Because the content I've translated / scanned from this book is scattered across this blog on multiple pages, I've decided to put together a directory of the content in the book so readers can more easily find what they're looking for. Please note that as I haven't translated the entire book and god knows I probably never will, the unlinked sections below are not (yet?) included on this blog. If anyone's still reading this long-neglected blog, this would be the place to request specific translations in the comments, though! Prologue Q&A For Strangers in Paradise This section primarily teaches how to play the game so it's likely I won't be translating it. Settings File Mission & Battle File Challenge File Secret 1: Story & World Study Character Profiles View them all in one post at the link above, or individually: Jack Ash Jed Neon Sophia Astos Sarah Bikke King of Cornelia Minister Lagone Queen Jayne Mia Lufenian Darkness Manifest Tiamat Marilith...
Inoue: The concept behind the four fiends' design was to make players familiar with the story think, "oh, so this is what you've become..." Tiamat, Fiend of Wind, was born of Sophia's hatred and negative emotions binding with the dark crystal, and was the first Fiend to appear in Cornelia. Even after Jack and the others became Chaos and the Fiends, their hatred for the Lufenians remained, and it became Tiamat's role to destroy the Lufenians remaining in Cornelia. With this in mind, Tiamat became the Fiend of hatred.
In Final Fantasy I, you can't tell gender of Tiamat by looks or speech*, but we decided that for this game it would be female, and with that in mind we created the silhouette. The inspiration for this choice is because Tiamat was revered as a goddess in Mesopotamian mythology, so we made Tiamat both a female fiend and with a female Stranger within.
Translation note: There is gendered speech in Japanese, but Inoue indicates that neutral speech was used for Tiamat in the original game.
I had Takeya design Tiamat with the basic guidelines that this is a Fiend born of a female Stranger, and one that represents hatred, and the rough draft I received was a Tiamat embedded with a woman wearing an expression of hatred. Since I had only anticipated a design based off the appearance in Final Fantasy I, I remember being surprised at the concept of having a person's body embedded in Tiamat. It was a really impressive, appealing design, so I told Takeya to keep going in that direction, and we decided anew that this would be Sophia's body from the previous iteration, preserved by its intense feelings of hatred. Also in the draft stage, the feet had claws like a beast, but Takeya ended up using another concept and made the feet more goat-like.
translated by Jai from Confidential Files - Secret Chapters -
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