Returners * Banon Strength Imperial * Soldiers * Cadets * Corporals * Heavy Armors * Fidors * Hunting Hounds * 1 Hell's Rider * Narshe Guards Returners * Terra * Locke * Edgar * Sabin * Gau * Cyan * Celes Casualties Heavy, entire invading force save for Kefka destroyed. Few, possibly some Narshe guards. The Battle for the Frozen Esper is a conflict between the Gestahlian Empire and the joint forces of Narshe and the Returners for the possession of a recently discovered esper in the mining city of Narshe in Final Fantasy VI. It is the first known decisive defeat suffered by the empire, after a series of victories in South Figaro and Doma, respectively.