The Evolution of a Planet

Covering FF3, FF4, and FF9 :) *Spoilers ahead!!

True Moon (FF3)

 

                In the “merged world” of Planet R, the Flood of Light was caused by The Ancients creating an advanced society.  One of them is a scientist, Owen- who is the son of Seymour and Jenova. In time, the Ancient’s civilization is ruined after the flood of darkness; an earthquake caused their settlement to rise up- becoming part of the Floating Continent. The Tower of Owen is constructed to keep the land afloat. Owen put himself and his son, Desch into a deep sleep; Desch would be forcibly awakened when the tower was threatened. Former student of Magus Noah, Xande was given power of mortality and didn’t want to die, so he sought to freeze time by creating a flood of darkness. He constructed a Crystal Tower to drain the Earth and Water (Light) crystals and caused the great earthquake. He remained on the Surface World with time frozen and the world flooded. Weary of the Floating Continent, he sends monsters to destroy them, namely Medusa to the Tower of Owen and Hein. The warriors of Light are chosen by the wind crystal to restore balance. During their quest they cross paths with Sorcerer Hein (Hyne-FF8). He was summoned from the Void by Xande to convert the Elder Tree (Guardian Tree) into a Floating Fortress and enslaves the people of castle Argus. The warriors had to defeat a fiend named, Daemon before they defeated Hein. They venture to the Surface world to restore the Water and Earth Crystals while also looking for a way to enter the Crystal Tower to access Eureka in order to defeat Xande.

                With help from Doga and Unei, they are able to enter the land of Eureka- the two sages had to be killed in order to gain access. The warriors obtain the summons Odin, Bahamut and Leviathan and enter a portal. Xande confronts them, but is defeated; however his actions lead to the manifestation of The Cloud of Darkness who wants to return everything to nothingness. The light warriors enter the Dark World and free dark warriors by slaying the 4 guardians of the Dark Crystals. Fighting the Cloud again, the dark warriors sacrifice themselves to weaken The Cloud. Defeated by the warriors of light, Xande and the Cloud return to The Rift. In the end, a constant battle of Light and Darkness consumed the world, Yama fled to the “5th Planet”. When Owen awoke, the world was in ruin but the 8 crystals, his parents, and Phoenix survived. He used the planet as a vessel to sail the cosmos “like his mother did long ago.” His vessel was named, True Moon and he would be called, The Creator. Phoenix creates new people to help man his vessel, they are called Maenads. With the help of his love, Phoenix who has access to Crystal World, drawing on the knowledge of his parents, and Ancient Library; he creates crystals capable of recording history/memories like the spheres of Spira, but they can also be manipulated for other tasks such as with sealing off or accessing people and places.  He sends them to other worlds; he gives 8 to Yama of the “5^th Planet” (FF2) and 8 to The Blue Planet (FF4) to study evolution. Using a stitch in time he sends some to the days of FF1, FF3 and FF6. After some time, he searches for his crystals to gather the data collected to determine the successes and failures of his experiment.

 

Recording Evolution (FF4)

 

                Hydealyn created The Blue Planet with no “mothercrystal” with the hopes that World B’s and World A’s memories won’t influence their evolution. Her intentions were undermined with the introduction of Owen’s crystals and the rebirth of summons by Yami. The people of the 5^th planet see that the humans of the Blue Planet are not as advanced as them. They decide to construct an artificial moon to live on and name it Red Moon and call themselves, Lunarians. The two crystals possessing the powers of Meteor and Holy are used to create the powers of white and black magic that only specific people can use- mages and summoners of the new Mysidia. Even with the passage of much time, these humans are slow to advance in their way of life. Iludia wants the Lunarians and humans to coexist, but she fears there is too much of a power difference between them. One of her people, Zemus realizes this and intends on destroying humans so they can inhabit the earth once again. He and other radical Lunarians use the magical powers to create The Giant of Babil. The son of Iludia and Yama, Fusoya is able to seal him and the Giant away using the 16 crystals and 8 are sent to the Blue Planet. Iludia puts her people into a long sleep except for the one who was given the task of teaching magic and airship technology to the humans, (her other son) Kluya.

                 Fusoya watches over the Lunarians.  Kluya travels to the planet with Richard and Kain using the Lunar Whale spaceship. He has two sons with a human woman, Golbez and Cecil and instructs Richard to begin a new line of Dragoons. On the Blue planet, the four light crystals of Owen are infused with the elements:  fire, water, wind, and earth and kept in the Overworld. Four of the dark crystals of Owen are sent to the Underworld. Keeping the 8 separate will seal the Giant of Babil. Yami watches over the people of this planet and the summons are reborn. Bahamut is appointed the “God of Eidolons” by Yami; Leviathan the King who finds his queen in Ashura. Yami and others meet Kluya, he provides them a place to settle, the Village of the Mist. He asks for Yami’s help in raising a village of summoners, she agrees. Some humans even become new summons and freely move between humanoid and beast forms and are termed, Eidolons. Titan falls in love with a human and they have Rydia. Angered and jealous, Yami puts a curse on the Eidolons-if summoner dies so does the Eidolon in vice versa. Titan becomes Rydia’s Eidolon while a dragon becomes her mother’s.  Presently, Cecil and Kain, not knowing their origins, are knights for a king who task them with destroying the sumomner village of Mysidia.

                Cecil successfully fights his inner dark side and becomes a Paladin while Kain continues to cause destruction. Cecil realizes that Kain is possessed by Golbez, who is under the mind control of Zemus. Kain and Golbez are able to gather the 8 crystals and summon the Giant of Babil. Summoning the Lunar Whlae from the sea near Mysidia, the heroes venture to the moon to confront. Zemus. After Zemus is defeated by Cecill and allies, another threat from Owen (The Creator) looms. He wants his crystals back- all 16- and sends his people to retrieve them. A girl who takes control over the Eidolons is sent to the Blue Planet and the “2^nd” Moon. She successfully destroys the Moon crystals. The crew confront the girl who summons many enemies  from games past (1,2,3,5, 6)  from  other crystals  of Owen. However, the Maenads turn on him and summon Meteor against him leading to his demise. The True Moon departs carrying Seymour and Jenova-Yunalesca with it; Phoenix stayed behind. Summons remain with the people of this planet and Yami remains to ensures that only summoners can summon. She also lifts the curse and mentors the summoners. Golbez returns to the 2^nd moon to see if the Lunarians can surive without the crystals. The Red Moon and Blue Planet decide to carry on separately.

 

 

Merging of Old and Young Planets (FF9)

 

                 Yama and Yami send the 4 dark crystals back to the Crystal World and use the  4 remaining light crystals to create world and moon crystals for the Red Moon and Blue Planet; one crystal for their world and one for their own moon. They rename their worlds Gaia (Blue Planet) and Terra (Red Moon). However, Terra is much older and eventually the crystal begins to die. To preserve their culture and history, Oelivert was constructed. Inside it holds the Gulug Stone (“out of this world” device) that creates an anti-magic barrier for protection. The Gulug Stone is blue, red, and green with a purple eye (Cosmos, Chaos, Life, and Spirit) and was originally a Machina made in Spira by Al-Bhed. The Terrans attempt to fuse with Gaia, but the fusion fails and Gaia is left in ruins; Yama and Yami prevented the fusion. Terra is absorbed into Gaia, some of its settlements end up on Gaia’s Forgotten Continent, but its moon remains in Space giving Gaia two moons. The Terrans (Lunarians) summon Garland (Chaos) from the Void who traps Yami and Yama in the Void.

                 He makes the Lifa Tree which grows first on Terra and then is transported to Gaia. The tree helps Gaia recover by encasing Gaia’s world crystal in Mist power, but it takes thousands of years. During that time, Terrans rest and Garland constructs genomes as vessels to harbor Terran souls for the next fusion attempt. Garland alters the Lifa Tree; when Gaians die, the lives are replaced with Terrans via the physical manifestation of the Lifa tree, Soulcage. Gaian souls rejected by the tree turned into Mist that covers over a Continent; Mist Continent. The Mist mutates the flora and fauna of the world into monsters and Gaians engage in warfare. The Eidolon, Alexander is summoned by the Kingdom of Alexandria from Gaia’s crystal, but it was deemed too powerful. He becomes contained in a gemstone that is divided into four and one is given to each kingdom- Lindbulm, Burmecia, Alexandria, and to a village of summoners who ventured off the Mist Continent into the Outer Continent. These summoners establish Madain Sari and they research the Eidolons who are guardians of the world’s crystal and spawned from it.

                War continues but eventually the fighting slows. This angers Garland who still needs Gaian souls for Terrans to complete the fusion. He makes an adult genome with a mind of its own to instigate war, Kuja and a child genome he could manipulate when the time came, Zidane. He hoped one of them can enter Trance, a surge of powerful emotion due to the ability to express complex feelings. Kuja is given a limited lifespan and sent to Gaia. Jealous, Kuja also brings Zidane to Gaia and Garland is unable to locate Zidane. Moving forward, Garland fears the power of the Eidolons and tasks Kuja to destroy Madain Sari using the Terran warship, Invincible. Only two summoners survive: Sarah (aka Princess Garnet) and Eiko (descendant of Yami). Zidane and friends pursue Kuja. They have to defeat four fiends of Chaos that guard the entrance to Terra/ guard Garland; encountered at four shrines of the four elements.

                Through a series of events, Kuja kills Garland and destroys Terra during a fit of rage. Mist grows more intense and Memoria forms above the Lifa Tree. Memoria is a realm with a collection of the planet's memories that haven't returned to The Crystal World yet; waiting to be reborn. They travel through The Void that leads to the Crystal World. They encounter the crystal of the Universe from the beginning of time. Through a series of events, Kuja is defeated and the Lifa tree collapses signifying the successful merge of the two worlds (or Terra’s crystal’s death). This catastrophe caused the Crystal world and the Void to be exposed to this planet. In time, both Terran and Gaian lives cease to exist and the souls returned to the Crystal instead of the Void and the Crystal returns the Crystal World to become the source of a new world crystals. Terra’s red moon falls towards the planet and remains barren until the Crystal World spawns new deities from Yami (New Cosmos) and Yama (New Chaos) - freeing from the imprisonment in the Void. They are given the new crystals to shape this new world not born of the Void and an old world that’s in need of  a world crystal(s).