Bahamut



Bahamut is a large dragon that appears in many Final Fantasy games. It is a summon in several games, and Bahamut also appears as a major character in several games. Bahamut is the titular character of two spinoff games, Bahamut Lagoon and Blood of Bahamut. It appears in almost every Final Fantasy game except Final Fantasy II and Final Fantasy XII, although in the latter game, the Sky Fortress Bahamut is named after Bahamut.

Bahamut's name originates from an aquatic creature in Arabian mythology. He is also based on the Bahamut from .

Final Fantasy series
Bahamut first appeared in Final Fantasy, in which he is located under Cardia Islands. If the Warriors of Light retrieve the Rat's Tail in the Citadel of Trials, they can return to Bahamut to have each of their classes upgraded. Starting with the Final Fantasy I & II: Dawn of Souls remake, Bahamut has a dark counterpart, Dark Bahamut, who is found in the Lifespring Grotto.

In several Final Fantasy games (such as Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy V, and Final Fantasy VIII), Bahamut only grants his alliance after determining a character's worth in battle. Bahamut has a major role in Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2, and in the film Final Fantasy VII Advent Children.

In Final Fantasy XI, Bahamut is not a summon, and is introduced in the expansion Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia as the Wyrmking, a terrestrial avatar that fights along his wyrms, namely Tiamat, Vrtra, Jormungand, and Ouryu.

In Final Fantasy Unlimited, the GunDragon is modeled after Bahamut, labeled as the ultimate summon of Kaze's MaGun. Though we saw it as the "Chaos-tainted" red-black creature emerging from the Pillar of Darkness, the GunDragon made its official appearance at the TV series finale in its true white coloring.

Kingdom Hearts series
In Kingdom Hearts, through hacking, one can add Bahamut's name to the in-game Summon list, meaning that it was likely planned as a summon. If the player selects Bahamut's name on the list, the game crashes. In Kingdom Hearts: Final Mix, there is a Gummi Ship blueprint named after Bahamut.

Bahamut is also referenced in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories, in which Sora can use a sleight called "Mega Flare" (by stocking a Mushu summon card and 2 Fire magic cards). "The Undying" uses attacks named after the three Bahamut summons within Final Fantasy VII: Mega-Flare, Giga-Flare Sword and Tetra Flare.

Attacks
Bahamut is known for its very powerful Mega Flare ability, in which he exhales a powerful magical blast at every opponent. In Final Fantasy VII, Bahamut is also accompanied by two more powerful versions: Neo Bahamut (Giga Flare), and Bahamut ZERO (Tera Flare). The attacks are named for the SI prefixes for ten to the powers six, nine, and twelve.

In Final Fantasy VII Advent Children, the character Kadaj summons Bahamut SIN to cause havoc in the city of Edge on the outskirts of Midgar. In Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII, Genesis summons Bahamut RETSU (Exa Flare), which is fought in a boss battle. The suffices and prefix for the variations of Bahamut in Final Fantasy VII and Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children are taken from the names of old Japanese fighter planes: KAI Bahamut ("Neo Bahamut"), Bahamut REISHIKI ("Bahamut Zero"), and Bahamut SHIN ("Bahamut TREMOR").

Trivia

 * In Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars, there is a dragon enemy named Bahamutt.