This giant serpent of divine origins sends a giant shock-wave through the earth.
Final Fantasy VI PlayStation esper section
Midgardsormr (ミドガルズオルム, Midogaruzuorumu?), also known as Terrato, Midgar Swarm, or Midgar Zolom, is a recurring serpent creature in the Final Fantasy series. It has appeared as a summon on a couple of occasions, as well as an enemy on a number of others. Its debut was as a summon in Final Fantasy VI.
Appearances[]
Final Fantasy VI[]
Midgardsormr (Terrato in the English SNES) is an esper obtained in Yeti's Cave. Once finding it, a fight will ensue with Yeti. Midgardsormr's summon spell, Abyssal Maw (Earth Aura on the SNES), costs 40 MP, deals 
Earth-elemental damage to all opponents. Its Spell Power is 93, and it is unblockable, but it cannot hit flying targets. Midgardsormr teaches Quake (x3), Graviga (x1) and Tornado (x1). It provides HP +30% at level up.
Final Fantasy VII[]
Midgar Zolom appears in the swamp by the Mythril Mine near to the Chocobo Farm on the Grasslands Area. When the player first gets to this point during "Going After Sephiroth", the Midgar Zolom is difficult to defeat, so it is easiest to avoid it by crossing the swamp on a Chocobo.
During battle, the Midgar Zolom will usually flick a party member out, removing them from combat, who will be alive on the side of the swamp if the other party members are KO'd, preventing a Game Over. When its HP is low, the Midgar Zolom will use Beta, a powerful fire ability which can be learned as an Enemy Skill.
If defeated, the Midgar Zolom will instantly respawn in the swamp at world map.
After crossing the swamp, the party will discover a different, dead Midgar Zolom impaled on a tree, which they presume was the work of Sephiroth. This cutscene only happens the first time the player crosses the swamp, before entering the Mythril Mine.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth[]
The Midgardsormr appears in the Swamplands as a boss at the end of the second chapter, before the party can reach the Mythril Mine.
A sign in the Swamplands warns travelers of the dangerous serpent, next to another sign regarding the Chocobo Ranch. Upon visiting the ranch, Bill mentions that only a chocobo can outrun the Midgardsormr.
After Cloud and his friends acquire chocobos, they are able to travel through the marshes to reach the Mythril Mines. They are ambushed by the Midgardsormr while chasing down black-robed men. Unlike in the original Final Fantasy VII, the fight against the serpent is mandatory.
After the party seemingly defeats the creature, it'll drag Cloud underwater. He is saved by Sephiroth, who impales the serpent into a tree, referencing the cutscene from the original game.
Final Fantasy XI[]
Midgardsormr is the name of a server.
Final Fantasy XII[]
Midgardsormr.
Midgardsormr is a Rare Game Basilisk enemy. A large snake that can be fought in the Paths of Chained Light area of Golmore Jungle, it can inflict Poison.
Final Fantasy XIV[]
Midgardsormr's remains.
Midgardsormr is the name of the guardian of Silvertear Falls and wyrmking of the dragons of the Source, having sired the first brood. He appeared during the opening CG of the original game release (set 10 years in the player's past as of version 1.0), leading a horde of dragons against the Garlean Empire in the Battle of Silvertear Skies. He was killed by an explosion on the massive Imperial flagship Agrius, and his carcass could be seen entwined with the ship's hulk, known as the The Keeper of the Lake.
Final Fantasy XV[]
Midgardsormr is a level 54 enemy fought in the Callatein's Plunge in Cleigne and during the Serpent of Risorath Basin Hunt. It begins buried underground until approached.
A King's Tale: Final Fantasy XV[]
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Final Fantasy Tactics[]
Midgardsormr.
Attack by summoning a spectral serpent.
Description
Rays in the dark sky, let's see your dignity! Midgar Swarm!
Upon casting
Midgardsormr (Midgar Swarm in the PlayStation version) is a summon spell used by Elidibus. It's a powerful non-elemental magickal attack that hits a single square up to four squares from the caster.
From a technical perspective, its art is merely a recolored version of the Salamander summon.
Final Fantasy Dimensions II[]
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Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia[]
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Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade[]
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The name hails from Norse mythology, in which Midgardsormr (Old Norse: Miðgarðsormr; also known as the World Serpent or Jörmungandr) was the middle child of Loki and a giantess named Angrboda. Odin threw it into the ocean that encircles Midgard and it eventually grew large enough to reach around the entire world and bite its own tail. It had been foreseen that on the day of Ragnarök it would battle with its arch-nemesis: Thor, the god of thunder. The sky would darken from the poison mist emitted by Midgardsormr, and the battle would end in the death of both. Thor would first kill Midgardsormr and then stagger nine steps before dying from its poison.
"Terrato" may be related to the Italian word sotterrato, which means "buried", or perhaps it may be related to "terato" from the Greek teras, meaning monster. It seems to have been used in place of "Midgardsormr" (a name Ted Woolsey would have caught) due to the hard eight-character limit affecting esper names in the SNES version of Final Fantasy VI. "Terra" is the Latin word for "Earth". It is also present in some Latin-derived languages such as Italian and Portuguese.
"Midgar Zolom" is discussed on its page; "Midgar Swarm" is likewise an artifact of the infamously low quality of the translation of the PS version of Final Fantasy Tactics, with the translator not picking up on the mythological reference and interpreting (ズオルム, zuorumu?) as "swarm".