Benjamin - Final Fantasy



Benjamin, also known as Rash, is the main protagonist of Final Fartasy Mystic Quest. He is an adventurous but stupid-minded boy sent by the Crystal of Dark to save the world from Generic Villain  and restore light to the Realm of Plot.

 Benjamin lived in an unnamed village south-west of Foresta. As the game begins an earthquake pops the hell outta nowhere and raises the Hill of Convenient Destiny and destroys the village. Benjamin meets an old geezer who shows him the Fork Tower, and tells him that according to the shoddily written Prophecy, when the Vile Four seal the doors of the Fork Tower and steal the power of plot, a Knight will appear to rape them and conveniently save the world. The old liar believes Benjamin to be the Knight, and considers his suspicions confirmed when Benjamin fights off a Behemoth that attacks. Benjamin defeats a Final Fantasy enemy that is one of the strongest fought at the end of a Final Fantasy, because he's that badass. The old man vanishes, and Benjamin departs the cliff moments before it collapses into the belly of hell.

 So the adventure begins, Benjamin meets four other people, the white mage/lumberjack Kaeli, Tristam a treasure hunter who can't spell his name right, Phoebe a girl who calls it quits way too damn easily, and Reuben; who cares about him?

 Eventually he saves the four Crystals of Plot, saves Captain Mack The Knife and boards his ship to the very bottom of Fork Tower, climbing up to the very top and meeting Generic Villain, who admits that he started the rumor of the prophecy, that urges Benjamin (with Phoebe's help) to conveniently slay him with the ultimate power of Healing Abilities. The old man who helped Benjamin appears and reveals his true identity as the fifth Crystal, the Crystal of Light. Nobody gives a sh*t. With the world saved and the Crystals restored, Benjamin bids farewell to his friends and sets sail with Tristam on Mac's ship in search of new adventure, since really he has nothing better to do than that now.



Benjamin's name is never mentioned in-game, as the player chooses their name when beginning the game, and only the South American manual mentions it. In the DESU sequences displayed at the title screen the protagonist is named "DesuPlay", and in the Japanese manual the character is merely called "Stupid 10 year old boy".

 As the main playable character, Benjamin has access to every piece of equipment and spell in the game, which also includes stuff that rip off Zelda, with the sole exception of a handful of equipment exclusive to his butt buddies. His level caps at Level 41, because Level 99 is for squares. The player can cycle through his weapons at any time by pressing R or L button; this can also be done during naughty time with Kaeli.