Hironobu Sakaguchi
Terra Branford, known as in Japanese media, is the first introduced character, a mentally-enslaved Imperial super-soldier gifted with devastating magic. Hironobu Sakaguchi, the ‘'Final Fantasy'’ series creator, greatly influenced the characters creation. Originally, Terra was to disappear with all the other Espers at game's end, but the developers decided it would be a "waste" to have the character discover her humanity and be erased, so she instead lost her powers.