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	Finally, you have reached Pandemonium. As you can expect from any final level, the monsters here are the toughest. But do not be afraid to run away if need be. You should be fully prepared for the Emperor right now, but not just yet. Head down and go right. Go to the end, go up and follow to the stairway. On floor 2, just keep following and take the warp to the next floor.
Go up then right. Follow to the bottom to the warp. Now, floor 4 is where you will spend most of your time on. There are 4 doors and 5 good treasures. First off, take the door on the left and head up past many arches. The treasure at the top is a Genji Gauntlet and is guarded by a Zombie Borgan. Don't waste any magic on him, because like the first Borgan, this one is easy. Give the Genji Gauntlet to Maria.
	Keep making your way right. At the room in the northeast corner is a false wall. Take it to a small room with the strongest weapon in the game, the Masmune. Give that to Frioniel and the Xcalibr to Lionheart. Note that the Masmune can cast Haste11 on the party when used as an item. Head back out to the main room and take the door to the right of where you are. Head to the center and grab the Genji Helmet, which is guarded by a...
Tiamat! You might remember this from Final Fantasy 1. This battle is tough, as none of the elemental spells work on it. Holy, Flare, and Ultima work on it, but then again, so does Change. Another way is to use the Masmune and the Yoichi Bow (which casts Berserk3 on all), and just lay the smackdown on this beast. Heal when needed and give the Genji Helmet to Frioniel. Now head back to the main room.
	Take the door furthest to the right and follow up to the Genji Armor. This is guarded by Satan. This battle will be similar to that of the Tiamat, so just use the same strategy and use the Masmune and the Yoichi Bow. I found Satan to be easier than Tiamat, but beware of Satan's Flare16 spell. After a while, Satan will die. Give the Genji Armor to Guy and head back out the door.
Take the middle door and work your way to the Ribbon, which is guarded by the 'Weapon' of FF2, Asteroth. Its spells are strong, it has no weakness, and it has about 7000 HP. Your best bet is to use the Change spell, but if not, use the same plan you used against Satan and Tiamat with the Masmune and Yoichi Bow. I also found that the Blood Sword works great against this monster, as well as the others. Give the Ribbon to Maria.
	Now that you have all of the Genji equipment and the Ribbon (which protects against the statuses), head left to the southwest corner of the room you are in right now (with the Ribbon). Take the warp and follow up and right to the next warp. Go left and around to the next warp on Floor 5. Make your way to the northeast corner of Floor 6 and take the warp.
Head down all the way and left all the way. Before taking the warp, heal Lionheart to his fullest, then use an Elixer on Frioniel, Guy, and Maria. Also, check to make sure that you have the following equipment, just to make things easier.

	Take the warp and head directly up. Note that there are monsters called Giants that will leave behind Dragon equipment. I don't recommend doing this right now. Talk to the Emperor and perpare for the fight of your life.
This is it. The Final Battle. To start off, have Frioniel and Lionheart switch their weapons to the Blood Sword. Have Frioniel use the Masmune and Maria use the Yoichi Bow. The Emperor's attacks can take as much as 2000 HP way from you. Also watch out for his Meteo1 attack. Have Maria in the 2nd round use Ultima, Frioniel and Lionheart attack with the Blood Swords, and Guy use Holy8.
	If you don't have the Blood Swords, then the fight will be tougher. Just keep up the attacks, and have Maria or Guy heal when needed. If your MP/HP gets too low for Cure, use the Elixer. Keep up the attacks and the Emperor will soon fall. Watch the ending and enjoy.