[@Shoryu Magami] [@Gohan]

Oh, boy. Here we go.

>As for Kefka himself, I'm actually imagining the fact that The Emperor is proficient in advanced weaponry development could result in them working together -- he could contribute to Magitek weaponry development, something which never came into play during Dissidia. With that said, The Emperor's personality means he wouldn't actually like Kefka, but he's manipulative enough not to let that show until your aforementioned 'turn everyone to dust' moment.

I can see this partnership being a thing; Though I'd imagine many Magitek weapons and armors would be useless to most of the Chaos-side as far as main villains go, but maybe The Emperor is plotting some 'Absolute' weapon that'll destroy just about everything? A doomsday weapon would be something Kefka would get behind; As well as improving the Slave Crown for re-capturing Terra. Though the latter is less weapon and more mind-control, so maybe that won't turn out in Kefka's favor, at least as quickly. Kefka would, obviously, get extremely pissed with The Emperor decided to back stab him; But I don't think that's a one-way street. Kefka ought to be ready to backstab him as well; Though The Emperor will obviously become badder than Kefka is, and possibly end him personally if Kefka tries anything. They are probably two of the stronger villains on the roster, so it'll be a struggle unless the fight happens really late where The Emperor has most of his power back. We'll see how that goes.

>I also mentioned that possibility of Exdeath coming over, since his presence would help to move the plot I have in mind for The Emperor forward. I didn't want to have him come over just to be a plot device though, so I might wait until you decide on Galuf first -- no pressure to use Galuf though, since Exdeath won't be essential to my ideas. There was also discussion about my possibly bringing over Auron at some point to counterbalance Jecht (if I use Jecht), regardless of whether you bring over Tidus or not. Cecil and Golbez are still high on the priority list too, and I discussed how I've got other possible characters I'll bring over but didn't name them all.

I'm fairly set on Galuf; Cosmos needs some elder badasses like him around; Plus some more bulky fighters, too. Galuf will probably, as of the current roster, be the most durable of the warriors of Cosmos. Exdeath and Galuf need to have a rematch; Maybe with the same ending as the last time they fought. Galuf'll probably fight to the end just to make Exdeath retreat to save someone else; Dying in the process. Or possibly, they'll end up killing each-other. Though I don't think, by himself, Galuf is strong enough to flat-out defeat Exdeath. But he'll sure as hell try.

I might use Tidus. I'm not certain as of yet; As there are some other good choices in the FFX roster; Not to mention that I have other characters I wish to play, as well. FF9 is lacking in any contenders, so Quina is still on the board for me; But I'm also considering Freya, because Dragoons are awesome. Amarant would fit in on the Chaos side; If nobody wanted to play Kuja. (Because I don't.) And, all-in-all, I don't have any desire to play FF7/8/13 characters, so I'm pretty much bailing on that possible responsibility. The only characters I'd really consider are Yuffie and Zell... Maybe Snow or Hope. Also if anyone has any FFXII plans; I'd be willing to take Vaan. Because why the hell not, right? Unimportant could be comical.

>We've discussed having the heroes split up into a few groups - due to a plot reason that you don't need to worry about but feel free to read back if you want to know what I had in mind - in order to prevent them all being in a single place at one time, while the villains start together. Due to another plot reason I contributed, new heroes and villains can appear over time instead of the usual cycles where they're all summoned right from the start. Whenever we post IC we'll be 'segmenting' our posts (we post multiple characters in one post, but separate the content) when they're not in one place, in order to avoid confusions. There was also discussion about how the heroes should be the priority of the narrative - not the villains - but I felt that Marche could probably be the reader's 'eyes' on the villain side since he's not a 'proper' villain completely and is still technically the main character of a game.

The heroes being split up would be a good idea; Mostly because having huge slugfests with everyone involved could get bothersome. Restricting the amount of help they have is a good idea. I'm familiar with seperating character content for my posts, so that won't be an issue on my end, and it does make thing tidy and easy to understand. I honestly agree on the heroes being the priority; But the villains deserve their banter and focus, too. Marche makes sense being a somewhat outsider view of Chaos; He might be working on solving things his own way, but he still has his own mind and opinions; Kefka will be disgusted by his honor and such. He'll approve of the runt more when he starts losing his soul to Mateus. There's the possibility of the turn as well; Marche might just end up not working with Chaos forever, perhaps even being declared a traitor by Mateus to get someone off his trail if they started catching on. I doubt Marche could survive being ganged-up on by the likes of Exdeath and Kefka; But maybe with some Warrior of Cosmos help he'll have time to turn before he ends up completely deprived of what makes Marche, well, Marche.

>Gohan asked me which characters I thought would work best for the parties initially as some of the heroes started meeting each other shortly after they appear whenever they get summoned to. I responded with the following recommendations (which we wanted your opinion of) based off an analysis of their personalities, role-players, and other factors:

Terra Ritz and Layle seems like a pretty fun group to have; They can bounce off each-other well, conversation-wise, and their abilities are fleshed out enough to handle situations decently. Ritz and Terra could be especially fun considering she's confident while Terra is a bit nervous; She'll probably end up annoyed with both her and Layle, but consider them good to have around nonetheless. Especially once villains start showing up. Considering Freya and Galuf are pretty much confirmed for me, they also need to be taken into account. Galuf would, honestly, fit into a more serious crowd really well; He's a lighthearted old badass with a sense of humor about mostly everything, good for breaking the tension. Meanwhile Freya is about as serious as they come, more than Ritz, most certainly. So she'd be fun to stick into a more comically-active group. Might actually be interesting to pair her with Cecil, if you do use him.

>I've decided to bring this up since we haven't gone into it completely yet. Gohan mentioned not wanting to play Cosmos and Chaos at the same time, due to not wanting it to feel like he was 'playing chess against himself' from what I can tell. With this in mind, I suggest Raddum playing Chaos - unless he doesn't want to - because I'm sort of considering The Emperor as a third faction of sorts given how he isn't loyal to Chaos at all and could very realistically become a serious threat to him as the story progresses.

>If Raddum doesn't want to play him, I'll take him on - just be warned I might have a difficult time being unbiased with it -- unless you guys don't care about that since Chaos (who is mostly a plot device) is unlikely to be as interesting of a villain as The Emperor will be.

It wouldn't be right if I refused, I don't think. Three of us; Three sides of the conflict eventually, it only makes sense I take the role. Shouldn't be too much of an issue, I imagine. So we've got that settled now.

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Welp, there we go.

I have finished Kefka's CS and put it in the Characters tab. I have given him a few new things, mostly relevant to his abilities in FFVI after becoming a god of magic that shouldn't seem too busted; I do want opinions on the new powers he has in his EX-MODE, however. I feel like it'll be a good way to upgrade Kefka a little bit; And give him an actual summon at some point, as well. If anything seems too distasteful, let me know. 

For now? I shall begin work on Galuf. Then probably Freya.

EDIT:

Galuf's finished. His skills are extremely limited, but FFV isn't known for giving you huge versatility with a single character. So to make up for it, he's bulky as all hell and has easy Shell/Reflect access.