After Disc 3

In this chapterThe party travels to Terra, the dying home world of the Genomes.

Terra is a dying planet that has been sending Genomes to Gaia. Garland's plan is to merge Terra and Gaia by exchanging their souls. The party learns that the Genomes are meant to replace people. Kuja, who learns he is a defective Genome with a short life, kills Garland and takes the power of Trance, becoming a threat to both worlds.

Garland is a cosmic planner who has no malice. He believes in saving his world, and his coldness comes from duty. Kuja's tragedy is that he is a created being who is afraid of dying. His desire to destroy everything is a nihilistic reaction to his own mortality.

The Terra setting shows the game's richness. A fantasy world and a dying civilization are connected by a plan that predates all the characters.

In this chapterThe party enters Memoria, the place of the Crystal, to stop Kuja.

The final dungeon is Memoria, where the party relives their memories. They defeat Kuja, who summons Necron, a being that wants to destroy all life, and defeat him too. The Crystal is restored, and Gaia is saved. Zidane stays behind to save his friends, but returns in the final scene to Garnet.

Memoria is a thematic gauntlet that makes the player remember the whole adventure. Each party member faces their own fears. Necron's philosophy is a mirror of Kuja's: a desire for a cold void. The party's reply, to live and love, is the opposite. The ending is hopeful. Zidane and Garnet reunite, Vivi's legacy lives on and the theatre of Tantalus performs one last time.