Fou-Luedit
From Breath of Fire
Fou-Lu is the principal antagonist and founder of the Fou Empire centuries ago with similar abilities as Ryu from Breath of Fire IV, yet with a much more malevolent personality.
He was summoned by Yuna but the summoning ritual was incomplete, so the soul of Fou-Lu was parted in two. The other part is Ryu, the protagonist, who arrived in the world some four-hundred years later than his alter-ego due to the incomplete summoning, he then fell into a deep slumber, awaiting Ryu.
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[edit] Reawakening and the 1st Encounter with Fohm
When Ryu appeared, Fou-Lu reawoke and ordered Won-Qu to guard his tomb and walked out of his tomb into the forests.
Fou-Lu then encountered two soldiers who boasted about the Fou-Lu Empire being able to crush even dragons, Fou-Lu summoned the Astral Dragon and said with a sadistic grin "They art but gods" and had the two soldiers killed.
In the forests, Fou-Lu encountered General Fohm, a fire specialist, Fou-Lu's weakness (As he is water/ice, Ryu is fire, they are each other's weakness), Fou-Lu defeats Fohm who then lights the forest on fire and corners Fou-Lu on a bridge, revealing that the current Emperor would prefer that he sleeps for eternity.and sends him falling to his doom.
[edit] 2nd Encounter with Fohm
Fou-Lu is shown to have survived and is in Bunyan's care, he then heads to a mountain and is cornered by Fohm again, who summons a monster to fight him, Fou-Lu dispatches it but is exhausted due to being in-complete, he then transforms into Astral Dragon and flees, being chased by several more of the monsters, after a long chase and with little strength left in him, Fou-Lu is injured further and crashes into the forests to his doom.
[edit] The Hexing
Fou-Lu then awakens in a village under the care of a woman who has taken care of him, Fou-Lu hears from a man about a "God" who has being threatening the village, Fou-Lu leaves to investigate and finds that it is merely a Rock Golem who has absorbed the essence of a "God" who was in the area.
Upon returning to the village, he finds the village to be under attack by Empire soldiers and escapes with the woman's help, he arrives at a area that is then hexed as he is in it, while it would easily kill a mortal, Fou-Lu is no mortal, so despite great injuries from the hexing, he survives.
[edit] Conquering the Fou-Lu Empire
The next time Fou-Lu is seen, he has arrived in the capitol. He then forces his way into the Imperial Castle. Inside he encounters A-Tur, his second servant, who proclaims the emperors who suceeded Fou-Lu did not keep the promise. Proceeding into the castle he encounters Yohm. The old summoner calls on Kahbo and Khamyu, stronger versions of the creatures he had previously used. Fou-lu effortlesly disposes of them. Yohm declares he knew the risks of his mission, saying that althoug mortals are not as powerful or live as long as the Endless, the value of their lives is in how they die. Yohm then proceeds to commit suicide by fire. After reaching the inner sanctum, Fou-lu meets with Yuna, who plans to seal Fou-lu's powers. He then calls forth elite guards and diviners to cast a magical net over the area, rendering them invincible so they can weaken the First Emperor. However, the power of the dragons easily breaks the barrier and the troop is wikped out. Yuna flees after witnesing this event.
In the throne room he meets the XXXI Emperor, Fou Soniel. Soniel attempts to kill the First Emperor using the Dragonslayer, but Fou-lu is unaffected, beheading the traitor. He takes his place at the throne and awaits his missing half.
It is interesting to note that, originally, there was to be a scene containing him beheading the emperor, though this was censored in the english version, a video can be found at [1]. He is also the first Final Boss in BOF to not be a demon.
He then waits for Ryu to come to him.
[edit] The first meeting with Ryu
Ryu and his companions meet with Fou-Lu who reveals that he plans to merge with Ryu and wipe out humanity for all the evil they have done and Ryu and Fou-Lu fight on the roof of the castles, (Note: This is the ONLY battle where the Royal Sword and Royal Armour are attainable.)
After Ryu and Fou-Lu fight for the first time, Fou-Lu then asks Ryu questions and the player must choose which is the answer he or she desires to get the good or bad ending.
[edit] Good Ending
To answer "I don't know..." continues the questions and eventually leads to fighting Fou-Lu with Ryu and the party.
Ryu and the party fight Tyrant and then the Astral dragon and defeat them.
Fou-Lu then realizes that humans are not as bad as he first thought and merges with Ryu and effectively dies as Ryu uses his power to remove the gods from the world.
[edit] Bad Ending
If the player selects "Maybe so..." , Fou-Lu absorbs Ryu and effectively kills him.
Fou-Lu summons the Infinity Dragon and the player may kill the party or damage themself enough for Nina, Cray, Scias, Ursula and Ershin to kill it and get Game Over, after killing the party, Fou-Lu then moves to kill humanity and the game ends.
[edit] Personality
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 Fou-Lu from Breath of Fire IV |
