QuickNavigation - FF Odyssey Final Fantasy VI Characters: Shadow (Last updated on 11/25/2008)

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Bio

Shadow
Age: Unknown
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 145 lbs

About (No Spoilers)

     Shadow is a very mysterious character as he wanders around the world along with his dog, Interceptor and only offers his services to people at random.  Others fear him and he comes and goes as he pleases.  Shadow’s past is unknown and his identity remains a mystery.  Still, Shadow is a strong and useful character, whether he is in your party or not.

Major Relations

     Shadow travels alone for the most part and even though he meets up with Sabin and the others in the cause against the Empire, he is merely in it for his own motives and doesn’t care too much about anyone else.  It wasn’t until Shadown meets up with Relm, that he begins to express any signs of relations between other characters in the game.  As Inteceptor seems to like Relm’s company, later on, it is revealed that Shadow is Relm’s long-lost father.  Other than that, Shadow has no strong ties or relations with other characters in the game.

Character Developments (Spoilers)

     Shadow’s identity remains unknown throughout most of the game and the highest bidder only accepts his services to him.  Eventually, he manages to run into Sabin and joins his cause temporary.  He comes and goes as he pleases, as he does tend to walk out on your party at times, that’s just his style.  Even still, he later on gets involved in the fight against the Empire and later on, his identity is revealed or kind of in a way.  It appears that Shadow and Relm are related in some way, I will explain this in the next section.  Shadow rarely expresses any emotion throughout the game.

Review

     While it may seem that Shadow has a limited amount of weapons and armor to equip, he is still a powerful character in the early parts of the game, since his strength is good, although, not as good as Sabin though.  The weapons that he can throw can prove useful so it’s sometimes best to save old weapons instead of just selling them off.  Shadow doesn’t have much of a personality as he has limited emotions but his character develops over the course of the game.  I thought Shadow as a cool and mysterious character, those qualities fit his character and role well, I’m sure most of you will agree.

Weapons/Armor

     The weapons Shadow can use are unique Ninja knives and swords and Shadow is considered a good fighter overall.  Not only that, he can also equip light armor and his speed is considered quite high as a result.  Shadow can also throw some weapons using his “throw” command, making him a very versatile fighter overall.  Some of the weapons that Shadow uses are similar to Locke’s but they are different in a few minor ways.

    *NOTE: Value is the price you must pay for it, if it's "1", you can find it as an item.
     If "???" is the attack power value, the value will change on varying conditions such as level.

Weapons:

Atma Weapon	Sword	None	1	?????	0	0	0	0	0	0	No	No	No	Attack power increases at level up.
Aura Lance	Lance	None	???	227	+3	+2	+1	+3	0	0	Yes	Yes	No	None
Blizzard	Sword	Ice	3500	108	0	0	0	+2	0	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Randomly casts Ice after each successful hit.
Break Blade	Sword	None	6000	117	0	0	0	0	0	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Randomly casts Break after each successful hit.
Crystal	Sword	None	7500	167	0	0	0	0	0	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	None
Dirk	Dirk	None	75	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	Yes	Yes	No	None
Drainer	Sword	None	1	121	0	0	0	0	+10	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Drains HP from an enemy.
Enhancer	Sword	None	5000	135	0	0	0	+7	0	+20	Yes	Yes	Yes	Increases magic stats.
Epee	Sword	None	1500	98	0	0	0	0	0	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	None
Excalibur	Sword	Pearl	1	217	+2	+2	+1	+1	+20	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	None
Falchion	Sword	None	8500	176	0	0	0	0	+10	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	None
Flame Sabre	Sword	Fire	3500	108	0	0	0	+2	0	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	None
Gold Lance	Lance	None	6000	139	0	0	0	0	0	0	Yes	Yes	No	None
Graedus	Dirk	Pearl	1	204	0	0	0	0	+10	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	None
Illumina	Sword	None	1	255	+7	+7	+7	+7	+50	+50	Yes	Yes	Yes	None
Imp Halberd	Lance	None	1	253	0	0	0	0	0	0	Yes	Yes	No	Gain bonuses in "Imp" status.
Man Eater	Dirk	None	5500	121	0	0	0	0	+10	0	Yes	Yes	No	2X damage to human enemies.
Mithril Blade	Sword	None	225	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	None
Mithril Knife	Dirk	None	150	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	Yes	Yes	No	None
Mithril Pike	Lance	None	400	70	0	0	0	0	0	0	Yes	Yes	No	None
Ogre Nix	Sword	None	1	182	0	0	0	0	0	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Uses MP to increase attack, breaks easily though.
Partisan	Lance	None	6500	150	0	0	0	0	0	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	None
Pearl Lance	Lance	Pearl	1	194	0	0	0	+3	0	0	Yes	Yes	No	Randomly casts Pearl after each successful hit.
Ragnarok	Sword	None	1	255	+7	+3	+7	+7	+30	+30	Yes	Yes	Yes	Randomly casts Flare after each successful hit.
Regal Cutlass	Sword	None	400	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	None
Rune Edge	Sword	None	3750	55	0	0	0	0	+10	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Uses up MP to increase attack power.
Scimitar	Sword	None	1	208	0	0	0	0	0	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	None
Soul Sabre	Sword	None	1	???	0	0	0	0	+10	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Converts damage to MP, may sometimes cast "Doom".
Stout Spear	Lance	None	5000	112	0	0	0	0	0	0	Yes	Yes	No	None
Thunder Blade	Sword	Lightning	3500	108	0	0	0	+2	0	0	Yes	Yes	Yes	Randomly casts Bolt after each successful hit.
Trident	Lance	Water	850	93	0	0	0	0	0	0	Yes	Yes	No	None

Armor:

Aegis Shield	Shield	1	46	0	0	0	0	+20	52	+40	None	None	None	None	Raises chances of evading magic attacks.
Bard's Hat	Helmet	1500	19	0	0	0	0	0	21	+10	None	None	None	None	Raises max MP by a little.
Buckler	Shield	100	16	0	0	0	0	+10	10	0	None	None	None	None	None
Circlet	Helmet	3500	25	+2	+1	+3	+4	0	19	0	None	None	None	None	None
Crystal Helm	Helmet	5000	29	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	None	None	None	None	None
Crystal Mail	Armor	8500	72	0	0	0	0	0	49	0	None	None	None	None	None
Crystal Shield	Shield	3500	50	0	0	0	0	+10	34	0	None	None	None	None	None
Cursed Shield	Shield	1	0	-7	-7	-7	-7	0	0	0	None	None	None	Everything	After equipping for 255 battles, it becomes the Paladin Shield.
Diamond Armor	Armor	7500	70	0	0	0	0	0	47	0	None	None	None	None	None
Diamond Helm	Helmet	4000	27	0	0	0	0	0	18	0	None	None	None	None	None
Diamond Shield	Shield	1750	40	0	0	0	0	+10	27	0	None	None	None	None	None
Diamond Vest	Armor	6000	65	0	0	0	0	0	44	0	None	None	None	None	None
Flame Shield	Shield	1	41	0	0	0	0	+20	28	+10	None	Fire	Ice	Water	Absorbs Fire attacks, casts Fire3 when used as an item.
Force Armor	Armor	1	69	0	0	0	0	0	68	+30	Earth, Wind, Lightning, Ice, Fire	None	None	None	Increases magic defense stats.
Force Shield	Shield	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	70	+50	Water, Earth, Wind, Lightning, Ice, Fire	None	None	None	Casts "Shell" and protects against magic attacks.
Genji Armor	Armor	1	90	+5	+3	+2	+3	0	80	0	None	None	None	None	None
Genji Helmet	Helmet	1	36	0	0	0	0	0	38	0	None	None	None	None	None
Genji Shield	Shield	1	54	0	0	0	0	+20	50	+20	None	None	None	None	None
Gold Armor	Armor	5000	55	0	0	0	0	0	37	0	None	None	None	None	None
Gold Helmet	Helmet	2000	22	0	0	0	0	0	15	0	None	None	None	None	None
Gold Shield	Shield	1300	34	0	0	0	0	+10	23	0	None	None	None	None	None
Green Beret	Helmet	1500	19	0	0	0	0	+10	13	0	None	None	None	None	Increases max HP.
Heavy Shield	Shield	200	22	0	0	0	0	+10	14	0	None	None	None	None	None
Ice Shield	Shield	1	42	0	0	0	0	+20	28	+10	None	Ice	Fire	Wind	Absorbs Ice attacks, casts Ice3 if used as an item.
Imp's Armor	Armor	1	100	0	0	0	0	0	100	0	None	Water	None	None	Learn the spell "Imp" at a rate of X1.
Iron Armor	Armor	350	40	0	-2	0	0	0	27	0	None	None	None	None	None
Iron Helmet	Helmet	500	18	0	0	0	0	0	12	0	None	None	None	None	None
Leather Armor	Armor	75	28	0	0	0	0	0	19	0	None	None	None	None	None
Leather Hat	Helmet	25	11	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	None	None	None	None	None
Mirage Vest	Armor	1	48	0	+6	0	0	0	36	+10	None	None	None	None	Possibly casts Vanish.
Mithril Helm	Helmet	1000	20	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	None	None	None	None	None
Mithril Mail	Armor	1750	51	0	0	0	0	0	34	0	None	None	None	None	None
Mithril Shield	Shield	600	27	0	0	0	0	+10	18	0	None	None	None	None	None
Mithril Vest	Armor	60	45	0	0	0	0	0	30	0	None	None	None	None	None
Paladin Shield	Shield	1	59	0	0	0	0	+40	59	+40	None	Pearl, Lightning, Ice, Fire	Water, Earth, Wind, Poison	None	Learn the spell "Ultima" at a rate of X1.
Plumed Hat	Helmet	250	14	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	None	None	None	None	None
Red Cap	Helmet	1	24	+4	+3	+2	0	0	17	0	None	None	None	None	Raises max HP by 1/4.
Red Jacket	Armor	1	78	+5	+2	+4	+1	0	55	0	None	None	Fire	None	None
Regal Crown	Helmet	1	28	+1	+1	+1	+1	0	23	0	None	None	None	None	None
Thornlet	Helmet	1	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	None	None	None	None	Thorns deal damage to your character.
Thunder Shield	Shield	1	43	0	0	0	0	+20	28	+10	Ice, Fire	Lightning	Wind	None	Absorbs Thunder, casts Bolt3 when used as an item.
Titanium	Helmet	1	42	0	0	0	0	0	42	0	None	Water	None	None	Learn the spell "Imp" at a rate of X1.
Tortoise Shield	Shield	1	66	0	0	0	0	+30	66	+30	None	Water	None	None	Learn the spell "Imp" at a rate of X1.