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An Esper is a magical being from Final Fantasy VI. Espers act as the means through which Magic is learned in the game, and as the Summons in the game.

The Esper Lakshmi

Story

History

Espers were created as a result of humans coming into contact with Magic and the Warring Triad during the War of the Magi. Those who could not use Magic fought against the Espers, who could not control themselves. However, the goddesses eventually realized that they were doing wrong, and they decided to seal themselves away in the forms of Statues. They gave the Espers their free will back, and asked the Espers to protect them.

1000 Years Later

The Espers had lived in their world safe from human invasion. However, one day, a woman named Madeline stumbled upon the Esper world and fell in love with an Esper named Maduin, much to the dismay of the other Espers. They gave birth to a baby girl, and named her Terra.

Two years later, an army of humans, led by Gestahl, stumbled across the Esper world and captured many Espers, including Maduin and Terra. As a result, the Elder, who was one of the few descendants able to do so, formed a Sealed Gate around the entrance to the Esper world.

For the next sixteen years, Espers were being held in labs in the Imperial capital of Vector, and were the subject of horrible experiments conducted by Cid Del Norte Marquez, who experimented with extracting magic power from the Espers and infusing them into humans using the process of Magitek. His first experiment was done on a man named Kefka Palazzo. The experiment was a failure, as Kefka would later become twisted as a result. A more refined process was later invented and used on Celes Chere, who Cid raised as his daughter. However, though the process was no longer mentally harmful, it would not completely transfer an Esper's power. The Espers had to be reduced to Magicite if their power was to be completely drained. This was discovered when Locke Cole, Celes, and two others tried to rescue the imprisoned Espers. As a result, Emperor Ghestal began looking for ways to reopen the Sealed Gate, and used Terra and her friends to do it. Eventually, most of the Espers were turned to Magicite and put into Kefka's hands, and he used his new power to revive the Statues, slay the Emperor, and cause the apocalypse. After Kefka was defeated in the end, the remaining Espers died out, as they could not exist without the Statues, which were the source of Magic.

List of Espers

	Name (SNES):	Ramuh		Name (GBA):	Ramuh
	Attack:	Judgment Bolt - Lightning-elemental damage to all enemies			Spell Power: 50	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	25 MP		Stat Bonus:	Stamina +1
	Spells:	Thunder x10	Thundara x2	Poison x5

	Name (SNES):	Kirin		Name (GBA):	Kirin
	Attack:	Holy Aura - Casts Regen on Party			Spell Power: N/A	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	18 MP		Stat Bonus:	None
	Spells:	Cure x5	Cura x1	Regen x3	Poisona x4	Libra x5

	Name (SNES):	Siren		Name (GBA):	Siren
	Attack:	Lunatic Voice - Silences enemies			Spell Power: N/A	Hit Rate: 136
	MP Cost:	16 MP		Stat Bonus:	HP + 10%
	Spells:	Sleep x10	Silence x8	Slow x7	Fire x6

	Name (SNES):	Stray		Name (GBA):	Cait Sith
	Attack:	Cat Rain - Confuses enemies			Spell Power: N/A	Hit Rate: 128
	MP Cost:	28 MP		Stat Bonus:	Magic Power + 1
	Spells:	Confuse x7	Imp x5	Float x2

	Name (SNES):	Ifrit		Name (GBA):	Ifrit
	Attack:	Hellfire - Fire-elemental			Spell Power: 51	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	26 MP		Stat Bonus:	Strength + 1
	Spells:	Fire x10	Fira x5	Drain x1

	Name (SNES):	Shiva		Name (GBA):	Shiva
	Attack:	Diamond Dust - Ice-elemental			Spell Power: 52	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	27 MP		Stat Bonus:	None
	Spells:	Blizzard x10	Blizzara x5	Rasp x4	Osmose x4	Cure x3

	Name (SNES):	Unicorn		Name (GBA):	Unicorn
	Attack:	Healing Horn - Casts Esuna on party			Spell Power: N/A	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	30 MP		Stat Bonus:	None
	Spells:	Cura x4	Esuna x3	Dispel x2	Protect x1	Shell x1

	Name (SNES):	Maduin		Name (GBA):	Maduin
	Attack:	Chaos Wave - Non-elemental attack			Spell Power: 55	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	44 MP		Stat Bonus:	Magic Power + 1
	Spells:	Fira x3	Blizzara x3	Thundara x3

	Name (SNES):	Shoat		Name (GBA):	Catoblepas
	Attack:	Demon Eye - Petrifies enemies			Spell Power: N/A	Hit Rate: 96
	MP Cost:	45 MP		Stat Bonus:	HP + 10%
	Spells:	Bio x8	Break x5	Death x2

	Name (SNES):	Phantom		Name (GBA):	Phantom
	Attack:	Ghostly Veil - Makes party invisible			Spell Power: N/A	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	38 MP		Stat Bonus:	MP + 10%
	Spells:	Berserk x3	Vanish x3	Gravity x5

	Name (SNES):	Carbunkl		Name (GBA):	Carbuncle
	Attack:	Ruby Light - Casts Reflect on party			Spell Power: N/A	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	36 MP		Stat Bonus:	None
	Spells:	Reflect x5	Haste x3	Shell x2	Protect x2	Warp x2

	Name (SNES):	Bismark		Name (GBA):	Bismarck
	Attack:	Breach Blast - Water-elemental attack			Spell Power: 58	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	50 MP		Stat Bonus:	Strength + 2
	Spells:	Fire x20	Blizzard x20	Thunder x20	Raise x2

	Name (SNES):	Golem		Name (GBA):	Golem
	Attack:	Earth Wall - Protects party			Spell Power: N/A	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	33 MP		Stat Bonus:	Stamina + 2
	Spells:	Protect x5	Stop x5	Cura x5

	Name (SNES):	Zoneseek		Name (GBA):	Zona Seeker
	Attack:	Magic Shield - Casts Shell on party			Spell Power: N/A	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	30 MP		Stat Bonus:	Magic Power + 2
	Spells:	Rasp x20	Osmose x15	Shell x5

	Name (SNES):	Sraphim		Name (GBA):	Seraph
	Attack:	Angel Feathers - Heals party			Spell Power: 40	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	18 MP		Stat Bonus:	None
	Spells:	Raise x5	Cura x8	Cure x20	Regen x10	Esuna x4

	Name (SNES):	Palidor		Name (GBA):	Quetzalli
	Attack:	Sonic Dive - Party uses Jump attack			Spell Power: N/A	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	61 MP		Stat Bonus:	None
	Spells:	Haste x20	Slow x20	Hastega x2	Slowga x2	Float x5

	Name (SNES):	Fenrir		Name (GBA):	Fenrir
	Attack:	Howling Moon - Makes multi-images of party			Spell Power: N/A	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	70 MP		Stat Bonus:	MP + 30%
	Spells:	Warp x10	Banish x5	Stop x3

	Name (SNES):	Tritoch		Name (GBA):	Valigarmanda
	Attack:	Tri-Disaster - Ice/Fire/Lightning 3-way attack			Spell Power: 110	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	68 MP		Stat Bonus:	Magic Power + 2
	Spells:	Firaga x1	Blizzaga x1	Thundaga x1

	Name (SNES):	Terrato		Name (GBA):	Midgardsormr
	Attack:	Abyssal Maw - Earth-elemental attack			Spell Power: 93	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	40 MP		Stat Bonus:	HP + 30%
	Spells:	Quake x3	Graviga x1	Tornado x1

	Name (SNES):	Starlet		Name (GBA):	Lakshmi
	Attack:	Alluring Embrace - Recovers HP for party			Spell Power: 34	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	74 MP		Stat Bonus:	Stamina + 2
	Spells:	Cure x25	Cura x16	Curaga x1	Regen x20	Esuna x20

	Name (SNES):	Alexander		Name (GBA):	Alexander
	Attack:	Divine Judgment - Mystic purity (Holy) attack			Spell Power: 114	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	90 MP		Stat Bonus:	None
	Spells:	Holy x2	Shell x10	Protect x10	Dispel x10	Esuna x15

	Name (SNES):	Phoenix		Name (GBA):	Phoenix
	Attack:	Flames of Rebirth - Revives party			Spell Power: N/A	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	110 MP		Stat Bonus:	None
	Spells:	Raise x10	Arise x2	Reraise x1	Curaga x2	Firaga x3

	Name (SNES):	Ragnarok		Name (GBA):	Ragnarok
	Attack:	Metamorphose - Changes enemy into an item (if it hits)			Spell Power: N/A	Hit Rate: Variable
	MP Cost:	6 MP		Stat Bonus:	None
	Spells:	Ultima x1

	Name (SNES):	Odin		Name (GBA):	Odin
	Attack:	Zantetsuken - Slices through enemies (instant kill)			Spell Power: N/A	Hit Rate: Unknown
	MP Cost:	70 MP		Stat Bonus:	Speed + 1
	Spells:	Meteor x1

	Name (SNES):	Bahamut		Name (GBA):	Bahamut
	Attack:	Mega Flare - Flare / non-elemental			Spell Power: 92	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	86 MP		Stat Bonus:	HP + 50%
	Spells:	Flare x2

	Name (SNES):	Crusader		Name (GBA):	Crusader
	Attack:	Cleansing - Non-elemental attack harms enemies and allies			Spell Power: 190	Hit Rate: Unblockable
	MP Cost:	96 MP		Stat Bonus:	MP + 50%
	Spells:	Meltdown x1	Meteor x10

	Name (SNES):	Raiden		Name (GBA):	Raiden
	Attack:	Shin-Zantetsuken - Slices through enemies (instant kill)			Spell Power: N/A	Hit Rate: 140
	MP Cost:	80 MP		Stat Bonus:	Strength + 2
	Spells:	Quick x1

Secret Magicites (GBA Version Only)

	Name (SNES):	(n/a)		Name (GBA):	Leviathan
	Attack:	Tidal Wave - Water-elemental attack			Spell Power:	Hit Rate:
	MP Cost:	70 MP		Stat Bonus:	Stamina +2
	Spells:	Flood x2

	Name (SNES):	(n/a)		Name (GBA):	Gilgamesh
	Attack:	Enkidu/Masamune/Excalibur/Excalipoor - Uses one of four random attacks			Spell Power:	Hit Rate:
	MP Cost:	99 MP		Stat Bonus:	Strength +2
	Spells:	Quick x1	Valor x5

	Name (SNES):	(n/a)		Name (GBA):	Cactuar
	Attack:	1000 Needles / 10000 Needles - Two random attacks			Spell Power:	Hit Rate:
	MP Cost:	50 MP		Stat Bonus:	Speed +2
	Spells:	Warp x20	Vanish x10	Hastega x5

	Name (SNES):	(n/a)		Name (GBA):	Diabolos
	Attack:	Dark Messenger - Gravity-elemental attack			Spell Power:	Hit Rate:
	MP Cost:	100 MP		Stat Bonus:	HP +100%
	Spells:	Gravity x5	Gravija x3

See Also

• List of Summons
• Magicite