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[Suvious]

Ok as we know Spoiler: Squall is the son of Laguna so what happened between them that lead to Spoiler: Squall being in an orphanage? I really wanna know.

[Creeping Shadow]

I think it was something like when his mother died there was no one to take care of him.

[Momiji]

Originally Posted by Kishi, three years ago (in the announcements)

FFI, FFII, FFIII, FFIV, FFMQ, FFV, FFVI, CT, FFVII, FFT, FFVIII, CC, FFIX, FFX, KH, and FFXI are ancient games, kids. Everyone who really cared about their stories or anything else you'd like to censor has already found out that information in the three to seventeen and a half years they've been available. (FFXI was released on May 16, 2002.) So really, don't bother with the spoiler tags unless someone makes a thread specifically asking you to censor that stuff because he never got on the ball because of some stupid excuse like "That game never came out in my country." You're breaking my heart over here, Mr. O'Malley, really.

The same applies to whatever miscellaneous media you're discussing in the Lounge or whatever. Three years is a pretty fair mark. This is our official stance here and failure to comply will find you banished to the Phantom Zone forever.

In other words, no need for spoiler tags.

Anyway, Laguna joined the military, didn't he? Perhaps that's why Squall ended up in an orphanage.

[Suvious]

Hmm it didn't explain the link very well ^^
Laguna looses his son - then adopts another kid from the same orphanage!? I'd punch Laguna in the crotch if he was my dad!

[RubyLapiz]

it goes something like 'raine + ellone, then laguna. Esthar wants little girls. laguna goes to rescue her (flashback scene with doc odine and friends), he gets roped into leading esthar, raine dies, baby!squall and Sis get sent to orphanage along with all the other orphans of the sorceress war.'

[Jessweeee♪]

I wonder how old Squall was exactly when he was reunited with Ellone in the orphanage o.o

[theundeadhero]

They weren't reunited in the orphange. They both went together then Ellone left with him still there.

[Big D]

Laguna was away in Esthar when Raine died, so Squall ended up at the orphanage. I don't remember clearly, but I think Ellone ended up at the orphanage because Laguna didn't think he could care for her as a father whilst also getting involved in crazy stuff on another continent. The orphanage was one of the places he looked for Ellone after her abduction, which would explain why he chose to send Ellone there. He probably never knew that his son was there too.