A Game of Riddles

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By the way, what's the synonym of "Ultimate Illusion"? Think carefully, and you'll get it....

Does it have anything to do with Final Fantasy?

Edit. I'm going to go with FINAL FANTASY.

Last edited by dexkaden on 15 Mar 2007, 6:25 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Claps

Now, I want you to follow the whole thing to it's conclusion, and explain what the riddle means. Or do you want me to do it?

If no-one got this, I was going to reveal all, then nick a riddle from one of the Dark Tower books.

Oh, you do it. I don't really play that game, but I have a friend who does. It was the last clue that gave my brain the connection. And the "Kefka" reference to number six.

Well done.

MY RIDDLE:

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221


What comes next?

Not game. Games

The answer is the last bosses in the Final Fantasy games. (I made a decision to make Kuja, rather than Necron, the last boss of FFIX, because Kuja's more interesting)

Here is the riddle with explanations:

I am the last ones in the Ultimate Illusion.... (The last bosses in the Ultimate Illusion/Final Fantasy)

My first was the essence of entropy from four.... (entropy=Chaos, who was created from the essences of the Four Fiends)

My second went to Hell and back... (The Emperor of Palamecia did that, literally)

My third was a dark cloud that manipulated all... (The Cloud of Darkness from Final Fantasy III, a bit obscure, but no FFIII is released in English...)

My fourth was the no-mass creature of hate.... (no-mass=zero-mass, or Zeromus, who called himself a creature of distilled hate)

My fifth was any number of demises.... (X demises, X-Death, though it is spelt also in English ExDeath)

My sixth was a deranged existentialist of Metamorphosis.... (Kafka wrote Metamorphosis, which was also the name of a piece of music in Final Fantasy VI

My seventh is a lame angel.... (One-Winged Angel is the final battle theme of Sephiroth, and he is sometimes seen with one wing, in Advent Children as well as the Kingdom Hearts games)

My eighth is "a witch in time, saves nine"... (Ultimecia being a witch, or sorceress, who gains the ability to manipulate time)

My ninth is a potential tyrant who wished to end all existence when he thought his would end.... (Kuja, when he found out he wasn't immortal, decided that all existence would end with him)

My tenth is the embodiment of mankind's crimes against divinity.... (Sin. You can't make clues for the actual last bosses, but they are still Sin)

My eleventh are multiples that may never end.... (I don't know every single final boss in Final Fantasy Xi, but there are at least three, one for each expansion, I think)

My twelfth is a vain man of power, merged with a ship of the sky.... (Vayne [vain] merges with an airship...)

Okay, over to you dexkaden...

MY RIDDLE:

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221


What comes next?

1113213211

Man, that was fast. It took me about ten minutes to figure that one out!

Okay, Ahayes, what's your riddle?

Gives life but burns away
Gives sight but causes blindness
At times there are one, others there are many
Consumes fuel, but is not a fire
Is on an arm but not always

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Is the bit about being on an arm meant to be literal or metaphorical?

literal

I think that must be a star (with specific references to our sun.)

wow, I thought I killed the thread

It is, in fact, a star.

Ok

A explorer leaves his camp in the SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE and walks one mile south. He then turns, and walks one miles west. He then turns again, walks one mile north and finds himself back at his camp. Where is he?

The south pole.

Not exactly the south pole, but your close.