Quistis, the instructor, will keep the landing craft safe and monitor from a distance. Squall's fire team will consist of himself, Seifer (the only other gunblade user in Balamb Garden) and Zell Dincht, a backflipping bare-knuckle brawler whose Limit Break allows him to string Fighting Game combos together. Several squads of SeeDs will be dispatched to aid in the defense. A little town called Dollet is under attack by the larger nation of Galbadia, who covet Dollet's radio tower - the only one in the world still functioning. This extends to his Limit Break, "Renzokuken," a flurry of sword slashes.Īfter completing this dungeon, Squall is briefed on his final exam - which, as befitting a school which trains mercenaries, will take place during a live military maneuver. Squall also learns to play the local Collectible Card Game, called Triple Triad, and gets a chance to experience combat: Quistis fights with a whip and uses Blue Magic for her Limit Break, learning new spells by consuming certain items Squall wields a "gunblade," a vibroblade powered by gunpowder combustion, which does extra damage if the player presses R2 at the correct time.
Quistis accompanies him to the Fire Caverns, where he subdues his first "Guardian Force." GFs are not only the Summon Magic of the game, they are also the heart of the "Junction" system, by which player characters can augment their statistics using their quantified inventory of Vancian Magic. ( Theme Naming!) Squall, 16 years old, is ready to graduate. Squall is a student at Balamb Garden, a school that turns orphans into Private Military Contractors called SeeDs. Quistis rousts him out of bed he has much to do today.īefore Quistis arrives, Squall is greeted by a brunette Mysterious Waif he does not recognize. His instructor, Quistis Trepe, arrives and scolds him for overzealousness: in a sparring incident (depicted in the somewhat cryptic opening FMV ), Squall received a scar, slanting diagonally between his eyebrows, from his arch-rival, Seifer Almasy, and gave one in return. Disc 1The player character, Squall Leonhart, awakens on a bed in an infirmary.