Thamasa Thamasa is a remote hamlet lying on Crescent Island on the far eastern edge of the world map in " Final Fantasy VI " . The hamlet is one of the last places the party visits in the World of Balance . On the surface , Thamasa is nothing more than a humble backwater village , but the villagers conceal a secret from outsiders . The party can visit Thamasa as soon as they acquire the " Blackjack " , but the shopkeepers will refuse to sell them anything and there is nothing else to do at this time . Story . Thamasa was founded after the end of the War of the Magi . The Magi , human s who could use magic , were persecuted , hunted down and executed . A handful escaped and founded Thamasa well away from civilization to live in peace . The descendants of the Magi retain the ability to use magic , but it is weaker than their ancestors ' as the bloodlines have waned . Publicly , magic is forbidden by the Mayor of Thamasa to avoid unwanted attention from outsiders , but citizens can be found using magic in private . Terra , Locke , and Shadow arrive in Thamasa in their conjoined search for rogue espers with the Empire . They meet Strago and Relm , who insist the village is just a normal town . While they rest in the inn , Strago wakes them up with news Relm is trapped in a burning building and Strago and the townspeople reveal their ability to use magic when they try to put out the inferno . When this fails , Strago , Locke and Terra enter the building to rescue Relm , but fall unconscious as the house begins to collapse . Shadow rescues them , and the next morning Strago tells the group the town ' s secret . Strago joins the party while Shadow leaves to search for the espers on his own . Strago directs the group to the Esper Caves to the west . After finding the espers , General Leo meets with their leader , Yura , to discuss the Empire ' s desire for peace , but Kefka arrives and tells Leo the ceasefire was a ruse to draw the espers out of hiding . In the ensuing battle Kefka crystallizes the espers and seizes their magicite remains , and has his Magitek soldiers incapacitate the party before attacking the town with the intention of burning it down , as he feels it is " too boring " . The effort to torch the city is either halfhearted or repelled by the magic - wielding locals , as there are no visible damages to the buildings following the battle . This does not change the overall outcome of the battle , however . When Leo intervenes , Kefka has a shade of his fight Leo and break his spirit further by conjuring a shade of Gestahl confirming Kefka ' s statements . Kefka kills Leo and ten espers race to the city to stop him but they , too , are crystallized before Kefka leaves the town to invade the now - empty Esper World . In the aftermath , the Returners left behind in Vector arrive in a repaired " Blackjack " , and General Leo is buried in a grove in a thicket of trees east of the town . A wounded Interceptor returns alone after Kefka ' s attack and the Returners believe that Shadow died during the attack . In the World of Ruin , the party brings either Shadow or Relm to Thamasa to rest after rescuing them from the Cave on the Veldt . Whom the party finds depends on if they waited for Shadow on the Floating Continent — if they waited , Shadow will have survived and is found in the cave . Returning to Thamasa with Strago and Relm , Strago ' s friend Gungho tells Strago he was injured hunting Hidon , a mythical monster Strago hunted in his youth , when it reappeared at Ebot ' s Rock north of town . His injury encourages Strago to finish his lifelong quest and avenge Gungho . If the party rests in the various inns around the world with Shadow , triggering Shadow ' s dreams , it is revealed Shadow , before he became an assassin , fled to Thamasa after his partner , Baram , was struck down by the authorities when they committed a train robbery . Shadow lived in Thamasa for an unspecified amount of time , and fathered Relm with a Thamasa citizen . To keep his past as a thief from catching up with his new family , Shadow fled the town with the family dog , Interceptor , hoping his daughter and her mother could live a normal life without him . Relm ' s mother died , and Strago , a friend of a family , raised her as a granddaughter . This is why , when the party first visits Thamasa , Interceptor is so friendly with Relm . It is unknown if either Shadow or Strago knows about the connection . Shops . Items . < / div > < / div > Other appearances . " Final Fantasy Record Keeper " . Thamasa is the setting for a regular dungeon and is also featured in the Challenge Event s Legendary Plunder , Back to the Skies , and Assassin in Black . Thamasa . Terra ' s magic opens the Sealed Gate to the Esper World , and the espers spill out , driving away the Imperial forces . Fearing the espers , the Empire sues for peace , and asks for the Returners ' help in tracking down the scattered espers before they cause more damage . Musical themes . " Strago ' s Theme " is used as the background theme for Thamasa , which is a recycled theme that was composed for the original " Final Fantasy " , but never previously used . The track that plays during Kefka ' s raid is " Metamorphosis " .