Final Fantasy II: Dawn Of Souls (Part 5)

It's fun to stay at the Y-M-C-oh no wait, we are imprisoned by a horrible enemy.

Inspect the bars of your cell and a scene will start where Paul comes to rescue you. You know, Paul. The thief. The guy who was trapped in Semit Falls for some reason. First go all the way right and then up to get the Antidote from the chest. You'll have to fight a handful of enemies for it because, I don't know, "screw you" I guess, but they're not really difficult or anything anyway. All the rooms here are empty except the top-right one which has the stairs leading up to the next floor.


Up here is the cell containing the real Princess Hilda. As with the Dreadnouggat (I mean Dradnought) we don't need a key or anything. just walk over and open it up. Gordon will leave the party to escort Hilda out. Follow them out, the emperor seems to have vanished. Oh well, end of the game.

Make your way back to Altair yet again and learn that Princess Hilda and Gordon are planning to retake Fynn. Let's go help them, I guess. Talk to both Hilda and Gordon at the camp west of Gatrea, then go north and enter Fynn Castle. Go up and reunite with Leila before you start exploring, then go left and up to find a chest with 1000 gil. Go to the bottom-left corner and go up the stairs there. On the top floor go to the top-right room to get a Break Tome, Death Tome, and Toad Tome. Go back to the first floor. Go to the right side of the room and up to find two chests with 2000 gil and 1000 gil. Go up the stairs that Leila was blocking.

Go left and open the chest for an Aura Tome guarded by monsters (kill the Sorcerers first). Then go to the right side of the room if you feel like fighting some more monsters in exchange for a Potion. Go up a couple sets of stairs and then talk to the soldier in the throne room.

Gottos isn't that tough, using your spells or Berserk + physical attacks will take care of him quick. After the battle, talk to Hilda to learn the new keywords Mysidia, Mask, and Ekmet Teloess then talk to Gordon to learn Ultima Tome. Exit the castle and go into the city. Check the shops for new equipment if you want, then go to the house in the bottom left corner of the city. Ask Paul about "Ekmet Teloess" then go back to the throne room.

Open the secret passage here then enter and go all the way down. In the castle's basement go down and right and open the chest there for a Knife. Go back to the stairs then head north and get the Eye Drops on the left. Go right and when the path open up go down and get the Clothes... if you want... I guess... anyway, go up and right and down the stairs.

On the next for go up and to the right for an Ether then left. When the path splits go left and down for a Potion. Go back and up and left to get a Maiden's Kiss then go back and take the path right. Ignore the path going left and go down the stairs.

On the next floor go straight down and open the chest for a Hi-Potion. The room is empty, so go back up and left and when the path splits go down and get the Flame Shield. Go all the way up and left to get a Spider's Silk and then go down and take the stairs.

On the next floor when the path splits take the upper path and follow it right to a Power Staff protected by some undead foes. Go back and start heading right, when the path splits go up and over to the right to find the chest with the Flame Armor. Go back and take the lower path, heading north from the stairs to find a Betrayal Fang.

On the next floor head all the way right, then up, and take the left path. Get the Orichalcum along the path, defeating the Rhyos that pops out, and then continue up to where there are 6 doors in a line. Door #5 is where you will find the White Mask, then head up to a panel that will teleport you out of the castle.

Our next objective is to find the Black Mask/Mysidia/Minwu (in that order).

The Black Mask is here, on the Tropical Island. When you enter the cave there go all the way south and get the Eye Drops from the chest. Backtrack and take the path leading upward (not the one leading to the exit obviously) and take the first left branch to reach a Hi-Potion. Above that is another Hi-Potion then go back down, and left. At the split take the lower path, and ignore the path going up (dead end) as you continue left to a chest with an Ether. Go back and take the upper path, which will soon split again - take the lower path to a Spider's Silk and then go back. Follow the upper path around to the stairs.

Go up on this floor and go left to open the chest with the Sleepgrass then go down the stairs nearby. Open the chest in this small area for another Spider's Silk. From here you can continue on to an outside area that has a handful of masked folk wandering about. They're not much for conversation i in fact, the only thing they will tell you is that they don't want you to take the Black Mask. However, one on the right-hand side will sell you some consumable items if you are in need, and another has some equipment though it probably isn't better than what you already have.

Either way, from the Spider's Silk chest, go back up the stairs, then go all the way right for a Scourge Tome and all the way down along the right wall for a Blind Tome. To the left of that is another Scourge Tome and then further left and down is another Blind Tome. But why. Go back a few steps and go up, and go down the stairs you see.

On this floor go down and get the Garlic, then go up and around to the next stairs and take them down. Head down here and take the stairs back up for a small section of the previous floor that contains a Phoenix Down guarded by some undead monsters. Irony or something. Go back and go right to find another staircase going up - take it. Follow the singular paths to a corner of the bottom floor that has a Sleepgrass, a Gaia Drum (protected) and another Sleepgrass. Backtrack to B4.

Go to the top-left corner and take the stairs down to reach a chest with a Death Idol, then go back up and go right to find 1000 gil and the next set of steps a bit further along. On the bottom floor you will see a chest with a Sleep Tome and to the left is a room where the Black Mask - and the boss - await.

These enemies did not last long. I casted Berserk on my entire team on the first turn and defeated them on my fourth turn. Claim the Black Mask from the chest and then go up to use the warp tile for a fast trip outside. Now, it's onward to Mysidia!

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