Porom's Tale Quick Look

Porom's Tale: The Vanished Lunar Whale is the first of the latest three installments of the Final Fantasy IV sequel. If you're like me you've probably noticed going along that the stories are only loosely based on the title of the chapter. Porom's Tale begins shortly after the events of Final Fantasy IV and progresses in small leaps through time to end up during the events of The After Years. You should know up front that there is much less combat during this episode than any of the previous chapters. This is mainly due to your party comprising mostly of White Mages.

The prologue of the story takes you to the Underground world of the Dwarves where you will learn a lot about Luca. You will finally learn the origin of her new look for The After Years, how she became Cid's apprentice and who she has a crush on. During this point Rydia, Palom and Porom head to the Feymarch to help Palom continue his training to become a Sage. You will also learn a bit about Rydia's background and how she aged so quickly during the events of the first game. After this the second half of the game shifts its focus back to Porom.

The Elder of Mysidia has become concerned about Baron's future and calls on Porom. She is tasked by the Elder of Mysidia to head to Mt. Ordeals to find the dragoon, Kain. He asks an unnamed Black Mage and White Mage to accompany Porom during her quest. The trio head up Mt. Ordeals where Porom is confronted by a member of Cecil's past, and who Porom seems to remember. As previously mentioned there is not a lot of combat that happens during this chapter and most of the fighting will occur after Kain has joined your party.

The events of the second half of the game wrap around the events of Edge's Tale, Palom's Tale and the first chapter of The After Years The back and forth nature of the story can be a bit confusing, especially if you are not buying all the chapters of The After Years. You just have to understand going in that you're going to be in for more story telling that is usual in RPG's and that may turn some people off, but the fact that this chapter, more than any other so far, has tied all the different parts together. The Lunar Whale mentioned in the title, make a brief appearance and does not really play into the story at this point in any way.