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Ancients
An ancient race of beings with incredible powers. The
last known ancient alive is Aeris
Gainsborough.
Bahamut
A series of summon materia
in which a huge dragon is summoned to blast all enemies. In order
of increasing power, they are Bahamut, Neo Bahamut, and Bahamut
Zero.
Battle Square
One of the areas in Gold Saucer.
The object is to defeat 8 enemies in a row. The enemies increase
in diffuculty and a new handicap is given for each subsequent
round. The more enemies defeated the more battle points you earn.
The more battle points you earn, the better the prizes you can
receive.
Black Materia
This is a very powerful materia that can summon a Meteor from across the galaxy
and have it crash into the earth.
Bone Villiage
This villiage, located in the southeastern section of
the Icicle Region, is a campsite for
archaeologists trying to dig up lost artifacts. It's
characterized by a huge dinosaur skeleton.
Chocobo
This is a type of bird native to earth in Final Fantasy
VII. They can get you where you're going faster than walking.
There are 5 different breeds of chocobos. The yellow one is a
standard chocobo which can only run across grassy areas.
Chocobo Farm
A small ranch south of Kalm
where chocobos are bred and raised.
Chocobo Sage
He is a very old and forgetful wizard. But if you're
patient, he'll remember how to raise chocobos and pass his
knowledge on to you. He lives in a small house within the
mountains located in the mideastern section of Icicle Region. You can buy the best greens from him and also some nuts.
Chocobo Square
An area in Gold
Saucer where you can bet on chocobo
races or race your own chocobos.
City of the Ancients
A hidden city where the Ancients once lived. It is now abandoned and
impossible to find unless you know the secret to the Sleeping Forest.
Command Materia
The type of materia
that, when eqipped, adds a new command to the character's list of
commands. Sometimes it replaces an existing command. For example,
the Slash-All materia will replace Attack with Slash-All. It's
characterized by a yellow color.
Corel Prison
A prison located at the base of Gold Saucer.
Cosmo Canyon
A spiritual place west of Gongaga where people go to learn the
nature of the universe and watch the stars from the great
observatory. The observatory is run by the wise old Bugenhagen,
whom Red XIII calls
"Grandfather."
Costa del Sol
A sunny resort town located on the seashore east of the Mount Corel Mako Reactor.
Downed Shinra Plane
A Shinra
airplane which crashed into the sea long ago. There are some
useful items hidden here. You'll need the submarine to reach it.
Ether
An item that will restore some MP back to a single character.
Event Square
An area in Gold
Saucer where live shows are displayed in a huge arena.
Fort Condor
A fort containing a Mako Reactor which is southwest of the Chocobo Farm. A giant condor sits atop
the reactor waiting for it's egg to hatch. Shinra wants to get the
condor off of the reactor, so they attack the fort every so
often. You can help the effort by contributing Gil or fighting the attackers yourself.
Ghost Square
An are in Gold
Saucer which has a ghostly-themed hotel. You can rest there
and buy basic items.
Gil
The currency of the world in Final Fantasy VII. You need
this to buy everything. You get more as you kill more enemies.
Gold Saucer
This is the Disney World of Final Fantasy VII. It's an
amusment park built on a giant golden spire which houses 7 huge
saucers. Each saucer contains a different square with different
events. It towers above the great desert just south of North Corel. The only way
to reach it is to take an air trolly from North Corel.
Gongaga
This town is located across the river, west of Gold
Saucer. It houses an old Mako
Reactor which is no longer in operation.
GP
This is the currency of Gold Saucer. You can win it by
playing games in Wonder
Square, betting on chocobo races, or racing chocobos.
Everything else requires GP to participate in.
Great Glacier
An area within the mountains in the northern part of Icicle Region.
Hades
A powerful summon
materia in which you summon a dark sorceror who not only
deals massive damage to all enemies, but he also inflicts several
status ailment on them, such as Frog, Mini, Sleep, Poison,
Confuse, and Mute. You can find this in the Downed Shinra Plane.
Highwind
Cid's last name; the
airship you use to go everywhere on Discs 2 and 3; Cid's Level 4 Limit Break,
where he commands the Highwind to fire about 20 missles at all
enemies.
Holy
The power of goodness that is summoned by the White Materia. It's the
only thing that can stop Meteor.
HP
Stands for Hit Points. This represents how much damage
that characters and enemies can receive before they die.
Huge Materia
Highly concentrated materia
with far more power than normal materia. However, they can't be
activated normally. When activated, they can create Master Materia.
Icicle Lodge
A small lodge located in the midwestern section of Icicle Region, which is
just south of the Great
Glacier.
Icicle Region
The northern continent, characterized by cold weather
conditions and mountains.
Independent Materia
A type of materia
that effects it's user contstantly, sometimes being activated by
a particular event. For example, HP Plus will always increase
it's user maximum HP. Counter will sometimes have the character
counter attack against a creature that just him him. It's
characterized by a purple color.
Jenova Project
A scientific profect started by Dr. Hojo. He took
the cells of an ancient named Jenova and injects them into people for strange
effects.
Junon
A military town west of Fort
Condor, which is seperated into two cities: Upper Juno and
Lower Junon. Lower Junon looks like a typical town, but Upper
Junon is home to a Shinra
military base and airfield. It also houses a huge cannon called Sister Ray.
Kalm
A small port town just southeast of Midgar.
Knights of the Round
The most powerful summon materia (any materia, for that matter)
in the game. You summon 13 Knights of the Roundtable to deal
massive amounts of damage to all enemies each.
Kupo Nut
What mogs like to eat.
Level 4 Limit Break
This is the highest level and most powerful Limit Break that any
character can get. Unlike the other limit breaks, this one must
be found and used after all other Limit Breaks for that charcater
have been mastered.
Leviathan
A moderately powerful summon materia in which you summon a huge sea
monster that hurls a tidal wave on all of your enemies. You can
find it in Wutai.
Life Stream
A stream that rests beneath the planet's surface where
the souls of the dead are gathered.
Limit Break
Each character has a number of special powers called
Limit Breaks. Most characters have 4 Levels, with Levels 1-3 each
containing two different Limit Breaks and Level 4 containing
one. The exceptions are Cait Sith, who
has two Levels with one power each and Vincent
who has 4 levels with one power each. Limit Breaks are activated
when a character's Limit Gauge fills up. It fills up as the
character takes damage from enemies. So the more a character gets
hit, the more his Limit Gauge fills up. When his Limit Gauge is
full, his Attack command will be replaced with Limit, which will
allow the character to use any limits on the current level
selected. Once a character has used his Limit Break, the Limit
Gauge goes back to 0. Game hint: If you want a
character's limit gauge to fill faster, give him a Hyper, which
gives him the Fury status. Then give him the Cover materia.
Lunar Harp
A magical item that is needed to enter the Sleeping Forest. Get
the excavators in Bone
Villiage to dig it up for you.
Magic Materia
A type of materia
which allows it's user to cast magic spells such as Fire, Ice,
Lighting, Earth, etc. It is characterized by a green color.
Mako Energy
Energy created from by the souls of dead who live in the Life Stream. It's this
energy that keeps the planet alive. Whenever the planet is
damaged, Mako Energy is released to fix the wound.
Mako Reactor
A reactor created by Shinra which gathers and stores Mako Energy to be used by
the various places around the world.
Masamune
A powerful long sword which can only be used by
Sephiroth.
Master Materia
Materia that contains all the powers of the materia of
that type. For example, if you master at least one of each magic
materia, you can get the green Huge Materia to perform a materia
blend, which will convert all of your mastered materia of that
type into the Master Magic Materia.
Materia
Materia is crystalized Mako Energy that has special
powers. It also grows if it's placed on most weapons or armor. It
grows through AP gained by killing monsters. When it grows to
it's maximum possible AP level, it becomes mastered and divides
into a new materia of the same type.
Megalixir
An item that restores all characters to their maximum HP
and MP.
Meteor
What is summoned by the Black Materia. Sephiroth plans
to ram the Meteor into the planet.
Mideel
A town located on an island to the southeast of the main
continent. The Life Stream runs underneath this town.
Midgar
This is the most populated and techlogically advanced
city in the world. At the center sits the Shinra Building,
surrounded by huge plates with bulidings and industries and a
Mako Reactor at the end of each plate. Underneath the plates are
the slums, where the poor live.
Mog
A creature with a big round body and tiny little pink
wings. They come in many colors, including white, yellow, and
pink.
Mount Corel
The mountain which is just north of North Corel. The Mt.
Corel Reactor is located there.
Mount Nibel
The mountain just north of Nibelheim, within which lives
the Materia Keeper and other assorted secrets.
MP
Stands for Magic Points. As spells are cast, a certain
amount of Magic Points are used up.
Nibelheim
A town northwest of Cosmo Canyon where Cloud and Tifa
are from. It supposedly burned down years ago, but it seems
mighty fine, now.
North Corel
The remains of the original Corel after it was burned
down by Shinra. It's located just north of Gold Saucer and it
contains the only means by which to reach it. Barret and Dyne are
from here.
Nuts
Feed these to chocobos when you want them to breed.
Odin
A summon materia in which you summon the mighty warrior
Odin, riding upon his six-legged steed. Against weak enemies, he
slashes and kills them instantly. Against stronger enemies and
bosses, he hurls a great lance in to the sky to have it come
crashing down.
Quadra Magic
Support materia that allows you to cast a spell 4 times
in a row, but only using MP for one casting.
Rocket Town
A town north of Nibelheim and east of Wutai in which
there's a giant rocket platform and a huge, tilted, dormant
rocket. Cid is from here.
Round Square
An area in Gold Saucer where you can get on a gondola
and ride around the park.
Shinra, Inc.
The corporation that rules the world. For more info, see
the Shinra, Inc. page.
Sister Ray
A huge canon that extends from Upper Junon. It was later
moved to Midgar.
Sleeping Forest
Near Bone Villiage, this is the only way to reach the
City of the Ancients. But you'll get lost without the Lunar Harp.
Speed Square
An area in Gold Saucer where you can ride a roller
coaster and shoot things for points. If you get 3,000-4,999
points, you get a crappy prize. If you get 5,000+ points, you get
a very good prize.
Summon Materia
This materia allows you to summon a monster or warriors
from another dimension and have them attack all of your enemies.
It is characterized by a red color.
Support Materia
This materia helps out other materia. You usually link
this materia to another materia to perform a certain efect. For
example, if you pair the All Support materia with the Fire Magic
materia, you can cast Fire on all enemies, not just one. It is
characterized by a blue color.
Temple of the Ancients
This is a mysterious place that contains some of the
history, prophecies, and secrets of the Ancients.
Turbo Ether
An item that completely restores one character's MP back
to it's maximum.
Wall Market
A merchant center in the Sector 6 slums of Midgar.
White Materia
This materia summons the power of Holy, which is the
only thing that can stop Meteor.
Wonder Square
An area in Gold Saucer where you can play severl
different games by using Gil. You can win GP, which can be
exchanged for items here or used elsewhere in Gold Saucer.
Wutai
A tourist town on the northern part of the westernmost
island. Yuffie is from here.
X-potion
An item that restores one character's HP to it's
maximum.
Zango Valley
The hidden area where the City of the Ancients is
located.
9999
The maximum amount of damage that any one single attack
can hit for against you or your opponents. It is also the
absolute maximum HP for your characters.