Lunarian

The Lunarians, also known as Moon Folk and Moonfarer, are a recurring race from the moon in the Final Fantasy series. Physically, the Lunarians are nearly identical to humans, but their technological advancements and knowledge are more advanced.
==Appearances==
===Final Fantasy IV===
Notable Lunarians include Fusoya, Kluya, Cecil Harvey, and Golbez. Of the four, Fusoya and Kluya are full-blooded, while Cecil and Golbez are half-blooded; therefore the latter pair has an unspecified fraction of the Lunarians' powers and abilities. 
The people of Lunarian heritage possess no distinctive physical traits that would identify them, other than their light-colored hair. Lunarians are natural mages, and most seen know the ultimate magic, Meteor, along with a variety of other high-level spells. Meteor proves a crippling weakness for the Lunarians, as the half-Lunarian Golbez is weakened by Tellah's Meteor, Zemus is finished off by Meteor by both Golbez and Fusoya, and Zeromus later returns the favor by weakening Golbez and Fusoya with Meteor.
Long ago the Lunarians lived on a planet between the "Red Planet" (Mars) and the "Great Behemoth" (Jupiter). The Lunarians' home planet was about to be destroyed, so they fled to the "Blue Planet" (Earth). They discovered humans still in the process of evolution, and found the two races could not co-exist. The Lunarians decided to await the day the humans could live peacefully with them, and created a second moon in orbit over the planet. They went to sleep near the moon's core, while one of them, Fusoya, stood guard over them. The only entrance to the path to the core was concealed under the Crystal Palace.
Although the majority of Lunarians were content to sleep and co-exist with humans, Zemus believed they should use the Giant of Babil to destroy humanity and leave Earth to the Lunarians. It is for this reason, as well as the protection of the Lunarians as a whole, that Fusoya sealed Zemus and forced him to sleep.
Fusoya's brother, Kluya, built an airship known as the Lunar Whale to travel to Earth where he taught them advanced technology, such as airship building and the Devil's Road, and the secret of magic. Kluya fathered two sons with a woman named Cecilia. Kluya was killed by a group of "angry humans" and his spirit came to rest atop Mount Ordeals. Zemus contacted the orphaned Theodor telepathically, still possessing psychic powers in his sleep, and took control of Theodor's mind, christening him Golbez, "an insect birthed from womb of dragon's corpse". Theodor then abandoned his baby brother Cecil at Baron, where the king took him in. 
Under Zemus's control, Golbez gathers the eight Crystals of Earth and activates the planetary elevator within the Tower of Babil, transporting the Giant of Babil to Earth. Through the combined efforts of Cecil Harvey and his allies, the Giant is destroyed and Golbez is freed from Zemus's control. Golbez returns to the moon with Fusoya, intent on killing Zemus.
Confronting him in the moon's core, the two kill Zemus, but his hatred survives and develops a consciousness of its own, becoming the beast Zeromus. After Zeromus is defeated, the Lunarians decide the Earth would be better off without their presence, and move their moon out of Earth's orbit, heading for parts unknown.
====Final Fantasy IV: The After Years====
Through his father's lineage, Ceodore Harvey is one-quarter Lunarian. His powers are much more limited than his father's, and manifest when he is faced with grave danger in the Adamant Isle Grotto. From this point forward, he may call upon them at will, though he will sacrifice much of his life force when the effects of his Awaken ability wane. 
The Creator targets the moon for its Crystals. Fusoya and Golbez must fight Maenad, who revives Zeromus to attack them. Golbez escapes to Earth, but Fusoya remains behind as Zeromus uses his Big Bang attack. Golbez is teleported aboard the Lunar Whale and sent to Earth. The fate of Fusoya and the Lunarians after this is unknown, though Golbez plans to return to the moon and find out.
===Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light===
Krinjh is the last survivor of the Moon Folk, a mystical race that founded the kingdom of Guera.
==Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances==
===Bravely Second: End Layer===
 is from the Moon. Rebuilding her hometown, , is a minigame similar to the restoration minigame from Bravely Default. Moonfarer is a name the tribe calls the folks who lives on the moon. The people on the moon have a tradition related to flowers; when a man gives a flower to a woman, this action is considered a marriage proposal.
==Gallery==
TAY PSP Male Lunarian.png|Sleeping male Lunarian (PSP).
TAY PSP Female Lunarian.png|Sleeping female Lunarian (PSP).
File:T4Hol-Kirinjyu.jpg|Krinjh in Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light.
==Etymology and allusion==
Lunarian is a demonym for the people who live on the moon. 
The Lunarians' origins in Final Fantasy IV are based on the idea of the planet Phaeton. For a time in history it was thought the asteroid belt was the remnants of a fifth planet that was destroyed or didn't form properly, and this hypothetical planet was called Phaeton. Today the theory has mostly been discarded due to numerous factors that cast doubt on its validity, including chemical differences in the asteroids and that their combined mass is only a fraction of the mass of Earth's Moon, not nearly high enough to form a planetary body.
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Category:Races in the Final Fantasy IV series