Final Fantasy II: Dawn of Souls (Part 9)

The Emperor claws his way back from Hell and announces that he wants to destroy the world, and Leon has an epiphany about the situation. Apparently he thought that the rebels were the ones causing needless death... or that the world was better off under the rule of am Emperor who wipes out entire towns on a whim... something like that, but he's obviously not that smart. And has a really weird set of moral values. Unfortunately, Ricard dies so the rest of the party can escape on the wyvern and now Leon is on our team instead. Here we go again with the incredibly weak new party addition.

Talk to Hilda to learn the keyword Jade Passage and then ask Leila and Gordon about it to get some more information. Even though we flew out of Palamecia on the wyvern, our airship somehow made it back to Fynn. Rest at the inn if you want, and if you have a ton of spare gil like I did, buy as many Elixirs as you can.

Fly to this position where you will see a small pond, simply step into it to enter the next area.

In the first area of the cave go all the way right and then down and get a Diamond Mace from the chest. Go all the way left and all the way down and get a Hellfire then go all the way right and enter the room to find the stairs down. On the next floor go all the way up and get another Hellfire then go all the way right and start going down to get an Antarctic Wind. Go down and get the Cat Claws dagger on the left, which is guarded by a Blue Dragon (weak to poison). Make your way to the room in the top-right corner and take the stairs down.

Make your way through the next room, going up a set of steps to get the Rune Axe which is protected by a King Behemoth. At the bottom of the room, behind the waterfall is a hidden merchant selling Death Tomes, Berserk Tomes, Haste Tomes and Flare Tomes. Go right and into the third door to find the stairs.

On the next floor go up and get a Betrayal Fang then go the rest of the way up and enter the room which has a Dragon Armor, Aegis Shield, and Holy Lance. Go to the right and get a Yoichi's Bow protected by a Red Dragon, then go down and enter the room to the next floor. Go along the next floor getting a Hi-Potion, ignoring the room further along but getting a Protect Ring near the door. The next chest has an Elixir and the next door has the stairs. On the next floor simply follow the linear path to the warp point.

Follow the linear path to the teleporter, then on the second floor go north when the path opens up to find a chest with an Ether. Continue along to the warp pad. On the next floor go south first and get the Elixir on the right, then go back and head up. Go all the way right and all the way down to the next warp.

On the next floor there are four doors, enter the first one. When the path splits go right and when it splits again go straight up until you hit a wall, go left through the fake wall, then go all the way up and right to a chest with the Genji Gloves which are guarded by Zombie Borghen, I one-shotted him with Fire Lv.10. Go back and exit, then go through the next door.

Go up and pass through the wall at this point, then go under the left archway and get the Genji Helm from a chest guarded by Tiamat (weak to Physical, absorbs lightning, ice, fire, and poison). Ignore the next door and go in the fourth, following the single path to a chest that has the Genji Armor guarded by Beelzebub (no weakness, resistant to ice and absorbs fire). Go back and enter the third door and follow the path to a Ribbon guarded by Astaroth (resists lightning, ice, and fire). Follow the path the rest of the way and when it splits go left to reach the warp pad. Follow another linear path to another warp pad. Go left for a Sage's Wisdom then continue along the linear path to the next warp point.

On the next floor go right at the split and continue all the way right to a chest with a Hellfire then go back to the split. Go left and when the path splits again continue on the left-most path to reach an Acid Phial. From here go right to the warp pad. On the next floor go all the way left and all the way down to the warp pad. On the next floor go all the way up to find the Emperor. It's final boss time!

The Emperor does not pose much of a threat as long as you have prepared well. He spams a spell called Starfall but it was only doing about 250 damage to each of my party members. He uses the Flare spell which did closer to 800, and can Curse your party members and attack with a strong physical attack. I started the battle casting Berserk, Protect, and Shell on my party then had Firion and Leon attacking every turn, Maria casting Flare Lv.10 and Guy casting Cure. I never really encountered any dangerous situation with this setup.

Firion 
HP: 7130
MP: 227
Attack: 180
Defense: 150
Strength: 69
Spirit: 27
Intelligence: 57
Stamina: 70
Agility: 48
Magic: 28
- Cat Claws
- Ripper
- Genji Helm
- Genji Armor
- Genji Gloves
Dagger Lv.12
Fire Lv.8
Thunder Lv.8
Blizzard Lv.8
Cure Lv.10
Basuna Lv.2
Life Lv.6

Maria
HP: 5875
MP: 304
Attack: 105
Defense: 92
Strength: 41
Spirit: 40
Intelligence: 99
Stamina: 42
Agility: 99
Magic: 32
- Rune Axe
- Dragon Shield
- Diamond Helm
- Dragon Armor
- Diamond Gloves
Sword Lv.9
Axe Lv.10
Shield Lv.9
Fire Lv.10
Blizzard Lv.10
Thunder Lv.10
Berserk Lv.9
Scourge Lv.10
Osmose Lv.8
Flare Lv.10
Ultima Lv.10
Death Lv.9
Toad Lv.9
Break Lv.9

Guy
HP: 4917
MP: 282
Attack: 116
Defense: 72
Strength: 53
Spirit: 99
Intelligence: 10
Stamina: 34
Agility: 5
Magic: 30
- Yoichi's Bow
- Diamond Helm
- White Robe
- Diamond Gloves
Bow Lv.10
Cure Lv.14
Protect Lv.8
Shell Lv.4
Life Lv.7
Teleport Lv.5
Esuna Lv.7
Holy Lv.9

Leon
HP: 5578
MP: 37
Attack: 83
Defense: 85
Strenght: 62
Spirit: 16
Intelligence: 36
Stamina: 79
Agility: 58
Magic: 33
- Poison Axe
- Aegis Shield
- Diamond Helm
- Diamond Armor
- Diamond Gloves
Axe Lv.12
Shield Lv.11

Those were my character stats, but if you are using that as a reference keep in mind that the final boss was very easy for me. You don't really need everything raised that high.

You bet your tush you were! Cuz we're insects with swords and magic!

Their long struggle was finally at an end.

The emperor...

Pandaemonium...

The monsters plaguing the world...

All had vanished without a trace.

Peace had returned once more.

The wounds of the war would mend...

...and the memory of those bitter days would fade.

But one thing would never be forgotten...

...that a band of young heroes once saved the world.

Thank you so much for reading, and if you were using this as a 

walkthrough I hope it was of assistance. :)
I will be back to cover the "Souls of Rebirth" bonus chapter

in a little while.

Go to Soul of Rebirth --->

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