Editing Bahamut

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[[File:Bahamut FF Brave Exvius artwork.jpg|thumb|''Final Fantasy: Brave Exvius'' artwork]]
'''Bahamut''' is a large dragon that appears in many ''[[Final Fantasy (series)|Final Fantasy]]'' games, and it first appears in ''[[Final Fantasy]]''. Since ''[[Final Fantasy III]]'', Bahamut has been a recurring [[summon]] throughout the series, but often has to be fought as a boss before it can be obtained. Bahamut is one of the most prominent summons in the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise, and is the titular character of two spinoff games, ''[[Bahamut Lagoon]]'' and ''[[Blood of Bahamut]]''. Bahamut's signature ability is [[Mega Flare]], in which it exhales a powerful magical blast at every opponent.

Bahamut's name originates from an aquatic creature in Arabian mythology. He is also based on the Bahamut from ''{{wp|Dungeons & Dragons}}''.

==Game appearances==
===''Final Fantasy'' series===
====''Final Fantasy''====
[[File:Bahamut FF PSP sprite.png|thumb|PlayStation Portable sprite]]
Bahamut first appears 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 [[class]]es 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 the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] version, Bahamut's sprite depicts it as being yellow. Starting with the [[WonderSwan Color]] version, Bahamut was made purple, and it has two red eyes and red wings. It is dark purple in the WonderSwan Color and [[PlayStation]] versions, but was made light purple starting with the [[Game Boy Advance]] version.

====''Final Fantasy III''====
[[File:Bahamut FF3 DS screenshot.jpg|thumb|Appearance in ''Final Fantasy III''{{'}}s Nintendo DS remake]]
In ''Final Fantasy III'', there is a Bahamut at [[Dragon's Peak]]. As the Warriors of Light traverse the area, they get kidnapped by the Bahamut, who carries them up to its nest and plans to feed them to its young. The party also finds [[Desch]] here. The party enters a [[battle]] against the Bahamut, but must [[flee]] because it is too powerful to defeat.

Later, when the warriors obtain the [[Invincible (Final Fantasy III)|Invincible]], they can optionally enter [[Bahamut's Lair]] to fight Bahamut once more. After the Warriors of Light defeat Bahamut, it offers itself as a summon. Alternatively, instead of fighting Bahamut, the warriors can buy it for 60,000 [[gil]] (65,000 gil in the [[Famicom]] version) at a [[Summon Shop]] in [[Eureka]].

====''Final Fantasy IV''====
In ''[[Final Fantasy IV]]'', Bahamut lives on the [[Red Moon]] in the [[Lair of the Father]]. It awaits [[Rydia]] and the [[party]] to challenge him in a battle so that they can receive Bahamut as a summon, therefore allowing Rydia to summon it in battle. Upon being defeated, Bahamut says that Rydia is the first [[Summoner]] that it has ever accepted.

====''Final Fantasy V''====
In ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'', Bahamut is released in the [[Merged World]] when the party obtains the [[Pyramid of Moore]] [[tablet]]. Upon being released, Bahamut awaits them on the summit of [[North Mountain]]. Once the party gets there, a battle starts. During the battle, Bahamut uses various elemental attacks. Once the party defeats Bahamut, they receive it as a summon, just like in the previous two games.

As a summon, Bahamut is at level 5, and it costs 66 [[Magic point|MP]] to use. Despite having a wide range of elemental attacks as a boss, Bahamut deals non-elemental damage as a summon.

====''Final Fantasy VI''====
In ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]'', Bahamut is one of the [[Summon|Esper]]s, and does not appear as a boss. The party can acquire Bahamut by defeating [[Deathgaze]] in the [[World of Ruin]]. Bahamut costs 86 MP to use, and it has a spell power of 92. A character equipped with Bahamut [[Magicite]] learns [[Flare]] at a x2 rate and receives a 50% increase in [[HP]] upon leveling up.

====''Final Fantasy VII''====
In ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', aside from the regular Bahamut, the game introduces two stronger variants, [[Neo Bahamut]] and [[Bahamut ZERO]], both of which are referred to as "strains". Their signature moves are [[Giga Flare]] and [[Tera Flare]] respectively.

====''Final Fantasy XI''====
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 [[wyrm]]s, namely [[Tiamat]], [[Vrtra]], [[Jormungand]], and Ouryu.

====''Final Fantasy XII''====
In ''[[Final Fantasy XII]]'', while Bahamut does not appear, the [[Sky Fortress Bahamut]] is named after it.

===''Compilation of Final Fantasy VII''===
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.

===''Final Fantasy Unlimited''===
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.

==Other appearances==
===''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 [[khwiki:Sora|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.

== Trivia ==
* In ''[[mariowiki:Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars|Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars]]'', there is a dragon enemy similarly named [[mariowiki:Bahamutt|Bahamutt]].
* 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")<ref>Tetsuya Nomura, Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children (Japanese language version; Director's Commentary audio track)</ref>.

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