FFII and III Fun Fact of the Week: New Year Knights Edition
This one is going to be a rather brief one, touching upon one of the towns of the game. I’m not sure whether this info comes from the original famicom version that didn’t make it to the remake or some guidebook that was released in Japan or whatever (Though the page with the guidebook info I mentioned earlier seems to mention it). This is going to be a quick overview of the Knight.
Basically, in the world of FFIII, there is the ability to use the positive and negative aspects of the sword; Knights use the positive aspects and Dark Knights use the negative aspects (this is somewhat alluded to even in the remake via Hecantoncheir’s line: “Open yourself to your fear. Only then will darkness grant you its power”). The Saronian King in those days feared the power of Darkness and so exiled one of his Dark Knights. Said Dark Knight went on to study the way of the Dark Blade and founded Falgabard.
The interesting part is the name of the Dark Knight in that story: His name is Leonhart/Lionhart, the same as the fourth main character of Final Fantasy II who was indeed known as the Dark Knight. Odds are it’s just a reference/nod (A similar thing happened with Minwu in certain material concerning Final Fantasy IV’s Mysidia) but it’s still rather interesting to note.