 323248 50 3705 578 343248 51 3835 594 364064 52 3966 609 385696 53 4099 623 408160 54 4233 636 431488 55 4369 648 455680 56 4506 659 480776 57 4645 669 506760 58 4787 678 533680 59 4931 686 561528 60 5076 693 590320 61 5223 699 620096 62 5371 704 650840 63 5521 709 682600 64 5673 715 715368 65 5826 721 749160 66 5981 728 784016 67 6137 735 819920 68 6295 742 856920 69 6455 750 895016 70 6617 758 934208 71 6777 766 974536 72 6932 774 1016000 73 7083 782 1058640 74 7228 789 1102456 75 7368 796 1147456 76 7504 803 1193648 77 7636 809 1241080 78 7762 815 1289744 79 7882 821 1339672 80 7999 827 1390872 81 8112 832 1443368 82 8222 837 1497160 83 8330 842 1552264 84 8435 847 1608712 85 8537 852 1666512 86 8637 857 1725688 87 8735 862 1786240 88 8830 868 1848184 89 8922 874 1911552 90 9012 880 1976352 91 9100 886 2042608 92 9187 892 2110320 93 9272 899 2179504 94 9355 907 2250192 95 9437 916 2322392 96 9517 926 2396128 97 9600 937 2471400 98 9686 949 2548224 99 9774 962 2637112

Level HP MP EXP + 1 20 1 0 2 31 5 32 3 43 9 96 4 57 14 208 5 74 19 400 6 94 25 672 7 116 31 1056 8 140 38 1552 9 166 46 2184 10 193 54 2976 11 221 63 3936 12 251 72 5080 13 286 82 6432 14 325 92 7992 15 369 102 9784 16 419 112 11840 17 473 122 14152 18 530 133 16736 19 591 144 19616 20 656 155 22832 21 723 166 26360 22 792 177 30232 23 864 189 34456 24 940 201 39056 25 1019 213 44072 26 1101 225 49464 27 1187 237 55288 28 1277 250 61568 29 1372 263 68304 30 1471 276 75496 31 1571 289 83184 32 1672 302 91384 33 1774 316 100088 34 1876 330 109344 35 1979 344 119136 36 2083 358 129504 37 2189 372 140464 38 2296 387 152008 39 2404 402 164184 40 2514 417 176976 41 2625 432 190416 42 2738 447 204520 43 2852 463 219320 44 2968 479 234808 45 3085 495 251000 46 3204 511 267936 47 3324 527 285600 48 3446 544 304040 49 3571 561 323248 50 3699 578 343248 51 3829 594 364064 52 3960 609 385696 53 4093 623 408160 54 4227 636 431488 55 4363 648 455680 56 4500 659 480776 57 4639 669 506760 58 4781 678 533680 59 4925 686 561528 60 5070 693 590320 61 5217 699 620096 62 5365 704 650840 63 5515 709 682600 64 5667 715 715368 65 5820 721 749160 66 5975 728 784016 67 6131 735 819920 68 6289 742 856920 69 6449 750 895016 70 6611 758 934208 71 6771 766 974536 72 6926 774 1016000 73 7077 782 1058640 74 7222 789 1102456 75 7362 796 1147456 76 7498 803 1193648 77 7630 809 1241080 78 7756 815 1289744 79 7876 821 1339672 80 7993 827 1390872 81 8106 832 1443368 82 8216 837 1497160 83 8324 842 1552264 84 8429 847 1608712 85 8531 852 1666512 86 8631 857 1725688 87 8729 862 1786240 88 8824 868 1848184 89 8916 874 1911552 90 9006 880 1976352 91 9094 886 2042608 92 9181 892 2110320 93 9266 899 2179504 94 9349 907 2250192 95 9431 916 2322392 96 9511 926 2396128 97 9594 937 2471400 98 9680 949 2548224 99 9768 962 2637112

Other appearances

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The battlegen item associated with the Phantom Train stage is "Ghost".

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Behind the scenes

If, through use of the airship glitch or cheats, a ghost and Gogo are in the player's party at the same time, Gogo can equip and use Possess. If Gogo uses Possess, they will be removed from the player's current party and sent back to the airship, and will be available as normal the next time the player reforms the party.

The Red Mage's sprite sheet from Romancing SaGa.

The ghost's sprite is adapted from the sprite for the Red Mage (赤魔導士, Akamadōshi?) in the original Super Famicom release of Romancing SaGa, another Square game.

Gallery

CG render of the Ghost from Final Fantasy Anthology.

Ghosts on the Phantom Train (GBA).

The ghost in the Phantom Train (2014 mobile/Steam).

Final Fantasy Trading Card Game.

Ghost sprites (SNES).

Animated sprite of the ghost's victory pose (Pixel Remaster).

Etymology and origin

[view · edit · purge]A ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Ghosts are generally described as solitary essences that haunt particular locations, objects, or people they were associated with in life, though stories of phantom armies, ghost trains, phantom ships, and even ghost animals have also been recounted.

Its Japanese name is (ゆうれい, Yūrei?). According to traditional Japanese beliefs all humans have a soul, and upon a person's death the soul leaves the body and enters a form of purgatory where it waits for the funeral and post-funeral rites to be performed so that it may join its ancestors. If one dies in a sudden or violent manner, such as murder or suicide, if the proper rites have not been performed, or if they are influenced by powerful emotions—such as a desire for revenge, love, jealousy, hatred or sorrow—the soul transforms into a yūrei, which can bridge the gap back to the physical world. The yūrei exists on Earth until it can be laid to rest, either by performing the missing rituals, or resolving the emotional conflict that still ties it to the physical plane. If the rituals are not completed, or the conflict left unresolved, the yūrei will persist in its haunting. Yūrei are frequently depicted as being accompanied by a pair of floating flames or will o' the wisps that are separate parts of the ghost rather than independent spirits.