Firion Firion is the main protagonist of " Final Fantasy II " , and as such , the leader of the player ' s party . He is the adopted brother of Maria and Leon and he is the best friend of Guy . Firion is the first main character in the series with a default name and a narrative driven storyline , unlike the playable characters of the original " Final Fantasy " . Profile . Appearance . Though never stated in the English versions of " Final Fantasy II " , in Japanese guides for the NES release , Firion ' s age is given as 18 . Firion has light brown skin , brown eyes , and white hair tied in a ponytail and covered by a blue , black , and orange bandana . He wears light blue shoulder pads and shin guards over white clothing , a brown belt with a gold buckle , and a red cape . His NES sprite was simply a minor modification of the Warrior sprite from the original " Final Fantasy " , with his field sprite being virtually identical — this depiction has not carried into any other portrayal of the character . Firion is wearing a cape in prototype screenshots of the WonderSwan Color version of " Final Fantasy II " , as he did in his artworks by Yoshitaka Amano . His sprite would not have one until the release of the PlayStation Portable version . Personality . Firion tries to behave heroically and strives to protect his country and the people he holds dear . In his Japanese NES profile , it is stated Firion has a weakness for women , which could explain why he was so easily seduced by the Lamia Queen . Story . In the Japanese " Final Fantasy II Muma no Meikyū " novelization , Firion was born in Salamand and was taken in by his adopted family after his parents ' death . After his home is burned down and his adoptive parents murdered by the Palamecian army , he is critically wounded by several black knights while fleeing Fynn . Upon awakening , he finds himself in the remote rebel stronghold of Altair where he reunites with his close friends Maria and Guy . Upon realizing that Leon has been separated from them , Firion , Maria and Guy ask Princess Hilda if they could join the rebel army since they have nothing left to return to . Hilda refuses to let them in due to their young age , but allows them refuge from the empire so they can wait for Maria ' s brother , Leon , to find them if he survived . Instead of waiting , Firion , Maria and Guy go to Fynn to find Leon themselves . They find Scott , Hilda ' s groom to be , mortally wounded in the secret room of Fynn ' s tavern . He gives a ring to Firion to give to Hilda . Scott tells Firion to tell Hilda of his love for her and his regret to not see her again , then rethinks the request . Impressed by their accomplished infiltration of Fynn , Hilda lets Firion and his friends join the Wild Rose Rebellion against the empire . Hilda gives the party their first mission : to locate mythril , a powerful metal needed to create weapons . The White Wizard , Minwu , accompanies the party to Salamand . The town of Salamand is currently under the Empire ' s the control , and the men of town are forced to mine mythril . A native named Josef informs them of the townspeople ' s plight , but is unwilling to help , as his daughter Nelly is a captive . The party heads to the mines where they rescue the prisoners , along with Nelly , after defeating the Imperial Officer . They return to Altair soon after with mythril . Firion leads a team to the town of Bafsk to stop the large airship , " Dreadnought " , from being completed . The party is too late and the " Dreadnought " is finished and attacks several towns . Firion ' s party retrieves the Goddess ' s Bell needed to open the gates of Kashuan Keep , where Sunfire needed to stop the " Dreadnought " is located . Josef helps get the bell by lending his snowcraft and defeating the Adamantoise that guards it . After fighting Borghen Josef sacrifices himself to rescue the party from a large boulder . After collecting the Sunfire , the party , along with Prince Gordon , witness Cid ' s airship being captured , where Hilda and Cid traveled to Kashuan . They rescue her from the " Dreadnought " and destroy the engine . The King of Fynn orders from his death bed that Firion ' s group contacts the Dragoons of Deist . Firion heads to Poft in search of a ship , along with Maria and Guy , and recruits a pirate named Leila , who offers to aid the party by bringing them to Deist so that she and her crew could rob them . Once at sea , her crew attacks the party and loses . Leila gives herself up and Firion allows her to join them . At Deist , the party only find a mother and son in Deist , as everyone else has been wiped out , save for one wyvern . The party places the last wyvern ' s egg in a pool in the depths of Deist Cavern . After returning to Altair , they discover Hilda has been acting oddly and is eating mice . Firion enters her room alone , where she attempts to seduce him . The rest of the party bursts in just as she reveals her true form as a Lamia Queen . After defeating the Lamia , Firion and his group head to the Palamecian Coliseum where the real Hilda is being held captive . After rescuing her , Firion , Maria , Leila and Guy participate in an attack upon Fynn where they infiltrate Fynn Castle and kill Gottos , the Imperial Commander , restoring the kingdom of Fynn . Firion travels to Mysidia to locate Minwu . After finding he traveled to the Mysidian Tower , the resting place of the mighty Ultima Tome , Firion and his friends search for the Crystal Rod , a relic used as the key to the tower , which lies in the Mysidia Cave . To explore deep into the cavern he needs a White and a Black Mask . After finding these artifacts on Fynn Castle and the distant Tropical Island , respectively , Firion heads to the Mysidia Cave and obtains the key to the Mysidian Tower . Ehen approaching the island where the Tower is located , Firion , Maria and Guy are swallowed by Leviathan . The party escape from its bowels with the help of the last remaining Dragoon , Ricard Highwind . Atop the Mysidian Tower they witness Minwu sacrificing himself to acquire the Ultima Tome for the party . After retuning to Fynn they discover a Cyclone that has been summoned by the Emperor is destroying towns . Firion leads his team into the Cyclone with the help of the newborn wyvern and defeats the Emperor . A celebration held for the empire ' s defeat is halted by the announcement that the Dark Knight Leon has taken the throne after the Emperor ' s defeat . The party enters the castle using the recently deceased Cid ' s airship and confronts the power - hungry Leon . Amid a confrontation with Leon , the Emperor returns from the dead , revealing his plan to destroy the world . Ricard holds him off while Firion , Leon , and the rest of the party escape . Upon arriving in Fynn Hilda agrees to let Leon join the Rebel Army and tells Firion to keep an eye on him . The last battle takes place in Pandaemonium at the end of the Jade Passage . When the Emperor is killed the second time Leon leaves the party because of what he did with the empire , but Firion tells him that when he is ready to come back , he will be happily welcomed . In the novelization Firion and Maria become a couple , but this is left ambiguous in the game . Gameplay . Firion ' s starting equipment is a Broadsword , a Buckler and Leather Armor . He begins as the most balanced member of the team as his attacks are on par with his magical ability , and his stats are almost perfectly balanced between Guy and Maria , who have stats specializing in physical / magical abilities while lacking in the other . It is up to the player to decide what kind of warrior Firion becomes . In the battle with the Emperor shown in the Soul of Rebirth cutscene before the final battle , Firion is the party member who knows Ultima , but as with any spell , the player may teach it to whomever they wish . His ultimate weapon in the Arcane Labyrinth is the Ragnarok sword . Most of the Key Terms that are optimal for Firion are not learnable until the player has reached the Cyclone , and the best Key Terms are only available after returning from Palamecia , making the Ragnarok obtainable only near the end of the game . Other appearances . Firion has made appearances in the following media in the " Final Fantasy " series : Other media . Games . A costume of Firion in his " Dissidia Final Fantasy " attire appears in " " .