Summoner

Lady Yuna, High Summoner (Final Fantasy X) performing the Sending.
Also known as	Caller
Type	Magical
Skills	Summon

The Summoner (sometimes referred to in English localizations as Caller) is a character class (or "job") featured in Square Enix's Final Fantasy series of RPGs. Unlike their cousins the White Mages, Black Mages or Red Mages, Summoners do not use conventional spells. Instead they call upon entities of great power (whose name and source varies from game to game) to attack their enemies, protect their party or render other forms of aid. This type of magic is known within the franchise as summon magic. The Summoner from Final Fantasy III This is a screenshot of a copyrighted website, video game graphic, computer program graphic, television broadcast, or film. ... Yuna performing the Sending. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Software localization is a process of translating software user interfaces from one language to another and adapting it to suit a foreign culture. ... A character class represents a characters archetype and career in many role-playing games. ... SQUARE ENIX (Japanese: スクウェア・エニックス) is a Japanese producer of popular video games and manga. ... Computer role-playing games (CRPGs), often shortened to simply role-playing games (RPGs), are a type of video or computer game that traditionally uses gameplay elements found in paper-and-pencil role-playing games. ... The White Mage (Japanese: 白魔道士, or しろまどうし in earlier games without kanji support) is a character class (or job) in Square Enixs Final Fantasy series of computer role playing games. ... The Black Mage is a character class (or job) in Square Enixs Final Fantasy series of computer role-playing games. ... A red mage refers to a type or order of wizards. ... Bahamut from Final Fantasy X. In Square Enixs (formerly Square Co. ...

The summoner has appeared in the following games in the Final Fantasy series:

• Final Fantasy III
• Final Fantasy IV (Rydia)
• Final Fantasy V
• Final Fantasy IX (Dagger and Eiko Carol)
• Final Fantasy X (Yuna and others)
• Final Fantasy XI
• Final Fantasy Tactics
• Final Fantasy Tactics Advance

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History and description

Summoners are included as part of the Final Fantasy franchise's famous "job system" in the games Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy V, Final Fantasy XI, Final Fantasy Tactics, and Final Fantasy Tactics Advance. In the first of these games, Final Fantasy III, an additional class, the Conjurer, was made available. Conjurers utilized the same magical spells as summoners, but to different effect: the conjurer acts primarily as support, and the creatures they summon will have some sort of beneficial effect on the player's party, similar to traditional white magic. Summons invoked by the regular summoner class, on the other hand, were generally offensive in nature, similar to traditional black magic. It was this latter type of summoning that would be dominant in later appearances of the summoner class. Rydia of Mist from the game Final Fantasy IV (Art by Yoshitaka Amano) This work is copyrighted. ... Magic (also called magick to distinguish it from stage magic) is a supposed way of influencing the world through supernatural, mystical, or paranormal means. ... For other meanings, see Black magic (disambiguation). ...

The character Rydia from Final Fantasy IV was raised in the isolated mountain village of Mist, a small community of summoners. Although largely isolated from the outside world, the corrupt king of Baron saw the power commanded by the residents of Mist as a threat to his own plans of conquest. Under direct orders from the king, Dark Knight Cecil Harvey and Dragon Knight Kain Highwind delivered a bomb to the village, killing all of its inhabitants save for Rydia herself. Artwork by Yoshitaka Amano Cecil Harvey is a fictional character in the SquareSoft RPG Final Fantasy IV for the Super Famicom (Super Nintendo Entertainment System). ... Artwork by Yoshitaka Amano Kain Highwind is a fictional character in the Square Co. ...

In Final Fantasy IX, Princess Garnet Til Alexandros of the kingdom of Alexandria has the fairly unique skill of being able to summon forth powerful extradimensional beings known as Eidolons. Likewise, the six-year old Eiko Carol, the only apparent survivor of Madain Sari, the lost village of the summoners, has the ability to call upon Eidolons.

On the world of Spira in Final Fantasy X the title of "summoner" is given to skilled magic users who have trained in the process of summoning powerful beings known as Aeons in order to defeat Sin, a powerful monster who periodically returns to devastate the surface of the world. While many summoners compete to be the one to stop Sin when he appears, only one such summoner can succeed. That summoner, who invariably sacrifices his or her life in the process, is granted the title of "High Summoner," and are worshipped by the followers of the religion of Yevon. At the start of the game, there have been five individuals to have earned the title of High Summoner: Yunalesca, Lord Gandof, Lord Ohalland, Lady Yocun, and Lord Braska. The story of Final Fantasy X involves the travails of Lord Braska's daughter, Yuna, as she sets out to defeat Sin and earn the title of High Summoner herself. Summoners also perform the Sending, a dance ritual that sends the spirits of the dead to the Farplane lest they become fiends. Other summoners appearing in the game include Maester Seymour, Isaaru, Dona, Belgemine, Father Zuke and Lady Ginnem. Map of Spira Spira is the world in which the role-playing games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 are based. ... Sin is the mighty beast and main antagonist in the 2001 Square Co. ... Yevonism is a fictional religion in Final Fantasy X, a computer role-playing game, by Squaresoft for the PlayStation 2. ... The following is a list of major and minor characters from the Square Enix role-playing game Final Fantasy X. Many of these characters reprise their roles in the games sequel Final Fantasy X-2. ... In Final Fantasy X, High Summoner Braska is the father to Yuna, the main female protagonist of the game. ... Summoner Yuna performing the Sending Yuna (ユウナ Yuna in Japanese) is a playable main character in both Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 of the Final Fantasy video games series from Square Enix, and cameos in Kingdom Hearts II. She is voiced by Mayuko Aoki in the Japanese versions... Map of Spira Spira is the world in which the role-playing games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 are based. ...

Most of those naturally born with the ability to cast summon magic have large horns protruding from their foreheads. When Princess Garnet has adopted by the Alexandrian Royal Family, the queen had her horn cut off. Whether or not if the horn is nessicary for summoning is uncertain, but the horn seems to be important to the Summoner class, as a whole. In Final Fantasy Tactics, you can see that the Summoner class has a type of headband that has a horn attached to it. In Final Fantasy X, when a statue is erected of Yuna, she is depicted as have a horn on her forehead. Although according to game play, the statue was made by the Ronso, who themselves have horns and see them as signs of power and honour. It has been suggested that Lucavi be merged into this article or section. ...

Because of the Bloodpact timer set on Summoners in Final Fantasy XI they are often used as healers because of their high MP pool. This could explain why the Summoner class is the least represented class according to the latest Vana'diel census held by Square-Enix (since a class like Black Mage is more like the Summoners of old, thus leading people who want to be Summoners to another class). As the avatars get more powerful abilities Summoners become one of the better damage dealers in the game. Their two hour ability, Astral Flow, allows the Summoner to use the avatar's traditional attack (i.e, Hellfire, Diamond Dust).