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** Consummate businessman [[Characters/FinalFantasyVIIShinraInc Rufus Shinra]] spent his vice-presidency funding the activities of an early iteration of AVALANCHE to subvert his father in hopes of attaining the position for himself. When Sephiroth murders him and parts of the company in cold blood, a parade is held in the newly inaugurated President Rufus's honor to mark a new era. When the Weapons attack the world to protect the Lifestream, Rufus tries to get rid of them but is caught an explosion. Revealed to have survived, Rufus powers through restrictive circumstances to get his company back on top, including building the city of Edge with a Meteor monument to represent his rise to power and discovering the remains of Jenova to keep for himself. He later implicitly manipulates Cloud to battling Kadaj and the other Remnants of Sephiroth and derives great amusement in easily fooling Kadaj, having kept Jenova's head with him the whole time.
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* ''Franchise/CompilationOfFinalFantasyVII'':
** Consummate businessman [[Characters/FinalFantasyVIIShinraInc Rufus Shinra]] spent his vice-presidency funding the activities of an early iteration of AVALANCHE to subvert his father in hopes of attaining the position for himself. When Sephiroth murders him and parts of the company in cold blood, a parade is held in the newly inaugurated President Rufus's honor to mark a new era. When the Weapons attack the world to protect the Lifestream, Rufus tries to get rid of them but is caught an explosion. Revealed to have survived, Rufus powers through restrictive circumstances to get his company back on top, including building the city of Edge with a Meteor monument to represent his rise to power and discovering the remains of Jenova to keep for himself. He later implicitly manipulates Cloud to battling Kadaj and the other Remnants of Sephiroth and derives great amusement in easily fooling Kadaj, having kept Jenova's head with him the whole time.
** ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'': [[TheManBehindTheMan Lazard Duesericus]] is the [[BastardBastard illegitimate son]] of President Shinra who grew up in the slums of Midgar. Every bit as much the brilliant mastermind as his brother, Rufus, Lazard uses his genius and charisma to climb the ranks of the Shinra Electric Company, eventually becoming the Director of the SOLDIER program while secretly embezzling money to fund Dr. Hollanders experiments to create an army against Shinra for Lazard's own vendetta against his father for abandoning him and his mother to poverty. Coordinating strategies for both [[PlayingBothSides SOLDIER and Genesis's forces]], Larzard orchestrates Dr. Hollander's jailbreak when Shinra's forces detain him. Becoming an Angeal copy, Lazard has a [[HeelFaceTurn change of heart]], turning on Hollander and Genesis, helping Zack Fair stop the villains' plans, and [[HeroicSacrifice dying while protecting]] Cloud Strife from Shinra's forces.
** Consummate businessman [[Characters/FinalFantasyVIIShinraInc Rufus Shinra]] spent his vice-presidency funding the activities of an early iteration of AVALANCHE to subvert his father in hopes of attaining the position for himself. When Sephiroth murders him and parts of the company in cold blood, a parade is held in the newly inaugurated President Rufus's honor to mark a new era. When the Weapons attack the world to protect the Lifestream, Rufus tries to get rid of them but is caught an explosion. Revealed to have survived, Rufus powers through restrictive circumstances to get his company back on top, including building the city of Edge with a Meteor monument to represent his rise to power and discovering the remains of Jenova to keep for himself. He later implicitly manipulates Cloud to battling Kadaj and the other Remnants of Sephiroth and derives great amusement in easily fooling Kadaj, having kept Jenova's head with him the whole time.
** ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'': [[TheManBehindTheMan Lazard Duesericus]] is the [[BastardBastard illegitimate son]] of President Shinra who grew up in the slums of Midgar. Every bit as much the brilliant mastermind as his brother, Rufus, Lazard uses his genius and charisma to climb the ranks of the Shinra Electric Company, eventually becoming the Director of the SOLDIER program while secretly embezzling money to fund Dr. Hollanders experiments to create an army against Shinra for Lazard's own vendetta against his father for abandoning him and his mother to poverty. Coordinating strategies for both [[PlayingBothSides SOLDIER and Genesis's forces]], Larzard orchestrates Dr. Hollander's jailbreak when Shinra's forces detain him. Becoming an Angeal copy, Lazard has a [[HeelFaceTurn change of heart]], turning on Hollander and Genesis, helping Zack Fair stop the villains' plans, and [[HeroicSacrifice dying while protecting]] Cloud Strife from Shinra's forces.
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** Consummate businessman [[Characters/FinalFantasyVIIShinraInc Rufus Shinra]] spent his vice-presidency funding the activities of an early iteration of AVALANCHE to subvert his father in hopes of attaining the position for himself. When Sephiroth murders him and parts of the company in cold blood, a parade is held in the newly inaugurated President Rufus's honor to mark a new era. When the Weapons attack the world to protect the Lifestream, Rufus tries to get rid of them but is caught an explosion. Revealed to have survived, Rufus powers through restrictive circumstances to get his company back on top, including building the city of Edge with a Meteor monument to represent his rise to power and discovering the remains of Jenova to keep for himself. He later implicitly manipulates Cloud to battling Kadaj and the other Remnants of Sephiroth and derives great amusement in easily fooling Kadaj, having kept Jenova's head with him the whole time.
** ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'': [[TheManBehindTheMan Lazard Duesericus]] is the [[BastardBastard illegitimate son]] of President Shinra who grew up in the slums of Midgar. Every bit as much the brilliant mastermind as his brother, Rufus, Lazard uses his genius and charisma to climb the ranks of the Shinra Electric Company, eventually becoming the Director of the SOLDIER program while secretly embezzling money to fund Dr. Hollanders experiments to create an army against Shinra for Lazard's own vendetta against his father for abandoning him and his mother to poverty. Coordinating strategies for both [[PlayingBothSides SOLDIER and Genesis's forces]], Larzard orchestrates Dr. Hollander's jailbreak when Shinra's forces detain him. Becoming an Angeal copy, Lazard has a [[HeelFaceTurn change of heart]], turning on Hollander and Genesis, helping Zack Fair stop the villains' plans, and [[HeroicSacrifice dying while protecting]] Cloud Strife from Shinra's forces.
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** Consummate businessman [[Characters/FinalFantasyVIIShinraInc Rufus Shinra]] spent his vice-presidency funding the activities of an early iteration of AVALANCHE to subvert his father in hopes of attaining the position for himself. When Sephiroth murders him and parts of the company in cold blood, a parade is held in the newly inaugurated President Rufus's honor to mark a new era. When the Weapons attack the world to protect the Lifestream, Rufus tries to get rid of them but is caught an explosion. Revealed to have survived, Rufus powers through restrictive circumstances to get his company back on top, including building the city of Edge with a Meteor monument to represent his rise to power and discovering the remains of Jenova to keep for himself. He later implicitly manipulates Cloud to battling Kadaj and the other Remnants of Sephiroth and derives great amusement in easily fooling Kadaj, having kept Jenova's head with him the whole time.
* ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'': [[TheManBehindTheMan Lazard Duesericus]] is the [[BastardBastard illegitimate son]] of President Shinra who grew up in the slums of Midgar. Every bit as much the brilliant mastermind as his brother, Rufus, Lazard uses his genius and charisma to climb the ranks of the Shinra Electric Company, eventually becoming the Director of the SOLDIER program while secretly embezzling money to fund Dr. Hollanders experiments to create an army against Shinra for Lazard's own vendetta against his father for abandoning him and his mother to poverty. Coordinating strategies for both [[PlayingBothSides SOLDIER and Genesis's forces]], Larzard orchestrates Dr. Hollander's jailbreak when Shinra's forces detain him. Becoming an Angeal copy, Lazard has a [[HeelFaceTurn change of heart]], turning on Hollander and Genesis, helping Zack Fair stop the villains' plans, and [[HeroicSacrifice dying while protecting]] Cloud Strife from Shinra's forces.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' & ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth'': [[BadassInANiceSuit Tseng]] is the calm and collected leader of the Turks, a master of infiltration, interrogation, and assassinations, training his Turks to work together yet be prepared to sever those ties of duty calls for it. Tasked with keep watch of the Cetra Aerith and take her back into Shinra custody [[LoopholeAbuse without the use of force]], [[OpportunisticBastard he takes advantage of the Sector 7 plate fall to force Aerith to make deal to save Marlene in return to coming back to Shinra]]. Later serving as President Rufus Shinra's right hand man, he tracks Cloud and CO's progress via having Cait Sith serve as a mole and having him steal the Keystone to the Temple of the ancients. After suffering a near fatal injury via a Sephorith clone he finds the strength to kill the clone to protect Aerith and after confirming his mission ensuring his safety. calmly walks away to file a report. A true professional that follows any order regardless of feelings and [[BenevolentBoss a stalwart exemplar to his underlings]], Tseng will always fulfill his duty as a Turk.
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** Consummate businessman [[Characters/FinalFantasyVIIShinraInc Rufus Shinra]] spent his vice-presidency funding the activities of an early iteration of AVALANCHE to subvert his father in hopes of attaining the position for himself. When Sephiroth murders him and parts of the company in cold blood, a parade is held in the newly inaugurated President Rufus's honor to mark a new era. When the Weapons attack the world to protect the Lifestream, Rufus tries to get rid of them but is caught an explosion. Revealed to have survived, Rufus powers through restrictive circumstances to get his company back on top, including building the city of Edge with a Meteor monument to represent his rise to power and discovering the remains of Jenova to keep for himself. He later implicitly manipulates Cloud to battling Kadaj and the other Remnants of Sephiroth and derives great amusement in easily fooling Kadaj, having kept Jenova's head with him the whole time.
* ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'': [[TheManBehindTheMan Lazard Duesericus]] is the [[BastardBastard illegitimate son]] of President Shinra who grew up in the slums of Midgar. Every bit as much the brilliant mastermind as his brother, Rufus, Lazard uses his genius and charisma to climb the ranks of the Shinra Electric Company, eventually becoming the Director of the SOLDIER program while secretly embezzling money to fund Dr. Hollanders experiments to create an army against Shinra for Lazard's own vendetta against his father for abandoning him and his mother to poverty. Coordinating strategies for both [[PlayingBothSides SOLDIER and Genesis's forces]], Larzard orchestrates Dr. Hollander's jailbreak when Shinra's forces detain him. Becoming an Angeal copy, Lazard has a [[HeelFaceTurn change of heart]], turning on Hollander and Genesis, helping Zack Fair stop the villains' plans, and [[HeroicSacrifice dying while protecting]] Cloud Strife from Shinra's forces.
* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRemake'' & ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIIRebirth'': [[BadassInANiceSuit Tseng]] is the calm and collected leader of the Turks, a master of infiltration, interrogation, and assassinations, training his Turks to work together yet be prepared to sever those ties of duty calls for it. Tasked with keep watch of the Cetra Aerith and take her back into Shinra custody [[LoopholeAbuse without the use of force]], [[OpportunisticBastard he takes advantage of the Sector 7 plate fall to force Aerith to make deal to save Marlene in return to coming back to Shinra]]. Later serving as President Rufus Shinra's right hand man, he tracks Cloud and CO's progress via having Cait Sith serve as a mole and having him steal the Keystone to the Temple of the ancients. After suffering a near fatal injury via a Sephorith clone he finds the strength to kill the clone to protect Aerith and after confirming his mission ensuring his safety. calmly walks away to file a report. A true professional that follows any order regardless of feelings and [[BenevolentBoss a stalwart exemplar to his underlings]], Tseng will always fulfill his duty as a Turk.
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* ''VideoGame/BravelySecond'': [[PhantomThief Whitson]] is a criminal from a long family line of assistants who've served detectives in the past. He conspires with Madame Goldiga to murder her husband Lord Gulliver for his fortune, using a hidden passageway that no one was able to find quickly enough. When Argent Heinkel and Konoe Kikyo investigate the murder, Whitson lures one of them into a trap and impersonates them, [[MasterOfDisguise fooling almost everyone who was familiar with them]]. Despite failing in his goal of deterring aspiring detective Sholmes from his desired career, [[KarmaHoudini Whitson manages to escape justice]], clashing several times with Sholmes in the future.
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** [[PhantomThief Whitson]] is a criminal from a long family line of assistants who've served detectives in the past. He conspires with Madame Goldiga to murder her husband Lord Gulliver for his fortune, using a hidden passageway that no one was able to find quickly enough. When Argent Heinkel and Konoe Kikyo investigate the murder, Whitson lures one of them into a trap and impersonates them, [[MasterOfDisguise fooling almost everyone who was familiar with them]]. Despite failing in his goal of deterring aspiring detective Sholmes from his desired career, [[KarmaHoudini Whitson manages to escape justice]], clashing several times with Sholmes in thefuture.future.
** [[StealthMentor Yoko]] is the holder of the Yokai asterisk who hides her true nature behind a simple-minded personality. Developing a habit of [[SecretTestOfCharacter testing the resolve of whoever she comes across]], Yoko creates a fake older brother named Danzaburo to gauge whether Yew Geneolgia has the guts to reveal his DarkAndTroubledPast to the party. Although Yew fails his first test, he passes the second one which has him learn more about the bloody history of his family line. Finding enjoyment in seeing others pass her tests and grow as people or suffer more than what death can bestow, Yoko leaves the party [[KarmaHoudini without any repercussions for her actions]].
** [[PhantomThief Whitson]] is a criminal from a long family line of assistants who've served detectives in the past. He conspires with Madame Goldiga to murder her husband Lord Gulliver for his fortune, using a hidden passageway that no one was able to find quickly enough. When Argent Heinkel and Konoe Kikyo investigate the murder, Whitson lures one of them into a trap and impersonates them, [[MasterOfDisguise fooling almost everyone who was familiar with them]]. Despite failing in his goal of deterring aspiring detective Sholmes from his desired career, [[KarmaHoudini Whitson manages to escape justice]], clashing several times with Sholmes in the
** [[StealthMentor Yoko]] is the holder of the Yokai asterisk who hides her true nature behind a simple-minded personality. Developing a habit of [[SecretTestOfCharacter testing the resolve of whoever she comes across]], Yoko creates a fake older brother named Danzaburo to gauge whether Yew Geneolgia has the guts to reveal his DarkAndTroubledPast to the party. Although Yew fails his first test, he passes the second one which has him learn more about the bloody history of his family line. Finding enjoyment in seeing others pass her tests and grow as people or suffer more than what death can bestow, Yoko leaves the party [[KarmaHoudini without any repercussions for her actions]].
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'': Rubicante is [[PlayingWithFire the Elemental Lord of Fire]] and one of Golbez's most powerful servants who always heals the party before each encounter so [[FairPlayVillain they can fight at their full potential]]. After he is defeated by the protagonists, Rubicante acknowledges Edge as a WorthyOpponent and learns the value of teamwork, and within the Giant of Babel he returns to attack the heroes together with the other Elemental Lords. In ''The After Years'', Rubicante's spirit returns to teach Edge his signature attack Inferno so he can defeat Ifrit. Within the True Moon he is forced to fight the heroes until he breaks free of the Creator's control and self-immolates, and fades away leaving [[BadassCape his cloak of flame]] for Edge to take as his own.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI'': Shadow is a deadly ninja who hires his immoral services out to those who can afford him, while harboring a secret nobility beneath his callousness. Once an infamous train robber named Clyde, he was forced into hiding after the apparent death of his best friend and partner in crime, and though he started a family with a woman he loved, Clyde ultimately left them behind to become the mercenary he is today. Shadow helps the party throughout the game in pulling off great deeds of heroics, yet also takes on a paying job as one of the evil empire's lieutenants. After Kefka plunges the world into chaos, Shadow saves the lives of the party at the risk of his own, and ultimately works with them to take down Kefka once and for all. Shadow then accepts that his life's purpose has been fulfilled, and dies content in his efforts to save the planet.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXVI'':
** [[PlayerCharacter Clive Rosfield]], [[PlayingWithFire Dominant of Ifrit]] and Shield of Rosaria, is a bitter warrior hardened by trauma and bloodshed, who nonetheless maintains an earnest desire to help the people of Valisthea. Betrayed and manipulated by higher powers into slavery, Clive dedicates himself to seeking revenge on those who wronged him and his brother Joshua, becoming one of the most feared soldiers in the Holy Empire. Upon finding his old friend Jill and stumbling upon the rebellious Hideaway, Clive sheds his military position to become an outlaw and work with Cid in dismantling the oppressive monsters ruling the land. Clive works to destroy the Mothercrystals across Valisthea and eliminate magic from the realm in an attempt to stop the Blight, destroying and absorbing the power of all enemy Dominants along the way with guile and grace. Though deemed the chosen vessel to the godly Ultima, Clive overcomes the entity's attempts at possession and uses his sheer willpower to destroy Ultima, saving the entire world while sacrificing himself to an ambiguously lethal fate. Willing to get his hands dirty with chaos yet always striving to protect the weak and defenseless, Clive is one of the franchise's most devious, complex protagonists.
** [[TheLancer Jill Warrick]], [[AnIcePerson Dominant of Shiva]], is Clive's ChildhoodFriend, trusted confidant and eventual lover. Forced to be the attack dog of the Iron Kingdom until Cid saves her and Clive, Jill devotes herself to helping Clive and finding her own atonement through freeing the world from the shackles of fate. When Clive takes the title of "Cid the Outlaw", Jill works with him to free Bearers and craft plans, leading the mission to destroy Drake's Breath with her knowledge of the area and quick thinking. Taking bloody vengeance on Imreaan, Jill and Clive plot to start a riot in the Crystalline Dominion, Jill suggesting having Gav make sure the "fires they start" keep burning. Saving Clive's life from Barnabas, Jill is taken captive, but when Clive frees her she freezes the very ocean to escape from his clutches. Giving Clive the power of Shiva which barely slows Jill down, she stays at Clive's side with faith in him and Cid's vision.
** [[TheAce Cidolfus "Cid" Telamon]], [[ShockAndAwe Dominant of Ramuh]], is the snarky, charming [[BigGood leader]] of the Hideaway and Clive's Mentor. Introduced on a mission to rescue Shiva's Dominant, Cid takes an instant shine to Clive and hopes to help him reach his potential. Teasing the lad while still making sure to encourage him, Cid realises Clive is Ifrit's Dominant and with tough love convinces him to keep living to learn the truth of his brother's death. Confiding in Clive and Jill his plot to destroy the Mothercrystals - admitting it is mostly an educated guess that this will stop the Blight and how bad it will be for people and Bearers to lose magic Crystals - and convinces them this is the right course. Giving his life destroying Drake's Head and saving Clive from Ultima's clutches, Cid leaves his legacy in Clive's hands; even after death, his adopted daughter Mid finishes their design for the ''Enterprise'' ship that is indispensable to the heroes. Cheery about the notion of being seen as an Outlaw if it means humanity's freedom, his dream is finally fulfilled by Clive defeating Ultima.
** [[WarriorPrince Prince Dion Lessage]], [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dominant of Bahmaut]], is the charming heir to the Holy Empire of Sanbreque. Dion is a skilled warrior who leads his army into helping to expand the borders of the empire. After discovering that his father has fallen under the influence of the monstrous Ultima, Dion helps to discover that his WickedStepmother Annabelle is responsible for spurring him into the worst acts and sets about fixing the situation. Dion uses the fact he's so well respected by his people to launch a coup against his father and take the throne to stop the madness while having Annabelle and her son executed. After he is driven insane by Ultima, Dion resolves to fix the damage he caused and helps the heroes journey to Ultima's homebase to stop them. Using his skills to lure Ultima's minions into a careful trap, Dion helps to take him on and takes an attack meant for protagonist Clive, dying at peace knowing that Clive will defeat Ultima for good.
** The [[NoNameGiven nameless]] Executor, main villain of the side quest ''An Inconvenient Truth'', is part of a shadowy organisation that suppresses and destroys heretical or otherwise inflammatory literature. When Clive finds the book ''From a Distance'' detailing the AwfulTruth of the history of the Bearers, the Executor confronts him, having tracked him all the way to the Blighted continent of Ash. When Clive refuses to give over the book, the Executor has him ambushed by goons, then affably congratulates him when he survives. The Executor then philosophises on the nature of truth, belief and history, tells Clive he can keep the book but they will one day get it anyway and [[StealthHiBye disappears without a trace.]]
** [[PlayerCharacter Clive Rosfield]], [[PlayingWithFire Dominant of Ifrit]] and Shield of Rosaria, is a bitter warrior hardened by trauma and bloodshed, who nonetheless maintains an earnest desire to help the people of Valisthea. Betrayed and manipulated by higher powers into slavery, Clive dedicates himself to seeking revenge on those who wronged him and his brother Joshua, becoming one of the most feared soldiers in the Holy Empire. Upon finding his old friend Jill and stumbling upon the rebellious Hideaway, Clive sheds his military position to become an outlaw and work with Cid in dismantling the oppressive monsters ruling the land. Clive works to destroy the Mothercrystals across Valisthea and eliminate magic from the realm in an attempt to stop the Blight, destroying and absorbing the power of all enemy Dominants along the way with guile and grace. Though deemed the chosen vessel to the godly Ultima, Clive overcomes the entity's attempts at possession and uses his sheer willpower to destroy Ultima, saving the entire world while sacrificing himself to an ambiguously lethal fate. Willing to get his hands dirty with chaos yet always striving to protect the weak and defenseless, Clive is one of the franchise's most devious, complex protagonists.
** [[TheLancer Jill Warrick]], [[AnIcePerson Dominant of Shiva]], is Clive's ChildhoodFriend, trusted confidant and eventual lover. Forced to be the attack dog of the Iron Kingdom until Cid saves her and Clive, Jill devotes herself to helping Clive and finding her own atonement through freeing the world from the shackles of fate. When Clive takes the title of "Cid the Outlaw", Jill works with him to free Bearers and craft plans, leading the mission to destroy Drake's Breath with her knowledge of the area and quick thinking. Taking bloody vengeance on Imreaan, Jill and Clive plot to start a riot in the Crystalline Dominion, Jill suggesting having Gav make sure the "fires they start" keep burning. Saving Clive's life from Barnabas, Jill is taken captive, but when Clive frees her she freezes the very ocean to escape from his clutches. Giving Clive the power of Shiva which barely slows Jill down, she stays at Clive's side with faith in him and Cid's vision.
** [[TheAce Cidolfus "Cid" Telamon]], [[ShockAndAwe Dominant of Ramuh]], is the snarky, charming [[BigGood leader]] of the Hideaway and Clive's Mentor. Introduced on a mission to rescue Shiva's Dominant, Cid takes an instant shine to Clive and hopes to help him reach his potential. Teasing the lad while still making sure to encourage him, Cid realises Clive is Ifrit's Dominant and with tough love convinces him to keep living to learn the truth of his brother's death. Confiding in Clive and Jill his plot to destroy the Mothercrystals - admitting it is mostly an educated guess that this will stop the Blight and how bad it will be for people and Bearers to lose magic Crystals - and convinces them this is the right course. Giving his life destroying Drake's Head and saving Clive from Ultima's clutches, Cid leaves his legacy in Clive's hands; even after death, his adopted daughter Mid finishes their design for the ''Enterprise'' ship that is indispensable to the heroes. Cheery about the notion of being seen as an Outlaw if it means humanity's freedom, his dream is finally fulfilled by Clive defeating Ultima.
** [[WarriorPrince Prince Dion Lessage]], [[OurDragonsAreDifferent Dominant of Bahmaut]], is the charming heir to the Holy Empire of Sanbreque. Dion is a skilled warrior who leads his army into helping to expand the borders of the empire. After discovering that his father has fallen under the influence of the monstrous Ultima, Dion helps to discover that his WickedStepmother Annabelle is responsible for spurring him into the worst acts and sets about fixing the situation. Dion uses the fact he's so well respected by his people to launch a coup against his father and take the throne to stop the madness while having Annabelle and her son executed. After he is driven insane by Ultima, Dion resolves to fix the damage he caused and helps the heroes journey to Ultima's homebase to stop them. Using his skills to lure Ultima's minions into a careful trap, Dion helps to take him on and takes an attack meant for protagonist Clive, dying at peace knowing that Clive will defeat Ultima for good.
** The [[NoNameGiven nameless]] Executor, main villain of the side quest ''An Inconvenient Truth'', is part of a shadowy organisation that suppresses and destroys heretical or otherwise inflammatory literature. When Clive finds the book ''From a Distance'' detailing the AwfulTruth of the history of the Bearers, the Executor confronts him, having tracked him all the way to the Blighted continent of Ash. When Clive refuses to give over the book, the Executor has him ambushed by goons, then affably congratulates him when he survives. The Executor then philosophises on the nature of truth, belief and history, tells Clive he can keep the book but they will one day get it anyway and [[StealthHiBye disappears without a trace.]]
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** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Consummate businessman [[Characters/FinalFantasyVIIShinraInc Rufus Shinra]] spent his vice-presidency funding the activities of an early iteration of AVALANCHE to subvert his father in hopes of attaining the position for himself. When Sephiroth murders him and parts of the company in cold blood, a parade is held in the newly inaugurated President Rufus's honor to mark a new era. When the Weapons attack the world to protect the Lifestream, Rufus tries to get rid of them but is caught an explosion. Revealed to have survived, Rufus powers through restrictive circumstances to get his company back on top, including building the city of Edge with a Meteor monument to represent his rise to power and discovering the remains of Jenova to keep for himself. He later implicitly manipulates Cloud to battling Kadaj and the other Remnants of Sephiroth and derives great amusement in easily fooling Kadaj, having kept Jenova's head with him the whole time.
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** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Consummate businessman [[Characters/FinalFantasyVIIShinraInc Rufus Shinra]] spent his vice-presidency funding the activities of an early iteration of AVALANCHE to subvert his father in hopes of attaining the position for himself. When Sephiroth murders him and parts of the company in cold blood, a parade is held in the newly inaugurated President Rufus's honor to mark a new era. When the Weapons attack the world to protect the Lifestream, Rufus tries to get rid of them but is caught an explosion. Revealed to have survived, Rufus powers through restrictive circumstances to get his company back on top, including building the city of Edge with a Meteor monument to represent his rise to power and discovering the remains of Jenova to keep for himself. He later implicitly manipulates Cloud to battling Kadaj and the other Remnants of Sephiroth and derives great amusement in easily fooling Kadaj, having kept Jenova's head with him the whole time.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Consummate businessman [[Characters/FinalFantasyVIIShinraInc Rufus Shinra]] spent his vice-presidency funding the activities of an early iteration of AVALANCHE to subvert his father in hopes of attaining the position for himself. When Sephiroth murders him and parts of the company in cold blood, a parade is held in the newly inaugurated President Rufus's honor to mark a new era. When the Weapons attack the world to protect the Lifestream, Rufus tries to get rid of them but is caught an explosion. Revealed to have survived, Rufus powers through restrictive circumstances to get his company back on top, including building the city of Edge with a Meteor monument to represent his rise to power and discovering the remains of Jenova to keep for himself. He later implicitly manipulates Cloud to battling Kadaj and the other Remnants of Sephiroth and derives great amusement in easily fooling Kadaj, having kept Jenova's head with him the whole time.
* ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'': [[TheManBehindTheMan Lazard Duesericus]] is the [[BastardBastard illegitimate son]] of President Shinra who grew up in the slums of Midgar. Every bit as much the brilliant mastermind as his brother, Rufus, Lazard uses his genius and charisma to climb the ranks of the Shinra Electric Company, eventually becoming the Director of the SOLDIER program while secretly embezzling money to fund Dr. Hollanders experiments to create an army against Shinra for Lazard’s own vendetta against his father for abandoning him and his mother to poverty. Coordinating strategies for both [[PlayingBothSides SOLDIER and Genesis’s forces]], Larzard orchestrates Dr. Hollander’s jailbreak when Shinra’s forces detain him. Becoming an Angeal copy, Lazard has a [[HeelFaceTurn change of heart]], turning on Hollander and Genesis, helping Zack Fair stop the villains’ plans, and [[HeroicSacrifice dying while protecting]] Cloud Strife from Shinra’s forces.
* ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'': [[TheManBehindTheMan Lazard Duesericus]] is the [[BastardBastard illegitimate son]] of President Shinra who grew up in the slums of Midgar. Every bit as much the brilliant mastermind as his brother, Rufus, Lazard uses his genius and charisma to climb the ranks of the Shinra Electric Company, eventually becoming the Director of the SOLDIER program while secretly embezzling money to fund Dr. Hollanders experiments to create an army against Shinra for Lazard’s own vendetta against his father for abandoning him and his mother to poverty. Coordinating strategies for both [[PlayingBothSides SOLDIER and Genesis’s forces]], Larzard orchestrates Dr. Hollander’s jailbreak when Shinra’s forces detain him. Becoming an Angeal copy, Lazard has a [[HeelFaceTurn change of heart]], turning on Hollander and Genesis, helping Zack Fair stop the villains’ plans, and [[HeroicSacrifice dying while protecting]] Cloud Strife from Shinra’s forces.
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** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Consummate businessman [[Characters/FinalFantasyVIIShinraInc Rufus Shinra]] spent his vice-presidency funding the activities of an early iteration of AVALANCHE to subvert his father in hopes of attaining the position for himself. When Sephiroth murders him and parts of the company in cold blood, a parade is held in the newly inaugurated President Rufus's honor to mark a new era. When the Weapons attack the world to protect the Lifestream, Rufus tries to get rid of them but is caught an explosion. Revealed to have survived, Rufus powers through restrictive circumstances to get his company back on top, including building the city of Edge with a Meteor monument to represent his rise to power and discovering the remains of Jenova to keep for himself. He later implicitly manipulates Cloud to battling Kadaj and the other Remnants of Sephiroth and derives great amusement in easily fooling Kadaj, having kept Jenova's head with him the whole time.
* ** ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'': [[TheManBehindTheMan Lazard Duesericus]] is the [[BastardBastard illegitimate son]] of President Shinra who grew up in the slums of Midgar. Every bit as much the brilliant mastermind as his brother, Rufus, Lazard uses his genius and charisma to climb the ranks of the Shinra Electric Company, eventually becoming the Director of the SOLDIER program while secretly embezzling money to fund Dr. Hollanders experiments to create an army against Shinra for Lazard’s own vendetta against his father for abandoning him and his mother to poverty. Coordinating strategies for both [[PlayingBothSides SOLDIER and Genesis’s forces]], Larzard orchestrates Dr. Hollander’s jailbreak when Shinra’s forces detain him. Becoming an Angeal copy, Lazard has a [[HeelFaceTurn change of heart]], turning on Hollander and Genesis, helping Zack Fair stop the villains’ plans, and [[HeroicSacrifice dying while protecting]] Cloud Strife from Shinra’s forces.
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': Consummate businessman [[Characters/FinalFantasyVIIShinraInc Rufus Shinra]] spent his vice-presidency funding the activities of an early iteration of AVALANCHE to subvert his father in hopes of attaining the position for himself. When Sephiroth murders him and parts of the company in cold blood, a parade is held in the newly inaugurated President Rufus's honor to mark a new era. When the Weapons attack the world to protect the Lifestream, Rufus tries to get rid of them but is caught an explosion. Revealed to have survived, Rufus powers through restrictive circumstances to get his company back on top, including building the city of Edge with a Meteor monument to represent his rise to power and discovering the remains of Jenova to keep for himself. He later implicitly manipulates Cloud to battling Kadaj and the other Remnants of Sephiroth and derives great amusement in easily fooling Kadaj, having kept Jenova's head with him the whole time.
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* ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'': [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Golbez]] is Cecil's brother and was a loyal warrior of Chaos, but when Cecil is summoned in the 12th cycle, he begins acting as a DoubleAgent for Cosmos. As the 13th cycle begins, Golbez tells her about her plan to create the [[PowerCrystal Crystals]] she began in the 12th cycle, and he then spends the cycle manipulating the heroes in order to help them along with acquiring the Crystals. He also willingly plays the part of Cecil's ArchEnemy and challenges his beliefs to make him assert himself and prove himself strong enough to earn his own Crystal. He does all of this while being [[AffablyEvil affable]] and calm towards friend and foe alike, doing anything he must to help Cosmos end the cycles of war and free Cecil from sharing his fate.
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* ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'': ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasy'':
** [[GodOfGood Cosmos]] is the [[ArtificialHuman Manikin]] copy of Cid of The Lufaine's wife turned Goddess of Harmony. Originally created to help control [[TykeBomb Chaos]], she was apart of the group that made a pact with [[GreaterScopeVillain Shinryu]] when they arrived in World B and gained the ability to summon warriors from various worlds and wage war with Chaos for the sake of turning him into the ultimate weapon for Cid's revenge. A dozen cycles later, Cosmos realizes she helped create an everlasting nightmare and works behind the scenes to end it, creating [[PowerCrystal crystals]] secretly infused with her power for her warriors to obtain. Reminded of her plan when brought back in the thirteenth cycle and still as resolved as ever even knowing her impending death, Cosmos acts as a guiding force to her remaining warriors so they are each able to obtain their crystals [[UnwittingPawn while being able to take advantage of the forces of Chaos' knowledge of their true nature in order to speed up the process]], and when the time comes, [[FaceDeathWithDignity Cosmos calmly faces her demise]] at the hands of Chaos knowing her champions will be able to survive without her thanks to the crystals and be able to take advantage of the upended balance her passing has caused in order to strike down the warriors of Chaos and the god himself once and for all. Seeing a repentful Cid off on his new journey with forgiveness when revived, Cosmos is content to return to the Void with World B, knowing her chosen are safe and returned to the worlds they belong to.
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Golbez]] is Cecil's brother and was a loyal warrior of Chaos, but when Cecil is summoned in the 12th cycle, he begins acting as a DoubleAgent for Cosmos. As the 13th cycle begins, Golbez tells her about her plan to create the [[PowerCrystal Crystals]] she began in the 12th cycle, and he then spends the cycle manipulating the heroes in order to help them along with acquiring the Crystals. He also willingly plays the part of Cecil's ArchEnemy and challenges his beliefs to make him assert himself and prove himself strong enough to earn his own Crystal. He does all of this while being [[AffablyEvil affable]] and calm towards friend and foe alike, doing anything he must to help Cosmos end the cycles of war and free Cecil from sharing his fate.
** [[GodOfGood Cosmos]] is the [[ArtificialHuman Manikin]] copy of Cid of The Lufaine's wife turned Goddess of Harmony. Originally created to help control [[TykeBomb Chaos]], she was apart of the group that made a pact with [[GreaterScopeVillain Shinryu]] when they arrived in World B and gained the ability to summon warriors from various worlds and wage war with Chaos for the sake of turning him into the ultimate weapon for Cid's revenge. A dozen cycles later, Cosmos realizes she helped create an everlasting nightmare and works behind the scenes to end it, creating [[PowerCrystal crystals]] secretly infused with her power for her warriors to obtain. Reminded of her plan when brought back in the thirteenth cycle and still as resolved as ever even knowing her impending death, Cosmos acts as a guiding force to her remaining warriors so they are each able to obtain their crystals [[UnwittingPawn while being able to take advantage of the forces of Chaos' knowledge of their true nature in order to speed up the process]], and when the time comes, [[FaceDeathWithDignity Cosmos calmly faces her demise]] at the hands of Chaos knowing her champions will be able to survive without her thanks to the crystals and be able to take advantage of the upended balance her passing has caused in order to strike down the warriors of Chaos and the god himself once and for all. Seeing a repentful Cid off on his new journey with forgiveness when revived, Cosmos is content to return to the Void with World B, knowing her chosen are safe and returned to the worlds they belong to.
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV Golbez]] is Cecil's brother and was a loyal warrior of Chaos, but when Cecil is summoned in the 12th cycle, he begins acting as a DoubleAgent for Cosmos. As the 13th cycle begins, Golbez tells her about her plan to create the [[PowerCrystal Crystals]] she began in the 12th cycle, and he then spends the cycle manipulating the heroes in order to help them along with acquiring the Crystals. He also willingly plays the part of Cecil's ArchEnemy and challenges his beliefs to make him assert himself and prove himself strong enough to earn his own Crystal. He does all of this while being [[AffablyEvil affable]] and calm towards friend and foe alike, doing anything he must to help Cosmos end the cycles of war and free Cecil from sharing his fate.
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* ''VideoGame/CrisisCore'': [[TheManBehindTheMan Lazard Duesericus]] is the [[BastardBastard illegitimate son]] of President Shinra who grew up in the slums of Midgar. Every bit as much the brilliant mastermind as his brother, Rufus, Lazard uses his genius and charisma to climb the ranks of the Shinra Electric Company, eventually becoming the Director of the SOLDIER program while secretly embezzling money to fund Dr. Hollanders experiments to create an army against Shinra for Lazard’s own vendetta against his father for abandoning him and his mother to poverty. Coordinating strategies for both [[PlayingBothSides SOLDIER and Genesis’s forces]], Larzard orchestrates Dr. Hollander’s jailbreak when Shinra’s forces detain him. Becoming an Angeal copy, Lazard has a [[HeelFaceTurn change of heart]], turning on Hollander and Genesis, helping Zack Fair stop the villains’ plans, and [[HeroicSacrifice dying while protecting]] Cloud Strife from Shinra’s forces.
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** Fandaniel was once known as the Ancient Hermes, and his experiences in their society and in his reincarnated life as Amon drove him to believe there is no purpose to living but to die. As a member of the Ascians, Fandaniel does not share their vision of resurrecting Zodiark, but instead seeks to [[PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery destroy the world and himself with it]]. He works alongside Zenos with promises to help him free Zodiark so he can possess it, and then betrays him and takes control of Zodiark himself to battle the Warrior of Light. Though he is defeated, he reveals [[ThanatosGambit this is what he wanted]], as he got the death he desired and believes he has ensured the destruction of the world without Zodiark to protect it. Between them, Fandaniel and his incarnations run the gamut from hammy OmnicidalManiac to pitiable TragicVillain, and he dies for the last time being both at once.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'': [[WarriorPrince Prince Vayne Carudas Solidor]] is the, calm, collected, brilliant, devious son of the [[TheEmperor Archadian Emperor]]. Vayne manages to march in to the land of Dalamasca to depose the king before giving a speech so powerful, even the people who despise him openly cheer. He follows this by organizing a feast to bait the resistance into attack, ready to kill or capture most of them in a trap. Vayne's ultimate goal is to defy the gods themselves, using the material Nethicite to empower himself as the Dynast King of Ivalice and free humanity from the divine Occuria's will, [[WellIntentionedExtremist a goal for which no price is too great]], even if he has to stain his hands in blood endlessly.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'': ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'':
** [[WarriorPrince Prince Vayne Carudas Solidor]] is the, calm, collected, brilliant, devious son of the[[TheEmperor Archadian Emperor]].Emperor. Vayne manages to march in to the land of Dalamasca to depose the king before giving a speech so powerful, even the people who despise him openly cheer. He follows this by organizing a feast to bait the resistance into attack, ready to kill or capture most of them in a trap. Vayne's ultimate goal is to defy the gods themselves, using the material Nethicite to empower himself as the Dynast King of Ivalice and free humanity from the divine Occuria's will, [[WellIntentionedExtremist a goal for which no price is too great]], even if he has to stain his hands in blood endlessly.endlessly.
** Doctor Cidolfus Demen Bunansa is the [[EvilGenius chief researcher]] for the Archadian Empire and the mastermind behind manufacted nethicite that allowed Archadia to become a military superpower in a few short years. As part of his studies he orders the usage of [[FantasticNuke deifacted nethicite]] to view its power and gather data to refine his experiments further. With the nethicite, Cid seeks power not for its own sake, but to free mankind from the control of [[JerkassGods the Occuria]], who grant access to nethicite to humans as a means to control Ivalice to their liking. Cid's machinations reveal the influence of the Occuria to Archadia and Dalmasca, allowing them to defy them and write their own history, ensuring that even in death, [[TheBadGuyWins Cid's goals are fulfilled]] and he sets the stage for Archadia to [[VillainousLegacy continue their conquests]] using the innovations he achieved.
** [[WarriorPrince Prince Vayne Carudas Solidor]] is the, calm, collected, brilliant, devious son of the
** Doctor Cidolfus Demen Bunansa is the [[EvilGenius chief researcher]] for the Archadian Empire and the mastermind behind manufacted nethicite that allowed Archadia to become a military superpower in a few short years. As part of his studies he orders the usage of [[FantasticNuke deifacted nethicite]] to view its power and gather data to refine his experiments further. With the nethicite, Cid seeks power not for its own sake, but to free mankind from the control of [[JerkassGods the Occuria]], who grant access to nethicite to humans as a means to control Ivalice to their liking. Cid's machinations reveal the influence of the Occuria to Archadia and Dalmasca, allowing them to defy them and write their own history, ensuring that even in death, [[TheBadGuyWins Cid's goals are fulfilled]] and he sets the stage for Archadia to [[VillainousLegacy continue their conquests]] using the innovations he achieved.
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* ''VideoGame/StrangerOfParadiseFinalFantasyOrigin'':
** [[PlayerCharacter Jack Garland]] is a snarky agent sent by the Lunfenians to act as a "[[FakeUltimateHero Warrior of Light]]" against the darkness of Cornelia. In reality, the Lufenians are trapping Cornelia in a constant cycle of darkness and light to keep it under their control, so Jack decides to break the cycle after [[LoveRedeems falling in love with Princess Sarah of Cornelia]]. Knowing his memories get erased during every cycle which ends with a time revert, Jack convinces his friend Astos to allow him to get his memories back since Astos is immune to the effects of the time revert. Eventually [[ObfuscatingInsanity playing at being an insane psychopath to take the Lufenians off guard]], Jack seizes their Time reversion crystal and becomes the new embodiment of the darkness, Chaos. Jack reveals at the end he [[ZeroApprovalGambit plans to shroud the world of Cornelia in darkness]], so he can train Warriors of Light from Cornelia to break the cycle themselves and stop the control that Lufenia has over them for good.
** Jack's Party--Ash, Jed, Neon and Sophia--are [[TrueCompanions loyal companions]] that nonetheless guide their leader on his dark path. Working together with their fragmented memories and Astos' guidance, they subtly push Jack into regaining some of his memories and all his strength. When Astos dies, Darkness veils Cornelia which finally results in [[LoveInterest Princess Sarah's]] death. The four friends are pleased with this result, attacking Jack and forcing him to kill them to fully push him past the DespairEventHorizon. Even after death, they are reborn as the Four Fiends--Lich, Kraken, Marilith and Tiamat respectively--and are happily complicit in Jack's plan to cover Cornelia in Darkness to bring about the True Warriors of Light.
** Astos, King of the Dark Elves, is Jack's [[UndyingLoyalty loyal]] and committed co-conspirator. Bred by the Lufenians to serve Strangers, Jack earned Astos' undying friendship, asking him to help him defeat Lufenia by [[WellIntentionedExtremist any means necessary]]. After being direct proved fruitless, Astos became more duplicitous. Tipping the scales in his favour by giving Neon a Dark Crystal so she could attempt to become Chaos, he went on to guide Jack and his party, offering just enough advice to help them along, so that they'd defeat the Fiends, restore the Crystals and recover their memories. At the same time ensuring their safety and having his bats guide them, Astos goads Jack into [[SuicideByCop killing him]], ending his miserably lonely existence while also releasing the Darkness within his Heart, ensuring the Destruction of Cornelia and Jack's rebirth into Chaos.
** [[PlayerCharacter Jack Garland]] is a snarky agent sent by the Lunfenians to act as a "[[FakeUltimateHero Warrior of Light]]" against the darkness of Cornelia. In reality, the Lufenians are trapping Cornelia in a constant cycle of darkness and light to keep it under their control, so Jack decides to break the cycle after [[LoveRedeems falling in love with Princess Sarah of Cornelia]]. Knowing his memories get erased during every cycle which ends with a time revert, Jack convinces his friend Astos to allow him to get his memories back since Astos is immune to the effects of the time revert. Eventually [[ObfuscatingInsanity playing at being an insane psychopath to take the Lufenians off guard]], Jack seizes their Time reversion crystal and becomes the new embodiment of the darkness, Chaos. Jack reveals at the end he [[ZeroApprovalGambit plans to shroud the world of Cornelia in darkness]], so he can train Warriors of Light from Cornelia to break the cycle themselves and stop the control that Lufenia has over them for good.
** Jack's Party--Ash, Jed, Neon and Sophia--are [[TrueCompanions loyal companions]] that nonetheless guide their leader on his dark path. Working together with their fragmented memories and Astos' guidance, they subtly push Jack into regaining some of his memories and all his strength. When Astos dies, Darkness veils Cornelia which finally results in [[LoveInterest Princess Sarah's]] death. The four friends are pleased with this result, attacking Jack and forcing him to kill them to fully push him past the DespairEventHorizon. Even after death, they are reborn as the Four Fiends--Lich, Kraken, Marilith and Tiamat respectively--and are happily complicit in Jack's plan to cover Cornelia in Darkness to bring about the True Warriors of Light.
** Astos, King of the Dark Elves, is Jack's [[UndyingLoyalty loyal]] and committed co-conspirator. Bred by the Lufenians to serve Strangers, Jack earned Astos' undying friendship, asking him to help him defeat Lufenia by [[WellIntentionedExtremist any means necessary]]. After being direct proved fruitless, Astos became more duplicitous. Tipping the scales in his favour by giving Neon a Dark Crystal so she could attempt to become Chaos, he went on to guide Jack and his party, offering just enough advice to help them along, so that they'd defeat the Fiends, restore the Crystals and recover their memories. At the same time ensuring their safety and having his bats guide them, Astos goads Jack into [[SuicideByCop killing him]], ending his miserably lonely existence while also releasing the Darkness within his Heart, ensuring the Destruction of Cornelia and Jack's rebirth into Chaos.
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** [[PlayerCharacter Jack Garland]] is a snarky agent sent by the Lunfenians to act as a "[[FakeUltimateHero Warrior of Light]]" against the darkness of Cornelia. In reality, the Lufenians are trapping Cornelia in a constant cycle of darkness and light to keep it under their control, so Jack decides to break the cycle after [[LoveRedeems falling in love with Princess Sarah of Cornelia]]. Knowing his memories get erased during every cycle which ends with a time revert, Jack convinces his friend Astos to allow him to get his memories back since Astos is immune to the effects of the time revert. Eventually [[ObfuscatingInsanity playing at being an insane psychopath to take the Lufenians off guard]], Jack seizes their Time reversion crystal and becomes the new embodiment of the darkness, Chaos. Jack reveals at the end he [[ZeroApprovalGambit plans to shroud the world of Cornelia in darkness]], so he can train Warriors of Light from Cornelia to break the cycle themselves and stop the control that Lufenia has over them for good.
** Jack's Party--Ash, Jed, Neon and Sophia--are [[TrueCompanions loyal companions]] that nonetheless guide their leader on his dark path. Working together with their fragmented memories and Astos' guidance, they subtly push Jack into regaining some of his memories and all his strength. When Astos dies, Darkness veils Cornelia which finally results in [[LoveInterest Princess Sarah's]] death. The four friends are pleased with this result, attacking Jack and forcing him to kill them to fully push him past the DespairEventHorizon. Even after death, they are reborn as the Four Fiends--Lich, Kraken, Marilith and Tiamat respectively--and are happily complicit in Jack's plan to cover Cornelia in Darkness to bring about the True Warriors of Light.
** Astos, King of the Dark Elves, is Jack's [[UndyingLoyalty loyal]] and committed co-conspirator. Bred by the Lufenians to serve Strangers, Jack earned Astos' undying friendship, asking him to help him defeat Lufenia by [[WellIntentionedExtremist any means necessary]]. After being direct proved fruitless, Astos became more duplicitous. Tipping the scales in his favour by giving Neon a Dark Crystal so she could attempt to become Chaos, he went on to guide Jack and his party, offering just enough advice to help them along, so that they'd defeat the Fiends, restore the Crystals and recover their memories. At the same time ensuring their safety and having his bats guide them, Astos goads Jack into [[SuicideByCop killing him]], ending his miserably lonely existence while also releasing the Darkness within his Heart, ensuring the Destruction of Cornelia and Jack's rebirth into Chaos.
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* ''VideoGame/StrangerOfParadiseFinalFantasyOrigin'':
** [[PlayerCharacter Jack Garland]] is a snarky agent sent by the Lufenians to act as a "[[FakeUltimateHero Warrior of Light]]" against the darkness of Cornelia. In reality, the Lufenians are trapping Cornelia in a constant cycle of darkness and light to keep it under their control, so Jack decides to break the cycle after [[LoveRedeems falling in love with Princess Sarah of Cornelia]]. Knowing his memories get erased during every cycle which ends with a time revert, Jack convinces his friend Astos to allow him to get his memories back since Astos is immune to the effects of the time revert. Eventually [[ObfuscatingInsanity playing at being an insane psychopath to take the Lufenians off guard]], Jack seizes their Time reversion crystal and becomes the new embodiment of the darkness, Chaos. Jack reveals at the end he [[ZeroApprovalGambit plans to shroud the world of Cornelia in darkness]], so he can train Warriors of Light from Cornelia to break the cycle themselves and stop the control that Lufenia has over them for good.
** Jack's Party--Ash, Jed, Neon and Sophia--are [[TrueCompanions loyal companions]] that nonetheless guide their leader on his dark path. Working together with their fragmented memories and Astos' guidance, they subtly push Jack into regaining some of his memories and all his strength. When Astos dies, Darkness veils Cornelia which finally results in [[LoveInterest Princess Sarah's]] death. The four friends are pleased with this result, attacking Jack and forcing him to kill them to fully push him past the DespairEventHorizon. Even after death, they are reborn as the Four Fiends--Lich, Kraken, Marilith and Tiamat respectively--and are happily complicit in Jack's plan to cover Cornelia in Darkness to bring about the True Warriors of Light.
** Astos, King of the Dark Elves, is Jack's [[UndyingLoyalty loyal]] and committed co-conspirator. Bred by the Lufenians to serve Strangers, Jack earned Astos' undying friendship, asking him to help him defeat Lufenia by [[WellIntentionedExtremist any means necessary]]. After being direct proved fruitless, Astos became more duplicitous. Tipping the scales in his favour by giving Neon a Dark Crystal so she could attempt to become Chaos, he went on to guide Jack and his party, offering just enough advice to help them along, so that they'd defeat the Fiends, restore the Crystals and recover their memories. At the same time ensuring their safety and having his bats guide them, Astos goads Jack into [[SuicideByCop killing him]], ending his miserably lonely existence while also releasing the Darkness within his Heart, ensuring the Destruction of Cornelia and Jack's rebirth into Chaos.
** [[PlayerCharacter Jack Garland]] is a snarky agent sent by the Lufenians to act as a "[[FakeUltimateHero Warrior of Light]]" against the darkness of Cornelia. In reality, the Lufenians are trapping Cornelia in a constant cycle of darkness and light to keep it under their control, so Jack decides to break the cycle after [[LoveRedeems falling in love with Princess Sarah of Cornelia]]. Knowing his memories get erased during every cycle which ends with a time revert, Jack convinces his friend Astos to allow him to get his memories back since Astos is immune to the effects of the time revert. Eventually [[ObfuscatingInsanity playing at being an insane psychopath to take the Lufenians off guard]], Jack seizes their Time reversion crystal and becomes the new embodiment of the darkness, Chaos. Jack reveals at the end he [[ZeroApprovalGambit plans to shroud the world of Cornelia in darkness]], so he can train Warriors of Light from Cornelia to break the cycle themselves and stop the control that Lufenia has over them for good.
** Jack's Party--Ash, Jed, Neon and Sophia--are [[TrueCompanions loyal companions]] that nonetheless guide their leader on his dark path. Working together with their fragmented memories and Astos' guidance, they subtly push Jack into regaining some of his memories and all his strength. When Astos dies, Darkness veils Cornelia which finally results in [[LoveInterest Princess Sarah's]] death. The four friends are pleased with this result, attacking Jack and forcing him to kill them to fully push him past the DespairEventHorizon. Even after death, they are reborn as the Four Fiends--Lich, Kraken, Marilith and Tiamat respectively--and are happily complicit in Jack's plan to cover Cornelia in Darkness to bring about the True Warriors of Light.
** Astos, King of the Dark Elves, is Jack's [[UndyingLoyalty loyal]] and committed co-conspirator. Bred by the Lufenians to serve Strangers, Jack earned Astos' undying friendship, asking him to help him defeat Lufenia by [[WellIntentionedExtremist any means necessary]]. After being direct proved fruitless, Astos became more duplicitous. Tipping the scales in his favour by giving Neon a Dark Crystal so she could attempt to become Chaos, he went on to guide Jack and his party, offering just enough advice to help them along, so that they'd defeat the Fiends, restore the Crystals and recover their memories. At the same time ensuring their safety and having his bats guide them, Astos goads Jack into [[SuicideByCop killing him]], ending his miserably lonely existence while also releasing the Darkness within his Heart, ensuring the Destruction of Cornelia and Jack's rebirth into Chaos.
