When the protagonists finally enter the ruined orphanage, they meet the real Edea Kramer, who reveals that she was possessed all along by the true villain, a sorceress from the future named Ultimecia, who wants to compress time into a single moment, threatening the whole universe.

He casts Doom (kills the target after a few turns), Pain (poison, lowered accuracy, prevented spellcasting), and Triple (cast all spells thrice in a row).

Prevent her destruction at the hands of the "Legendary SeeDs" Ultimecia is a woman of average height looking around thirty years old, whose undeniable beauty is somehow downplayed by her strange clothing, her horn-like hair, and her tattooed body. She displays scathing contempt and resentment towards mankind, evidenced in her hateful speech to the Galbadian people after publicly killing She regards the protagonists with even higher levels of contempt (mixed with a loathing respect, as she calls Squall "an impressive nuisance"), due to her virulent hatred of SeeDs (witch hunters). Her skin is pure white and her eyes are of a crimson color matching her hair. Sorceress Ultimecia (in Japanese: アルティミシア, Arutimishia) is the primary antagonist of the 1999 RPG videogame Final Fantasy VIII. Sorceress of Oblivion is a Meia-type legend job card released with August 2019 Ultimecia Card Batch on August 16, 2019. While possessing a much less powerful sorceress, she proved able to create monstrous clones of people and to turn mere statues into flesh-and-blood beings. The legend goes that the Great Hyne created people. Under this form, not only does she gain access to unique and highly dangerous spells, but her mere existence is enough to tear through the time and space continuum and to gradually absorb the entire universe. I believe this means she doesn't have a knight in the future, but I'm going to make the argument that she doesn't really have one in the present, either. When not limited by a host, she can create huge and powerful monsters bound to her will from small objects and likely from nothing, corrupt Guardian Forces into her slaves, transform and empower various beings, or make machines sentient.
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They must destroy them all to regain their abilities and stand a chance against her. When the protagonists finally reach Esthar, with Squall, carrying Rinoa on his back, they are led into space to the Lunar Base where Adel is constantly watched over. Return from her 17 years-old imprisonment and regain total control over the country of Esthar This villain was proposed but was rejected by the community for not being heinous enough or lacks what is necessary to be a Pure Evil villain. It shows when she absorbs her fallen enemies into the void of time, or when she separates the party in different planes during the final battle. Meanwhile, the SeeDs' plot ends up in a failure, as Irvine Kineas the sniper meant to shoot Edea hesitates and gets noticed. It also becomes obvious that her hatred for mankind is due to the intense persecution that she (and likely every sorceress before her) suffered. By reading through Ultimecia's words and actions, it becomes obvious that she is fully aware of her upcoming demise against "Legendary SeeDs", whom she awaits without fear. As such, she comes up with the most devastating spell she can think off and draws it from her mind, becoming able to cast it for real as many times as she wishes. The party can heal and boost themselves with Sorceress from beyond time who appeared due to time compression. Japanese Voice Actress: Ai Kayano; Trivia. Later, Squall and his friends remember their childhood, which they had forgotten due using Guardian Forces. As such, it is highly advised to have the whole party at similar levels and several healers and defenders. There seems to be an interwoven relationship with women and magic.

When she Junctions two people, she literally fuses them instead of merely linking their minds; (as when she junctions Rinoa to To a further extent, she can bring what she finds in her victims' minds into reality. She can also seal people's powers like she does to the protagonists when within her castle, and even destroy one of her opponent entire stock of magic in battle.

However, the sorceress has barely survived and travels through the Time Warp as well, desperately clinging to life. Worse, if a character dies without being resurrected fast enough, she absorbs them into time and permanently removes them from play, before replacing them once again at random. The parade in her honor in Galbadia is magnificent, full of light and colored crystal, yet exceedingly glittering and luxurious. When the heroes brought the comatose Rinoa to the space station to be examined by Ellone, Ultimecia took control of her host and used her to awake Adel. This was one of them, and the other was Liberi Fatali (the intro song). Final Fantasy VIII, a 1999 best-selling role-playing video game by Squaresoft, features an elite group of mercenaries called "SeeD", as well as soldiers, rebels, and political leaders of various nations and cities.Thirteen weeks after its release, Final Fantasy VIII had earned more than US$50 million in sales, making it the fastest selling Final Fantasy title at the time.

This grotesque but formidable demon will instantly destroy Guardian Forces and dispel magic advantages. Her red hair is tied into a long plait down her back, and her clothing consists of a headpiece, a black skirt with frock, arm bands, and a metallic structure, reminding one of an armour (although this piece of clothing is often confused as being part of the multiple black intricate tattoos that adorn her torso and therefore creating the impression of her not wearing something to cover up her upper body).


Sorceresses can cast Haste, Slow, and Silence. Ultimecia is a "Sorceress Fusilier": a master of long-range and aerial fighting, who focuses on barrages of projectiles.