[@Shoryu Magami]

Such a weapon would appeal to Kefka, certainly. Anything that could cause such destruction would be amusing for him; And that's mostly what matters in his case. I'm actually thinking that Mateus and Kefka should eventually use the Slave Crown on Marche; Maybe as a test to see how well it performs, as they do need to ensure it'll work for when they manage to put it on Terra. This would probably be closer to Marche changing sides, to which while Marche can be declared a traitor; He can also remain sided with Chaos by being more fully controlled by a Slave Crown; Which I'm certain only a warrior of Cosmos would ever consider taking off.

Kefka going along with his plan truly depends on what Mateus' goal is; Which I don't truly want completely spoiled, so I'll just make some assumptions. If it truly is destruction, then Kefka would approve, but not want to be considered a lesser threat in the world's destruction. He'd probably end up fighting Mateus just over not being top dog in the whole plan; Overthrowing another god is just one mistake Kefka isn't going to want Mateus to make; So I doubt they'll end up working together once his true goals are revealed. But, you might curve ball the shit out of me and give me something so batshit crazy that Kefka will jump on it like a giddy little child. So feel free to correct me throughout the roleplay.

>Whether or not Galuf is a match for him probably depends on how much the characters on the Cosmos side end up being able to 'help each other grow' -- something that Dissidia never touched on - that I think we should - is how characters crossing over from different worlds would allow them to make each other develop beyond the limits of their own world. This is actually significant to The Emperor's plotline too.

It'd actually be neat if job-class characters could progress and learn skills based on other characters; Galuf could learn the Dragoon job from being around Kain and Freya, for example. Ritz could improve her magic with Terra's help, depending on how scared this incarnation is of her abilities, and eventually this would cause both of them to become highly versatile; Possibly even dawning outfits similar to those of the ones they learned new abilities from. It could be fun, and useful, to poke around with.

>I think the best option for parties is Firion/Kain/Galuf and Terra/Ritz/Layle. Who Cecil and Freya end up with is more up in the air, especially if you'd like them to be in the same group since this might mean they need a group of their own.

Oh, yes. Galuf will certainly spice up the situation with those two. As far as Cecil and Freya go, if [@Gohan] is planning any other characters, perhaps they'd fit into this third group. I don't know who it'd be, but there's a fair amount of characters that'd be fitting to have. 

>I think it makes sense for us to draw more from the original games and I've been doing this a lot on my end. Do you want this version of Kefka to actually have already defeated the Warring Triad then? I'll probably build Terra's history (which she doesn't fully remember right now) around whatever point in the timeline you want to set Kefka.

Giving Kefka's abilities due to godhood, I imagine this Kefka was pulled from the World of Ruin; Anywhere between Celes waking up stranded, to her and the party, including Terra, confronting Kefka atop the tower. I feel like it'd have to be after Celes recruits Terra, as for her to have her will to fight against others. Though wherever you think is best is probably alright with me. The World of Ruin actually leaves Terra at a point where she got to more deeply know her companions as well, which would work well with her reflecting them off of characters like Firion and Galuf. No matter where in the World of Ruin Kefka's from, he's still the same power; As he gained everything on the Floating Continent in the World of Balance. 

>As for the summon idea, it makes complete sense because that's more or less how summons work in Final Fantasy VI -- you're basically turning them into 'Magicite' and forced them under your power, though this makes me wonder why he doesn't have a summon yet unless coming to this dimension made him lose it. 

The thing about Kefka's Magicite is that once Kefka learned how to obtain all the magical ability of an esper, he drained every single one to the last drop to the point the magicite itself doesn't exist anymore; He used all of their power just to empower himself, and become a god. If he were to start with a summon, I'd make original summons out of the Warring Triad he recreates; But I want to keep summons mostly canon, so as far as I'm going is chimera-summons he steals from others. I have no doubts Kefka can stand up to the average summon by himself; Especially in his God of Magic form, and reclaiming those summons for himself will make him much more dangerous; As I plan to make chimera-summons destructive beasts, even the support summons he copies being vicious compared to the originals. I could see this being well-played against Yuna; Her summons being twisted into mashed-up, tortured beasts that'd make Anima look tame. Even a chimera-Mog would end up being a bit terrifying, if less threatening than, say, managing to obtain Mateus' summons. if Kefka managed to swipe Zodiark? [sub]busted.[/sub]

I figured you'd bring up Galuf being somewhat like Cyan; Cyan was actually a character I considered, for a time, but settled on the others instead. Rather than a calm-minded warrior with strange speech patterns, Galuf is more like... Everyone's overly jolly grandpa who is beffy as hell.