Scarmiglione

Scarmiglione , also known as Milon, is a recurring character in the Final Fantasy universe. First appearing as a minor antagonist, he is a fiend associated with the element of Earth and the undead.
== Appearances ==
=== Final Fantasy ===
Scarmiglione appears in the Game Boy Advance and PlayStation Portable remakes as a boss in floor 5 of Hellfire Chasm, one of the bonus dungeons for the remakes. As in his original appearance, he is fought twice: once under his cloaked appearance and sequentially, in his true form.
When defeated, he drops a Lunar Curtain.
=== Final Fantasy IV ===
Scarmiglione (originally called Milon) is a boss and one of Golbez's Archfiends, titled the Blighted Despot. He speaks with a hiss, drawing out the letter s.
Scarmiglione first appears in the Tower of Zot, where Golbez tells him that Cecil Harvey is climbing Mount Ordeals with the intention of becoming a Paladin. Golbez sends him to kill Cecil while he is still is a Dark Knight, because Cecil is powerless against the undead. When he arrives to Mount Ordeals, Scarmiglione makes hissing noises. Porom, a member of Cecil's party, blames them on her twin brother Palom, who denies making them.
Tellah, another member of Cecil's party, senses something evil in the air. Scarmiglione attacks the party with the help of his four Skullnants (2D and 3D). After Cecil's party defeats Scarmiglione, he returns from the dead and attacks the party again, this time from behind and in his true form. Cecil's party defeats him a second time, and he falls off the ledge.
The other three fiends, especially Cagnazzo, have a low opinion of Scarmiglione, with Cagnazzo stating Scarmiglione was "a weakling that never deserved to be one of the four fiends."
Scarmiglione makes an appearance with the other three Archfiends (Cagnazzo, Barbariccia, and Rubicante) in the Giant of Babil, after being revived by Zemus, but the four are again defeated.
Scarmiglione mentions that "death brings about [his] true power," which may imply he can only take his true form if he dies.
In the 3D remake Scarmiglione is voiced by Dameon Clarke in English and Konishi Onishi in Japanese.
==== Final Fantasy IV: The After Years ====
Scarmiglione is a boss. During the battle he begs to be killed before his soul is crushed, and afterwards thanks the party as one of the spirits of the land. If Golbez is in the party, Scarmiglione will thank him for accepting him for what he was despite being hideous and unworthy. The Stardust Rod is awarded after his defeat.
===Final Fantasy XIV===
Scarmiglione appears in Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker as the last boss of the duty instance "The Fell Court of Troia" and later again in an instanced fight. Similar to Final Fantasy IV, he is the first of Golbez's archfiends and one of his generals with the power to instantly reform voidsent. Prior to the Flood of Darkness, he was a cowardly general who hid while his men died around him. The memoriate who went to his castle knocked him out and buried him alive. During the funeral rites, he clawed his way out of his grave and was named "Scarmiglione". After the Contramemoria, his cowardice carried over and he preyed on weaker voidsent; according to a voidsent in Radz-at-Han, he is kept as an archfiend due to his regenerative powers despite being the weakest of them.
Most of his dialogue, including his intro and defeat scenes, are lifted verbatim from Final Fantasy IV, as well as his tendency to hide behind undead monsters. His design is a mixture of his cloaked and uncloaked forms with a decidedly more snake-like visage and wielding a sword in combat, derived from his Yoshitaka Amano art. In the dungeon boss fight, it plays a remixed version of "Battle 2".
=== Final Fantasy Dimensions II ===
Scarmiglione appears as a earth-elemental summon. His special attack is Curse of the Earth, which deals earth-elemental damage to all enemies.
Scarmiglione allows the wielder to use the following abilities:
* Back Attack I
* Back Attack II
* Back Attack III
FFLTnS Scarmiglione Alt1.png|Alt artwork.
=== Dissidia Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy===
Scarmiglione appears as a summon as a counter to an opponent's summoning, where Scarmiglione resets the opponent's Bravery points back to 0, as its Final Fantasy IV artwork appears. Scarmiglione can be obtained on the second stage of the Shade Impulse I storyline.
Scarmiglione seems to act as a "counter" version of one of the original Final Fantasy Four Fiends, specifically Lich. Lich's Earth Arcana and Scarmiglione's Curse both reduce the opponent to 0 Brave. Lich and Scarmiglione are each the first "fiend" to be fought in their respective games. Plus, they are both undead.
There is also a weapon bearing his name: Scarmiglione's Fang.
In Dissidia 012, he can be purchased from certain Moogle Shops for 100 KP. Scarmiglione also appears as a tutor for the Labyrinth feature at the in-game manuals.
=== Theatrhythm Final Fantasy ===
Scarmiglione appears as an enemy.
==== Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Curtain Call ====
Scarmiglione appears as an enemy in Battle Music Sequences.
=== Pictlogica Final Fantasy ===
The Final Fantasy IV incarnation of Scarmiglione appears as an enemy.
=== Final Fantasy All the Bravest ===
The Final Fantasy IV incarnation of Scarmiglione appears as an enemy. It is fought in Fabul Waterway. It uses Back Attack and drops the Poison Rod.
=== Final Fantasy Record Keeper ===
Scarmiglione appears as a boss, along with several Revenants. He appears in both forms and counterattacks fire in his second form. He was in several event dungeons and Ultimate battles.
FFRK Scarmiglione 1st FFIV.png|Scarmiglione 1st from Final Fantasy IV.
FFRK Scarmiglione 2nd FFIV.png|Scarmiglione 2nd from Final Fantasy IV.
FFRK Scarmiglione FFIV Stamp.png|Multiplayer stamp.
=== Final Fantasy Brave Exvius ===
Scarmiglione is a character and summonable vision. His job is listed as Elemental Archfiend.
Scarmiglione's Trust Master reward is the Blighted Despot special ability.
;Story
;Stats
Scarmiglione's stats at his highest levels are as follows (with no passive abilities taken into account), along with the maximum amount of stat points that can be increased through pot-enhancements:
Rarity	Level	HP 	MP 	ATK 	DEF 	MAG 	SPR 	Attack Hits	Drop Check
3★ 	60 	1556 (+150)	65 (+25) 	65 (+14) 	59 (+10) 	50 (+10)	48 (+10)	1 	6
4★ 	80 	2022 (+210)	85 (+35) 	85 (+18) 	77 (+14) 	65 (+14)	62 (+14)	1 	8
5★ 	100 	2629 (+240)	111 (+40)	111 (+24)	100 (+16)	85 (+16)	81 (+16)	1 	10
;Abilities
3★
Ability 	Level
Thunder 	1
Poison Claw	19
HP +20% 	5
SPR +10% 	35
4★
Ability 	Level
Thundara 	48
Diseased Claw 	20
Blinding Strike	36
Back Attack 	55
ATK +20% 	60
5★
Ability 	Level
Thundaga 	12
Hideous Strike 	40
Gas 	80
DEF +20% 	26
Archfiend of Earth	58
;Equipment
Scarmiglione can equip the following weapons: daggers, swords, katanas, throwing and fists.
He can equip the following armors: hats, clothes, light armors and robes.
He can equip accessories.
;Limit Bursts
Rarity	Name 	Effect 	Hits	Cost
3★ 	Song of Curse	Base (Level 1): Physical damage (5x) to one enemy. Decrease ATK/DEF (10%) for 3 turns to one enemy.Max (Level 20): Physical damage (5.45x) to one enemy. Decrease ATK/DEF (19%) for 3 turns to one enemy. 	1 	12
4★ 	Song of Curse	Base (Level 1): Physical damage (5.5x) to one enemy. Decrease ATK/DEF (20%) for 3 turns to one enemy.Max (Level 20): Physical damage (6.2x) to one enemy. Decrease ATK/DEF (34%) for 3 turns to one enemy.	1 	14
5★ 	Song of Curse	Base (Level 1): Physical damage (6x) to one enemy. Decrease ATK/DEF (35%) for 3 turns to one enemy.Max (Level 25): Physical damage (6.95x) to one enemy. Decrease ATK/DEF (54%) for 3 turns to one enemy. 	1 	16
;Awakening Materials
4★ 	5★
Beast Meat x25Litrock x10Heaven's Ash x5Esper Cryst x15Sacred Crystal x5	Litrock x20Heaven's Ash x10Spiritsand x5Sacred Crystal x10Holy Crystal x5
;Quotes
Rarity	Summoned 	Fused 	Awoken
3★ 	Ever at your ssservice, my lord. 	Such pleasure I will take in delivering you to the gatesss of hell! 	—
4★ 	My undead children hunger to feassst upon your flesh! 	Those who see this face must die! I'll sssmite your ruin upon the mountainside!	Impressssive... Now I shall show you my true form!
5★ 	I am the oarsman who will ferry you beyond the veil! The Blighted Despot, Scarmiglione—archfiend of earth, and first of Golbez's circle of four!	Breathe this, and walk as the living dead! 	My true ssstrength lies in death! And now, you shall join me in it!
FFBE 8073 Scarmiglione.png|No. 8073 Scarmiglione (3★).
FFBE 8074 Scarmiglione.png|No. 8074 Scarmiglione (4★).
FFBE Song of Curse.gif|Song of Curse limit burst.
===Mobius Final Fantasy===
=== Final Fantasy Trading Card Game ===
Scarmiglione appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Earth-elemental Forward cards.
Scarmiglione TCG.png|Scarmiglione [2-058R] Chapter series card.
Scarmiglione2 TCG.png|Scarmiglione [7-070U] Chapter series card.
Scarmiglione3 TCG.png|Scarmiglione [15-076U] Chapter series card.
Scarmiglione 2-085H from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Scarmiglione [2-085H] Opus series card.
Scarmiglione 3-082R from FFTCG Opus.jpg|Scarmiglione [3-082R] Opus series card.
== Non-Final Fantasy guest appearances ==
=== Hanjuku Hero: Aa, Sekaiyo Hanjukunare...! ===
A parody of Scarmiglione from Final Fantasy IV makes an appearance in the 4th chapter of the game along with the other Archfiends. The chapter number they appear in alludes to the number 4, their game's origin. The seasons have been stolen, and by defeating the Four Archfiends will return the seasons. They each have a castle, and are located on the four corners of the map. Sprimiglione , the Fiend of Spring is found in the northeast castle.
Hanjuku Hero - Sprimiglione Field.png|Sprimiglione (Field)
Hanjuku Hero - Sprimiglione.png|Sprimiglione
=== Lord of Vermilion ===
Scarmiglione is a card in Lord of Vermilion II along with other characters from Final Fantasy IV, as a special cross promotion. Scarmiglione also appears as a card in Lord of Vermilion Arena.
=== Guardian Cross ===
Scarmiglione, along with Cagnazzo, Rubicante, and Barbariccia, is a promotional card in Guardian Cross. They were special captures to celebrate the release of Final Fantasy IV for the iOS. All of them are Rank 5 (the rarest), with Scarmiglione being a Wisp-type Guardian that would have been found in the Storm Reach region.
== Gallery ==
Monster3-Walk-Front.gif|Scarmiglione (SNES).
FFIV Novel Art 05 - Cecil Must Die.png|Scarmiglione with Golbez and Kain.
LoV Scarmiglione Artwork.png|Artwork of Scarmiglione's card.
ScarmiglioneLOV2.PNG|Scarmiglione's Lord of Vermilion card and stats.
LoV - Scarmiglione Back.jpg|Back of Scarmiglione's card.
LoVA Scarmiglione.jpg|Scarmiglione's Lord of Vermilion Arena card.
Guardian Cross Scarmiglione.jpg|Scarmiglione's Guardian Cross card.
== Etymology ==
"Milon" was likely an attempt to compress the character's name coherently into fewer than eight characters, as the SNES version had an eight-character limit for enemy names. "Milon" was likely derived from the last three kana syllables of the character's name in Japanese, ミリョーネ, with the "e" being dropped.
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Category:Characters in Final Fantasy IV
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