The moon leads me!

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Character: Cecil Harvey
Series: Final Fantasy IV/ Dissidia
Age: 20
History: By light and darkness cast aloft
My brother... I will face you!
Canon Point: Immediately Post-Dissidia, post FFIV.

Personality:

Not all heroes have no flaws or doubts, or have a past innocent of any wrongdoing. Some are forced into their role by a realization that what they are doing is wrong, and the need to make up for it. Cecil is one of those heroes.

Cecil has killed innocents in the name of his King and his Kingdom, both knowingly and unknowingly. The people of Mysidia and Mist died at his hands, and it was he who stole the first crystal. Furthermore, he was unable to prevent attacks and crystal theft in both Damcyan and Fabul. Although these things happened after he became a turncoat, they were still failures that added to his guilt. That guilt is what can be seen when he washes up in Mysidia after Leviathan’s attack on their ship- he knows the wrongs he has done, and he knows that he cannot ask that he cannot ask forgiveness for wronging people- the chance he asks for is to stand against Baron even despite others’ lack of trust in him.

That guilt was not something that simply disappeared when he traveled to Mt. Ordeals. Turning to a paladin proved to others not that Cecil was innocent, but that he had the will to set right the wrongs he had done. He saved the world not only because he was the only one who could, but because as one who had a hand in starting everything, he felt it his duty to see everything put right again.

When faced with a difficult choice, Cecil can become completely mired in indecision, and it takes strong urging from an outside force in order for him to act upon it. This, tied with his trust, was what made him hesitate for so long in finally rebelling against Baron, waiting until there was almost essentially no other choice he could make, unless he wanted to completely ignore his conscious. After finding out that Golbez is his brother, it takes strong urging from the rest of the party, as well as the thought that he would never see Golbez again, for him to accept Golbez as his blood, but he does nothing to argue against Golbez’s decision to stay on the moon. And it takes a conversation with Cosmos for him to find the resolve to prove to his brother that his connections with his allies gave him strength, rather than leeching it.

The most obvious trait of Cecil’s- a trait that is both his weakness and his strength- is his capacity to believe unwaveringly in the goodness that people possess within them.
He is willing to place his trust in Baigan upon returning to Baron, despite the strange circumstances and the worry of the rest of the party, and in the end, is truly shocked when the Captain turns on them. Furthermore, despite Yang’s fight against them while mind-controlled and Kain’s multiple betrayals, Cecil still views them as comrades, and does not hesitate to put his trust in them. And it can be seen in Dissidia, in Cecil’s trust in Kain despite his lack of memories in the twelfth cycle, and his seeking out Golbez despite his brother’s attempts to push him away in the thirteenth.

As he said in Dissidia, his friends give him strength. From prayers that reach to the moon to simple conversations, standing alongside others to face a threat gives him the conviction he needs to overcome his doubts and fight for what he believes in. Anyone who harms them is likely to incur his anger, much as Golbez did when Palom and Porom turned themselves to stone to stop Cagnozzo’s trap in Baron Castle. For that same reason, he is also quick to come to the defense of those he is close to, taking blows for them and putting them out of harm’s way. This is especially true for Rosa. He would do nearly anything, including ignoring his quest and giving crystals to his enemy, in order to ensure her safety. That protectiveness is part of what causes him to order her and Rydia not to join him, Edge, and Kain in the final battle on the moon. There was undeniably some sexism present in that request, but to him, it was to protect a person he cared deeply for, so that even if they did not succeed, she would remain unharmed- and that selflessness is what makes Cecil who he is.


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