The ad hoc leader of the Black Mages, he seems wiser
than most of them and carries a crescent staff. He has an
immediate affinity to Vivi, who seems to him to be
something more than any of the other Black Mages are.
In FF9, Alleyway Jack is a four-armed treasure hunter
and card player extraordinaire, also known as Alleyway
Jack. Events in the game later reveal him to be Gilgamesh,
and he's searching for the Excalibur (see In-Crossovers:FF9, Summon:Gilgamesh)
(Aliases: Amarant (NA), Salamander (JP)) A large
and mostly silent warrior. His fighting style is a mix of
Monk and Ninja, but his outlook is samurai - his mind is
filled with rules of fighting, the biggest one of them
being Look Out For Number One and let the rest go hang. He
starts off life as a security guard for Treno's auction
house, but a chance encounter with Zidane of Tantalus
changes his whole ideal. He searches Zidane out, only from
curiosity, looking for the thing which so fascinated him,
something he just couldn't understand. After challenging
Zidane to a fight and losing, and yet not being killed by
him, his confusion just grows. He's curt and never has a
nice word to say, but sometimes what's not said is even
more important than trying to speak your emotions. Even at
the end, he never veers from his morals, but he does grow
to respect the fact that other morals do exist. (See also
Jobs:Monk)
A purple moogle who runs the Mognet mail service. His
coat is looking unaccountably shiny lately, and people are
wondering why Mognet has stopped working...
The hearty, bearded leader of the Tantalus troupe who
has a colossal sneeze which gets lets loose at the most
inopportune times. His bark is worse than his bite - or
rather, he usually holds back to those he loves, which
includes Zidane (his adopted son), despite what he might
say to him. He respects Zidane's motives, but doesn't want
to show it. He plays King Leo in the play "I Want To Be
Your Canary".
A powerful and noble knight, the head of the female
Alexandrian troops. She works for Queen Brahne without
compunctions, disdaining the weakness of her enemies, until
Kuja's works begin to really show themselves and she begins
to have doubts. Eventually she goes over to the right side.
Although almost completely oblivious to Steiner's feelings
for her, she doesn't mind in the least once he finally says
something about it. (See also Jobs:Paladin)
One of the three Nero brothers, members of Tantalus. He
has a kind of dog-head and claw grips, and apparently says
everything with an exclamation mark.
Big, buffed-up versions of Kuja's Black Mages, with
wings. They're "programmed" to chase after Princess Garnet
and capture her alive by any means necessary.
Another member of Tantalus. He wears some kind of band
across his eyes (whoo, Geordie!). His bravery in the Evil
Forest ends up in his petrification, and Marcus searches
the world over for an item called Supersoft to restore him.
He wields a sword and can steal from enemies.
The obese, green-skinned ruler of Alexandria was
supposedly a kind creature before Kuja gave her an
overweening sense of greed. She proceeds to exploit
everyone and everything, even her adopted daughter's
eidolons, to reach her goals. She's not destined to win her
war, though.
The ruler of Lindblum and airship genius
extraordinaire... well, he would be, except that his wife
Hilda turned him into an oglop because he carried on an
affair. An attempt at restoring him midway through the game
just turns him into a frog. Shame, because he can't think
well without his human brain. He's still an expert at Tetra
Master, though. Don't worry, eventually he does get turned
back to a human. Dagger calls him "Uncle Cid".
That's the name Princess Garnet chooses for herself
when she travels with Zidane and his ragtag bunch. Born to
the name Sara in the summoner village of Madain Sari (and
born with a horn), Garnet escaped the horror which
destroyed Madain Sari (by Garland's Invincible) and floated
to Alexandria in a boat. She bore an incredible resemblance
to the recently-deceased Princess Garnet, and was adopted
by the king and queen; her horn was subsequently removed.
As her sixteenth birthday approaches, she becomes more and
more fidgety and resolves to leave Alexandria and her
brocade prison. She implores Zidane to capture her (funny,
that's what he was gonna do anyway!). A fairly naive and
kind-hearted person, Dagger tries hard to fit in wherever
she can (and eventually succeeds, more or less). Her
feelings for Zidane initially waver between attraction and
annoyance, but eventually resolve themselves. She uses
rackets and rods in battle, and can use both white magic
and summon eidolons. (See also Jobs:White Mage,
Jobs:Summoner)
The six-year-old sole survivor of Madain Sari now lives
there with her moogle friends, including a small female one
named Mog, who was born on the same day as her. She's tired
of living alone, and latches onto Zidane in hopes of
winning his heart... She gives up when she realizes how
stupid he and Dagger are in the realm of love. She's a
spunky and energetic kid who nevertheless manages to get
into scrapes a lot, and inevitably ends up hanging by her
baggy shirt (with the little angel decoration, a present
from her grandpa) from some high place. She plays the flute
(and uses it as a weapon in battles), and like all
summoners, can call eidolons in battle as well as using
white magic. (See also Jobs:White Mage,
Jobs:Summoner)
Head pilot of Lindblum, and Cid's right-hand lady. She
registers for him in Treno's card tournament, and pilots
the Hilda Garde 3 when it's finally complete.
The ruler of the Chocobo Paradise. He doesn't like
strangers, but reluctantly allows Choco to travel with
Zidane, searching for treasure.
Fratley, Sir
Sir Fratley the Iron-Tailed, a Dragoon of Burmecia, was
Freya's beau once upon a time, before he left on
adventures. Freya didn't hear from him for a long time, but
when she finally saw him again, all of his memories had
been erased. She still yearns for him, though...
A noble Dragoon of Burmecia. Freya was Zidane's
neighbour for a while in Lindblum, and meets him there
again, when the news of Alexandria's raid on Burmecia is
exposed and they decide to travel together. She searches
far and wide for her boyfriend, Sir Fratley the
Iron-Tailed, only to find him... and discover he remembers
nothing about her. She stands by her friends, though, and
her battle prowess belies her strange appearance. (See also
Jobs:Dragoon)
He was created by the rulers of Terra to watch over
them during their soul-sleep. He watches over the Genomes
and decides who gets souls and when. He schemes and plans
from his crazy castle of souls, Pandemonium, about the
takeover of Gaia, the host planet for Terra. Ultimately, as
he expected, his most unstable project, Kuja, overthrows
him.
One of the three Nero brothers. He has a kind of
dog-head and claw grips, and apparently says everything
with an exclamation mark.
Gilgamesh
See Alleyway
Jack.
Hilda
Cid's wife, who's also a sorceress. When she discovered
his unfaithfulness to her, she turned him into an oglop,
stole his airship, the Hilda Garde, and left. She was later
captured by Kuja and imprisoned in Mount Gulug. She's
willing to let bygones be bygones, though...
eventually.
A Genome from Terra, who was born with a fierce will,
amazing power, and a huge ego. Garland imbued him with a
soul and sent him to Gaia to wreak havoc and cause wars
using his Mist-powered Black Mages. However, Kuja disdains
his origins (even hiding his tail) and aims to overthrow
Garland and those who would stand against him. He first
tries hijacking the eidolons, and when that fails he turns
to Garland's Invincible airship and its wellspring of
Gaia's souls, to cause Kuja's Trance, resulting in
incredible power. However, the shocker Garland throws Kuja
regarding his imminent demise drives him over the edge and
he resolves that nothing in the world should survive
without him. Kuja has some of the crazed theatricality of
Kefka and the debonaire charm of Sephiroth, but pays homage
to neither.
A well-proportioned bounty hunter hired by Queen Brahne
to get Dagger's crystal shard from her. She teams up with
Amarant to do the dirty deed, but that pairing doesn't last
long. Lani chases them as far as Madain Sari, but is
outsmarted and outgunned by Amarant and Zidane. She ends up
staying with the moogles in Madain Sari while Gaia's crisis
rages.
An unbelivably haughty and somehow popular theater
actor living in Lindblum. He ends up in Ruby's theater in
Alexandria, but makes everyone want to kill him with his
incessive blathering about himself.
Blank's older brother and a member of Tantalus. Like
Blank, he uses swords and can steal from enemies. He has a
gruff personality, but a noble heart, and never abandons
his friends. He temporarily joins up with Steiner and
Dagger to search for the Supersoft to cure his brother from
petrification.
The moogle who runs the Chocobo Hot and Cold game, and
who wants to get into the Chocobo Paradise someday. Too bad
it's only for chocobos...
Mikoto
The only Genome, besides Zidane and Kuja, who was given
a soul by Garland. Unlike them, she has no fire in her
voice or mood; the best she can do is free choice, but even
in that department she is loyal to Garland and the leaders
of Terra. Zidane shows her a whole other option, though,
and she's initially overwhelmed by the possibilities.
Eiko's little moogle friend can shrink and hide in her
bag to protect her. Mog is actually an eidolon named Madeen
who allows Eiko to call him after a shocking experience
with Kuja... (See also Summon:Madeen)
Morrid
An old man who lives in the Observatory Mountain, and
who loves coffee. Grandfather of Slai, the girl from the
bar/pharmacy.
(Aliases: Necron (NA), Eternal Darkness (JP))
The original destroyer, who's convinced that all life
desires nothingness. His convictions become complete after
viewing Kuja's demented actions. Zidane manages to dispel
his beliefs by sending back to wherever the hell he came
from. In Japan, he is called "Necrosis" or "Eternal
Darkness" and was not in the game's original plans. Since
the main theme of FF9 is living, Necron appears as the
negation of that, giving the characters (and player) a
chance to think about what it really means to live.
The Crown Prince of Burmecia ran off years ago to fend
for himself, becoming a real rat-boy. When we first see him
he prowls the alleys of Alexandria, and enlists Vivi to
catch a glimpse of the play being staged. We don't see much
of him, and neither does his father the king, although he
wishes it were otherwise.
Quina's master and pupil of Quan. He becomes angry at
Quan, who disdains the ancient gourmand techniques for
radical ideas, including being able to *think* tastes.
A Qu, the master of Quale. He was the one who adopted
Vivi when he found him outside his cave near Treno. Vivi
began to teach him that merely eating everything perhaps
wasn't the best way to become a true gourmand...
An unlikely hero if there ever was one. Quina has a
huge, lolling tongue, a cook's hat and apron, and an
indeterminate gender. S/he, like most Qu, lives for food
and tags along with Zidane to learn of new and interesting
cuisine (by the order of his/her master, Quale). Like most
Qu, s/he talks in pidgin English. S/he can learn blue magic
from the enemies s/he eats during battle. His/her all-time
favorite food, however, is frogs. S/he uses forks during
battle. (See also Jobs:Blue Mage)
The only female member of Tantalus places more emphasis
on the theater than the thievery aspect. She eventually
leaves to start her own mini-theater in Alexandria. She was
slated to play the part of Cornelia in the play "I Want To
Be Your Canary" before being upstaged by Dagger. She talks
with a southern twang, but somehow manages to speak
Victorian English in the play.
Dagger's unbelievably loyal knight (head of the Knights
of Pluto), he sticks by her side through thick and thin.
However, his idea of what's good for her doesn't always
agree with her idea. Zidane's good-natured intervention
drives him crazy, and it takes him an inordinate amount of
time to admit that Zidane's more than just a thief and a
criminal. As some of his beliefs come crashing down during
the story, his resolve begins to weaken. A side point of
that is his hidden and growing feelings for Beatrix. (See
also Jobs:Magic
Knight)
One of Brahne's two unspeakably annoying jester
sidekicks, who later side with Kuja when he beats Brahne.
They're the ones who cast the eidolon-sucking spell with
Dagger and (later) Eiko. Like all RPG twins, they join to
make a two-headed boss. Thorn is the red-colored one who
mangles his sentences.
Dagger's tutor from when she was a child now resides in
Treno. He has a comical look (nerdy, as Eiko accurately
pegs him) and an educated viewpoint, and he is devoted to
the princess. He's a wellspring of knowledge of all
kinds.
(Aliases: Vivi Orunitia (NA), Vivi Ornitier (NA
manual, Kingdom Hearts 2)) One of Kuja's prototype
Black Mages, who "malfunctioned" and began to think for
himself. He was adopted by Quan, a Qu living near Treno,
and fell in with Zidane completely by accident. He's still
a child, both in size and outlook, and the constant doubts
and soul-searching he entertains seem somehow out-of-place.
His plight never fails to touch anyone, though, even the
hard-knocking Zidane. His black magic can be devastating in
battle. (See also Ex-Crossovers:Kingdom Hearts 2,
Jobs:Black Mage)
One of the three Nero brothers, members of Tantalus. He
has a kind of dog-head and claw grips, and apparently says
everything with an exclamation mark.
Zidane is a Genome from Terra (with a tail), who was
imbued with a soul by Garland and sent to Gaia to finish
the job Kuja was given. Unlike Kuja, however, Zidane has a
good heart. He ended up being adopted by Baku and becoming
a member of the Tantalus troupe. The thing first on his
mind in any situation is wooing the opposite sex. Although
he falls for Dagger as soon as he sees her (then again, he
does that for any girl), it takes her a little longer to
accept him. He uses paired daggers or a swallowtail (bladed
polearm) in battle, and can steal from enemies. (See also
Jobs:Thief)
One of Brahne's two unspeakably annoying jester
sidekicks, who later side with Kuja when he beats Brahne.
They're the ones who cast the eidolon-sucking spell with
Dagger and (later) Eiko. Like all RPG twins, they join to
make a two-headed boss. Zorn is the blue-colored one who
speaks in normal sentences.
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