Eyes on Final Fantasy Forums > Final Fantasy: Nerds in Paradise > Final Fantasy II > Should Lionheart really be considered a "main character"?

[Peter_20]

SPOILERS, I think

Okay, I was always dubious on Lionheart being a "main character".
I mean, think about it: he disappears RIGHT at the beginning of the game, and then he just randomly rejoins the team at the VERY END of the game.
You don't even SEE him during the game until that last part (alright, maybe once, but that part barely counts).
He's gone for the whole game, and then he decides to stick with you when you're about to enter the final dungeon.

If this is a "main character", then I'm Santa Claus.
A main character should at least take some kind of part in the game itself other than the final dungeon.

To me, Lionheart is just another "fourth character", but a fourth character that never switches with another character.

[Martyr]

Peter_20 cried aloud with mirth and merriment

A main character should at least take some kind of part in the game itself other than the final dungeon.

How about the part where he becomes the Dark Knight who builds a warship that destroys a bunch of the world, constantly causes problems for the warriors, and then, after the battle is won, becomes the new evil emperor to restart the crisis all over again?

[Peter_20]

Martyr cried aloud with mirth and merriment

Peter_20 cried aloud with mirth and merriment

A main character should at least take some kind of part in the game itself other than the final dungeon.

How about the part where he becomes the Dark Knight who builds a warship that destroys a bunch of the world, constantly causes problems for the warriors, and then, after the battle is won, becomes the new evil emperor to restart the crisis all over again?

That's not a main playable character, that's a villain.

[Martyr]

Sure, but it is a main character, and one that appears throughout the game. Villain or not, Lionheart deserves the attention he receives.

[boys from the dwarf]

yes.

he is a main character.

would you say the emperor isn't a main character just because he's a villain?

he is referred to many times as both leon and the dark knight.

he is both good and evil at times.

he is more important than most of the other temporary characters, if not all of them, so he should be considered a main character.

[DarkLadyNyara]

Is Leon a main character? Yes.
Is Loen a main hero? No.
Does Leon suck? Yes.

[FuzZerd]

I think this game would have been more interesting if they paid more attention to the "dark knight" throughout the game.

[Peter_20]

Is Peter_20 Santa Claus? Yes, obviously.

Merry Christmas, hohoho.