Phoenix is a summon that appears in various games. It usually has an important story element.
Appearances
Final Fantasy V
Phoenix makes its first appearance as a Level 5 summon. It is obtained at the top of the Phoenix Tower, where Lenna has a flashback in which she must decide whether or not to cut the tongue of her Hiryuu to save her mother. If she refuses, the party obtains the summon.
Phoenix does fire damage to an enemy and revives a party member.
Final Fantasy VI
Phoenix is summoned into battle
Phoenix is an Esper that is obtained in the Phoenix Cave. Locke Cole has been searching for a way to revive his girlfriend, Rachel, and finds a way using the Phoenix Esper. He uses Phoenix to revive her, and she lives long enough to make Locke's guilt go away. Afterwards it is gained as a piece of Magicite. It costs 110 MP to summon and it teaches the following spells:
Phoenix's summon Life Giver casts Life on the party.
Final Fantasy VII
- See the Summon sequence here
Phoenix is a Summon Materia that is obtained at Fort Condor if Cid Highwind manages to protect the Huge Materia inside from Shin-Ra. If he does so, the condor sitting atop the fort dies and is reborn into the Phoenix Materia. Its attack is called "Phoenix Flame" and costs 180 MP to cast. It deals fire elemental damage to the enemy party and revives all dead party members with full HP.
Level -- AP Needed
- Level 1 -- 0
- Level 2 -- 28000
- Level 3 -- 70000
- Level 4 -- 120000
- MASTER -- 800000
Stat Changes
- Magic +2
- Magic Defense +2
- Maximum HP -10%
- Maximum MP +10%
Final Fantasy VIII
- See the Summon sequence here
Phoenix is a "semi-Guardian Force" in this game, and can only be summoned if someone uses a Phoenix Pinion at least once. It will randomly appear when all the members of the player's party have died in battle. Its "Rebirth Flame" can damage enemies and revive the characters from KO.
Final Fantasy IX
- See the Summon sequence here
Phoenix is an Eidolon that only Eiko Carol can summon. It is learned by equipping a Phoenix Pinion, and is randomly summoned automatically if Eiko is in the party and there is a Game Over. This rate is proportional to the amount of Phoenix Pinions the party has.
Final Fantasy XI
Though Phoenix does not appear as a summon in Final Fantasy XI, it is the name of a server.
Final Fantasy XII
Phoenix appears twice in Final Fantasy XII, not as a summon, but rather as an Elite mark and a Boss.
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
One of eight creatures the Summoner can summon, Phoenix will fully revive any fainted unit and instantly KO any Undead in the area with 100% accuracy. Its area effect is two spaces outward and one space diagonally from the point of origin.
Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon
Phoenix appears in Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon.
Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2
Phoenix appears in Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon 2.
Itadaki Street Portable
Phoenix appears in Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable.
Final Fantasy: Unlimited
In the anime, Final Fantasy: Unlimited, Phoenix makes several appearences as a summon. The Soil Charge Triad (Soil is like the colored bullet of a Magun, used to summon creatures) needed to summon Phoenix is:
- Origin of all, Mother Black!
- Burning all to ashes, Fire Red!
- The critical point of all, Burning Gold!
Followed by saying: "Burn! Summoned Creature! Phoenix!"
In the English audio version, the Soil Charge Triad was changed to:
- The origin of all things, Mother Black!
- A heat that will scorch all creation, Fire Red!
- The critical point of everything, Burning Gold!
Followed by saying: "Burn up! I summon you! Phoenix!"
Phoenix is later upgraded to Giga-Phoenix (the Soil Charge Triad remains the same).
Etymology
The mythical bird, Phoenix, first appeared in Ancient Egyptian culture. Since then, its myth has been derived in several different cultures including Greek and Chinese, even finding its way into contemporary American culture through the Harry Potter books and X-Men comics. One thing rings true through all these myths: the Phoenix is seen as a sign of re-birth or immortality. The Egyptians represented the Phoenix on their sarcophagi as a heron and referred to it as "benu". The Greeks would later define it as a beautiful bird with red and gold plumage. In some myths, the Phoenix is big enough to cover the sun and turn day into night. Its song is so beautiful that the Greek sun god would stop his chariot, which he towed the sun with, to listen to its song. Every 500 years, it is said that the Phoenix, reaching death, would build a nest of sweet smelling wood or cinnamon, which would be set on fire. This fire would consume the bird and from the ashes, it would be reborn. The bird would wrap these ashes in an egg of myrrh and fly to Heliopolis in Greek mythology, or the altar of the sun god Ra in Egyptian mythology, to deposit it. The Phoenix can be seen in the night sky as a constellation during summer in the Southern Hemisphere.
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