Эдея Крамер: История и Образ Антагониста Final Fantasy VIII

Final Fantasy VIII character

Edea Kramer (イデア・クレイマー) is a character and major antagonist in Final Fantasy VIII. Protagonist Squall is sent to assassinate her, though it is later discovered that the Sorceress Ultimecia had Edea under mind control. It is also revealed that Edea was the matron for Squall and the other main characters at an orphanage years in the past. Edea was created by Tetsuya Nomura, who originally intended her to be an antagonist named "Witch" in Final Fantasy VII who served the character Jenova, one of its antagonists. The design went unused in Final Fantasy VII, but because Nomura liked it, it was featured in Final Fantasy VIII. She has received generally positive reception, being noted as an effective villain and praised for her dress.

Edea is one of three character concepts, along with Fujin and Raijin, to have been created before Final Fantasy VIII. Edea's design, created by Tetsuya Nomura, was originally intended to be featured in Final Fantasy VII and was known as "Witch". She was meant to be a servant of Jenova. Nomura based Edea's design on the style of Yoshitaka Amano, who was the character illustrator of Final Fantasy VI and previous games. This design was not used, but they chose to use this design for her in Final Fantasy VIII due to how much Nomura liked her. A scene depicting Edea murdering someone in front of a cheering crowd was met with speculation that Edea was mind controlling the audience, which was later confirmed in the Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania guide.

Edea first appears in the PlayStation role playing game Final Fantasy VIII. Prior to the game's release, she was marketed extensively in promotional material such as trailers, screenshots, box art and game descriptions or summaries as its main villain. Edea's likeness appears as an alternate outfit for Ultimecia in Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, and also in Dissidia NT as part of the "Edea's Corpse Appearance Set" DLC.

Edea has received generally positive reception since Final Fantasy VIII. Meghan Marie of Game Informer and Brittany Vincent of Game Revolution regarded her as one of their favorite video game characters and favorite character designs. Chris Hodges of Screen Rant identified her as one of the most interesting characters in the Final Fantasy series. Her outfit was praised by publications including Complex and IGN. Laura Burrows of IGN complimented her attractiveness and discussed how her true personality does not take away from how powerful and vicious she was when she was possessed. Matthew Walden of GameSpot noted the difficulty of finding a villain with a gentler side than her, comparing her non possessed form to Mother Teresa. Chad Concelmo of Destructoid included her in their list of "asshole" wizards in video games, due to how difficult an encounter with her turned out. Robert Steinman of RPGFan regarded her as an especially frightening villain, discussing how the twist regarding her true story as one of the strangest in the series. He also drew a comparison between Edea's theme and the theme of Disney villain Maleficent. Paolo Papi of Blasting News included Edea in his list of characters who are both sexy and deadly, discussing her use of her sexuality to "beguile her enemies". Chris Greening of Video Game Music Online discussed how various themes are used throughout the game to demonstrate how Edea's character grows; he cited "The Sacrifice" and "Premonition" as identifying of Edea's dark side, while "The Successor" represents her true nature.