Pandaemonium (Final Fantasy II)

Castle Pandaemonium, the Palace of Hell, in the PSP version.

Castle Pandaemonium on the World Map in the PSP version.

The castle that appeared at the time of the emperor's resurrection...It can only be Pandaemonium, the fortress of the lord of Hell.

Gordon

Pandaemonium or Pandemonium (パンデモニウム Pandemoniumu) is the final dungeon of Final Fantasy II. The capital of Hell, it was initially ruled by Satan until his defeat by the Emperor, and was afterwards risen to the surface upon his return to the mortal world as the Hell Emperor. Its advent destroys and replaces Castle Palamecia.

Story

Template:Spoilers Many centuries ago, a great hole opened in the world, and many monsters spilled out. After them, the palace of Hell, Pandaemonium, rose from it. The people, fearing for their lives, made the ultimate spell, Ultima. Using this spell, they managed to seal the palace back from where it came. However, the monsters still remained, and the mages who cast Ultima, fearing their new power, went away and founded the town of mages, Mysidia, in a secluded area. Here, they sealed the Ultima Tome away, so that no one else could use its power.

After the party kills the Emperor, his soul goes to Hell. Here, he absorbs the dark powers, and becomes Emperor of Hell. Using his new powers, he is able to raise Pandaemonium to the Earth again, where Palamecia used to stand.

The party travels through the Jade Passage, and arrives in Pandaemonium. Here, they travel to the top and find the Emperor. They manage to defeat him in battle, and with his powers now gone, Pandaemonium once again sinks back into Hell.

Spoilers end here.

Treasure

Pandaemonium emerging from the depths of hell.

Item	Location
Ether	Second Floor
Elixir	Third Floor
Genji Gloves	Fifth Floor, guarded by Zombie Borghen
Masamune	Fifth Floor
Genji Helm	Fifth Floor, guarded by Tiamat
Genji Armor	Sixth Floor, guarded by Beelzebub
Ribbon	Sixth Floor, guarded by Astaroth
Sage's Wisdom	Seventh Floor
Hellfire	Eight Floor
Acid Phial	Eight Floor

Enemies

Random Encounters

Beast Demon		Devil Wolf	Great Malboro	Ice Lizard		Mantis Devil	Death Rider
Bomb	Lamia	Mythril Golem
Coeurl

Bosses

Music

Template:Listen The Background Music that plays in Pandaemonium is called after itself, "Castle Pandaemonium".

Other Appearances

Final Fantasy Tactics

Pandaemonium.

Pandaemonium was mentioned as one of the wonders in Final Fantasy Tactics. It bears the following description:

The capital of the ancient Palamecian Empire. The towering mountain range encircling the city guarded it from even the most ambitious airship captains. A warping device was the only means of bypassing this natural barrier.

Dissidia Final Fantasy

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Pandaemonium in Dissidia.

Pandaemonium is the representative arena of Final Fantasy II in Dissidia. Here, Warrior of Light, Tidus, and Firion each battle the Emperor in their respective storylines, and Zidane speaks to Cosmos here. Terra and Onion Knight also have an encounter with Exdeath here, as does Bartz.

The palace is perhaps the most closed-in arena in the game, with many walls, low ceilings, and few open areas. The center of the stage contains a Banish Trap at the bottom of a pit over which hang a handful of small, square platforms. The stage's Ω form causes patches of ground to randomly turn red and black. When this occurs, spikes randomly appear and pierce upwards when the characters battle over these patches of ground, damaging their Bravery by a set percentage and adding it to the Bravery pool. Perhaps fittingly, the Emperor's trap abilities work fairly well here due to the lack of space to maneuver in.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy

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Pandaemonium in Dissidia 012.

Pandaemonium returns as an arena in Dissidia, and the top floor of Pandaemonium, the Hell's Throne will appear in Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy as well.

Interestingly, unlike the other area of Pandaemonium, which is a very closed-in space, the Hell's Throne is fairly spacious and wide, with the numerous crystals that litter the area being breakable.

Gallery

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Etymology

"Pandæmonium" is the capital of Hell in John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost.

Trivia

• The last floor of Pandaemonium is crystalline, which could be an allusion to the Divine Comedy in which Lucifer, or in this case the Lord of Hell, is at the middle of the lowest circle of hell, the Cocytus, which is a frozen lake.

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