Ghost (Final Fantasy VI character)

The Ghosts , known in-game only as ??????, are a pair of temporary playable characters in Final Fantasy VI. The two ghosts are encountered on the Phantom Train and will join the party for the dungeon's duration if the player speaks to them and agrees to bring them along.
==Profile==
===Appearance===
The ghosts wear pale blue shrouds with hoods and long sleeves, concealing their bodies but for their hands and faces. Their sprite depicts the area within the hood as a blank, black space, and their portraits show a blue skull-like visage with glowing white eyes.
===Personality===
Nothing is known of either of the ghosts' past, but they are the most friendly of the Phantom Train spirits, willing to accompany Sabin, Cyan, and Shadow on their journey through the train and fight with them against the other ghosts. However, they will not aid them in the battle against the locomotive and leave when the party reaches the front of the train. They gain nothing from this and ask nothing for their aid, they seemingly just want to be helpful to the group.
In the Super NES release, Sabin and Cyan refer to the ghosts as "it", but in the Game Boy Advance release they refer to them as "he". Unused shop price modifiers that depend on the gender of the party leader treat the ghost as a male.
The Final Fantasy Ultimania Archive guides humorously give the ghost characters "likes" (Hell), "dislikes" (Heaven), and "hobbies" (floating).
==Gameplay==
The ghosts can be recruited in five places on the Phantom Train: the caboose, the first car (the far-left ghost NPC), the second car (the far-right and far-left ghost NPCs), the car with the lever to detach the rear cars (the ghost NPC in the middle), and the first sleeping car (the far-left ghost NPC). These NPCs respawn when the area is left and returned to, and if there is a spot for the ghost in the party, they can be re-recruited. If Shadow is not in the party, the player can recruit a second ghost, but it will be at a lower level and have lower stats.
All ghosts are permanently equipped with a Lich Ring that sets them to be treated as undead in battle. Any healing item or ability used on them will deal damage and if KO'd they cannot be revived; a Phoenix Down will miss. However, they can be healed outside of battle. If a ghost is KO'd at the end of a battle, they will be removed from the party. Aside from the Lich Ring, the ghosts have no equipment.
The ghosts' special ability is Possess, which instantly defeats a single target at the cost of permanently removing the user from the party. The command overrides Instant Death protection and works on any boss, as they have no resistance checks for Possess; however, this normally cannot be checked as the ghosts are only available while on the Phantom Train.
Because the ghost has poor stats and no equipment, they are of little help to the party and will struggle to deal significant damage. They are mostly useful as diversions to draw enemy attacks, as the enemies on the Phantom Train are dangerous, especially if the party only consists of Sabin and Cyan. Their greatest utility is against the Apparition, a powerful miniboss encountered inside a chest near the front of the train. The ghosts will leave the party soon after, so it is best to have them Possess the Apparition to instantly kill it and avoid what could be a difficult battle otherwise.
===Stats===
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Ghost #1
Name 	Initial Stats
Strength 	14
Speed 	15
Stamina 	10
Magic 	30
Attack 	22
Defense 	66
Evasion 	0%
Magic Defense 	52
Magic Evasion 	0%
Escape Success 	5
HP Gain 	26
MP Gain 	1
Level Averaging	+2
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Ghost #2
Name 	Initial Stats
Strength 	4
Speed 	8
Stamina 	2
Magic 	15
Attack 	10
Defense 	17
Evasion 	0%
Magic Defense 	11
Magic Evasion 	0%
Escape Success 	3
HP Gain 	20
MP Gain 	1
Level Averaging	-3
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Level	HP 	MP 	EXP 	+
1 	26 	1 	0 	
2 	37 	5 	32 	
3 	49 	9 	96 	
4 	63 	14 	208 	
5 	80 	19 	400 	
6 	100 	25 	672 	
7 	122 	31 	1056 	
8 	146 	38 	1552 	
9 	172 	46 	2184 	
10 	199 	54 	2976 	
11 	227 	63 	3936 	
12 	257 	72 	5080 	
13 	292 	82 	6432 	
14 	331 	92 	7992 	
15 	375 	102	9784 	
16 	425 	112	11840 	
17 	479 	122	14152 	
18 	536 	133	16736 	
19 	597 	144	19616 	
20 	662 	155	22832 	
21 	729 	166	26360 	
22 	798 	177	30232 	
23 	870 	189	34456 	
24 	946 	201	39056 	
25 	1025	213	44072 	
26 	1107	225	49464 	
27 	1193	237	55288 	
28 	1283	250	61568 	
29 	1378	263	68304 	
30 	1477	276	75496 	
31 	1577	289	83184 	
32 	1678	302	91384 	
33 	1780	316	100088 	
34 	1882	330	109344 	
35 	1985	344	119136 	
36 	2089	358	129504 	
37 	2195	372	140464 	
38 	2302	387	152008 	
39 	2410	402	164184 	
40 	2520	417	176976 	
41 	2631	432	190416 	
42 	2744	447	204520 	
43 	2858	463	219320 	
44 	2974	479	234808 	
45 	3091	495	251000 	
46 	3210	511	267936 	
47 	3330	527	285600 	
48 	3452	544	304040 	
49 	3577	561	323248 	
50 	3705	578	343248 	
51 	3835	594	364064 	
52 	3966	609	385696 	
53 	4099	623	408160 	
54 	4233	636	431488 	
55 	4369	648	455680 	
56 	4506	659	480776 	
57 	4645	669	506760 	
58 	4787	678	533680 	
59 	4931	686	561528 	
60 	5076	693	590320 	
61 	5223	699	620096 	
62 	5371	704	650840 	
63 	5521	709	682600 	
64 	5673	715	715368 	
65 	5826	721	749160 	
66 	5981	728	784016 	
67 	6137	735	819920 	
68 	6295	742	856920 	
69 	6455	750	895016 	
70 	6617	758	934208 	
71 	6777	766	974536 	
72 	6932	774	1016000	
73 	7083	782	1058640	
74 	7228	789	1102456	
75 	7368	796	1147456	
76 	7504	803	1193648	
77 	7636	809	1241080	
78 	7762	815	1289744	
79 	7882	821	1339672	
80 	7999	827	1390872	
81 	8112	832	1443368	
82 	8222	837	1497160	
83 	8330	842	1552264	
84 	8435	847	1608712	
85 	8537	852	1666512	
86 	8637	857	1725688	
87 	8735	862	1786240	
88 	8830	868	1848184	
89 	8922	874	1911552	
90 	9012	880	1976352	
91 	9100	886	2042608	
92 	9187	892	2110320	
93 	9272	899	2179504	
94 	9355	907	2250192	
95 	9437	916	2322392	
96 	9517	926	2396128	
97 	9600	937	2471400	
98 	9686	949	2548224	
99 	9774	962	2637112	
==Other appearances==
===Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy=== 
The battlegen item associated with the Phantom Train stage is "Ghost".
===Final Fantasy Trading Card Game===
==Behind the scenes==
If, through use of the airship glitch or cheats, a ghost and Gogo are in the player's party at the same time, Gogo can equip and use Possess. If Gogo uses Possess, they will be removed from the player's current party and sent back to the airship, and will be available as normal the next time the player reforms the party.
The ghost's sprite is adapted from the sprite for the Red Mage in the original Super Famicom release of Romancing SaGa, another Square game.
==Gallery==
Ghost FFVI CG.png|CG render of the Ghost from Final Fantasy Anthology.
GhostsFFVI-GBA.png|Ghosts on the Phantom Train (GBA).
FFVI IOS Ghost Banquet.png|The ghost in the Phantom Train (2014 mobile/Steam).
Ghost VI TCG.png|Final Fantasy Trading Card Game.
FF6GhostSprites.PNG|Ghost sprites (SNES).
Ghost from FFVI Pixel Remaster victory sprite.gif|Animated sprite of the ghost's victory pose (Pixel Remaster).
==Etymology and origin==
Its Japanese name is . According to traditional Japanese beliefs all humans have a soul, and upon a person's death the soul leaves the body and enters a form of purgatory where it waits for the funeral and post-funeral rites to be performed so that it may join its ancestors. If one dies in a sudden or violent manner, such as murder or suicide, if the proper rites have not been performed, or if they are influenced by powerful emotions—such as a desire for revenge, love, jealousy, hatred or sorrow—the soul transforms into a yūrei, which can bridge the gap back to the physical world. The yūrei exists on Earth until it can be laid to rest, either by performing the missing rituals, or resolving the emotional conflict that still ties it to the physical plane. If the rituals are not completed, or the conflict left unresolved, the yūrei will persist in its haunting. Yūrei are frequently depicted as being accompanied by a pair of floating flames or will o' the wisps that are separate parts of the ghost rather than independent spirits.
==Citations==
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ru:Призрак (Final Fantasy VI)
Category:Characters in Final Fantasy VI
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