HCBailly plays Final Fantasy IV (Super Famicom) - Part 55 of 70

Our adventures on the mood leads us to new places, new enemies and even a new ally.

Lunar Surface Map (by Rick Bruns)

Just southwest of where you landed is an opening into the Lunar Underground Pass.

Lunar Underground Path/Lunar Corridors

Map (by FlyingArmor)

The Procaryotes and Eucaryotes are run-of-the-mill enemies that have the potential to Poison you, but if you cast Quake on them with Rydia, you'll be able to beat them and get a Golden Apple.

The Abyss Worm is weak to Fire, and the Dark Grenade (Dk. Grenade) is another Bomb enemy that you can get the Bomb summon from. If you hit a Dark Grenade with a weak Bolt spell, the Dark Grenade will cast Chain Explosion, which allows it to take other surrounding enemies with it.

The Moon Curtain reflects magic for longer than the Light Curtain, and the Stardust is used to cast a weak version of Meteo.

The Luna Virus and the Puddings are vanilla enemies, though the Puddings have physical defense.

You'll be going in and out of the lunar surface world en route to the crystal palace, but the corridors look exactly the same. You'll eventually reach the crystal palace.

Home of the Lunarians/Mansion of the Lunarians

Map (by FlyingArmor)

The tile to the far right of the entrance restores your MP, while the tile to the far left restores your HP and cures status ailment.

There is a hidden chest to the south of the HP/status ailment tile that contains two Demon Soldiers that love to cast Stone Gaze a whole lot. HCBailly doesn't even consider them important.

By approaching the altar in the center room, you will be welcomed by an old man named FuSoYa, guardian of the Lunarians. He explains that the Lunarians are people from a long-destroyed planet between the fourth and fifth planet of the solar system, and in their planet's final days, they built a ship and traveled to the main characters' world. They were forced to hibernate to survive, but when it was clear that the creatures of the third planet - also known as the Blue Planet - were still evolving, they created another moon and kept on sleeping. Unfortunately, one of the Lunarians refused to sleep and wanted to purge the third planet of all living beings so the Lunarians could settle there, even going so far as to create the Tower of Bab-il to give mankind the power to destroy itself. Even though FuSoYa forced him into a slumber, the man's mind was still awake, and his psychic powers were ever-increasing and became powerful enough to destroy living things. That man is now sealed below, and uses his powers to control those with a dark soul. That man is Zemus, and the man in his control is Golbez.

FuSoYa then explains that the Crystals are the Lunarians' source of energy, and Zemus used their power to operate the Dimensional Elevator in the Tower of Bab-il. With all eight Crystals gathered, the elevator will bring down mankind's doom: the Giant of Bab-il. Thankfully for us, the rest of the Lunarians did not share Zemus' beliefs, and wanted to wait until the people of the Blue Planet were advanced enough to be able to speak with them, in order to share their culture.

As for the Magical Ship, KluYa, FuSoYa's younger brother, made the ship to go to the Blue Planet. KluYa, having fallen in love with the planet, wanted to aid in its evolution, which in turn lead to the creation of the Devil Road, the handing down of the technology to build airships, and the founding of Mysidia, where the legends taught there would make the Lunarians' dream a reality. However, it was also on the Blue Planet that KluYa fell in love with a woman on the planet and had two children. One of them was Cecil, while the other one was Golbez, meaning that Golbez and Cecil are brothers.

Cecil then learns that the voice that he heard on Mt. Ordeals was that of KluYa's spirit, and FuSoYa notices the resemblance between Cecil and a young KluYa. He also learns that he has the power to stop Zemus, and that he must return to the Tower of Bab-il to stop the giant from being unleashed. FuSoYa then joins the party, having the ability to neutralize the barrier surrounding the tower (which explains why the tower is glowing at this point in the game).

FuSoYa has every White and Black spell in the game, though he only has 190 MP. He can also cast Meteo and Flare. Replace the Energy Staff with the Fairy Rod to boost his Wisdom to power up his Black Magic, and move him to the back row along with Rydia and Rosa.