FF6: The Legend of the Magic Lost

The context of this album is based on the events of Final Fantasy 6.

By giving AI text written based on events from the game, I have created original music that is very accurate and should be appreciated by fans of this game. It was the best Final Fantasy game in my opinion because of story and music.

https://chastitywhiterose.bandcamp.com/album/ff6-the-legend-of-the-magic-lost

The following are the 3 songs included and a little bit about each of them.

War of the Magi

Before the events of Final Fantasy 6, we are told that 1000 years ago there was a war between humans and espers and that the world was burned and in ruins. Much time has passed since then and there is a human society but not much is known about who the espers were.

Terra’s Journey

You need to play through Final Fantasy 6 to appreciate how accurate this song is about Terra’s search for identity. Her father was an esper and her mother was a human. For this reason, Terra is the “Best of Both Worlds”. Because she is “More than One thing”, she was born with Magic and is the only human alive who uses magic without stealing it from other espers like the Empire does.

For this reason, the story of Terra from this game matches my own gender identity of being both male and female at the same time. Like Terra, I have fabulous secret powers. She is the video game character who represents me. But it’s not just that, the entire story depends on her because without a human-esper hybrid to bridge the gap between humans and espers, the empire would never have been defeated and Kefka would have forever killed people with his powers stolen from the goddesses.

Half Esper Half Human

This song is based on the events of Final Fantasy 6 after the final boss, Kefka is defeated. Terra has a conversation with her father, Maduin, who explains that her human side can remain in the world even though magic is disappearing because the goddesses and Kefka are destroyed.

But Terra’s love for her friends and the children she has adopted after their parents were killed is what keeps her alive. Her esper side died that day but she is the “girl who lived”.

Locke’s Quest

Locke is a treasure hunter who is commonly called a thief. He says there is a huge difference between the two. Whatever he may be, he is good at sneaking around to avoid detection by the empire and he protects his friends like Terra and Celes who are both fugitives running from the empire. Together with other friends, Locke plays a part in destroying the empire and falls in love with Celes, who was once a general of the empire and now works against them.

Underground King

Edgar is the king of Figaro but he is as sneaky as his friend Locke. He is a master of machines and created his castle so that it can go beneath the sand. This saved the life of everyone in the castle when Kefka set fire to it.

Power only Breeds War

The lyrics for this song were partially AI created but then I made some edits to be more accurate to the game of Final Fantasy 6. This song is meant to be sung by the character, Celes.

Other than Terra, she is the only one who can use magic at the beginning. But her powers are not natural and were forced on her through experiments done by the empire to create a super race of humans with esper powers. This is a lot like surgery done to babies in the real world to force them to be what others want them to be instead of letting them be the way they were born.

And in the game, Celes says she wishes she had never been born. That’s why I wrote some of the lyrics to reflect that. This hit me emotionally because that’s something I used to say too. But I know better than that and that God has a purpose for me here.

I guess you could say that I heavily relate to Celes just like I do Terra. As someone who has played Final Fantasy 6 on the SNES, Nintendo Switch, and the Pixel Remaster on Steam, I know the story of this video game more than ANY other video game I have played in my 37 years of life.

Final Notes

I know that this album requires people to understand the story of Final Fantasy 6 to a good degree to appreciate the lyrics of the songs that I worked hard at getting just right. Even with AI, there was a lot of failures that didn’t make it into this album. For those who will never play the game, I recommend the following video which covers the entire story in less than an hour.

Considering that it can easily take 10 to 20 hours to play through the game, I definitely think you should see that video and decide if you want to play the game. If you like RPGs then you won’t be disappointed!