Editing Cyan Garamonde

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|image=[[File:Cyan FF6 artwork.jpg|250px]]<br>Artwork of Cyan for ''Final Fantasy VI''
|jname=カイエン・ガラモンド
|romaji=Kaien Garamondo
|games=''[[Final Fantasy VI]]''
|dob=January 3
|bloodtype=A
|hometown=[[Doma Castle]]
|age=50
|class=[[Samurai]]
|gender=Male
|height=5'10" (1.78 m)
|weight=158 lb (72 kg)
|weapon=[[Katana]]s
|species=Human
|affiliation=[[Doma]]
|occupation=Soldier
|family=[[Elayne]] (wife)<br>[[Owain]] (son)
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'''Cyan Garamonde''' is a [[samurai]] hailing from the [[Doma Castle|kingdom of Doma]] and a playable character in ''[[Final Fantasy VI]]''. He has a wife named [[Elayne]] and a son named [[Owain]].

Cyan speaks in a style resembling Shakespearean English, often using words and phrases such as "thou art" and "shalt not" and so on. Likewise, Cyan makes frequent use of the archaic copula verb "gozaru" in the Japanese version, a common feature of the faux-historic dialect used by samurai and ninja in other contemporary Japanese media.

== History ==
===''Final Fantasy VI''===
In ''Final Fantasy VI'', Cyan is first encountered when [[Kefka]] secretly poisons the castle's water supply, killing nearly everyone except Cyan and a Doma soldier who stood next to him in that scene.

Immediately following the poisoning and subsequent imperial invasion, Cyan flies into a murderous rage and challenges the entire army by himself. Seeing this, [[Sabin René Figaro|Sabin]] joins in to help him ward back the enemy troops. With nowhere else to go, Cyan joins the [[Returners]] to seek vengeance against the Empire. However, it becomes evident later (especially in the [[World of Ruin]]) that Cyan cannot forgive himself for failing to save his family and his king. As such, Cyan is generally portrayed as a serious and gloomy character.

At the [[Veldt]], Cyan meets [[Gau]], whom he grows close to and takes on a protective, almost fatherly role over the abandoned child.

Later, Cyan witnesses Elayne and Owain's spirits board the [[Phantom Train]] to the afterlife, which sends him into a depressed spiral that persists until the [[World of Ruin]].

In the World of Ruin, Cyan sequesters himself atop [[Mt. Zozo]], writing pseudo-love letters under the guise of a deceased Imperial soldier to [[Lola]], a young woman in [[Miranda]]. This same soldier had previously requested Cyan and company write to Lola on his behalf upon meeting him in [[Mobliz]] before the planet's destruction.

Later, the player has the chance to bring Cyan to the aging ruins of Doma Castle, wherein the [[Dream Stooges]] invade Cyan's soul, with the rest of the [[party]] in hot pursuit. Cyan's soul is represented as a four-stage dungeon named [[Dreamscape]]: the first stage is a rather disorienting area where one party member must find the other two team members and then tackle the Dream Stooges. The second stage of the dungeon is based loosely on the Phantom Train, and the third stage loosely based on the Narshe mines. The last stage is based on Doma Castle itself, with a similar layout, allowing the party to view some of Cyan's fondest memories (such as teaching his son Owain how to use a sword). The final boss of the dungeon is [[Wrexsoul]], a composite demon that feeds on Cyan's depression. The party cannot backtrack to a previous stage upon clearing one. Upon clearing the whole dungeon, Cyan faces his guilt and overcomes it, restoring his faith in himself and his ability to live life.

==Abilities==
Cyan's special ability is [[Bushido]], a set of generally powerful skills that uses a time gauge to charge from level 1 to level 8. They can be learned by leveling up over time. Cyan will automatically learn all eight after visiting and completing the Doma [[quest (gaming)|side-quest]] in the World of Ruin.  In the Japanese versions, each skill can be renamed, but this has been omitted in all of the American versions.

The Bushido skills include:

#'''[[Fang]]''' (formerly ''Dispatch''): A powerful sword strike
#'''[[Sky]]''' (formerly ''Retort''): Cyan launches a counterattack if attacked by an enemy
#'''[[Tiger]]''' (formerly ''Slash''): An attack that halves the enemy's [[Hit point|HP]] and inflicts Seizure status
#'''[[Flurry]]''' (formerly ''Quadra Slam''): Attacks with 4 powered-down strokes; the target chosen is random
#'''[[Dragon]]''' (formerly ''Empowerer''): Absorb some of an enemy's HP/[[Magic point|MP]]
#'''[[Eclipse]]''' (formerly ''Stunner''): Attack targeting multiple enemies; may inflict "[[Stop]]" upon enemy
#'''[[Tempest]]''' (formerly ''Quadra Slice''): A more powerful 4-stroke attack 
#'''[[Oblivion]]''' (formerly ''Cleave''): Cyan's ultimate attack, can instantly defeat multiple enemies

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