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In the Final Fantasy
computer role-playing game series Bahamut is a fictional dragon, derived from the Bahamut of Arabic mythology. The reimagining of Bahamut as a heroic dragon originated in the Dungeons & Dragons
fantasy role-playing game and was further popularized by the Final Fantasy series of console role-playing games, among others. One such game, made in Japan, is called Bahamut Lagoon.

Bahamut plays a significant role in the Final Fantasy
RPG series. In Final Fantasy I, the player had to complete a (completely optional, however it is quite hard to beat the game otherwise) quest for Bahamut to upgrade their characters' classes. Again, he is frequently portrayed as the King of the Dragons, though in later installments this role has morphed somewhat into a "king of the summoned creatures." In several of the Final Fantasy entries, Bahamut will only grant his alliance after determining a player's worth in battle (e.g: Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy V and Final Fantasy VIII) and after gaining this alliance, he is one of the most powerful summoned allies available. Bahamut also played a significant role in the storyline of several games, most notably Final Fantasy IX, Final Fantasy X, Final Fantasy X-2 and in the film Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children.

He is known for his devastating battle technique called Mega Flare, where he exhales a powerful thermonuclear blast at all his opponents. In Final Fantasy VII, Bahamut is also accompanied by three more powerful versions: Neo Bahamut (Giga Flare), Bahamut ZERO (Tera Flare) and, in Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Bahamut SIN. The attacks are named for the SI prefixes for ten to the powers six, nine, and twelve; the third is commonly misread as "Terra Flare" or "Tetra Flare". Also worth noting are that the suffixes and prefix for the variations of Bahamut in Final Fantasy VII and Advent Children are taken from the names of old Japanese fighter planes: KAI Bahamut ("Neo Bahamut"), Bahamut REKISHI ("Bahamut Zero"), and Bahamut SHIN ("Bahamut TREMOR").

In Final Fantasy XI, Bahamut is not a summon. Instead, Bahamut is introduced in the expansion Final Fantasy XI: Chains of Promathia as the Wyrmking, a Terrestrial Avatar that fights along his Wyrms: Tiamat, Vrtra, Jormungand, Ouryu, Fafnir and Nidhogg.

Due in large part to the successes of Dungeons & Dragons and the Final Fantasy series, the name Bahamut has become synonymous with dragons in general, even being incorporated into the games Bahamut Bahant Senki and Bahamut Lagoon.

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