[u][b]Final Fantasy V​[/b][/u]




Lyra Stratta and a company of Special Forces soldiers close in on a frosty stone altar. Lyra closes her eyes, touching the cold surface slowly. She comes out of the remote temple eager to test her new prize. She summons [b]Shiva[/b], the beautiful Goddess of ice, and in a fit of rage and grief, she kills everyone but Lyra using [i]Diamond Dust[/i]. (This stems back to the Great War when the Gods were still free)


Cid, Biggs, Wedge, Lilly, and Marrick are in a Zenobian prison.


Stryker travels far and wide searching for Casius. He gets him up to speed, and they head directly for Sobral territory. They manage to be taken prisoner and Seto speaks to them. Stryker tells him the gang is locked up and Seto begins preparing for the journey.


He talks to his father, and brothers Henato and Sedato. He tells them everything. That an entity so evil that they would destroy everything to rebuild in their own image threatens the lives of every free man the world over, and he must leave again to fight it. His father is moved to tears, telling Seto he is proud of him. (Seto is the runt. He always lived in the shadow of Henato, a hero of the tribe, and Sedato, now a hero too. Henato Sr. loves all of his sons, but he recognized that Seto is special from birth, that's why he has Bahamut. Even though Neo and ZERO are more powerful, Bahamut is the father of all Gods, the one true God. It's been the duty and destiny of his kin to protect the world and long have they neglected it.)


They free their friends (and a lot of rebel soldiers and Andoran civilians) with the help of Bastian, his men, and local rebel factions. Casius goes 0 to 100 particularly quick and with considerable force. He leaves a trail of victims through the prison. He finds Boko, who has been chained and beaten (a very heart wrenching scene that had a lot of fans in an uproar) but he is freed after Casius kills his tormentors. The Valiant is located and taken back.


The [i]Time Mage[/i] [b]Elder Kirin[/b] visits Seto aboard The Valiant. He tells him he [i]MUST[/i] release Ortega immediately and speaks to him about the Gods, and tips him off about the location of Ifrit.


The gang arrives at the cave and Leo has been perched like a predator stalking for prey. He squares off with Wedge (two spear enthusiasts). Casius has hung back to make sure Wedge is alright, and he can see that Leo is toying with him like a cat with a mouse pinned to the floor. He interferes, disarming Leo, breaking his nose, left wrist, and right arm at the elbow before throwing him over a cliff into water below.


The group retrieves [b]Ifrit[/b] and [b]Phoenix[/b] successfully. Meanwhile Members of the Chimera Initiative recover [b]Siren[/b] and [b]Leviathan[/b].


While searching for the resting place of [b]Titan[/b], the group encounters a [i]behemoth[/i] and together they kill the beast in an intense battle. Everyone survives but Casius is worn out and beat up. ([b]Titan[/b] and [b]Golem[/b] are retrieved)


Seto heads for [u][i][b]Gallik Baal'a[/b][/i][/u], a small continent to the far north (a place Ana made him promise not to go before she died) to search a legendary cursed shrine.


Stryker has Cid head for Juakeem and Shae'elle, and Banion afterward. He brings the rest of the group together again.