sure sounds peaceful, nothing horribly wrong can happen right? RIGHT????

9はいい曲多いよなあ。街、バトル、イベントシーン全てにおいて名曲揃い。

平和さと空虚さが共存したこの街をよく表した曲だと思う FF9には隠れた名曲が多すぎて困る（困らない）

Last place for the Burmecians.

Despite serious shit happening here you got quina who mistakes the sand hole with ice cream lmao

この後に起こることを全部知っているのでほんとうにしんどい･･･

この異世界感というかもうクレイラという街に合いすぎて

こののんびりした曲好きだった…次はもちろん永遠の豊穣ですよね？

I only remember this one because of what happens after you get there. 😅

怒涛のFF9

Don't forget to speak to the High Priest

クレイラの街は穏やかで、とても良いところだった FF9にはＡＴE（アクティブタイムイベント）があり、様々なキャラクターのサブイベントが見れる 訪れた街で発生し、イベントがやたらと多い まさに沼 癒しイベントが多くのイベントを見るのが楽しみだったな

This lovely town getting attacked was such a twist of the knife. I'm glad there was a decent chunk of folks we could save, but MAN was it extra painful to watch Dan die after already saving him once... The fact you can buy goods from him just prior to that fate is all the more sad when you're led to assume he'll be using that to settle down later. I hope the remake doesn't just make us watch and he CAN be saved, there's enough meanspirited moments in the story as is. And bah, if there was ANY spot to make Beatrix flinch, it should have been here... The bonus treasure sidequest with Quina by the antlion hole was nice, I guess.

Awesome [Video Soundtrack] Cleyra Settlement [FINAL FANTASY IX] Video.

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The Last Day of the Burmecians

There is also a deleted scene that you can see on KZfaq (look up "FFIX Deleted Scenes") where Freya meets the King of Burmecia and the High Priest of Cleyra, with the King apologizing to Freya and asking her to forgive him for something. But it is never explained what this thing is. This is another interesting context that is cut and wasted.

We never really get that much of an interesting and interconnected lore with Cleyra. It's just there so that it can get blown up later (all thanks to Garnet's stupidity), same thing with Burmecia… minus the exploding part. 1:05 [Vivi is outside of the inn, and approaches 4 rats (2 adults, 2 children), the same four which were seen before entering the Palace Area in Burmecia] "Look!" "Pointy-headed devil!" Burmecian Refugee Learie "D-Don't come any closer!" Burmecian Soldier Dan "You demon! Leave my family alone!" Why the heck is this scene even taking place when Freya personally vouched for Vivi a little earlier back in Burmecia, in front of that very same rat person, Dan? (Yes, that is the same person that Freya talked to in Burmecia and defended Vivi in front of him, yet now Dan seems to have completely forgotten all of that) [Vivi enters the inn, while Burmecian Soldier Dan chases him] Burmecian Soldier Dan "You bastard! You killed my father!" Burmecian Refugee Learie "Bastard!" [Each of their two children shout "Bastard!" as well] In this translation, this remark looks somehow especially strange, way to let your children learn a new swear word and have a potty mouth, Dan and Learie. Night Oracle Donnegan "Well, well. A bit touchy today, aren't we?" Burmecian Soldier Dan "He's one of the demons that sacked Burmecia!" Vivi "I-I haven't hurt anyone." And that's all we will get of that subplot, which, as I've already explained above, was completely pointless.

1:40 Freya "Ah, the ceremony from the time when Burmecia and Cleyra were one." Thank you for that brief, pointless bit of "Rat people split up" lore that is never fully explained. Honestly, instead of that pointless backstory, the writers should have written Cleyra as simply a sacred pilgrimage site made by the rats, at one with nature, kind of like Mt. Fuji or Mt. Everest, with connections to the summoner tribe. (As the summoners used to live in Alexandria on the Mist Continent several centuries ago, before being forced to move to Madain Sari on the Outer Continent) Maybe the summoners showed something special about Cleyra to the rats and it became a pilgrimage site, and it also could have been great foreshadowing and lore buildup for Gaia's and Terra's crystals and lifestream. It could basically be like the IX version of Cosmo Canyon from FFVII. There could even be contrasts between it and the Iifa Tree. Freya "I understand." "Zidane, I met with utter failure when trying to defend Burmecia..." "And I will not allow Brahne to exert her will upon us any longer!" Zidane "You've changed, Freya." "I didn't think you were so strong when I first met you." This is what I hate too. Zidane so pathetically says: "Freya, you have changed". You start to think that we are talking about some kind of "character development" here (as the writers are trying to forcefully imply), and he continues: "well, you are sooooo strong." Stop the pretentiousness. Freya "I could not bring peace to Burmecia and thus fulfill Sir Fratley's wish." "But now, all I can do is protect this beautiful place." What about the reinforcements from Lindblum, the airship brigade that Cid was supposed to send? Which we never saw in Burmecia. (Or will in Cleyra) Zidane "Yeah, protecting Cleyra is the best thing you can do for yourself." Freya "Doing so will help me." Thank you for pointing out the obvious. Dumb lines like these are clearly just for padding.