Terra Branford
Categories: Final Fantasy VI characters
| Image:Terra Branford menu.png | |
| Japanese name | Tina (ティナ) |
| Job / class³ | Mage Knight |
| Skill | Morph |
| Desperation Attack | Riot Blade |
| Age¹ ² | 18 |
| Height² | 5'7" (1.70 m) |
| Weight² | 105 lb (48 kg) |
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Terra Branford is a fictional character of the Square Co., Ltd.'s RPG Final Fantasy VI. She is a girl of mysterious origins born with the power of magic, long thought lost. Although FF6 has no definite main character Terra is the first character to be introduced and her background is pivotal to the events of the first half of the story.
Terra was born on October 18th, making her a Libra.
"A mysterious young woman, controlled by the Empire, and born with the gift of magic..."
Terra is the daughter of the Esper Maduin and a human mother, Madonna. Her heritage as a magical being is the source of her powers.
Terra was raised by the Empire as a soldier after the Empire, including Emperor Gestahl himself, attacked the Espers' home and captured several, including Maduin. Her potential was quickly realized and she's said to have once destroyed fifty Magitek-equipped Imperial soldiers in an exercise. When the game begins, Terra is wearing a Slave Crown, suppressing her free will and giving the Empire complete control over her. An encounter with a frozen Esper in the mines of Narshe freed her of the Slave Crown, causing amnesia. Terra was left a confused young woman, a much-desired asset for wars she knew nothing about who bears inhuman powers of unknown origin.
She was rescued by the Returners, an underground anti-Empire resistance movement, and eventually made her way to join it.
Morph
Later contact with an Esper brought Terra's quest for identity to an abrupt end as she turned into her hitherto unknown half-Esper form: a flying, glowing pink figure with wild hair. It also drove her into shock, but after eventually recovering she could switch between forms. In battle this makes available the Morph command. When in Esper form her physical power, magical power and magical defense all double. However, she can only keep the form for a short amount of time. This time frame is calculated via the amount of Magic Points you have gained per battle, and if Terra is in the party, the Magic Points are doubled. This invisible counter has a max value of 255.
Abilities
Terra's Magitek command has additional options. This is most noticeable in the game's intro and in Cyan's Dream. All characters can use Bolt Beam, Fire Beam, Heal Force and Ice Beam. Terra adds Bio Blast, Confuser, TekMissile and X-Fer.
Like Celes, Terra learns some magic automatically without the aid of Espers.