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Finally... the colored version of Final Fantasy 2's villains... is complete. My hand feels like jelly...

As said before, the Lamia Queen is on the bottom-left, Borghen is on right, and on the throne... is Emperor Mateus Palamecia.

Lamia Queen: Most people might not consider the Lamia Queen a primary villain in FF2, but she does get more screentime than people think she does. When the Emperor kidnaps Princess Hilda, he replaces her with an imposter: the Lamia Queen, magically disguised as Hilda. Surprisingly enough, people don't realize she's not Hilda, despite the fact that she didn't cry over the death of the king, or the fact that she was eating rats. Eventually, she tries to seduce Firion, but his friends bust in right when she reveals her true form and they kill her. This is one of the best scenes in the game, cuz Firion is all embarrassed that they overheard him "being seduced".

General Borghen: Am I the only one that thinks he's adorable? (ahem) Anyway... Borghen used to be a General for Princess Hilda's army, but as soon as he saw that the Palamecian Empire was far more powerful, he turned traitor and joined them, ensuring the Emperor's victory by telling him the Fynn Kingdom's military weaknesses. Later, Borghen oversees the construction of the Dreadnought, a giant, flying warship the Emperor uses to destroy every town in the world a second time. He later tries to stop you from obtaining the Goddess's Bell from the Snow Cave, and he fights you. But he's extremely weak; he does single digit damage and dies in two turns. Before dying, however, he activates an "Acme Indiana Jones Giant Boulder" which rolls after you. Josef uses his immense strength to hold the boulder off while the heroes escape, but the boulder crushes and kills him. But that's not the end of Borghen, no sir! He comes back as a zombie several times throughout the remainder of the game, AND throughout FF2's sequel, Soul of Rebirth, making him the only FF2 villain to never completely die.

Emperor Mateus Palamecia: [OMG RANT TIME] Mateus is like... the best FF villain ever. I know you're gonna say "No, Sephiroth's the best!". No, Sephiroth's just the most popular. And Kefka's not the best either; most of the stuff he does is based on luck and insanity. MATEUS, however, did everything that both Kefka AND Sephiroth did first, and then some.
Anyway, Mateus is the Emperor of Palamecia, a desert kingdom north of Fynn. Mateus was very smug and cocky about his impenetrable fortress, enough to the point where he offered his own daughter as a prize to the first person that could break in. All who tried failed, but... PAUL, of all people, used a kite to fly to the roof and then took off with the Emperor's daughter!! What became of the Palamecian princess afterward is unknown, but Mateus is so enraged by this, he decides to take over the world to put thieves and rogues like Paul in their place.
He starts by making a pact with Satan. This pact gives Mateus enormous magical powers, up to and including the ability to raise an undead army. This pact comes with a price though (of course). If Mateus dies (of old age or suicide ONLY), then Mateus's soul would be cast straight to Hell. But Mateus is smart.... He deduces that if he lets someone kill him, he'd be half-murdered half-suicidal, and thus splitting his soul in half. (Mateus is a genius)
He uses his undead army to burn down every town in the world, except for Deist, which he wipes out by poisoning their drinking water. He occupies Fynn (eliminating the only other opposing army) and Bafsk (where he begins construction of the Dreadnought). He then uses the Dreadnought (a giant, flying warship) to destroy every town in the world a second time. He also kidnaps Hilda and Cid, replaces Hilda with the Lamia Queen, and imprisons them on the Dreadnought. The heroes later rescue Cid and the Lamia Queen, leading her directly to their hideout. (Mateus is a genius)
After the Lamia Queen is killed, Mateus makes an announcement that the Princess is to be held as a prize in a tournament he's holding. (He likes putting princesses up as prizes, don't he?) Firion and his friends are the only participants, and they win. Duh. They present themselves before the Emperor, and he reveals it to be the trap it really was, and he has them imprisoned.
With Firion and the Princess locked up, Mateus begins the construction of the Cyclone Palace, which upon completion, he used to destroy every town in the world a third time. (overkill, much?) Firion and his friends break into the Cyclone Palace, and confront the Emperor. Unbeknownst to them, the Emperor WANTS them to kill him, and he fights them using only spells that increase his defense (like Haste, Protect, Shell, Blink, etc.). The Emperor is finally defeated, and as per his plan, his soul is split in half. One goes to Heaven, the other goes to Hell. Once there, he kills their original rulers and usurps their thrones, becoming the dominant ruler of the afterlife. (Did I mention that Mateus is a genius?)
His Hell Emperor half returns to Earth as its ruler, but this opens a passage that allows Firion and friends to travel to Hell, where they fight and defeat the Dark Emperor once and for all. It is revealed in the sequel that Scott, Josef, Minwu, and Ricard (all characters that died throughout the game) traversed through Heaven in order to confront and defeat the Light Emperor. And thus ended the Emperor's tyranny. (But he's still a genius!)

Some of you (carbonatedwater in particular) may be looking forward to the FF3 pics of the FF Wall. I'm sorry to say, but they will have to wait. I want to see what designs they'll use in Dissidia for Luneth and the Cloud of Darkness before I decide which design to use. If anything, I'll probably just do the Final Boss pic.

Final Fantasy 2 and its amazing villains are copyright of Square (c) 1989.

Description
Finally... the colored version of Final Fantasy 2's villains... is complete. My hand feels like jelly...

As said before, the Lamia Queen is on the bottom-left, Borghen is on right, and on the throne... is Emperor Mateus Palamecia.

Lamia Queen: Most people might not consider the Lamia Queen a primary villain in FF2, but she does get more screentime than people think she does. When the Emperor kidnaps Princess Hilda, he replaces her with an imposter: the Lamia Queen, magically disguised as Hilda. Surprisingly enough, people don't realize she's not Hilda, despite the fact that she didn't cry over the death of the king, or the fact that she was eating rats. Eventually, she tries to seduce Firion, but his friends bust in right when she reveals her true form and they kill her. This is one of the best scenes in the game, cuz Firion is all embarrassed that they overheard him "being seduced".

General Borghen: Am I the only one that thinks he's adorable? (ahem) Anyway... Borghen used to be a General for Princess Hilda's army, but as soon as he saw that the Palamecian Empire was far more powerful, he turned traitor and joined them, ensuring the Emperor's victory by telling him the Fynn Kingdom's military weaknesses. Later, Borghen oversees the construction of the Dreadnought, a giant, flying warship the Emperor uses to destroy every town in the world a second time. He later tries to stop you from obtaining the Goddess's Bell from the Snow Cave, and he fights you. But he's extremely weak; he does single digit damage and dies in two turns. Before dying, however, he activates an "Acme Indiana Jones Giant Boulder" which rolls after you. Josef uses his immense strength to hold the boulder off while the heroes escape, but the boulder crushes and kills him. But that's not the end of Borghen, no sir! He comes back as a zombie several times throughout the remainder of the game, AND throughout FF2's sequel, Soul of Rebirth, making him the only FF2 villain to never completely die.

Emperor Mateus Palamecia: [OMG RANT TIME] Mateus is like... the best FF villain ever. I know you're gonna say "No, Sephiroth's the best!". No, Sephiroth's just the most popular. And Kefka's not the best either; most of the stuff he does is based on luck and insanity. MATEUS, however, did everything that both Kefka AND Sephiroth did first, and then some.
Anyway, Mateus is the Emperor of Palamecia, a desert kingdom north of Fynn. Mateus was very smug and cocky about his impenetrable fortress, enough to the point where he offered his own daughter as a prize to the first person that could break in. All who tried failed, but... PAUL, of all people, used a kite to fly to the roof and then took off with the Emperor's daughter!! What became of the Palamecian princess afterward is unknown, but Mateus is so enraged by this, he decides to take over the world to put thieves and rogues like Paul in their place.
He starts by making a pact with Satan. This pact gives Mateus enormous magical powers, up to and including the ability to raise an undead army. This pact comes with a price though (of course). If Mateus dies (of old age or suicide ONLY), then Mateus's soul would be cast straight to Hell. But Mateus is smart.... He deduces that if he lets someone kill him, he'd be half-murdered half-suicidal, and thus splitting his soul in half. (Mateus is a genius)
He uses his undead army to burn down every town in the world, except for Deist, which he wipes out by poisoning their drinking water. He occupies Fynn (eliminating the only other opposing army) and Bafsk (where he begins construction of the Dreadnought). He then uses the Dreadnought (a giant, flying warship) to destroy every town in the world a second time. He also kidnaps Hilda and Cid, replaces Hilda with the Lamia Queen, and imprisons them on the Dreadnought. The heroes later rescue Cid and the Lamia Queen, leading her directly to their hideout. (Mateus is a genius)
After the Lamia Queen is killed, Mateus makes an announcement that the Princess is to be held as a prize in a tournament he's holding. (He likes putting princesses up as prizes, don't he?) Firion and his friends are the only participants, and they win. Duh. They present themselves before the Emperor, and he reveals it to be the trap it really was, and he has them imprisoned.
With Firion and the Princess locked up, Mateus begins the construction of the Cyclone Palace, which upon completion, he used to destroy every town in the world a third time. (overkill, much?) Firion and his friends break into the Cyclone Palace, and confront the Emperor. Unbeknownst to them, the Emperor WANTS them to kill him, and he fights them using only spells that increase his defense (like Haste, Protect, Shell, Blink, etc.). The Emperor is finally defeated, and as per his plan, his soul is split in half. One goes to Heaven, the other goes to Hell. Once there, he kills their original rulers and usurps their thrones, becoming the dominant ruler of the afterlife. (Did I mention that Mateus is a genius?)
His Hell Emperor half returns to Earth as its ruler, but this opens a passage that allows Firion and friends to travel to Hell, where they fight and defeat the Dark Emperor once and for all. It is revealed in the sequel that Scott, Josef, Minwu, and Ricard (all characters that died throughout the game) traversed through Heaven in order to confront and defeat the Light Emperor. And thus ended the Emperor's tyranny. (But he's still a genius!)

Some of you (carbonatedwater in particular) may be looking forward to the FF3 pics of the FF Wall. I'm sorry to say, but they will have to wait. I want to see what designs they'll use in Dissidia for Luneth and the Cloud of Darkness before I decide which design to use. If anything, I'll probably just do the Final Boss pic.

Final Fantasy 2 and its amazing villains are copyright of Square (c) 1989.