The party starts at the head of the Giant and climbs all the way down. Each body part has its own map completion, so, since we'll never come back here, collect them. Every mob is weak to lightning and isn't that hard. Maybe don't fight multiple centurions, though. They strike fast and hard, and Rosa might not be able to keep up the heals. The searcher fellas from the lower Tower return here and function the same as they did before. They bring forth much harder enemies, of course, but the EXP to difficulty seems spectacular. Ramah didn't one-shot them, though, so we must fight.
From the head to the neck, into the chest, and out we come to the Inner Stair. I love my Inner Stair. I don't think I missed anyplace... We'll enter a room where we see a Namingway next to a Save Point. It's not a Namingway, but it is a shop! We can stock up on various items we may need. Save and continue onward. In the next room are four gem things in the floor. When we get to the middle of them, Rubicante will appear before us. He'll say some stuff, and the revived bodies of Scar, Cagnazzo, and Barb surround us. They inform us that Zemus has brought them back, and they want revenge. Rubi tells us he's learned from our last fight that there is power in numbers, and a boss fight breaks out.
We now must run the gauntlet of Elemental Archfiends. They function the same as before, so I hope you remember your previous strategies and can update them with Augments and new spells.
First up is The Blighted Despot, Scarmiglione. We only fight his second, undead form. He counters Ire spells with Gas, so prepare for that. Keep in mind, Fusoya has Holy.
Next up the Drowned King, Cagnazzo. This is the most annoying of the four, as he can bring up his stupid shield at a whim. It's the dumbest thing to spam. I almost got through the Giant last night, but this guy constantly making me heal him was painfully tedious and time consuming. The second time, he used the shield once... Go figure...
The Empress of the Wind, Barbariccia, is third. She'll bring up her Tornado Shield early, and you can't remove it this time because Kain is gone. Instead, we'll have to spam magic against her. I don't know if she was weak to Holy, but it did nearly max damage against her. Edge and Cecil were just kinda there... Also, slow works!
Finally is Rubicante, Autarch of Flame. Cast slow on, first of all. Rydia and Fusy should be Hasted by now for maximum firepower. I think he still counters physical attacks, so don't do much with Cecil and Edge. Feel free to double check this, though. This is going to sound strange, but have Edge try to Steal Rubi's nonexistent item. Doing so will cause him to open his cloak. Shiva and Blizzaga him for a short time. It only took me two rounds to finish him off.
When the four callbacks to Final Fantasy I die, they bemoan their deaths again and cry out to Zemus. Return to the Save Point behind us to heal and save. In the next room is the core of the Giant of Babel. Destroying this will shut down the whole thing.
Fusuya will tell us to defeat the Defense Core first as it heals the main CPU. Ignore him; he's an idiot. Use a Spider Silk to slow all three enemies first. If you're lucky, it won't be reflected off the Main CPU. The Defensive one casts Reflect on the Main Core, so you may want to Dispel it before Slowing everything. Take out the Offensive Core first. It's the only thing that can hurt us. It doesn't absorb anything, so do you're best. If you keep it around, you get hit by a team wide move called Laser Barrage that can two-shot a party. Rosa may not be able to outheal the attack. It's somewhat fragile, so it must die first. From here, ignore the Defensive Heal. It's easy to outdo and is so much worst if we defeat it. Our target is the CPU. It will just stand there and let us beat up on it. It'll probably be Reflected the whole time, so cast Ramah and have Fusuya Bless the party to make sure we don't run low on MP. Cecil and Edge don't do much damage, but it's cool. After a year and a half, it'll finally be destroyed. This leaves us against the even more defenseless Defense Core. It absorbs all elements, so unequip the Excalibur and Blitz Chain on Cecil and Rydia and enter Auto-battle while you get a snack. If you take out the Cores first, CPU will start to spam an Insta Death Attack and eventually revive the cores, so this is the way to go.
After the fight, we hear Golbez enter from behind the cores. He's upset, but it doesn't last long. Fusuya casts a spell, or something, that brings Golbez back from under Zemus' control. Fusuya, in a roundabout way, tells us Golbez is the eldest son of Kluya, therefore, Cecil's older brother. We flashback to a new scene in the 3D versions! We see a boy, Theodore, being born and walk around a small village as him a few years later. One night, he leaves his house to search for his father, staring up at the two moons. The few people we can talk to tell us that Kluya, our dad, has taught people how to use magic, but there are a group of people who plan to misuse this power for evil. When Theodore asks his father why he always stares at the moons, Klyua says, "he'll tell him some other day," and to go back to back to bed. Back home, he sees his mom collapsed on the floor, and he helps her back in. Cecilia tells her song she's pregnant, which causes the boy to jump for joy. Sometime later, we see that Kluya has been murdered by people upset at magic. Theodore tries to cast a Cure spell but is unable to. We cut again to Cecilia giving birth. She manages to hold her new son for a moment before her frail constitution leaves her, and she dies. There is one more cut, where Theo is looking out a window until the room goes red, and he hears a voice. It's a voice that tells him the new child is the cause of all his pain. If he wasn't born, Cecilia would still be alive. He tries to fight it, but the voice gets through and renames him Golbez. Golbez takes his brother and abandons him just outside Baron, where the King and his retinue find and adopts him. We come back to the present time, and Golbez regrets his actions. Cecil wonders how the roles could have been reversed had Zemus gotten him instead of brother, but Theodore says Zemus attacked the hate in his own heart. He was hurt by the perceived slight of Cecil killing his mother, which allowed the evil Lunarian in. Golbez vews vengeance upon Zemus, and Fusuya joins him. Despite us having the only means of transport between the Planet and Moon, they had to confront Zemus face-to-face.
But for us, the Gaint begins to shake. We've beaten it, but what of us? We hear a voice behind us, and it's Kain. He asks us to follow him to safety, but Edge doesn't trust him. Rose, though, does without hesitation. We see a cutscene where the Giant of Babel falls as the Red Wings and Dwarves look on. We return to the Lunar Whale, ready to follow Theodore and Fusuya. Kain rejoins despite Edge's protestations. Kain assures the ninja that if he turns again, Edge should kill him without a second thought. We then see a scene where Kain and Cecil's "rivalry" started. A young Kain views a young Cecil as a spoiled son of a King, undeserving of such a rank. Kain is the son of the Dragoon commander and worth more than he. They get into a bit of a tussle before Rosa breaks it up. After this, a scene that I've never liked plays. Cecil tells Rosa this isn't a place for her, a woman, and asks her to leave. She gets upset, but Cecil is adamant, so she takes her leave. Edge says something similar to Rydia, but about age, so she storms off. Cecil, Edge, and Kain head to Moon, but Rosa and Rydia hide onboard and trick their way back on the team. What was the point of this? It only showed that Cecil is a sexist, and Edge is even more of an idiot than I thought? And it was so short that it never lets any ramifications happen. Just, why? Regardless, we're at the final dungeon, but I'll do that...
...tomorrow.
I finished up a few sidequests. I got Bahamut, which was pretty easy. Cast slow on him, Haste on yourselves, and attack. Protect/Shell/Defend if his countdown is at 1. Even Edge survived Mega Flare. I also got Odin, the True King of Baron. Finally, I finished up the Eidolon Search stuff in the Feymarch because I wanted the Reflect Peirce, I guess? I don't think I'll finish this tomorrow, even if I blitz it, but by Monday, for sure. Also, what would have happened if Fusuya used Meteor?
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