Selkie ( Crystal Chronicles ) Selkies are one of the four tribal groups from the " Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles " series . Physiology . Selkies have some of the same characteristics of the Clavat Tribe . They usually wear little clothing with some animal fur . Their hair ranges are from bright colors to plain white . They are the quickest of all the races and while they have decent attack stats , they are most notable for their exclusive use of the double jump and go through shortcuts in dungeons . They are able to interbreed with Clavats and Lilties . Game Appearances . " Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles " . In " Crystal Chronicles " , they are the quickest race with the quickest Focus attacks ; they also have a longer range on their focus attacks than the other tribes . Overall , the Selkie excels at Speed and has decent Strength , but lacks slightly in Defense and Magic . The Selkie " Defend " command is a quick backflip that ignores all attacks and magic . Selkies use rackets as weapons , some of which shoot energy for a Focus attack , similar to " Final Fantasy IX " . Many of the specific Selkie characters in the game seem to mainly look out for themselves ; the Striped Brigands , for example , are thieves ( although they are rather incompetent at actual theft ) , and the Selkie caravan that the player can come across seems to have no interest in actually getting the myrrh needed for the crystal in their town of Leuda . The Leuda crystal manages to replenish itself every year despite the laziness of the caravan . If a player is not a Selkie and talks to people in Leuda , they will have gil stolen from them . Selkie characters in " Crystal Chronicles " include De Nam , Bal Dat , Meh Gat , and the Leuda Caravan . In " Ring of Fates " , one of the playable characters in Story Mode , Gnash , is a Selkie . Other notable Selkies include King Kolka , the King of Rebena Te Ra . Princess Tilika , the daughter of King Kolka , is half Selkie and half Clavat . Their main weapon in this game is a bow . They have the highest SP of all the Tribes , can hit enemies from long range , and have better chances of inflicting Critical Hit s as they level up . When they begin , they are only able to fire one arrow , but as they level up , they will eventually be able to fire five projectiles in a single shot . They are the only Tribe with the ability to " double - jump " , allowing them to navigate through maps with ease . Their tribe ability is " aim " , using the touch screen , players can aim at any target and shoot energy charged arrows ( especially useful on bosses where the player can choose to attack a specific spot on the body ) . Another advantage is that they can talk to the village cats and dog . In story mode , Gnash will respond to the animals when the party talks to them . In multiplayer , one can actually understand what they ' re saying while playing as a Selkie . In " My Life as a King " , one of the main characters , Chancellor Chime , is half Selkie and half Clavat . Selkies only appear in the Kingdom after an Inn is built . They do not stay and cannot be recruited until a Selkie Den , an , is built . Female Selkies can only be recruited as Thieves . " " . In " Echoes of Time " , Selkies return as one of the four playable tribes . Like in their " Ring of Fates " appearance , they can jump higher than any other tribe and equip bows . They can now also equip paddles , similar to the rackets from the original " Crystal Chronicles " game . The game offers six default names for Selkie characters : In " My Life as a Darklord " , there are only three Selkies : The protagonist Mira who is half Clavat and half monster ( the monster was originally a Selkie ) , Bel Dat , and Chancellor Chime . Mira confronts Bel Dat , believing her to be the leader of a famous gang of thieves , but she is mistaken . Chime appears as the game ' s first boss ( she is half Selkie , half Clavat ) . Bel Dat is the only ' real ' ( or pure - blooded ) Selkie out of the three , though , as Mira and Chime are half Clavat as well as Selkie . " " . In " The Crystal Bearers " , most Selkies reject the authority of the Lilty Empire , and turn to thievery to survive . A notable exception is Layle ' s partner , Keiss , along with Belle . They are the only tribe to not be represented with a Crystal Bearer in the game .