Part 39: Chapter 39a: You can't fulfill your dreams without power!
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You're prompted to save your game upon stepping on Ambervale, and you get the encounter as soon as you try to leave. I've heard a thousand and one tales of problems with this, but I've never encountered any myself.
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Royal Valley is a pretty awesome name for the final mission, isn't it?
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The background is a really weird gradient but it strangely works.
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The camera actually avoids showing Babus until now by rotating the other way and showing off the gradient.
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There's no judge here until Cid arrives, so whoever did it has good self control.
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In case you forgot what the fruity bastard looks like.
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Llednar gets the cool line here. Ramza tries, but he doesn't get close.
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Chekhov's Antilaw!
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It turns out Llednar had a magical legal barrier.
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It was called "fortune". I don't care about how silly that is because Llednar's face is now a giant target.
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It's going to be so sweet.
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Llednar summons everybody in response.
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Great steals, right? There's another Peytral, some good katanas...
Remember the save, though? The post-game starts from that save, so nothing in the final battles stays. There is no reason to steal, just blow the enemies away.
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You can also only bring 3 other characters for some reason. I could see 5, because there's Llednar, his 5 minions, Babus' corpse, Cid acting as the judge, something like those fights against seven people.
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The same laws are in place for every fight of this marathon. Try to get laws that don't interfere with obliterating the bosses.
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All three fights are "defeat the boss!" fights and ignoring the mooks is one of the safest things you could possibly do.
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Biskmatar 33/ 6.6 60/ 4.2 87/ 8.8 80/ 8.4 80/ 8.2 96/ 9.6 108/ 1.0
Llednar has average defense and HP for trying to be a boss. His Peytral is always at the minimum defense so he's extremely open to having his face removed once this plot armor is gone.
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Llednar turns into a statue and crumbles. Sure.
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His minions? They leave to go to the nearest bar, I'd guess.
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Babus wakes up to reaffirm what we already know for us.
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See what I mean?
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He also won't be joining us for the fights. Good. I expect he would cast Stillness on enemies immune to Stop like his life depended on it.
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I've got three jerks with high speed and Ultima attacks. I can help anyone. Anyone.
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Nothing can survive three Ultimas to the face.
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Cid and Ramza step through the door of the Royal Palace at Ambervale...
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This ominous statue dominates the interior of the palace.
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"At least I didn't steal his stuff this time!"
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Keep this line in mind. The epilogue gets confused on this part.
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"You are the sum total of your experiences" is Remedi's reasoning here. Does it so cleanly apply when Ramza has stolen others experiences?
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"Some of it is Dread Raven, some is an alchemist's lackey..."
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Master thief. Murderer. Anarchist. Revolutionary. Herbalist.
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Remember what happened last time Remedi left the decision to Mewt?
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Mewt appears in the statue's hand, unconscious.
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I'm getting Deja Vu.
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Then Remedi flings off her dress, revealing a gigantic sickle.
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She also summons copies of some of the Totema.
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And thus begins the fight for the fate of Ivalice...
NEXT TIME:
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Whaddya think happens?