Esper

Esper may refer to:

• The recurring name for summoned monsters.
  • The race of magical people in Final Fantasy VI.
  • The powerful beings in Final Fantasy XII.
    • The summons in Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings.
• The action ability from Final Fantasy Tactics.
• The Japanese name of the Mutant race in the Final Fantasy Legend series.

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]In fiction, an esper (stylized as ESPer) is an individual capable of telepathy and other similar paranormal abilities. The term was apparently coined in this sense by Alfred Bester in his 1950 short story "Oddy and Id" and is derived from the abbreviation ESP for extrasensory perception.