Syldra concept art by Yoshitaka Amano.
Syldra (シルドラ, Shirudora?), also known as Hydra, is a character and summon from Final Fantasy V. She is Faris Scherwiz's childhood friend. Her signature attack is a wind-elemental Thunderstorm, which she shares with some lightning-elemental summoned monsters.
Appearances
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Final Fantasy VEdit
Syldra is Faris's pet sea dragon. In the Anthology release, it is called Hydra and is referred to as male, but in all other versions she is female.
StoryEdit
Syldra saves Faris and her friends from the sinking Walse Tower.
When a young Faris fell overboard, Syldra saved her and became friends with the beast. When she became captain of the pirates who rescued her, she used Syldra to help them out. Syldra pulls the pirate ship through the water, which makes it one of the two known ships on Planet R that doesn't need wind to move. She helps the party cross the seas of Tycoon to reach the Wind Shrine. While crossing the Torna Canal the ship is attacked by Karlabos, which is defeated by the party and drags Syldra inside a whirlpool, separating her from the party and leaving the ship crash.
Faris meets Syldra's spirit in the Pirates' Hideout.
Later, Syldra sacrifices herself to save the party from the sinking Walse Tower, and Faris breaks down. Upon visiting the Pirates' Hideout in the Merged World Faris sees Syldra's spirit in the cove. Bartz and Lenna do not see anything, but Krile, who can understand Syldra, tells Faris that even in death, Syldra wants to help. These words comfort Faris, and the party is given Syldra to summon.
GameplayEdit
Syldra is a level 4 summon and deals an attack called Thunderstorm for 32 MP, which does Wind-elemental damage to all enemies. When boosted with the Air Knife or Magus Rod, Syldra can deal almost as much damage as Bahamut, for half the MP cost.
In the mobile and Steam versions, the player earns the "Say Hello, Syldra!" achievement after obtaining the pirate ship.
Final Fantasy XIVEdit
The Syldra is a mount available to players who purchased the Collector's Edition of the Stormblood expansion. The mount is capable of ground, flying, and underwater travel.
Final Fantasy Dimensions IIEdit
Faris and Syldra.
Faris in a Summoner job accompanied by Syldra appears as a summon.
Dissidia 012 Final FantasyEdit
Syldra summon in Dissidia 012.
Syldra is a summon whose Thunderstorm will instantly negate any other summon ability that takes effect over a period of time or takes time to charge up, such as Shiva, Leviathan, or Tonberry. Summons that take effect instantly are unaffected. She can be purchased from certain Moogle Shops for 120 KP.
There is a trade accessory called "Syldra Spine".
Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera OmniaEdit
Syldra is summoned for Faris' EX Ability Thunderstorm.
Pictlogica Final FantasyEdit
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Pictlogica Final Fantasy ≒Edit
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Syldra appears, using Thunderstorm, its signature attack from Final Fantasy V.
- Ability Cards
- Legend Cards
Final Fantasy ArtniksEdit
Syldra appears as an obtainable card.
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Final Fantasy Record KeeperEdit
Syldra often accompanies Faris in her Soul Breaks. She is also a Rank 4 summon obtainable by crafting, and deals two magic lightning attacks when cast.
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A once-malicious sea serpent who was redeemed through its friendship with a human.
Syldra appears as a water-element ability card. Her ability is Ice Burst which is a warrior ability that allows an area water attack. She produces six water orbs in battle. She possesses the extra skills Bloodthirst, Elemental Retrieval and Guard Breaker. Her auto-ability is Magic Up+3%. She can be obtained from the Ability Card Shop or through Summoning.
World of Final FantasyEdit
Syldra appears with Faris and fights in conjunction with her. After Lann and Reynn lose a confrontation against Syldra and Faris, only to face off against a Federation Guard, Tama comments "out of the hydra..." a possible reference to Syldra's being known as "Hydra" in some translations.
Who's WhoEdit
SyldraEdit
- Notes: Faris's closest friend / Pirate ship power source
- Syldra's Clan
- While seemingly a unique Mirage, Syldra used to have a larger family. Her clan is gone now, but at least one extant relative, the sea dragon elasmos, appears to live on somewhere in Grymoire.
- Exceptionally Talented
- Syldra can single-handedly pull a ship through the ocean, drive off a band of Bahamutian soldiers in one blow, and even cross to the Low Seas. She's certainly impressive.
- However, Syldra wasn't summoned to Grymoire, nor is she merely some pet. Faris found Syldra struggling in the river shallows; after going through a whole mess of trouble together, they became fast friends.
- First World of Origin:
- FINAL FANTASY V
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Final Fantasy Trading Card GameEdit
Syldra appears in the Trading Card Game representing the element of Wind.
Non-Final Fantasy guest appearancesEdit
Itadaki StreetEdit
Syldra is a chance card in Dragon Quest & Final Fantasy in Itadaki Street Portable, the card's ability: Can buy empty place or house from other owners with 4x cost.
GalleryEdit
EtymologyEdit
The Hydra was one of the spawn of Echidna, a many-headed serpentine monstrosity in Ancient Greek mythology. It could breathe poison, and indeed its very blood was deadly. The Hydra was killed as one of Heracles's Twelve Labors.
TriviaEdit
- The Shildra Inn in Cosmo Canyon from Final Fantasy VII is named after this creature.
