Post by Marluxia on Mar 17, 2008 6:44:01 GMT -5
Eastern continent[/i][/u]
Midgar (ミッドガル): The largest and most industrialized city in the world, where both Shin-Ra and AVALANCHE are based. It sits in the middle of a large plain on eastern continent. The area around the city has become distorted and polluted as a result of the use of Mako reactors. The city is divided into eight numbered sectors. Each sector has two areas: one on ground and another aboard a plate fifty meters above ground. The plates are supported by a main column, with one in each sector. The upper city is primarily home to upper class citizens, while the under areas consist of slums and lower class folk. The city is powered by eight mako reactors, one in each sector.
Kalm (カーム): A town northeast of Midgar, outside the wasteland surrounding it. It is primarily populated by former workers of the nearby Mythril Mine, which is no longer in service due to the appearance of monsters. The town's residents greatly advocate Shin-Ra and the use of Mako. It is believed that Kalm receives its electricity from Midgar.
Chocobo Farm (チョコボファーム): A rural farm that sells Chocobo equipment, such as Chocobo Lure Materia and greens, both of which are necessary to catch a Chocobo. Later, the farm can be used to breed Chocobos.
Mythril Mine (ミスリルマイン): A mine to south of Kalm. It was once the location of Kalm's main industry, but has been abandoned due to the appearance of monsters within and around the mine, such as Midgar Zoloms in the swamp outside.
Fort Condor (コンドルフォート): A mountain-based fortress belonging to a rebel faction located on the lower east side of the eastern continent. It is named for the massive breed of condor that resides there. The mountain and the surrounding area have become polluted due to the use of a now-derelict Mako reactor above the fortress. On top of the reactor sits a condor nest. Shinra is attempting to eliminate the rebels, remove the condor, and seize the Huge Materia from the reactor.
Junon (ジュノン): Arguably the second-largest city in the game, Junon sits along the west coast of the eastern continent. The surrounding terrain and ocean have become polluted due to continued operation of the city's undersea Mako reactor; as a result of the fish dying out, the Junon under city is inhabited mostly by poorer folk. The upper city is the location of Shinra's military headquarters, featuring an airport, submarine docks, and the Sister Ray Mako cannon.
Northern continent[/u][/i]
Bone Village (ボーンビレッジ): An excavation site where lost items, including the Lunar Harp, are found.
Sleeping Forest (眠りの森): A forest next to Bone Village. Without the Lunar Harp, the party will wander in the forest aimlessly.
Forgotten Capital (忘らるる都): Sometimes referred to as the "Ancient City" or "Forgotten City" or named in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children as Ajit. The capital of the Cetra civilization, at one time underwater and exhibiting such unusual structures as homes resembling (or possibly made from) giant helical shells. A shrine exists hidden beneath the city, surrounded by the Lifestream like a small isle. Aerith went to the shrine and attempted to summon Holy using the White Materia. Although successful, she was killed near the altar by Sephiroth. Later in the game, a projection device that uses a screen of water shows the events of Aerith's death, and that the White Materia is activated, meaning Holy should be moving to destroy Meteor, but Sephiroth is holding Holy back.
Icicle Lodge (アイシクルロッジ): Aerith's birthplace. For a time, Professor Gast and Ifalna, an Ancient, lived in the town to hide from Shin-Ra. The town functions as a resort because it snows year-round. The constant cold temperatures are not due to the location of the town, which is somewhat polar, but actually because of the town's proximity to the Northern Crater, where the planet uses a large amount of Mako to try to heal itself. Called "Icicle Inn" in the English version of the game.
Great Glacier (大氷河): A large glacier to the south of Gaea's Cliff. Few people venture that far north, and those who do get lost and pass out in the snow.
Gaea's Cliff (ガイアの絶壁): A huge cliff that leads to the Whirlwind Maze. The explorer Holzoff makes his home at its base and regularly patrols the Great Glacier for travelers who might need aid.
Whirlwind Maze (竜巻の迷宮): A maze of twisty little passages, all alike, that lead to the Northern Crater.
Northern Cave (大空洞): Also called the "Northern Crater". The original impact site of Jenova. The WEAPONs slept under the ice here for thousands of years following their creation. The remaining portion of Sephiroth's body emerged here after traveling through the Lifestream and became encased in a mako cocoon. The crater is also the site of the Jenova Reunion and, later, the final three battles. Its Japanese name, Daikuudou, means "Great Cave".
Western continent[/u][/i]
Costa del Sol (コスタ・デル・ソル): A coastal resort town that also serves as the main port on the western continent. The player can purchase President Shinra's summer cottage here, for a hefty sum.
Corel (コレル): Barret's hometown. Barret feels responsible for its destruction since he strongly supported building a Mako Reactor for the town. Shin-Ra troops razed the village after an alleged terrorist attack on the reactor facility. Subsequently, Corel became the Desert Prison, and the Gold Saucer was built above it.
Cosmo Canyon (コスモキャニオン): Red XIII's birth place, also called the Valley of the Fallen Star. It is a pilgrimage site for those who wish to pursue the study of planet life. Bugenhagen's observatory is here.
North Corel (北コレル): The town settled by the survivors of Shin-Ra's assault on Corel. If the player fails to stop a speeding train carrying a Huge Materia, the town may be destroyed.
Gold Saucer (ゴールドソーサー): A towering amusement park, built on Corel's ruins, operated by Shin-Ra. Cait Sith joins the party here.
Gongaga (ゴンガガ): A small, desolate village ravaged by a Mako reactor explosion. Aerith's ex-boyfriend, the SOLDIER Zack, grew up here, and his parents still await his return, unaware of his fate. The name "Gongaga" bears a strong resemblance to Ginnungagap, another place in Norse Mythology between Niflheim and Muspelheim (Niflheim also looks nearly identical to the location of Nibelheim, and is likely different only due to English–Japanese syllable transliteration).
Ancient Forest (古の森): An incredibly old forest near Cosmo Canyon. It is only accessible by a Green, Black, or Gold chocobo, or after defeating Ultimate WEAPON for the last time.
Nibelheim (ニブルヘイム): Cloud and Tifa's hometown. The Shin-Ra mansion located here was the birthplace of the Jenova Project and, although since abandoned, still contains much of Professor Gast and Hojo's research. Its basement, accessible by a secret passageway, contains the laboratory and research library. Presumably after Gast left the Project, it was used by Hojo to conduct many of his immoral experiments. Vincent Valentine is also discovered here by the party, slumbering in a coffin hidden in a locked room within the basement. The mansion was burned down by Sephiroth after he discovered his origins and went mad. It was subsequently rebuilt and staffed by Shin-Ra to cover up the incident.
Mount Nibel (ニブル山): The mountain overlooking Nibelheim. The site of a Mako Reactor where Jenova was once housed, along with several of Hojo's experiments.
Rocket Town (ロケット村): Cid's hometown. This is the site of the first rocket launch that was loaded with Huge Materia and flown into Meteor.
Wutai (ウータイ): A country occupying a large island off the western-most continent, although the name is primarily used to refer to the only known settlement on the island. Yuffie is the princess of Wutai. Yuffie's father, Godo, led the city in a struggle for dominance against Shin-Ra but lost, and materia was banned in Wutai as a result. When the party first reaches the mountains that must be crossed to reach Wutai, Yuffie steals the party's entire collection of materia and retreats to her hometown, where both she and the Turk Elena are kidnapped by crime boss Don Corneo. Wutai is apparently based upon pre-modern Japan and China, utilizing motifs including a pagoda (where Godo resides) and a large statue of what appears to be Buddha called "Da Chao" and other related figures.
Midgar (ミッドガル): The largest and most industrialized city in the world, where both Shin-Ra and AVALANCHE are based. It sits in the middle of a large plain on eastern continent. The area around the city has become distorted and polluted as a result of the use of Mako reactors. The city is divided into eight numbered sectors. Each sector has two areas: one on ground and another aboard a plate fifty meters above ground. The plates are supported by a main column, with one in each sector. The upper city is primarily home to upper class citizens, while the under areas consist of slums and lower class folk. The city is powered by eight mako reactors, one in each sector.
Kalm (カーム): A town northeast of Midgar, outside the wasteland surrounding it. It is primarily populated by former workers of the nearby Mythril Mine, which is no longer in service due to the appearance of monsters. The town's residents greatly advocate Shin-Ra and the use of Mako. It is believed that Kalm receives its electricity from Midgar.
Chocobo Farm (チョコボファーム): A rural farm that sells Chocobo equipment, such as Chocobo Lure Materia and greens, both of which are necessary to catch a Chocobo. Later, the farm can be used to breed Chocobos.
Mythril Mine (ミスリルマイン): A mine to south of Kalm. It was once the location of Kalm's main industry, but has been abandoned due to the appearance of monsters within and around the mine, such as Midgar Zoloms in the swamp outside.
Fort Condor (コンドルフォート): A mountain-based fortress belonging to a rebel faction located on the lower east side of the eastern continent. It is named for the massive breed of condor that resides there. The mountain and the surrounding area have become polluted due to the use of a now-derelict Mako reactor above the fortress. On top of the reactor sits a condor nest. Shinra is attempting to eliminate the rebels, remove the condor, and seize the Huge Materia from the reactor.
Junon (ジュノン): Arguably the second-largest city in the game, Junon sits along the west coast of the eastern continent. The surrounding terrain and ocean have become polluted due to continued operation of the city's undersea Mako reactor; as a result of the fish dying out, the Junon under city is inhabited mostly by poorer folk. The upper city is the location of Shinra's military headquarters, featuring an airport, submarine docks, and the Sister Ray Mako cannon.
Northern continent[/u][/i]
Bone Village (ボーンビレッジ): An excavation site where lost items, including the Lunar Harp, are found.
Sleeping Forest (眠りの森): A forest next to Bone Village. Without the Lunar Harp, the party will wander in the forest aimlessly.
Forgotten Capital (忘らるる都): Sometimes referred to as the "Ancient City" or "Forgotten City" or named in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children as Ajit. The capital of the Cetra civilization, at one time underwater and exhibiting such unusual structures as homes resembling (or possibly made from) giant helical shells. A shrine exists hidden beneath the city, surrounded by the Lifestream like a small isle. Aerith went to the shrine and attempted to summon Holy using the White Materia. Although successful, she was killed near the altar by Sephiroth. Later in the game, a projection device that uses a screen of water shows the events of Aerith's death, and that the White Materia is activated, meaning Holy should be moving to destroy Meteor, but Sephiroth is holding Holy back.
Icicle Lodge (アイシクルロッジ): Aerith's birthplace. For a time, Professor Gast and Ifalna, an Ancient, lived in the town to hide from Shin-Ra. The town functions as a resort because it snows year-round. The constant cold temperatures are not due to the location of the town, which is somewhat polar, but actually because of the town's proximity to the Northern Crater, where the planet uses a large amount of Mako to try to heal itself. Called "Icicle Inn" in the English version of the game.
Great Glacier (大氷河): A large glacier to the south of Gaea's Cliff. Few people venture that far north, and those who do get lost and pass out in the snow.
Gaea's Cliff (ガイアの絶壁): A huge cliff that leads to the Whirlwind Maze. The explorer Holzoff makes his home at its base and regularly patrols the Great Glacier for travelers who might need aid.
Whirlwind Maze (竜巻の迷宮): A maze of twisty little passages, all alike, that lead to the Northern Crater.
Northern Cave (大空洞): Also called the "Northern Crater". The original impact site of Jenova. The WEAPONs slept under the ice here for thousands of years following their creation. The remaining portion of Sephiroth's body emerged here after traveling through the Lifestream and became encased in a mako cocoon. The crater is also the site of the Jenova Reunion and, later, the final three battles. Its Japanese name, Daikuudou, means "Great Cave".
Western continent[/u][/i]
Costa del Sol (コスタ・デル・ソル): A coastal resort town that also serves as the main port on the western continent. The player can purchase President Shinra's summer cottage here, for a hefty sum.
Corel (コレル): Barret's hometown. Barret feels responsible for its destruction since he strongly supported building a Mako Reactor for the town. Shin-Ra troops razed the village after an alleged terrorist attack on the reactor facility. Subsequently, Corel became the Desert Prison, and the Gold Saucer was built above it.
Cosmo Canyon (コスモキャニオン): Red XIII's birth place, also called the Valley of the Fallen Star. It is a pilgrimage site for those who wish to pursue the study of planet life. Bugenhagen's observatory is here.
North Corel (北コレル): The town settled by the survivors of Shin-Ra's assault on Corel. If the player fails to stop a speeding train carrying a Huge Materia, the town may be destroyed.
Gold Saucer (ゴールドソーサー): A towering amusement park, built on Corel's ruins, operated by Shin-Ra. Cait Sith joins the party here.
Gongaga (ゴンガガ): A small, desolate village ravaged by a Mako reactor explosion. Aerith's ex-boyfriend, the SOLDIER Zack, grew up here, and his parents still await his return, unaware of his fate. The name "Gongaga" bears a strong resemblance to Ginnungagap, another place in Norse Mythology between Niflheim and Muspelheim (Niflheim also looks nearly identical to the location of Nibelheim, and is likely different only due to English–Japanese syllable transliteration).
Ancient Forest (古の森): An incredibly old forest near Cosmo Canyon. It is only accessible by a Green, Black, or Gold chocobo, or after defeating Ultimate WEAPON for the last time.
Nibelheim (ニブルヘイム): Cloud and Tifa's hometown. The Shin-Ra mansion located here was the birthplace of the Jenova Project and, although since abandoned, still contains much of Professor Gast and Hojo's research. Its basement, accessible by a secret passageway, contains the laboratory and research library. Presumably after Gast left the Project, it was used by Hojo to conduct many of his immoral experiments. Vincent Valentine is also discovered here by the party, slumbering in a coffin hidden in a locked room within the basement. The mansion was burned down by Sephiroth after he discovered his origins and went mad. It was subsequently rebuilt and staffed by Shin-Ra to cover up the incident.
Mount Nibel (ニブル山): The mountain overlooking Nibelheim. The site of a Mako Reactor where Jenova was once housed, along with several of Hojo's experiments.
Rocket Town (ロケット村): Cid's hometown. This is the site of the first rocket launch that was loaded with Huge Materia and flown into Meteor.
Wutai (ウータイ): A country occupying a large island off the western-most continent, although the name is primarily used to refer to the only known settlement on the island. Yuffie is the princess of Wutai. Yuffie's father, Godo, led the city in a struggle for dominance against Shin-Ra but lost, and materia was banned in Wutai as a result. When the party first reaches the mountains that must be crossed to reach Wutai, Yuffie steals the party's entire collection of materia and retreats to her hometown, where both she and the Turk Elena are kidnapped by crime boss Don Corneo. Wutai is apparently based upon pre-modern Japan and China, utilizing motifs including a pagoda (where Godo resides) and a large statue of what appears to be Buddha called "Da Chao" and other related figures.