Joshua Jerand

Age: 20

Race: Featherfolk

Origin: Sylvalant continent

Class: Mage

Height: 172 cm

Weight: 20 kg

Joshua is a winged man with a personality caught between arrogance and deep sorrow, shaped by the tragedies that have befallen his family. He stands out as the only character capable of using both attack and healing magic, similar to Noel from Star Ocean 2. However, Joshua is slightly more useful than Noel due to his stronger attack magic, though his healing abilities leave much to be desired, making him an inadequate replacement for Milly.

Joshua’s normal attack is surprisingly fast but deals minimal damage, making it largely ineffective in battle. On the other hand, he excels at Abilities, particularly Music, Art, and Alchemy. Unfortunately, he cannot Customize or Smith, which limits his versatility outside of those areas.

Obtaining Joshua

To recruit Joshua, visit Parj Temple before investigating the starship crash. If Fear is in your party (but not Cius or Ashlay), you’ll face a critical decision: either keep both Fear and Joshua or lose them both.

Spell List

Ice Needle

Learned: Start

MP: 3

Water-elemental. The caster sends a large icicle across the screen. If another enemy is in front of the target, it'll hit that enemy instead. Time doesn't stop during this spell.

Grave

Learned: Start

MP: 4

Earth-elemental. Three spikes come up from the ground and hit an enemy for minimal damage. Time doesn't stop during this spell.

Wind Blade

Learned: Start

MP: 5

Wind-elemental. Identical to Fire Bolt except with a column of air instead of an ball of fire.

Blizzard

Learned: Start

MP: 8

Water-elemental. A huge blizzard hits all enemies for moderate damage.

Heal

Learned: Start

MP: 3

Heals one ally slightly. Time doesn't stop during this spell.

Cure All

Learned: Start

MP: 10

Heals all allies moderately.

Earth Grave

Learned: Level 17

MP: 9

Earth-elemental. Large spikes emerge from the ground and hit a group of enemies for moderate damage.

Thunder Bolt

Learned: Level 20

MP: 10

Thunder-elemental. A bolt of thunder appears above the enemy and strikes him for moderate damage.

Ray

Learned: Level 23

MP: 12

Holy-elemental. Rays hit all enemies for moderate damage.

Cure Light

Learned: Level 27

MP: 12

Cures one ally for a high amount of HP (not as much as Milly's spells will). Time doesn't stop during this spell.

Tractor Beam

Learned: Level 27

MP: 14

?-elemental. Grabs all enemies in a group, lifts them up, and smashes them down on the ground for moderate damage. Even flying enemies can be hit by this.

Earthquake

Learned: Level 36

MP: 19

Earth-elemental. Huge boulders bounce down onto enemies for strong damage. An enemy can actually be caught under the last boulder and be stuck immobile for several seconds!

Word of Death

Learned: Level 40

MP: 19

?-elemental. Attempts to instantly kill one enemy; rarely works.

Thunder Storm

Learned: Level 45

MP: 22

Thunder-elemental. A storm hits all enemies for strong damage.

Light Cross

Learned: Level 50

MP: 26

Holy-elemental? Light hits all enemies for strong damage.

Dark Circle

Found: Sylvalant Ruins.

MP: 40

?-elemental. Attempts to kill all vulnerable enemies at 25% HP or less; works more often than Word of Death.

Meteor Swarm

Found: In the Revorse Tower

MP: 32

?-elemental. A meteor swarm hits all enemies for huge damage.

Extinction

Found: End of the Seven Star Ruins

MP: 45

Attempts to instantly destroy all vulnerable enemies, with a very high success rate.