Contrary to popular belief...Guy only speaks beaver. Take that as you will.
"Friends, do not fall for their tricks!" - Firion
"A would be rebel...chasing dreams..." - Emperor Mateus
The rebel army plans an attack on Fynn and encamps outside the town. Firion, Maria, Guy and Leila lead the attack and defeat the imperial castellan, Gottos, earning the rebels an important victory. Minwu and the Ultima Tome are nowhere to be found so Hilda instructs the party to look for him and retrieve the Tome from the Mysidian Tower.
After obtaining the Crystal Rod from the trials on the Tropical Island, the party heads for the Tower, only to be swallowed by the Leviathan. Shipwrecked and separated from Leila, the party works its way from Leviathan's innards to the mouth, where, with the help of Ricard Highwind the Dragoon, they retake the ship by defeating a Roundworm. They head for the Tower with Ricard, best the Fire Gigas, Ice Gigas and the Thunder Gigas and find Minwu at the Chamber of the Seal. He has been waiting for Firion's group to arrive; once they are there, he uses his life force to break the seal.
The party takes Ultima and returns to Fynn, but discover the towns of Altair, Gatrea, Paloom and Poft have been destroyed by a mysterious force known as the Cyclone. It threatens to tear the world asunder if the party cannot figure out how to stop it. Hilda explains a pendant can be used to call wyverns in the chamber at the top of the castle, and Paul gives them the item. The pendant calls the young wyvern that was hatched at Deist, and they fly it into the Cyclone.
They infiltrate the fortress inside the storm and defeat the Emperor. A victory celebration is held at Fynn, but it is interrupted by the news that the Dark Knight is Maria's long-lost brother Leon, who has crowned himself Emperor. Cid, dying after the attack on Paloom, gives the party his airship, and they fly to Palamecia. Leon refuses Maria's pleas and prepares to battle, but the Emperor returns from Hell, now more powerful than ever, and reveals his intentions of bringing Hell to Earth, no longer caring about ruling Palamecia. Ricard sacrifices himself in battle against the Emperor so that the others can escape on the Wyvern.
Event Start Date: May 3
Event Bonus Battle: May 6
Event End Date: May 13
All information is taken from a mixture of Reddit/Spreadsheets and my own obviously expert analysis.
Much info for the event comes from this thread and its related links: https://www.reddit.com/r/FFRecordKee...ii_megathread/
Though the information provided is used as a guideline and not always taken directly from the thread. When necessary, additional thoughts on Cid Missions and battle strategies are added.
Notable Rewards:
Maria's Scarf - Accessory: Mag +30
New Characters Acquired:
Hitting yourself makes you stronger.
Dress Spheres Acquired:
Hitting yourself makes you stronger.
Old Characters Acquired:
Maria
Guy
Minwu
Josef
Emperor Mateus
New Memory Crystals:
Hitting yourself makes you stronger.
Old Memory Crystals
Maria MC1/MC2
Guy MC1/MC2
Minwu MC1/MC2
Josef MC1/MC2
Emperor Mateus MC1/MC2
New Record Materia:
Noone Added:
New Record Dive
Guy
Josef
Ricard (!!!!!!!!!!)
Scott
New Legend Materia
Spoiler: show
Cid Missions
- Beat '凶++' with a party consisting of only FFII synergy characters.
Relics
This is the big earth event before next fest and Type-0; dealing with more of a magical earth offering for Maria and Mateus' continued transition from wind to earth.
It does have good +earth items, but many are tied to uncommon weapon types in bows and axes, along with some armor and rods.
Minwu becomes our 2nd real offensive white mage here as well to join Rem (whose stuff return shortly as well), so there is that to consider as well.
https://www.reddit.com/r/FFRecordKee...earth_banners/
It's your choice if pulling for earth now, on Type-0, the earth pickup, or wait until fest. Fest may have the best quality banner overall, but that doesn't necessitate earth.
Dark is an afterthought here, but Leon benefits greatly from him LMR in a sea of physical dark users.
Ultra EX/Chase Type Glossary:
Spoiler: show
Banner 1:
Maria's USB keeps her earth centric focus, with 10x earth/non magic hits on entry with en-earth, a Mag/Def boost, and Ability Double for Black Magic. Her standard bearer BSB is here as well and can just as easily pump out good damage on the BSB alone.
Guy dams it up with 10x ST earth/non damage, en-earth (thankfully not an imperil), an odd Atk 30%/Def 50% boost, and Monk Ability Boost. His AoE imperil-earth BSB returns.
Minwu is still reliant on other sources for en-holy, but with his USB boosts he doesn't always need it. 10x ST holy/non entry, a beefy 50% Mnd boost, an additional White Magic boost, and White Magic Ability Double. Speaking of en-holy, thats in his BSB that shows up here.
Mateus' USB is old, but he gains a new earth focus BSB2 here. 8x ST earth/dark on entry with en-earth. C1 is a decent 4x earth/dark hit that will also double cast speed for 2 turns and C2 is a 2x earth/dark hit with Magic BD.
Leon's ancient, though somehow still decent, BSB returns to finish up B1.
Banner 2:
A special note here is that Josef's LMR shield packs minor confuse, death, and stun resist in one package.
His USB keeps up the theme of his unfortunate destiny - Loudside + Last Stand and 2 charges of Quickcast. His 'halfway hero' VoF BSB returns here, with en-ice instead of haste.
Firion gets some new tech with a new USB. 10x ST holy/non damage with a needed en-holy and a EX mode similar to OK's pUSB - Atk+30% and a cast speed buildup. Like OK's USB, if you refresh the USB before it fades you will retain the buildup cast speed. His workhorse magic blink BSB returns here too.
Returning Items:
Gordon: USB, BSB
Maria: OSB
Ricard: BSB (what else does he have to recur DeNa?!)
Scott: BSB
Legend Materias:
- Banner 1 - Leon: Small chance to double cast Darkness abilities.
- Banner 1 - Leon: Begin battle with en-earth.
- Banner 1 - Guy: Moderate boost to physical attacks with an axe equipped.
- Banner 1 - Minwu: Small chance to double cast White Magic abilities.
- Banner 1 - Emperor: Trance: Full heal and 2x cast speed for 25 seconds.
- Banner 2 - Josef: Begin battle with en-ice.
- Banner 2 - Firion: Small chance to double cast Combat abilities.
- Banner 2 - Gordon: Moderate increase to stat buff duration.
- Banner 2 - Ricard: Begin battle with en-wind.
- Banner 2 - Scott: Begin battle with en-fire.
Relic Discussion
https://www.reddit.com/r/FFRecordKee...nny_who_needs/