Final Fantasy 9 Lore ► Freya Crescent's Origins Explained

[@TPRpiano]

She has one of my favourite musical themes in the whole series

[@gorimbaud]

love that harpsichord!

[@FinalFantasyUnion]

Thank you so much for lending your amazing arrangements to this video. Everyone, check out TPR!!

[@saedt]

Absolutely!

[@isaaccollins4533]

​@@FinalFantasyUnion I would love to see Celes Chere from Final Fantasy 6, she is honestly one of my favorite characters and I would love to see her on the channel.

[@rafaynoman1180]

If the ff9 remake is real then Square better give Freya her moment to shine cuz they just forgot my poor girl in her own chapter.

[@ethanstates884]

Ahhh I see what you did there. “Forgot her”

[@randy5606]

If they do what they did from ff7 then they would probably kill off a character just to change things up because the story wouldn't be good enough for them

[@huginnandmuninn4865]

She had her moment

[@lambdafish291]

@@randy5606 Thankfully the story changes worked very well for FF7R

[@randy5606]

@@lambdafish291 on that we disagree. The spirits were an absolutely horrible addition and they completely ruin the game. They were added as a means to pad out the story in all the wrong ways

[@crimsonmaelstrom573]

“To be forgotten is worse than death.” Freya’s quote during the FFix title sequence. It really hits deep. But then, all the characters’ quotes do that

[@Marinanor]

"I do what I want? You have problem?" lol

[@crimsonmaelstrom573]

@@Marinanor no problem here Quina 😂

[@lyndsaybrown8471]

She would like Coco

[@LemonFlump]

“How do you prove that we exist.. maybe we don’t exist”

[@crimsonmaelstrom573]

@@LemonFlump Vivi…my favorite Black Mage in the entire FF franchise

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

"To be forgotten is worse than death." Thankfully, we who love Freya will never forget or stop loving her. Through us, her memory and spirit live on.

[@georgehouliaras7239]

Back when I was a kid and could barely speak English, I used to call her the "Kain lady" Kain is such a badass in my eyes that he is not a Dragoon, he is his own job.

[@johnmcvey4243]

She was one of my most favorite characters in the entire series and I hope she gets more attention if there is a remake of nine someday.

[@tce222]

She IS my fav character too❤

[@thepokemontrainer6094]

Freya is one of those characters that got me into the dark crystal and loved it forever!!! As a writer I’ve actually inspired a character by Freya. Theirs allot of amazing characters in fiction as a whole especially in fantasy. But theirs something special about Freya that I can’t explain. This character will become a reality one day.

[@JavaMama88]

FF9 and Freya Crescent defined who I was in high-school. Calm, quiet, very mature for her age and wisdom beyond her years, is what my teachers kept saying to my mom. Freya saw the bigger picture of things, strongly pushing forward towards a greater goal helping other on the way. Freya assisted her King and her people asking for nothing in return, only wanting other to be safe. I resonated with Freya so much that I cried when Cleyra was destroyed.... she felt everything I did when I was younger, all but love.

[@calvinmatthews1527]

I love Freya, from her unique design to her badass gameplay. I also wish her storyline was longer. One of the things I want for the IX Remake is for her to have a solo fight with Beatrix as a post game boss so they can settle things at least.

[@alloneness6956]

I was hoping that there would be a clash between sir fratley and beatrix throughout the story..but it didn't happen

[@robdiquattro5590]

Eternal love for Freya. I’ve never felt her character’s arc was forgotten. She perfectly embodies despair to me, and the lack of character development after Celyra made me sit with the feeling of wanting more, wanting closure. Despair.

[@Fogdiver69]

Freya was the key component I was missing that helped seal my Ozma strategy. Dragon's Crest is OP as hell. Before that, I thought her to be a mostly throwaway character. Her plot story is interesting but concludes relatively early in the game.

[@aaronp2542]

Same for Steiner actually. They resolved way too quick and suddenly we are chasing Kuja. At least its better than Amarant. I still dont know why he is there over Beatrix

[@michaelbertoncini6009]

Freya is one of my favorite characters in the series. She is not only strong in combat, she is a great and loyal friend that persevered through so much. I am so glad she ended up with Fratley at the end. She deserved it after surviving such loss.

[@ragna6410]

I love Dragoons and Freya is one of my absolute favorites.

[@FF-Nation]

@ragna6410 +1. Even though I only played this game once. Freya is the only one that I remember liking the most. Her being a Dragoon/Lancer doesn't hurt either. I gotta get a copy of this game! It's been over 20 years!

[@mikemorris8424]

I've always had love for Freya. The way you spelled her story really helped me to understand exactly why. All the stories for the "side characters" is why 9 will always be my favorite

[@damega621]

Finally, I can watch this video. I just completed FF9 about 2 hours earlier and have been dying to watch it since I saw it dropped, for how much I was loving Freya during my playthrough. What Ana amazing story, I won't ever forget.

[@hafurg]

As a Fighter class picker all my life, Freya is just a perfect example (and Steiner, Beatrix too) that a "fighter" can have a lot of depth in their backstory and can deal with deadly jabs not only physically but also emotionally. Just the best, or one of the best, RPG out there.

[@Save_Frog]

This is my all time favorite FF character!

[@jervel4448]

After Vivi, of course. 😑

[@PerceptionVsReality333]

She's one of my favorite characters.

[@vguy488]

Superb character analysis, well done. She was definitely one of my favorite characters, as even a younger man I could tell the emotional depth and complexity of her narrative. Sadly she wasn't the MC so of course she didn't get much time in the spotlight, yet still I feel the narrators did her justice by constructing a strong, driven, focused, and at the same time vulnerable and desperate individual who wanted nothing more than to reclaim her love from someone who'd forgotten she even existed. Her bittersweet ending returning to Flatley's side was a tug on the heartstrings; a chance to start anew at the cost of everything that came before. Cheers!

[@ryanscheffer2302]

Ever since I played Final Fantasy IX on my Xbox, Freya became one of my favorite characters. In fact, I have an image of her as my Xbox background.

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

I've never played FF9, but you did a great job bringing her to life for someone who hasn't played. Really good storytelling!

[@mario_maniac9368]

I've been waiting for this one. Like you said, freya story kinda resolves a little early but I always love how she stayed level headed and wasn't afraid to speak the truth

[@xSHIELDBREAKERx82]

We need the Burmecian race in FFXIV. It'd be so fun to play a type of Dragoon not lore wise tied to Elezen or Hyur. Also, I view Freya's story as one that is both tied to complete love and that of complete loyalty. And when it came to naught after Gungnir laid waste to Burmecia once she found out Fratley lost his memory she had a choice between sorrow or vengence or even continued loyalty to both her love and lost country. I can say, from personal experience, that grievous loss can cause more inner turmoil than meets the eye. And the way SE handled Freya in this facet was 5 star levels of greatness. It is hard to pull this off without it coming off as "edgy".

[@rVesperialGaming]

That would be awesome I hope Yoshi-P can add race like Burmecian Race and also Genome Race Like Zidane, Kuja and Mikoto.

[@f.prince6642]

Now imagine voice acting for every character in the game! 👀 the stories deserve that type of love

[@WinspearUltima]

I love FFIX I really hope Freya in the Final Fantasy IX Remake fleshes her arc even more.

[@scabu3]

She was one of my fav characters in battle, she would never die

[@HeroLionHeart68]

I wish there was more info to do a lore video on Quina :( But LOVED the freya video keep it up! :)

[@Soulsnatcher89]

Freya sits in my top 3 favorite character, usually fighting for 1 with Kain. I can't begin to say how much I love her story, character and music

[@ArborDaze]

I’ve been watching your channel for what feels like forever, and you’ve put an incredible amount of work and dedication into these videos. It’s long over due, but I really appreciate what you do. I love this kind of content, so thank you.

[@Piper_of_Hamelin]

My favorite character from my favorite game. Thank you for sharing your love for this ode to fantasy.

[@SethWadeMelancon]

The Origins videos are what initially brought me to this channel years ago and I'm so thankful you're still making more. PLEEEEEASE keep them coming!!

[@saladinboss2507]

Great origin highlight, FFU! Freya is a character I honestly forgot about after my first playthrough, but have loved her more and more with every subsequent playthrough.

[@andtails]

Your analysis did Freya justice.

[@otherprisma7354]

She is one of my favorite character in FF9.

[@kristophergathercoal5044]

I've been waiting for this. One of my favorite FF characters. I agree with the other comments hoping for some expansion on her story, if a FF9 remake happens.

[@cody7472]

Just restarted FF9 so this was pretty cool to see pop up!

[@pasqualembisceglia1989]

Freya Crescent has a same helmet and armor equipment like Steiner. Freya Crescent can share helmet and armor equipment with Steiner.

[@sonicbrawler182]

Thanks for making this, it's on my bucket list to make my own video essay analysing Freya one day, but I love to see different takes too, and glad to see the love for the character thriving in the comments section!

[@LeoPolonia]

It WAS worth the wait. Thank you.

[@deadbeat061]

Great video! Freya is my favorite character in FF9, and as many have said, it sucks how little focus she gets in the latter parts of the story. As an aside, I always felt the Burmecians and Cleyrans were done super dirty in general. If they do a remake, I'd like SE to dedicate some tiny amount of screentime to showing them rebuild, similar to Sector 7 in FF7R

[@Boneidolfitness]

I wish they have done a bit more like given a side quest to collect clues to find Fratley and them duel for her to receive her ultimate weapon, skill and a re newed promise to reunite , but no the mognet side quest needed to be a thing instead

[@RabbitShirogane]

Freya is my all time favorite character in Final Fantasy. Hell, I have a tattoo of that rat on my left arm because I love her that much. She got done the dirtiest as I felt like her arc barely lasted at all and she gets sidelined for a whole chapter. If one big change that should happen in the FF9 remake, it’s making Freya either as important of a side character as Vivi or fix her arc SQUARE PLEASE IM BEGGING FOR MORE RAT CONTENT.

[@NZMateus]

Freya is one of my favorite characters within all Final Fantasy games. Her story, her style and her game play mechanics are so great that I always gave her on my team when I replay the game!

[@jessicascott2260]

Playing FF9 as a teen, I didn't really get the agony that Freya had gone through on multiple levels. Thanks for reminding me that there is much more to her, even if it wasn't verbalized in a lot of dialogue. Your origin stories are my favorite, I'd love if you made more!

[@ThatBeingCed]

The last Left Handed Dragoon. I'm a bit upset that they stopped making Lancers left handed.

[@mjbuffalo716]

Freya is my favorite character in the entire franchise. ❤❤❤ Give me a IX-2 that is Freya’s five year journey.

[@jerichogold5368]

Amongst all character i think freya's arc at the end of disc 1 and beginning of disc 2 is very very interesting, if i may say the best arc between all character. The reason is just like what you sait at the end of the video

[@saedt]

If they remake this game I really hope they don’t ruin the art style

[@TheMstrydude]

It was nice hearing about her. I had always liked having her in my party, I think she got me into my love of Dragoons through XI made cemented it. When you brought up Beatrix though it got me thinking... Beatrix vs Zenos... Who would win?

[@dirtbagdeluxe]

i just restarted a play through with my girlfriend who has never played it before. I think she will relate to Freya, bc it's a mature and purposeful love, rather than the youthful uncertainty of Zidane and Dagger

[@Mark_GL]

Thanks a lot for this! Any FFIX content is very welcomed.

[@Geekanomicon]

Freya is my favorite Dragoon. So much so that my FF14 Dragoon is named after her. Such an amazing character.

[@akiinmoonlight79]

Underrated Chara, i only learned to love her when i grew up 😫❤

[@Darksaviour]

Freya such a good character who didn’t get enough screen time

[@Gregoroth_Durai]

So worth the wait. Amazing! I see every character in IX as examples of perservering beyond personal anguish and false identifications--acknowledging but not indulging in them--and instead living with purpose and intent. Freya, for me, was about overcoming loss of companionship and country.

[@Arksimon2k]

Freya's my 2nd favourite character (story wise). But I love having her in my party the most.

[@HighwaterTrousers]

Thank you so much for the amazing exploration of my favorite character of all time! You pretty much covered why I adore Freya so much as a character and even pointed something new out to me! I always thought it was weird how she went straight to fighting Amarant in Disc 3's return to Alexandria, but it totally makes sense she was acting irrationally because of everything that happened up to that point! I hope Square does remake FFIX, because there's so much cut content, especially in the script. And between the cut scenes we do have knowledge of and the localization differences, there's still so much to explore when it comes to Freya! My girlfriend recently got into FFIX and did her own translation of Freya's scenes to compare the differences between the JP and EN scripts. And there's interesting details in the original Japanese script that infer Freya was banished from Burmecia and she had no desire to return home because of it. Which has her questioning herself when she and the party first arrive there, compared to the English localization where she laments being childish about returning to Burmecia. Pair that with the cut ATE in Cleyra where she meets the King of Burmecia and he attemptd to apologize for what happened in the past, it paints a new perspective of Freya. My guess is she left Burmecia to search for Fratley, but was banished for abandoning her duty as a Dragoon. But hey, maybe the Remake will expand and explore that!

[@phillipwiltz7842]

Haven’t watched it yet but I know this is going to be great when I get the chance. Freya is my favorite and such an under appreciated character

[@redalchemy7322]

If FFIX does have a remake I sincerely hope to see Freya's story fleshed out

[@danielramsey6141]

This is awesome! I love Freya’s character. And hopefully Amerant’s video will turn out to be just as Insightful :). I do have some insight to share.

[@PerceptionVsReality333]

Freya is one of my favorite FF9 characters.

[@VioletMaeve]

THIS! This is why I love Freya. I always feel the non human characters besides Vivi dont get alot of screen time because the most common "Best FF girls" are for looks.

[@jezixhylus3370]

Freya ended up being near the top of the list for my favorite character in a FF game. She was such a cool character. I hen she released in DFFOO, I knew I had to have her and she was placed on my main team.

[@pasqualembisceglia1989]

After Alexandria in Disc 2, Freya Crescent is on hiatus until Disc 3.

[@Thelastjoka]

underrated character

[@lauraharris559]

I'm always excited to see your videos but I also put them on my Playlist to fall asleep to. That voice yo lol

[@ariannaroncato5361]

Beautiful video 😊. I hope you'll make Dagger someday

[@ratbyte7605]

I love this game and Freya so much. I wish it would be remade and stay true to the original art style.

[@joshuadrark3207]

Freya is one of my favorite characters.

[@pablodelgado7919]

Freya is one of my favorite characters in the game, alongside Vivi, Amarant and Zidane with Eiko and Garnet coming real close. She has been one of my most OP characters in the party, not to mention her limit breaks are insanely broken.

[@ElTaitronAnim]

Spectacular video. Freya is a wonderful character, and it's frustrating to see her not get the amount of screentime she deserved. I have to ask, where did most of your information come from, especially her pre-game history? Is there some kind of FF9 Ultimania or other external content somewhere? Or perhaps interpreting dialogue subtext? I can't recall seeing anything like it within the game, unless I wasn't reading as carefully as I should have, and/or there were optional scenes I missed.

[@Dracobyte]

I hope they expand her character in a future remake!

[@starseekerxiii]

She's my absolute favorite character, hands down best Dragoon Rat Waifu ever. I still remember I stayed up till 2 am to search for hear in 2019 ❤

[@sakrowley]

One of my favorite characters! I like her because she decides to follow a path for her own reasons and changes course when life forces her to re-evaluate that path.

[@makotoamamiya2442]

Love watching these hope yall continue these origin video's theyre really informative

[@Ty-ub4nc]

I have always loved Freya. Not sure why. Thank yall for all your hard work

[@bradleyzurweller5639]

Wow! Might be my new favorite ffu piece. Bravo! Love Freya!

[@nightwing543j8]

My favourite Final Fantasy character finally gets her origins video. Now I am waiting for character number two, Oerba Yun Fang.

[@gilgamesh4590]

FF9 was my first Final Fantasy Game. Back then i was 12 when i first played it. Today - at the age of 36 i still remember most this game and especially her as my most beloved character. Her Arc - tough be short with Burmecia and Cleyra and her Reunion with her beloved Fratley who doesn't remember her - imho she was the most tragic character of the game. Yesterday i finally finished the Port for the Switch and still - the Events of the Ending hit like a fucking freight train. Today and back then i felt happy that - even tough Fratley can't remember their past they still become a couple once again.

[@Jetbytes]

It makes me so happy Fratley falls back in love with Freya even after losing his memory. True love!!!

[@sad6549775]

Having completed this game 99% and yet I still didn't know one of my favourite characters Freya's lore like this!

[@neoshadowdukeofgames8223]

I love your origins stories. Those are by far what I watch most on your channel!!!

[@Bluepriest18]

Been asking for this, and I had such a bad day, you have my deepest thanks!

[@RandomBucket]

Not sure if it has been covered before, but would be cool to see the relationships between summons. For example, how Ifrit recognised Shiva as his rival in the opening battles of ff8

[@arecord86]

Love to see the FFIX content!!! Thanks team FFU!

[@magicfoxsocks]

Freya was always my favorite playable character in this game. It was nice to see her story here.

[@JoeDorian1992]

As I’ve gotten older & had my heart broken by the girl I loved, she because my fav & someone I identify with & relate too :(

[@infamouskid6413]

I need a FF9 Remake!

[@ravenseye8632]

Been rewatching all these origins videos as I reply FF8 for the 1st time on almost a decade. Would love to see a origins ultimecia video if it was possible. Shes one of my favourite villains. FF8 to me has to be hands down my favourite game

[@LimitBreakr424]

I don't care much for Dragoons but Freya's a goat

[@autumneagle]

Freya was a non-human character but there's one thing that drastically increased her value to the playerbase. She's the game's Dragoon. She inherits the legacy of the previous Dragoons and Highwinds. That alone makes her a beloved character, and SqEnix did a good job with her backstory

[@ARONandCo]

Can someone explain the line at 20:33 "We got see Freya contend with the psychological trauma of losing an important relationship due to amnesia-something that would've been amplified by the amount of time she had lost searching for the person who no longer knew who she was. EVEN THOUGH THAT'S A REALITY FOR MANY PEOPLE EVERYDAY, THAT ASPECT OF LOSS IS SELDOM REPRESENTED WITHIN THE VARIOUS FORMS OF MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT" Cases of amnesia and love are a reality for many people every day? Is this not extremely common in MEDIA and far less so in reality? Is this just weird phrasing to say something else? My wife was like "wait, replay that line...wtf did he just say?"

[@LiminalMan777]

Just amazing work as always

[@gamer197730]

Final Fantasy is hands down the best series of games period. My love for the games has always been great. There are only 3 of them, including spin-offs, that I’ve never beat: III, V and XV. The stories are fantastic, with only a few being convoluted cough XIII series cough. I’m a sucker for turn based combat, so that’s my preferred battle type system. I’m not as big of a fan for other systems like: XII, XV and VII Remake, but they’re still really good. I always look forward to videos you release. I wish you uploaded everyday 😂. Your videos are so well done too

[@tullock13]

People be sleeping on Freya as the premier female dragoon of the series. Her trance jump ability was clutch in some fights

[@valvesofvalvino]

Please could you do an origins video on Snow Villiers, I loved how he was developed over the course of FF13 and the sequels.

[@dugfreshh93]

Love these vids!

[@Rakshiir]

FF9 has such a strong cast that Freya although I like her feels like bit of a letdown, propably because characters and writing is so strong in the game overall. She isn`t the worst, I think the worst character is amarant (of the playable/party characters, that is). His design is very interesting, but the character and his arc is rather flat. Don`t get me wrong, I think her arc isn`t bad. And her design is also very interesting. It just felt her arc was rather short. It basically more or less ends after the whole Burmecia arc. It`s not like she doesn`t have any agenda to continue with the party, it just felt she didn`t really have much of an arc after that. Her Arc could be enhanced a bit if there is ever any remake. It is one of the few things I consider being able to improve, I consider the writing in 9 to be one of the best in the series and to be incredibly good already - thats why I hope they don`t change many other things to be frank, since characters, their arcs, story and the whole message of the game is already top notch, I would not like that to change honestly.

[@Lukavitahdu1]

Best dragoon... always in the party when it's my choice

[@rogermucroy750]

My favourite ff character of all time.

[@currybento8235]

wonderful video. Thank you very much