Cecil Harvey

Cecil Harvey is the main protagonist of Final Fantasy IV, who also appears in the sequel Final Fantasy IV: The After Years, and the interquel Final Fantasy IV -Interlude- that bridges the gap between the two games. Cecil is one of the few characters in the series to change his job during the game, starting out as a Dark Knight, but after a trial and the battle with the first of the Four Elemental Archfiends, transforms into a Paladin.
In the English version of the 3D remake originally released for Nintendo DS, as well as in Dissidia Final Fantasy, Cecil is pronounced /ˈsɛsɪ̈l/ (seh-sil), as opposed to /ˈsiːsɪ̈l/ (see-sil), the pronunciation more commonly found in North American English. The Japanese form (Seshiru) seems to back this up. However, the bonus disc included with Final Fantasy XII's collector's edition pronounces it the other way.
==Story==
Cecil is a Dark Knight of Baron and captain of the Red Wings airship fleet, torn between loyalty to his kingdom and qualms about ransacking other nations. Eventually, he decides he's had enough and speaks up to the King, whereupon he's demoted to errand duty and sent to the neighboring valley of Mist. The parcel he's carrying contains living explosives that eradicate the locals (the King considered the Summoners of Mist a threat), and Cecil defects from Baron. With the help of some newfound allies, Cecil cleanses his sins at Mt. Ordeals to become a Paladin. So endowed, he pledges to stop Baron, which is secretly being manipulated by his replacement in the Red Wings. Near the end of the game, Cecil discovers the truth about his origins and how it ties him closer to the game's events than he thought. At the end of the game, he's crowned King of Baron and rules the kingdom into The After Years, marrying Rosa and fathering a son, Ceodore. 
==Personality==
Cecil is a strong and gifted knight, gaining the respect and admiration of his men during his captaincy of the Red Wings. Although being raised by the King of Baron, Cecil is modest, shy, and insecure. 
He struggles with showing his emotions, his meekness catches others off guard, ill-fitting his initial role as a Dark Knight. Cecil struggles with his sense of identity and morality; he comes to hate himself for blindly following his King's orders to the detriment of others, and promptly loses his sense of self as a result. 
== Abilities ==
Cecil calls upon the powers of light and dark. He is a mysterious man with expertise in both swordsmanship and aerial combat. Cecil is able to switch between ground fighting with both short range and long-range battle styles or aerial combat paired with his agility.
== Trivia ==
* Cecil is the only Final Fantasy protagonist who is known to have a child. 
==Gallery==
===Images===
Final Fantasy IV - Cecil Harvey by Amano Yoshitaka.png|Cecil Harvey as a Paladin by Yoshitaka Amano.
CecildsNB.png|Cecil Harvey as a Dark Knight as seen in Dissidia Final Fantasy.
Cecil FF4DS CG Art.png|Cecil Harvey as a Paladin as seen in Dissidia Final Fantasy.
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