Screencap for Let’s Play Final Fantasy VI Episode I
The prologue of Final Fantasy VI turns FF tradition upside-down: magic is now evil and dangerous, instead of simply a useful power for the PCs.
Note that the GBA translation says “there now stands one who would reawaken the magic of ages past and use its dreaded power as a means by which to conquer all the world.” I assume that “one” is Kefka — or is it Gestahl?