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Message: [QUOTE="Strategist, post: 249044, member: 767"] I like the idea of Tonberry being some type of undertaker or gravekeeper. Tonberry == Tomb bearer? After all, he generally counts the party down to their deaths and then kills a party member in one hit. The lantern is also sometimes associated with Charon, the ferryman who guides souls to the Greek underworld. Fits in with the theme of graves and death. Edit: Looking up Will o' the Wisps on wikipedia, another possible connection is the legend of Stingy Jack. "Jack is doomed to roam the world between the planes of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_and_evil']good and evil[/URL], with only an ember inside a hollowed [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turnip']turnip[/URL] ("turnip" in this context referring to a large [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutabaga']rutabaga[/URL]) to light his way." [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stingy_Jack[/URL] Its another evil spirit who carries a lantern and does mischief and is connected to the legend of Will o' the Wisps or the Jack o' Lantern. I think the fish aspect of the tonberi might be inconsequential. Maybe a choice made to fit with its appearance in aquatic dungeons such as Leviathan's waterfall and the Ancient Castle. [/QUOTE]

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