Tellah Tellah is a playable character in " Final Fantasy IV " . He is the Great Sage of Mysidia , and a master of both White and Black Magic , but due to his old age , he can only remember a few of his spells . He has a short temper , and will not hesitate to spring into action when something happens to someone or something he is close to . In the English localization of the 3D version , Tellah is . Profile . Appearance . Tellah has a long white beard and white hair . His in - game sprite and SD artwork depict him wearing round glasses , a high collared , long purple coat and purple trousers . His Yoshitaka Amano artwork expands on this by giving the inside lining of his coat a striped pattern , stars on his shirt , blue and red patterns on his trousers , and a fringe trimming on his coat . Personality . Tellah is passionate but quick to anger . He loves his daughter Anna and only wishes to protect her from what he thinks will harm her . He is crass and sometimes downright rude , but determined , and can work alone as well as working alongside others . Story . " Final Fantasy IV " . After his wife died , Tellah became overprotective of their daughter , Anna , who eloped with Edward Chris von Muir , the prince of Damcyan , disguised as a Bard . Tellah was furious and pursued them but had grown slow in his old age and lost track of them in the passages leading to the Underground Waterway . A weakened Tellah was unable to defeat the Octomammoth , a powerful monster guarding the exit from the Underground Waterway , and was trapped deep underground . When Cecil Harvey and Rydia travel through the Underground Waterway searching for the Sand Pearl , they come across Tellah and offer their help . The three defeat Octomammoth and head to Damcyan . When Tellah arrives in Damcyan , the Red Wings raid the city and steal the Crystal of Fire . The Red Wings destroy most of the city , killing or injuring most of the populace . Anna suffers grave injuries and when Tellah finds his daughter near death , he turns on Edward in rage . Anna stops the fight , explaining she loves Edward and that a dark man named Golbez had led the attack on Damcyan . Anna dies moments later and Tellah swears revenge on Golbez and leaves alone . When Cecil , Palom , and Porom climb Mount Ordeals on Cecil ' s quest to become a Paladin , they encounter Tellah on the mountain , searching for Meteor , a spell of incredible power . Tellah helps his them reach the summit and along the way they twice fight and defeat Scarmiglione of Earth , one of Golbez ' s Elemental Archfiends . At the summit they discover a room full of mirrors where a mysterious light appears , calling Cecil " my son " , and assists Cecil in his transformation into a Paladin . As the light departs , Tellah rediscovers his missing spells , including " Meteor " . Cecil , Tellah , Palom , and Porom return to Mysidia , where the Elder of Mysidia congratulates them . Tellah tells the Elder of his plans to defeat Golbez using Meteor , but the Elder reminds Tellah he should never fight with a vengeance , and that Tellah would die if he were to cast Meteor , due to his old age . Tellah is not swayed . The party heads for Baron Castle and discover the king of Baron has been secretly succeeded by the Archfiend Cagnazzo . Cagnazzo makes the walls crumble on the party and Palom and Porom petrify themselves to hold the walls back and save the party . Tellah tries to heal them , it does not work because the twins petrified themselves willingly . Cecil ' s former friend who is now working for Golbez , Kain , issues an ultimatum : Cecil must either get Kain the Crystal of Earth or his childhood friend and love interest Rosa would die . They retrieve the Crystal from the Dark Elf in Lodestone Cavern , but before departing to hand over the Crystal to Kain , the party visits Edward who is recuperating in the Troia inn . Tellah tells Edward , Anna was happy to be loved by a man like Edward and Edward asks Tellah to avenge Anna for his sake too . Kain guides Cecil ' s party to the Tower of Zot , where they meet Golbez , who takes the Crystal but would not free Rosa . Tellah attacks Golbez and casts spells on him , but finds they have no effect . He cast Meteor severely wounding Golbez . Cecil rushes to strike him , but Golbez knocks him down , and escapes . Golbez ' s control of Kain is broken , and he goes back to being Cecil ' s friend . Everyone surrounds Tellah , who is dying due to casting Meteor . He asks the others to avenge Anna for him , and dies . When Cecil and his friends travel to the Red Moon to battle Zemus , the being who manipulated Golbez to steal the Earth ' s Crystals , they fight the incarnation of Zemus ' s hatred : Zeromus . The spirits of Tellah and Anna appear during the battle and grant the party their power to help overcome the evil . Tellah ' s spirit appears before Edward along with Anna ' s , telling him Anna wants Edward to find happiness . Palom is also seeking to become a great sage and follow in Tellah ' s footsteps . Gameplay . Tellah is a briefly playable party member , whose role is casting magic . He has weak stats both physically and magically and limited equipment options . While he can cast many Black Magic and White Magic spells , his limited MP which cannot increase past 90 and low magical stats make him a weaker mage . Tellah can cast additional spells randomly through his Recall ability . His physical stats , aside from his HP , actually decrease with level s . Other appearances . Tellah has appeared in the following games in the " Final Fantasy " series : Etymology . Tellah may derive from Terah . Tellah ' s Japanese name , is also the Japanese name for Terah .