Greetings Final Fantasy Cosplayers!

We are still continuing the Scavenger Hunt ~ !

We have selected 28 Obscure characters, one male and one female, each from Final Fantasy 1 through 14.

As costumes are submitted from each, we will reveal which costumes were selected and fill in the blanks of the following list.

"Winning Entries" consist of the first person to submit a costume for the character.

Some mystery characters are difficult and some might be fairly easy .

You are more than welcome to submit any guesses, but we will not confirm or deny any of the answers until a costume is submitted, or the year 2011 ends ~ Which ever comes first!

We are officially at the halfway point!

UPDATES:   See updates below
2011
January 15th ~ 1 Entry found! Final Fantasy X's Elma.
February 7th ~ 1 Entry found! Final Fantasy V's Faris.
February 16th ~ 1 Entry found! Final Fantasy VI's Daryl.
February 21st ~ 2 Entries Found! Final Fantasy XI's Lilisette and Final Fantasy IX's Cinna!
February 21st ~ 1 Entry Found! Final Fantasy IX's Ruby!
March 15th ~ 1 Entry Found!  Final Fantasy VIII's Ellone!
March 16th ~ 1 Entry Found!  Final Fantasy X's Brother!
April 1st ~ 1 Entry Found!  Final Fantasy XIII's Jihl!
April 9th ~ 1 Entry Found! Final Fantasy VII's Shera!
July 1st ~ 2 Entries Found! Final Fantasy IV's Palom & Porom!
August 3rd ~ 1 Entry Found! Final Fantasy XIII's Yaag Rosch!
August 18th ~ 1 Entry Found! Final Fantasy II's Princess Hilda!

2012
April 9th ~ 1 Entry Found! Final Fantasy II's Minwu!


FINAL FANTASY I
Male: Unsolved!
Female: Unsolved!

FINAL FANTASY II
Male: Minwu, Mysidian Magi of Final Fantasy II! [link]
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After a lull in our scavenger hunt, lillywh captures on film a rare visage of the great sage of Final Fantasy II, Minwu!
Female: Hilda, Periled Princess of Final Fantasy II! [link]
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Final Fantasy II often lives in obscurity as far as cosplay is concerned.  Every now and then you find a gem; a person that understands the importance of the historical Wild Rose Rebellion. Isadorada is equipped to lead the charge, but only if you know the password!

FINAL FANTASY III
Male: Unsolved!
Female: Unsolved!

FINAL FANTASY IV
Male & Female: Twin Thaumaturges of Final Fantasy IV!  [link] [link]
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Night or Day?  Yin or Yang?  White Magic or Black Magic?  Palom or Porom? Sara and Tsukianni have wonderfully answered the call: BOTH!

FINAL FANTASY V
Male: Unsolved!
Female: Faris, Pirate Princess of Final Fantasy V. [link]
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Final Fantasy V cosplay is rare, so when people go through the effort to do it, they try to pick the more iconic leading lady and boy wonder.  However, sometimes fans truly just love the characters or design, and ArashiAi has wonderfully sailed straight for our love of crowned corsairs!

FINAL FANTASY VI
Male: Unsolved!
Female: Daryl, Flying Femme Fatale of Final Fantasy VI.  [link]
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Final Fantasy VI had a huge buffet of characters, but all of them were kept in the limelight due to their playable status.  Depicted here in rare costume glory is Daryl.  Don't remember her?  She's Setzer's former lover, an airship pilot who Litheba breezed effortlessly out of the obscure into the real!

FINAL FANTASY VII
Male: Unsolved!
Female: Shera, Solemn Scientist of Final Fantasy VII. [link](Character)
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In the sky... Is it a chocobo?  Is it an airship?  No, it's Mooncat-9 on a collision course with our appreciation of Shera!

FINAL FANTASY VIII
Male: Unsolved!
Female: Ellone, Eccentric Empath of Final Fantasy VIII. [link]
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Much of Final Fantasy VIII's harrowing narrative involves the search for a mystery woman named Ellone, and such is the same in our Scavenger Hunt!  While only briefly depicted here and there throughout the game's scenes, and only once in full glory during the ending, Color-of-infinity rightly recognizes the importance of fetching future-seers.

FINAL FANTASY IX
Male: Cinna, Hammering... Human? of Final Fantasy IX. [link]
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We aren't sure what Cinna is, but we do know what we have here: Cinna depicted in all his hilarity!  Cinna is playable only for what seems like a heartbeat during the events of Final Fantasy IX, but TheCay loves him just as much as we do... Whatever he is.
Female: Ruby, Crimson-Corundum Cast-mate of Final Fantasy IX! [link]
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While her name doesn't quite match up with her appearance, Ruby has always been a bright spot in all Tantalus related adventures.  From her Hollywood insistence to her more carefree attitude, XQueenMab answers the call for local Lindblum talent!

FINAL FANTASY X
Male: Brother, Airship Aviator of Final Fantasy X. [link]
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Ed muugc mega cusauha vehymmo cumjat DREC socdano.  For those of you missing a few primers, we are proud to point you in Gerodere's husband's direction.Rybbo maynhehk!
Female: Elma, Chocobo Knight of Final Fantasy X. [link]
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Our reasoning for choosing Elma was to stay really off the beaten path.  Considering how many Summoners or Summoners to be there are in Spira, it was hard to narrow down a memorable figure from the cast of characters.  However, looks like LagunaFlare shares our love for all things mounted chivalry.

FINAL FANTASY XI
Male: Unsolved!
Female: Lilisette, Moonshade Butterfly of Final Fantasy XI. [link]
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Holy Atma of a Future Fabulous!  For those who got that joke, this one's for you!  Final Fantasy XI features a rich cast of characters, dynamic cutscenes, and a rich storyline written by the people who wrote Xenosaga and Chrono Cross.  TifaIA knows this all too well, waltzing along the beat of all things Kriegstanz.

FINAL FANTASY XII
Male: Unsolved!
Female: Unsolved!

FINAL FANTASY XIII
Male: Yaag Rosch, Sanctum Sergeant of Final Fantasy XIII. [link]
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Seras-V knows how to file in!  A born leader like this deserved far more than a few chance appearances, cosplay or otherwise!
Female: Jihl Nabaat, Cocoon Commander of Final Fantasy XIII. [link]
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Aurora Maryte is leading the charge for the holy glory!  Luckily, we're going to give her more of a spotlight than was fated to her by the epic tale between Pulse and Coccoon!

FINAL FANTASY XIV
Male: Unsolved!
Female: Unsolved!


TIPS
Winning entries will be announced by modifying this blog.
Winning entries will be placed in a "Mysteries Solved" Folder for special display.
We may or may not already have a submission of the winning entry, but they do not count for purposes of the competition.
Submissions of new images of a costume you already have submitted to Final Fantasy Cosplay WILL count, but only if they were not previously on display in our gallery.
Each costume has been confirmed to exist, whether or not the owner of the costume is a member of
Please note that we actively monitor submissions that have been removed from our gallery.  If you attempt to cheat, we will not notify you of your discrepancy until a person legitimately discovers the hidden character!
We are only counting primary entries in the series.  So for instance, the desired entries are not Kadaj (Advent Children), Gippal (X-2), Cosmos (Dissidia: Final Fantasy).

We look forward to the results!
How long will it take to uncover these obscure Final Fantasy personalities?
Only time will tell!