Gekkou

Gekkou is the stalwart leader of the Eblan Four in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. He is a warmhearted, honorable man of few words.

Profile

Appearance

Gekkou is a muscular ninja, wearing a red scarf with a black garb. He wears a steel band around his head and goes barefoot. Gekkou takes the guise of a monk during the ending credits, but never used it while undercover in Fabul.

Personality

Gekkou is loyal to Edge, especially his advice to survive, no matter what happens. He agrees with the Mysterious Girl, because her philosophy agrees with Edge's advice. She claims that honor is not something to die for just to get revenge, making Gekkou value his life more than giving it up after seeing Fabulian monks die to avenge their dead brothers killed by her.

Story

Final Fantasy IV -Interlude-

Gekkou is one of the people Edge talks to before heading to the Cave of Eblan. He guards the entrance to Eblan.^{[note 1]}

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

When Eblan receives word of Baron stealing Crystals from the other nations, the Eblan Four become eager to assist Edge, and they are sent on missions to gather information. Gekkou travels to Fabul to investigate the impact crater of a meteorite that crashed near Mt. Hobs. At the base he sees a mysterious person engaging with the monks from Fabul, quickly defeating them. Gekkou ponders if he could save the monks, but, remembering his master's orders, regretfully retreats to bring the intel he has gathered, and buries the monks.

He reunites with Edge and the other Eblan Four within the Tower of Babil. After being forced to escape from the Mysterious Girl and Ifrit, they fall to the Underworld and into the Falcon.

In the Gathering Tale, Gekkou watches over Yang, Ursula, and the other incapacitated people below the Falcon's deck. After the Creator has been felled, Gekkou overlooks Ursula's training. Gekkou and the other Ninja Guard of Eblan renew their vows of loyalty to Edge awaiting for their next mission.

Gameplay

Stats

Gekkou has high HP, Strength and Stamina, surpassing many other fighters, but has low MP and Speed. His statistics and equipment make him comparable to Cid and Luca, though with better individual abilities and less versatility when it comes to armor and Bands.

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intelligence	Spirit
10	380	32	11	9	12	5	5
20	887	57	21	14	22	9	8
30	1558	90	33	19	31	13	11
40	2491	123	45	24	40	18	15
50	3649	143	60	28	52	20	17
60	4782	165	70	32	63	23	19
70	6023	185	85	37	73	26	20
80	6655	206	86	40	75	28	22
90	7288	230	89	42	78	28	22
99	7943	248	90	44	81	30	24

Abilities

Gekkou cannot dual wield weapons. His special ability, besides Ninjutsu, is Shuriken, a less versatile form of Throw. Gekkou can perform Band abilities with the other Eblan ninjas, as well as Yang due to his time undercover in Fabul.

Spell	Level Learned
Flame	Known
Flash	15
Payback Wave	24
Blast	42

**Band Abilities**
Ability	Members	MP	Effect
Blazing Moon Ring	Gekkou (Shuriken) Edge (Ninjutsu)	7	Attack a single enemy with a flaming body slam.
Explosive Kick	Gekkou (Shuriken) Yang (Kick)	14	Flame damage to all enemies.
Phantom Lightflies	Gekkou (Ninjutsu) Izayoi (Illusions)	9	Restore HP and status of the party, grows stronger as casters have less HP.
Wheel of Elements	Gekkou (Ninjutsu) Izayoi (Ninjutsu) Tsukinowa (Ninjutsu) Zangetsu (Ninjutsu)	15	Attack all enemies with fire, ice, lightning and wind
Ultimate Art: Advent of the Phoenix	Edge (Mug) Gekkou (Shuriken) Izayoi (Illusions) Tsukinowa (Steal) Zangetsu (Human Kite)	20	Create a flaming phoenix to damage all enemies equivalent to lost HP of party.

Equipment

Gekkou can equip the the same equipment as Edge, with the addition of axes and hammers instead of claws. Because he cannot dual wield, it is usually best to keep him equipped with an axe or hammer.

Gekkou starts with a Kodachi, a Leather Cap, a Foot Ninja Gear and Iron Gloves.

**Weapons**
Boomerangs	Daggers	Katanas	Axes	Hammers
Boomerang Metal Boomerang Chakram Wing Edge Moonring Blade Rising Sun	Knife Dagger Mythril Knife Dancing Dagger Mage Masher Triton's Dagger	Kunai Kodachi Kogarasu Crimson Cherry Ashura Boltslicer Kotetsu Kiku-ichimonji Murasame Masamune Mutsunokami	Crescent Axe Battle Axe Tomahawk Dwarven Axe Ogrekiller Poison Axe Rune Axe Gigant Axe	Hammer Wooden Hammer Mythril Hammer Gaia Hammer Sledgehammer Thor's Hammer

**Armor**
Shields	Head	Body	Arms
Adamant Shield	Leather Cap Headband Feathered Cap Green Beret Steel Headplate Black Cowl Beret Chakra Band Goblin Mask Officer's Hat White Tiger Mask Ribbon Genji Helm Red Cap Adamant Helm Glass Mask	Clothing Bard's Tunic Leather Clothing Foot Ninja Gear Bronze Breastplate Shinobi Gear Kenpo Gi Silver Breastplate Mist Wrap Black Belt Gi Professor's Robe Exorcist's Gown Power Sash Fire Scarf Genji Armor Red Jacket Brave Suit Black Garb Blue Armor Adamant Armor	Cursed Ring Ruby Ring Iron Gloves Iron Armlet Power Armlet Talisman Hyper Wrist Silver Armlet Rune Armlet Mythril Gloves Diamond Armlet Bone Wrist Genji Gloves Giant's Gloves Protect Ring Adamant Gloves Crystal Ring Flan Ring Sprint Ring Economical Ring Rear Ring Taunt Ring Limit Ring Single Star Twin Stars Rapid Ring Rapid Ring v2 Gil Band Gil Band v2 Level Band Level Band v2 Rare Band Rare Band v2 Treasure Hunter Treasure Hunter v2