Kraken

Kraken is a recurring enemy in the Final Fantasy series. Usually depicted as a human-cephalopod hybrid, Kraken is often associated with the Water element.
==Appearances==
===Final Fantasy===
Two hundred years before the events of the game, Kraken infiltrated a water temple near Onrac and submerges it beneath the sea, where it becomes the Sunken Shrine. When the party follows him to his watery lair, he reveals that he is one of the Four Fiends under Chaos, and promises to make the shrine their tombs.
===Final Fantasy III===
Kraken appears in the Cave of Tides as the party attempts to cleanse the Water Crystal.
===Final Fantasy IV: The After Years===
The Kraken in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years is the return of the fiend from the original Final Fantasy. He is weak to Lightning as in the original game, and is fought in the Depths, on the floor with all of the other original Final Fantasy bosses. Upon defeat, the Kraken relinquishes the Triton Dagger.
===Final Fantasy IX===
Kraken is one of the guardians of Terra and resides in the Water Shrine. He later appears with the other three incarnations of the Four Fiends in Memoria. Crystallized versions of him can be encountered in the Crystal World.
===Final Fantasy XI===
Kraken are a species of Sea Monk.
===Final Fantasy XIV===
Kraken is depicted as a gigantic squid in Final Fantasy XIV, and is fought twice. First as the last boss of the Hullbreaker Isle, where it flees upon defeat, and again as the last boss of Sastasha (Hard), where it is slain.
===Final Fantasy Tactics Advance===
An homage to Kraken appears as the Falgabard Kraken, an Ice Flan belonging to a special force of the Red Wings. It is fought as a boss on mission #078: Water Sigil.
===Final Fantasy Adventure===
The Kraken is a boss found inside the Cave in Floatrocks. It attacks with its tentacles.
===The Final Fantasy Legend===
The Kraken is a potential transformation for the party's monster units. It cannot be encountered in battle.
===Final Fantasy Legend II===
The Kraken is an enemy and also a possible monster that the party's monster unit(s) can transform into.
===Final Fantasy Legend III===
The Kraken is an enemy and also a possible monster that the party can transform into.
===Final Fantasy Dimensions II===
FFD2 Jornee Kraken.png
FFD2 Jornee Kraken Alt1.png
FFD2 Jornee Kraken Alt2.png
===Dissidia Final Fantasy===
In Dissidia Final Fantasy, Kraken appears as a summon. His original Final Fantasy artwork is showcased when he is summoned into battle. When summoned, it uses Water Arcana, evoking a 20-second timer upon the warriors and when it reaches 0, the warriors' Bravery values are exchanged with the opponent's. A colored version of its original artwork from Final Fantasy is used in this game. Kraken can be obtained as a Stage Bonus on the Shade Impulse III storyline.
Kraken's portrait is also included in the Chaos Shrine arena.
====Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy====
Kraken returns in Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, with the same function, though Water Arcana now triggers after 15 seconds. He can be purchased from certain Moogle Shops for 100 KP.
====Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia====
===Pictlogica Final Fantasy===
PFF Kraken FFI.png|Final Fantasy version.
===Final Fantasy All the Bravest===
Kraken appears in Final Fantasy All the Bravest as an enemy encountered inside the Interdimensional Rift. He uses Blizzaga and drops the Nanatsusayanotachi.
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
FFRK Kraken FFI.png|Final Fantasy version.
FFRK Kraken FFIII.png|Final Fantasy III version.
FFRK Kraken FFIX.png|Final Fantasy IX version.
FFRK Kraken FFI Stamp.png|Multiplayer stamp.
===Final Fantasy Brave Exvius===
 
===World of Final Fantasy===
====World of Final Fantasy Maxima====
===Mobius Final Fantasy===
MFF Kraken.jpg|Kraken.
MFF True Kraken.jpg|True Kraken.
MFF Kraken FFXI.jpg|FFXI Kraken.
===Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin===
Kraken is the Fiend form Jed assumed as part of Garland’s plan to wrest control from the the Lufenians, an alternate future version of the Kraken appearing as a enemy fought in the Sunken Shrine.
===Final Fantasy Trading Card Game===
Kraken appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game with his artwork from Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls and Final Fantasy IX. His cards are water-elemental reflecting his element in the games.
Kraken TCG.png|Trading card.
Kraken2 TCG.png|Trading card.
===Final Fantasy Portal App===
Kraken from World of Final Fantasy appears as a Triple Triad card.
==Gallery==
Kraken_DoS.png|Artwork from Dawn of Souls.
Kraken Amano.jpg|Artwork by Yoshitaka Amano from Final Fantasy.
Water Guardian FFIX Art.jpg|Artwork of Kraken in Final Fantasy IX.
Kraken FFIX Art.jpg|Artwork of Kraken in Final Fantasy IX.
Kraken (FFA) copy.jpg|Final Fantasy Adventure artwork.
Kraken port-dissidia.jpg|Kraken's artwork in Old Chaos Shrine in Dissidia.
==Etymology==
es:Kraken
it:Kraken
Category:Recurring enemies