Terra Branford

ティナ・ブランフォード

**Terra Branford** is a playable character in *Chrono Trigger: The Zodiac Era.* Her unique abilities make her a key player in the game. She is also a playable character in *Final Fantasy VI: Presentiment Era.*

## Profile

### Personality

At first Terra is confused, fearful and amnesiac. She, along with other members of the party, is unaware of her life lived, living the life of another.

She doesn't appear to have her Esper abilities in this era and is unable to morph into her Esper form. However, her native abilities are still present and she has access, by default, the Ultimate Esper in the main game (including Selective Jobs).

### Appearance

Terra is a blonde, eighteen-year-old woman with a sleeveless red dress with floral patterns, flowered white tights, two long red gloves, red boots and a purple-pink cloak with the same flowered design as her tights.

In *Chrono Trigger: The Zodiac Era,* Terra has green hair, purple shoulder pads, and no tights.

## Story

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### Gaia 1800

Terra had discovered the presence of Lavos subsequent to the dark god summoning. She was unfortunately attacked before escaping from Lavos' radius. She fled to refuge in Alexandria, were there she met with Steiner and proceed to explain the rise of Lavos. Steiner then teams with Freya and Nyx to hunt down and defeat Lavos.

### 706 Valendian

Before heading to the Dimensional Vortex, at the group's rendezvous point, Terra makes a statement fearing the perils the party could face if they are separated. Fearing she'd likely not make it far, Crono reassures her that while they don't know what will occur there, she'd be fine as long as she has hope.Hearing Crono beckon the word *"hope"* resonated through Terra. She begins to wonder where else she's heard someone say that word to her. After a moment, she remembers the name, "Banon", referring to Banon of the returners. Nyx congratulates Terra on experiencing what they've all experienced before at some point during the journey—their true memories returning to themselves, later stating *"it's no fun living someone else's life".*

   Just before the party heads off, Rydia takes a moment to speak with Terra. She notes how ironic it is the two would meet in a situation such as this, and haven't really talked one-to-one the whole journey. Terra mentions Rydia's ability to use magic, however, it's different from her own. Rydia then proceeds to say she is a summoner from the village of Mist. To Terra's response, she asks Rydia if it's possible for her to love other people; Rydia questions if Terra mocks her with such a question. Hearing this, it's true Terra still has missing parts of her true memory, as an imperial solider, and this conversation between her and Rydia is similar to her conversation with Celes.

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## Gameplay

Terra wields swords in battle. She wields white magicks, black magicks, time magicks and green magicks. Her skill set is Tech. Meltdown deals massive fire damage to all foes and Magitek Laser deals damage to one foe. Its damage is calculated by Terra's vitality and deals greater damage to Eidolons, utilizing Esper's vitality in the formula.

### Trance

For Terra's trance, her base stats and attack power are heighten. She has immediate access to the Ultima ability, and has the capacity to reach 255 max attack power utilizing the pierce formula. She also has the magick-damage immunity augment bestowed.

## Creation and development

### Voice

In the Zodiac Era, Terra is voiced by Natalie Lander. Developer wanted Terra to sound more akin to her Dissidia counterpart.

## Quotes

* *"It's okay. They thought they failed when they tried it on me. But all you need is hope, Terra. (Crono to Terra)"*
* *"I feel someone calling me..."*
* *"You can use magic too... can't you? But... it's different than mine."* *(Terra to Rydia)*
* "...Is it possible for you to love other people?" *(Terra to Rydia)*

## Musical themes

"Terra's Theme" is the eponymous theme of Terra in *Chrono Trigger: The Zodiac Era*. It plays at the Giza Plains. There are two variations of it, original by Nobuo Uematsu.

## Other appearances

* *Veracity Kingsglaive Unveils*
* *The Zodiac Era Demo*

## Trivia

* During the rendezvous event of *Chrono Trigger: The Zodiac Era*, Terra remembers a certain person from her past.