Final Fantasy II Muma no Meikyū

Final Fantasy II Muma no Meikyū is a novelization of the plot of Final Fantasy II written by Kenji Terada, one of the game's original writers and published by Kadokawa Shoten on the Sneaker Bunko imprint. It reworks the plot of Final Fantasy II and includes additional information of certain characters, such as the Emperor of Palamecia's real name.
The novel was exclusively released in Japan.
==Differences to the game==
The novel has some changes to the game's storyline, some small ones and some rather major. Due to this, it can only be considered semi-canon.
*Ricard, Cid and Josef are not in the novel at all; their storylines completely cut.
*The novel starts a bit before the start of the game showing Firion, Leon, Maria and Guy's normal life. Firion and Maria end up together in the end, rather than the ambiguous ending of the game.
*The novel addresses Leon's unraveling before he turns on the party. His fiancée leaves him and marries into the Altair family. The upset Leon stabs his dog, the first sign of him being deeply troubled and prepared to turn on the ones he loves.
*Guy's backstory is explained that he was raised by monsters, and thus is able to speak their language. Guy's ability is more important in the novel, where Ricard's omission means Guy acts as the translator between the Wyvern and the party.
*Borghen is a powerful Mysidian Black Mage in the novelization.
*Emperor Mateus's backstory and character is explained in the novel. It's stated that Palamecia is cursed with demonic influences that corrupt its emperors. The devil himself, Satan, desiring to rule the world by human proxy, turns men into malicious masterminds by using everything at his disposal to pollute their thoughts with his malice. The devil originates all the way from the beginning of the world when he became trapped within the indestructible "Stone of Iludia" and swore revenge by any means. After ascending to the throne, Mateus was manipulated by Satan, having the memories of his mother Aile wiped from his mind largely because killing her was not an option, forcing her to wander the deserts of Palamecia among nomads; she still spends her life trying to find a way to save him. During the novel, Aile and Minwu team up to find a crystal, which can purify the land. It ends up being too late to save Mateus, but it helps to bring peace to the world. Mateus's father was indicated to have been ultimately immune to Satan's influence, which resulted in Satan killing him via inducing a heart attack.
*The Ultima storyline is cropped and Minwu doesn't die.
*There is no Pandaemonium; Mateus is killed when Firion and his friends go to rescue Hilda near the end of the story. The novel's last chapter is about destroying the Stone of Iludia (which keeps corrupting many of the Palamecian emperors of ages past) with the crystal created by Minwu and Aile.
**Hilda's captivity is expanded upon in the novel, where Mateus is lusting after her and trying to seduce her. In the original game, it is never indicated whether the Emperor had any interest in Hilda outside of using her as bait to lure Firion and his group into a trap.
*The "Hell" version of Mateus is actually Satan taking the likeness of Mateus, rather than Mateus himself having assumed sovereignty over Hell as is the case in the game.
==Gallery==
FFII Novelisation Amano Cover.jpg|Book Cover without text.
Amano Leon.jpg|Inside cover art.
FFII Novelisation Amano Illustration 1.jpg|Amano art of Firion's fight against his possessed childhood friend Elma from the novel.
FFII Novelisation Amano Illustration 2.jpg|Amano art of Maria from the novel.
FFII Novelisation Amano Illustration 3.jpg|Amano art of Maria from the novel.
FFII Novelisation Amano Illustration 4.jpg|Amano art of Firion and Maria from the novel.
FFI Novelisation Amano Illustration 5.jpg|Amano art of Leon from the novel.
FFII Novelisation Amano Illustration 6.jpg|Amano art of Deist (possibly) from the novel.
FFII Novelisation Amano Illustration 7.jpg|Amano art of the Emperor and Hilda from the novel. The scene involved the Emperor attempting to seduce Hilda shortly after her capture.
FFII Novelisation Amano Illustration 8.jpg|Amano art of a Wind Drake from the novel.
FFII Novelisation Amano Illustration 9.jpg|Amano art of Hilda and Minwu before the rebel army from the novel.
FFII Novelisation Amano Illustration 10.jpg|Amano art of a battle from the novel.
FFII Novelisation Amano Illustration 11.jpg|Amano art of the legendary sea serpent Decius from the novel.
FFII Novelisation Amano Illustration 12.jpg|Amano art of Firion, Maria, and Guy from the novel.
FFII World Map Novel.png|The world map from the novel.
Category:Final Fantasy II
Muma no Meikyū