Julius

Julius
Sprite(s)
Kana	ジュリアス
Romaji	Juriasu
Final Fantasy Adventure Character

Julius Vandole is a temporary party member and the main antagonist of Final Fantasy Adventure.

Story

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His father was the emperor of Vandole Empire, which was on the verge of world domination before it was defeated by the Gemma Knights and Fuji's Mother. When Vandole Empire's side was losing by the combined forces of the Gemma Knights and the Mana Family, Julius' father left the empire's last hope in the cave of the waterfalls, his baby son inside it. Sometime later, Julius was found by Dark Lord, ruler of the Glaive Empire, and was taken in as his own.

Many years later, Dark Lord began his own quest for world domination, with Julius as his right-hand man. Dark Lord sends Julius on a mission to retrieve a pendant and the girl that owns it. With both in their possession, they could reverse the flow of the waterfall that leads to the top of Mount Illusia, where no airship can reach. At the top of the mountain lies the Tree of Mana, and anyone who touches it will gain the ultimate power of Mana. However, neither Julius nor Dark Lord know the consequences of this.

Julius in disguise.

After finding Fuji wearing the pendant, he disguises himself and pretends to befriend her guardian, Sumo, in order to keep a closer eye on her. After obtaining proof that she was indeed the girl Dark Lord was looking for, he unveiled his true identity and kidnapped her. He was in the process of escorting her back to Glaive Castle when Sumo interfered in an attempt to rescue her. Julius knocked him off the airship with a spell, but not before Sumo got a hold of the pendant.

One thing led to another, and Garuda, Dark Lord's pet, reclaims the pendant and delivers it to Glaive Castle. Sumo followed it to there, kills Dark Lord and rescues Fuji. However, Julius casts a mind-control spell on her and forces her to use the pendant to reverse the waterfall. Once he reached the Tree of Mana, he absorbs its power.

Concept art of Julius's second form.

After obtaining Excalibur in Mana Shrine, Sumo arrives to stop Julius. But Julius had already absorbed all of the tree's power, and uses it to split into three clones. Once those are defeated, he transforms into an insect-like demon that shoots lightning. After that, too, is defeated, Julius transforms into a large demonoid head with two floating hands, each of which can cast Nuke every five seconds. However, this form is also defeated, resulting in the death of Julius and the destruction of the Tree of Mana.

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Abilities

Mysterious Man's Fireball.

As the Mysterious Man, he tags along with Sumo. Julius will throw fireballs at enemies while attacking. He will also, when asked, teach Sumo that some walls can be broken with Star or Mattock. Those walls makes different sounds when they are hit.

Battle

Main article: List of Final Fantasy Adventure Enemies § Julius

During the first of the Final battle's three phases, Julius will make two clones of himself, and the three of them will walk around the area in random directions, shooting fireballs at Sumo. All three Julius incarnations must be killed in order to proceed. In his second form, he flies back and forth across the top half of the screen in a W-pattern, occasionally swooping down on the player if they're in range. He'll also fire bolts of lightning that ricochet diagonally. In his third phase, he will constantly teleport to random locations, and when he appears, he fires two Nuke blasts that homes in on the player.

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