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from_the_rift) wrote2020-11-01 12:00 am
from_the_rift) wrote2020-11-01 12:00 am
Character Profile
Name: Gilgamesh
Series: Physically
Age: Unknown, potentially hundreds years old.
Gender: Male
Canon Point: As he travels the dimensions (after most FF games).
Background Link: Gilgamesh- The Final Fantasy Wiki
Timeline: Under Construction
Personality: "His single-minded stubborn-- er, 'stoicism' is the stuff of legend!"
-- The Arbiter of Time about Gilgamesh, Final Fantasy XIII-2
A powerful warrior and a man of honor travelling beyond the dimensions who hides a heart of gold, fearless and fierce yet brash and reckless. Banished long ago to the Interdimensional Rift by an evil warlock, this mighty warrior travels the dimensions in the hope to find his way back home. On his never-ending journey he searches for the legendary weapons that shall crown him as the mightiest warrior to have ever existed. His story shall be concluded the day he will find back his destined opponent, Bartz, whom he shall battle in a duel that shall write the legends!
Unfortunately, while this description of Gilgamesh is very heroic and awe inspiring-- And for that matter without a doubt the one he would like people to remember (and maybe shed a tear affectionately while reading stories about his exploits during long winter nights), it would be neglecting a lot of details, such as his repeated failures at besting the heroes of countless worlds or falling off bridges in the most uninspired manners. Let us not mention how he nearly cried and whined when he found himself exiled alone in the Rift. No more heroic Gilgamesh. Now is time to speak of the Gilgamesh who finds swords dealing 1 HP damages.
Upon seeing him for the first time, Gilgamesh will appear to most everyone as a strange and peculiar being. If he is in his true form- With six or eight arms, he may even appear as a scary and powerful guy. That's what he hopes anyway. In his morphed form though, sporting only two (sometimes four) arms, he probably won't look like much of a threat. Nevertheless, all those who see him generally can tell quite quickly he is an experimented weapon master. For normal interaction Gilgamesh will favor his morphed form whereas to defy worthy opponents he shall favor his true form. Indeed, born in a village of warriors and having become one of the best, Gilgamesh prides himself in his mastery of all weapons and most specifically swords.
"Fools! You face the mightiest swordsman in all Ivalice! You face me! Gilgamesh! [...] Your weapons are forfeit to me!"
-- Gilgamesh, Final Fantasy XII
Speaking of his mastery of weapon, he will not hesitate to flatter himself about it and show it off. Don't expect his introductions to be made in a casual way- It has to be flamboyant and spectacular. Unfortunately for him, he fails at making spectacular entrances. Be it him slowly entering the stage and preparing his glorious speech only for a youngidiot neophyte to interrupt him! Or be it flying above a bridge and landing only to bounce and fall outside of the bridge. But he never stops! As said in the quote, he is quite the stubborn one. Yes... Failure is a keyword in Gilgamesh's existence.
Most of his recent life has been defined by his search for blades of legend and most specifically: Excalibur, the mightiest of all swords. To this end not only will he explore the most dangerous places, but he shall also defy those who possess spectacular weapons or those who get in his way. However, no matter what he always find fakes, mere copies of the real weapons. For all his mastery in the sword arts, he is very bad at recognizing true weapons from fakes. Most famously is Excalipoor, the cheap knock off of Excalibur he has with him.
Yet failures are only a part of the story. He is said to have once decimated a whole army all on his own and is often an incredibly powerful opponents whenever heroes have to face him. Powerful beings such as him are rare and in battle he is driven only by the will to be victorious... And to claim for himself the weapons of his defeated opponents! Well, that is when he manages to defeat them. His repeated failures though are not due to him being a bad fighter. Not at all- More likely they're due to the fact he constantly find himself facing a bunch of heroes meant to save the universe from annihilation and driven by the power of friendship. If anything, his survival after facing people as varied as the heroes from many Final Fantasy worlds is an exploit.
"I'm certain we'll meet again! At that time I hope you'll consider me a... Uh... er *cough* Never mind, ha ha! Hasta la bye-bye!"
-- Gilgamesh while in the void, Final Fantasy V
Gilgamesh is well spoken and will treat all those he meets with respect. Very polite, he can at rare occasions call other "fools", "mortals" or even "sniveling worm", but that's as far as it goes and even those are not terrible insults. While his life is defined by battle and he is told to have decimated an entire army once, he does not appear to take pleasure in people's deaths. He was saddened upon learning the death of Galuf, someone he had been ordered to fight before. Again, people generally realize pretty quickly that, even though he wants to fight them to claim their weapons, he's not a bad guy.
Indeed, Gilgamesh is not a being whose soul is driven only by his desire to collect new weapons and achieve supreme victory on the battlefield. No, this would be far from the truth! Long ago he worked for Exdeath, the evil warlock who tried to bring the world back to nothingness. The reasons that brought Gilgamesh to work for him are unclear, but even then Gilgamesh was not evil. He may have thought by working for him he could satisfy his thirst for battle. However it quickly became clear that Gilgamesh quite simply was not cut to be a "bad guy". After his repeated failures to defeat the heroes, Gilgamesh got banished to the Interdimensional Rift by Exdeath, what was the beginning of his true journey.
It changed him a lot, so much that he came to see his opponents as friends and actually self sacrificed himself to save those he was meant to fight. He survived and went on to explore many worlds, but his sacrifice was genuine and this part of his life is probably when his true self was revealed: he was truly scared in the rift and even though powerful enough to survive and defeat whatever enemies crossed his path, he admitted at nearly breakingand whining and crying. He is loyal and ready to die to save those he calls friends.
"He did not seem like such a bad person..."
-- Rydia about Gilgamesh, Final fantasy IV: The After Years
And here we can finally see the differences between how Gilgamesh treats people- No matter the person, he will always be his extravagant self, but with people he does not know he will only be that, polite and flamboyant. Would they look like warrior or possess weapon, he may just provoke them in battle. However with friends he will be loyal and devoted, to the death literally. He may want to battle them in a contest of strength, but his loyalty is unwavering! And right here, is something Gilgamesh would be happy if people remembered about him.
Yet, becoming friend with Gilgamesh can be quite a challenge. You could say there are three levels to Gilgamesh: those he doesn't know, those he respects and/or admire and those he considers friends. Usually, the second level quickly turns into friendship. After the heroes of Final Fantasy XII defeated him in battle twice, he called them friend. Speaking of which, defeating him is the easiest way to earn his friendship... Or his never dying thirst for a rematch where he will finally defeat you. It is Gilgamesh, you can never be certain. Another aspect of his loyalty is shown when he serves as a summon, helping whoever bested him in battle or helped him.
Of course there are those he doesn't like, but either he'll face them in battle, either he will run away. Because, yes, he is famous for running away from battles. Or for pretending to have lost and suddenly casting enhancement spells on himself. Obviously Gilgamesh downplay this aspect and would rather people remember his heroic feats.
In conclusion, what can be said about Gilgamesh? He has appeared in ten Final Fantasy installments, he will appear in more and probably has had great adventures off-screen. So much more could be said about him, such as his gallantry (at least he tries), his friendship with Enkidu (a man, a demon or a dog? nobody shall never know) or again his fear to return to the Rift (but that one's kinda obvious). Yes, Gilgamesh is a balanced individual. As mighty as silly- The only difference being he purposes himself to be mighty and the stupidity comes as an undesired side-effect.
But his loyalty to himself, his purpose and his friends is unwavering, and that is the stuff of legend!
Abilities: Gilgamesh has so many powers- It's not even funny. He is an oddity in the Final Fantasy serie for that even in game featuring the job system, he can use skills from many jobs at once. However, he is mostly known for his physical skills and blue magic. Below will be listed his skills- Most of them have self explanatory name so I won't explain them unless needed. Physical attacks are physical, magics are mind unless stated otherwise.
Morphing Ability
First of all, Gilgamesh can change the way he looks-- Mostly, his size and number of arms. Normally he looks like some weird human being, if only tall. Upon morphing he can be twice as tall as a human and with eight arms. However he can control the size and number of arms- So it is not unusual to see him with six arms or in his normal human forms yet with four arms.
Physical Skills
- Ultimate Illusion (uses all his swords for his most powerful attack)
- Wind Slash [Wind]
- Whirlwind Slash [Wind]
- Gale Cut [Wind]
- Flee (his real most powerful attack- allows him to flee)
- Dual Thrust
- Jump
- Blade / Sword Dance
- Kick
- Slice Thrice
- Monarch Sword
- Cross Slash
- Blitz [Wind]
- Launch
- Divider
Unclassified Skills
- Dischord (halves the target's level)
- Self Destruct (sacrifice (not really) oneself to take down the enemy).
- Throw (throw weapons at the enemy...)
- Fly, Enkidu! (command for his dog partner)
- Now, Enkidu! (command for his dog partner)
- Vendetta (guard for a minute or so then rid himself of status ailments + recover 10% of total HP)
Blue Magic
- Aera [Wind]
- Goblin Punch
- Death Claw (reduce one enemy's HP to one digit)
- Missile
- Flash [Light] (inflict blind status)
- Time Slip (inflict old and sleep status effect)
- Frog Song (make the target into, well, a frog)
- Tiny Song (make the target into a mini version)
- Daze Dance
- Eerie Sound Wave (causes Pain, Fog, and Slow.)
- Rocket Punch
White Magic
- Perfect Defense (renders immune to physical and mental attack for two minutes)
- Shell (halves magical damage)
- Protect (halves physical damage)
- NulAll (one ally, halves received magic damage and also protects from Instant Death.)
- Haste
Black Magic
- Electrocute [Lightning]
- Hurricane [Wind]
- Sleep
- Break (inflicts petrify status effect)
- Disable
- Bitter End
Weapon Skills
- Excalipoor [Almighty]
The mightiest of all swords! ... Except it's a cheap knock off. 'Almighty' due to its origins, but no matter what this weapon can never deal more than 1 HP of damage. So you can welcome the most useless almighty weapon ever.
- Masamune
- Zantetsuken
- Muramasa (drain effect)
- Naginata
- Buster Sword (fake)
- Orichalcum (fake)
- Brotherhood (fake)
- Revolver (fake)
- Wyrmhero (fake)
- Genji Blade
- Lightbringer [Light]
- Bashonene (inflicts slow)
- Ragnarok
- Mutsunokami
- Tournesol
- Chicken Knife
- Battle Axe
- Guns
- Rocket Launcher
Limit Break
Also known as Ex Burst, this is the ultimate skill Gilgamesh may use. Happens when he is close to be defeated.
- Strongest Sword
Gilgamesh finds himself with eight sword circling before him- Seven blue Excalipoor and 1 red Excalibur. How this limit break proceed is entirely dependent on what blade he catches. Note, he cannot access Excalibur aside from this attack.
-- Ultimate Illusion
If he manages to get Excalibur, he swill strike the enemy many times before proceeding with his mightiest attack, Ultimate Illusion, made more powerful by the Limit Break and the possession of Excalibur.
-- Excalipoor
If he picks Excalipoor, well... He will deal 1 HP many times to an enemy... Before throwing the sword away and whining on his sad fate.
Series: Physically
Age: Unknown, potentially hundreds years old.
Gender: Male
Canon Point: As he travels the dimensions (after most FF games).
Background Link: Gilgamesh- The Final Fantasy Wiki
Timeline: Under Construction
Personality: "His single-minded stubborn-- er, 'stoicism' is the stuff of legend!"
-- The Arbiter of Time about Gilgamesh, Final Fantasy XIII-2
A powerful warrior and a man of honor travelling beyond the dimensions who hides a heart of gold, fearless and fierce yet brash and reckless. Banished long ago to the Interdimensional Rift by an evil warlock, this mighty warrior travels the dimensions in the hope to find his way back home. On his never-ending journey he searches for the legendary weapons that shall crown him as the mightiest warrior to have ever existed. His story shall be concluded the day he will find back his destined opponent, Bartz, whom he shall battle in a duel that shall write the legends!
Unfortunately, while this description of Gilgamesh is very heroic and awe inspiring-- And for that matter without a doubt the one he would like people to remember (and maybe shed a tear affectionately while reading stories about his exploits during long winter nights), it would be neglecting a lot of details, such as his repeated failures at besting the heroes of countless worlds or falling off bridges in the most uninspired manners. Let us not mention how he nearly cried and whined when he found himself exiled alone in the Rift. No more heroic Gilgamesh. Now is time to speak of the Gilgamesh who finds swords dealing 1 HP damages.
Upon seeing him for the first time, Gilgamesh will appear to most everyone as a strange and peculiar being. If he is in his true form- With six or eight arms, he may even appear as a scary and powerful guy. That's what he hopes anyway. In his morphed form though, sporting only two (sometimes four) arms, he probably won't look like much of a threat. Nevertheless, all those who see him generally can tell quite quickly he is an experimented weapon master. For normal interaction Gilgamesh will favor his morphed form whereas to defy worthy opponents he shall favor his true form. Indeed, born in a village of warriors and having become one of the best, Gilgamesh prides himself in his mastery of all weapons and most specifically swords.
"Fools! You face the mightiest swordsman in all Ivalice! You face me! Gilgamesh! [...] Your weapons are forfeit to me!"
-- Gilgamesh, Final Fantasy XII
Speaking of his mastery of weapon, he will not hesitate to flatter himself about it and show it off. Don't expect his introductions to be made in a casual way- It has to be flamboyant and spectacular. Unfortunately for him, he fails at making spectacular entrances. Be it him slowly entering the stage and preparing his glorious speech only for a young
Most of his recent life has been defined by his search for blades of legend and most specifically: Excalibur, the mightiest of all swords. To this end not only will he explore the most dangerous places, but he shall also defy those who possess spectacular weapons or those who get in his way. However, no matter what he always find fakes, mere copies of the real weapons. For all his mastery in the sword arts, he is very bad at recognizing true weapons from fakes. Most famously is Excalipoor, the cheap knock off of Excalibur he has with him.
Yet failures are only a part of the story. He is said to have once decimated a whole army all on his own and is often an incredibly powerful opponents whenever heroes have to face him. Powerful beings such as him are rare and in battle he is driven only by the will to be victorious... And to claim for himself the weapons of his defeated opponents! Well, that is when he manages to defeat them. His repeated failures though are not due to him being a bad fighter. Not at all- More likely they're due to the fact he constantly find himself facing a bunch of heroes meant to save the universe from annihilation and driven by the power of friendship. If anything, his survival after facing people as varied as the heroes from many Final Fantasy worlds is an exploit.
"I'm certain we'll meet again! At that time I hope you'll consider me a... Uh... er *cough* Never mind, ha ha! Hasta la bye-bye!"
-- Gilgamesh while in the void, Final Fantasy V
Gilgamesh is well spoken and will treat all those he meets with respect. Very polite, he can at rare occasions call other "fools", "mortals" or even "sniveling worm", but that's as far as it goes and even those are not terrible insults. While his life is defined by battle and he is told to have decimated an entire army once, he does not appear to take pleasure in people's deaths. He was saddened upon learning the death of Galuf, someone he had been ordered to fight before. Again, people generally realize pretty quickly that, even though he wants to fight them to claim their weapons, he's not a bad guy.
Indeed, Gilgamesh is not a being whose soul is driven only by his desire to collect new weapons and achieve supreme victory on the battlefield. No, this would be far from the truth! Long ago he worked for Exdeath, the evil warlock who tried to bring the world back to nothingness. The reasons that brought Gilgamesh to work for him are unclear, but even then Gilgamesh was not evil. He may have thought by working for him he could satisfy his thirst for battle. However it quickly became clear that Gilgamesh quite simply was not cut to be a "bad guy". After his repeated failures to defeat the heroes, Gilgamesh got banished to the Interdimensional Rift by Exdeath, what was the beginning of his true journey.
It changed him a lot, so much that he came to see his opponents as friends and actually self sacrificed himself to save those he was meant to fight. He survived and went on to explore many worlds, but his sacrifice was genuine and this part of his life is probably when his true self was revealed: he was truly scared in the rift and even though powerful enough to survive and defeat whatever enemies crossed his path, he admitted at nearly breaking
"He did not seem like such a bad person..."
-- Rydia about Gilgamesh, Final fantasy IV: The After Years
And here we can finally see the differences between how Gilgamesh treats people- No matter the person, he will always be his extravagant self, but with people he does not know he will only be that, polite and flamboyant. Would they look like warrior or possess weapon, he may just provoke them in battle. However with friends he will be loyal and devoted, to the death literally. He may want to battle them in a contest of strength, but his loyalty is unwavering! And right here, is something Gilgamesh would be happy if people remembered about him.
Yet, becoming friend with Gilgamesh can be quite a challenge. You could say there are three levels to Gilgamesh: those he doesn't know, those he respects and/or admire and those he considers friends. Usually, the second level quickly turns into friendship. After the heroes of Final Fantasy XII defeated him in battle twice, he called them friend. Speaking of which, defeating him is the easiest way to earn his friendship... Or his never dying thirst for a rematch where he will finally defeat you. It is Gilgamesh, you can never be certain. Another aspect of his loyalty is shown when he serves as a summon, helping whoever bested him in battle or helped him.
Of course there are those he doesn't like, but either he'll face them in battle, either he will run away. Because, yes, he is famous for running away from battles. Or for pretending to have lost and suddenly casting enhancement spells on himself. Obviously Gilgamesh downplay this aspect and would rather people remember his heroic feats.
In conclusion, what can be said about Gilgamesh? He has appeared in ten Final Fantasy installments, he will appear in more and probably has had great adventures off-screen. So much more could be said about him, such as his gallantry (at least he tries), his friendship with Enkidu (a man, a demon or a dog? nobody shall never know) or again his fear to return to the Rift (but that one's kinda obvious). Yes, Gilgamesh is a balanced individual. As mighty as silly- The only difference being he purposes himself to be mighty and the stupidity comes as an undesired side-effect.
But his loyalty to himself, his purpose and his friends is unwavering, and that is the stuff of legend!
Abilities: Gilgamesh has so many powers- It's not even funny. He is an oddity in the Final Fantasy serie for that even in game featuring the job system, he can use skills from many jobs at once. However, he is mostly known for his physical skills and blue magic. Below will be listed his skills- Most of them have self explanatory name so I won't explain them unless needed. Physical attacks are physical, magics are mind unless stated otherwise.
Morphing Ability
First of all, Gilgamesh can change the way he looks-- Mostly, his size and number of arms. Normally he looks like some weird human being, if only tall. Upon morphing he can be twice as tall as a human and with eight arms. However he can control the size and number of arms- So it is not unusual to see him with six arms or in his normal human forms yet with four arms.
Physical Skills
- Ultimate Illusion (uses all his swords for his most powerful attack)
- Wind Slash [Wind]
- Whirlwind Slash [Wind]
- Gale Cut [Wind]
- Flee (his real most powerful attack- allows him to flee)
- Dual Thrust
- Jump
- Blade / Sword Dance
- Kick
- Slice Thrice
- Monarch Sword
- Cross Slash
- Blitz [Wind]
- Launch
- Divider
Unclassified Skills
- Dischord (halves the target's level)
- Self Destruct (sacrifice (not really) oneself to take down the enemy).
- Throw (throw weapons at the enemy...)
- Fly, Enkidu! (command for his dog partner)
- Now, Enkidu! (command for his dog partner)
- Vendetta (guard for a minute or so then rid himself of status ailments + recover 10% of total HP)
Blue Magic
- Aera [Wind]
- Goblin Punch
- Death Claw (reduce one enemy's HP to one digit)
- Missile
- Flash [Light] (inflict blind status)
- Time Slip (inflict old and sleep status effect)
- Frog Song (make the target into, well, a frog)
- Tiny Song (make the target into a mini version)
- Daze Dance
- Eerie Sound Wave (causes Pain, Fog, and Slow.)
- Rocket Punch
White Magic
- Perfect Defense (renders immune to physical and mental attack for two minutes)
- Shell (halves magical damage)
- Protect (halves physical damage)
- NulAll (one ally, halves received magic damage and also protects from Instant Death.)
- Haste
Black Magic
- Electrocute [Lightning]
- Hurricane [Wind]
- Sleep
- Break (inflicts petrify status effect)
- Disable
- Bitter End
Weapon Skills
- Excalipoor [Almighty]
The mightiest of all swords! ... Except it's a cheap knock off. 'Almighty' due to its origins, but no matter what this weapon can never deal more than 1 HP of damage. So you can welcome the most useless almighty weapon ever.
- Masamune
- Zantetsuken
- Muramasa (drain effect)
- Naginata
- Buster Sword (fake)
- Orichalcum (fake)
- Brotherhood (fake)
- Revolver (fake)
- Wyrmhero (fake)
- Genji Blade
- Lightbringer [Light]
- Bashonene (inflicts slow)
- Ragnarok
- Mutsunokami
- Tournesol
- Chicken Knife
- Battle Axe
- Guns
- Rocket Launcher
Limit Break
Also known as Ex Burst, this is the ultimate skill Gilgamesh may use. Happens when he is close to be defeated.
- Strongest Sword
Gilgamesh finds himself with eight sword circling before him- Seven blue Excalipoor and 1 red Excalibur. How this limit break proceed is entirely dependent on what blade he catches. Note, he cannot access Excalibur aside from this attack.
-- Ultimate Illusion
If he manages to get Excalibur, he swill strike the enemy many times before proceeding with his mightiest attack, Ultimate Illusion, made more powerful by the Limit Break and the possession of Excalibur.
-- Excalipoor
If he picks Excalipoor, well... He will deal 1 HP many times to an enemy... Before throwing the sword away and whining on his sad fate.