Lunar Whale

The Lunar Whale, also known as the Big Whale and Magical Ship, is the ultimate airship in Final Fantasy IV, bestowed on the party with the aid of the Elder of Mysidia.
The Lunar Whale's sprite is three to four times the size of the other airships, and it moves slower. Due to its size the ship cannot land in some places the Falcon and the Enterprise can, and it cannot enter the crater to the underground; if the player attempts to land the airship in the crater, the airship will lower and then rise back into the air, as it is too big to fit.
Some versions of Final Fantasy IV have a glitch concerning the airship, where the player may accidentally lose the airship on the Red Moon.
== Theme songs ==
Lunar Whale (FFIV DS)
A Savior Ascends (FFIV OC Remix, Echoes of Betrayal, Light of Redemption)
=== Final Fantasy IV ===
The ship was constructed by the Lunarian Kluya to travel between the Red Moon and Earth. After using the Lunar Whale to travel to Earth, Kluya put it to rest in the sea near Mysidia, at a point where the continent's shape forms jaws at the end of a dragon-like tract of land. Thus, the Mysidian Legend refers to the airship as "Birthed from womb of Dragon's maw and borne unto the stars". King Giott is also aware of the legend but refers to it as explicitly a legend about the Lunar Whale.
Golbez acquires the Earth's Crystals and activates the Tower of Babil to call the Giant of Babil from the moon. The elder and the mages of Mysidia pray and create a great whirlpool from which the Lunar Whale rises to ferry Cecil and his allies to the Red Moon. The airship serves as transport for the party, and after Zeromus has been felled, is returned to slumber within the waters near Mysidia.
=== Final Fantasy IV: The After Years ===
Porom and the elder of Mysidia witness the Lunar Whale mysteriously rise from the ocean, and he sends her to Mount Ordeals to find Kain, fearful of what this means. In The Lunarian's Tale, it is revealed that Fusoya and Golbez called the Lunar Whale from the Red Moon, now adrift in space since leaving Earth's orbit. After the Mysterious Girl shatters their Crystals and declares her intent to travel to Earth, Fusoya and Golbez call the Lunar Whale, and Fusoya teleports Golbez aboard and sends him to Earth on it, staying behind to face Zeromus's Malice and his Big Bang attack.
During The Gathering Tale, the party reassembles and Golbez takes them to the Lunar Whale to travel to the True Moon and pursue the Mysterious Girl. If Golbez survives, he takes the Lunar Whale into space again to seek out the Red Moon and discover the fate of Fusoya and the Lunarians.
== Dissidia: Shadowgate ==
It was only briefly seen as a spec of light within the night sky in Baron as Cecil noticed the ship wishing his brother a safe journey (based off the After Years) and wishes to see him again.
== Gallery ==
File:Lunarwhale pixel.webp|Lunar Whale pixel (SNES)
File:FFIVDS Lunar Whale.webp|DS model
File:FF4 Website Lunar Whale.webp|FF4 website model
File:TAY IOS Lunar Whale.webp|TAYs IOS
File:FF4PSP Lunar Whale.webp|Lunar Whale (PSP)
File:FFIV PSP Lunar Whale Cutscene.webp|PSP cutscene
File:FFIV PSP Lunar Whale interior.webp|FFIV PSP interior
File:FFIVDS Lunar Whale Inside.webp|FFIVDS interior
File:FFIVDS FatChocoboRobot.webp|Robot chocobo in the Lunar Whale
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