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Norg
A small pirate town located in the Elshimo Islands. This is the central headquarters of the Tenshodo, a network of pirates and smugglers with contacts that range all across Vana'diel. Norg has a tendency to take in a large range of refugees and outlaws, including many of the survivors of the battle Tavnazia. As a result Norg's culture is somewhat disjointed and diverse for such a small town Lion
Appears in Missions: Cities, Rise of the Zilart, Rhapsodies of Vana'diel
The main character of Rise of The Zilart. A girl that The Adventurer meets during their travels across Vana'Diel. Lion spends most of her time investigating the true cause of the Crystal War, eventually discovering the existence of the Mothercrystals that each Beastman race protects and the Zilart's role in manipulating Vana'diel to gain control over them. She is the closest thing to a main character in the original game and the first expansion.
- The Cavalry Arrives Late: She turns up to aid the player after the player has already defeated The Shadow Lord.
- Flat Character: A common complaint from the fanbase; she doesn't really develop much throughout the story.
- Fiery Redhead: She is a bit more reserved than some examples of this tropes, but she has her moments.
- Happily Adopted: She is not Gilgamesh's biological daughter. Nonetheless, he still loves her.
- Heroic Sacrifice At the end of Rise of the Zilart after Eald'narche goes nuts and tries to wipe out Vana'diel out of spite.
- Disney Death: During the post Rise of the Zilart and Chains of Promathia story line, it's revealed that she survives.
- Male Gaze: She gets more than a few camera shots featuring her figure from behind, most notably in her introduction.
- Ms. Exposition: She plays this role in the original game, explaining things about the Crystal War, the crystals, and the Shadow Lord.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Her actions at the end of Rise of the Zilart end up corrupting Diablos's control over Dynamis. Due to her presence interfering with the the connection between the mother crystals.
- Pirate Girl: She is the daughter of the pirate chief.
Gilgamesh
Appears in Missions: Rise of the Zilart, Rhapsodies of Vana'diel.
Appears in Quests: Samurai, Abyssea.
Appears in Quests: Samurai, Abyssea.
The leader of the Tenshodo, based in Norg. Is not the bumbling world-hopper you may remember from a previous installment of the series, but rather an entirely new character with the same name.
- Cool Old Guy: He is in charge of an international band of smuggles despite his age. This carries over to his Abyssea alternate self, where he plays a large role in the resistance against the onslaught of monsters.
- Eyepatch of Power: He is the leader of the Tenshodo, possesses years of combat experience, and has the eyepatch to show for it.
- Mercy Kill: Like Pieuje, he commissions the player to kill the restless spirits that fell during the battle of Tavnazia and have been wondering Vana'diel ever since.
- Pirate: He leads a band of pirates.
- Samurai: His job of choice, specializing in the use of a great katana which he uses with all the skill expected of a pirate leader and head of an international band of smugglers.
- Sealed Evil in a Can: He inherited a helmet from his father that was used to seal an ancient demon.
- Shout-Out: Sharing a name with a beloved character of the series may be one of the reasons why said character is yet to make an appearance in a game that can be updated with more characters at any time...
- So Proud of You: He doesn't say it directly to Lion, but after learning of her fate after the battle with Eald'narche, he shows more pride than sadness about what she has accomplished in saving the world.
The Temple of Uggalepih
An ancient temple that was once the home of the Kuluu. Memory of what the temple once was has been forgotten after the Kuluu where transformed into tornberries during the great meltdown Grav'iton
Appears in Missions: Windurst, Rise of the Zilart, Chains of Promathia, Rhapsodis of Vana'diel.
An old scholar who lead the Kuluu during the war against the Zilart until she was transformed into a tornberry like the rest of the Kuluu. She remains the only one who has any memory or her time as a Kuluu.
- Big Good: She stopped the Zilart from opening the gates of paradise and lead the Taru-taru to Horutoto Ruins where they gained their magical ability.
- Forced Transformation: She was transformed into a tonberry, like most other Kuluu.
- Last of Their Kind: She is the last of the Uggalepih Kuluu to remember being Kuluu.
- Minor Major Character: One of the most significant characters in the lore of Vana'diel, but she only appears in four quick cutscenes across four major story arcs.
- Tribal Face Paint: She has red markings over her face.
The Far East
The general term used to refer to a large collection of nations to the east of the Aradjiah Continent, including the bulk of the Yagudo Theomilitary. The Far East is constantly in war, not just with the imperialistic Empire of Aht Urghan to the west, but also between each other. Tenzen
Appears in Missions: Chains of Promathia, Rhapsodies of Vana'diel.
A Samurai that first appeared in Chains of Promathia, he came to Jeuno from the Far East in order to investigate the appearance of The Emptiness. He carries around a sword that contains the soul of the avatar Phoenix.
He comes back to play an important role in Rhapsodies of Vana'diel.
- Apologetic Attacker: To the player, whom he attacks due to a misunderstanding.
- Battle Couple: We find out that in the future he becomes this with Kagero.
- Empathic Weapon: His sword has a fragment of Phoenix in it, who directs him through the plot.
- Flaming Sword: Due to is being infused with part of Phoenix's life force.
- Heroic Sacrifice: In the bad future in Rhapsodies of Vana'diel he passes on Phoniex's blessing to his daughter Iroha. This saved her but dooms him to The Cloud of Darkness.
- I Did What I Had to Do: Killing people with his sword maintains Phoenix's life force. And between the wars that have been fought over possession of the blade and the people the have succumbed to The Emptiness, there have been a lot of chances for Tenzen kill people with his sword.
- Katanas Are Just Better: Especially when infused with he power of an Avatar.
- Papa Wolf: To his daughter Iroha.
- Poor Communication Kills: He attacks the player after misunderstanding Phoenix's last words.
- Samurai: He is perhaps the most prominent Samurai in the game.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Tenzen is not afraid of getting his hands bloody for the right reasons. Having said that, he is aware enough that these actions full him with a lot of grief.
Iroha
Appears in Missions: Rhapsodies of Vana'diel
The main character of Rhapsodies of Vana'diel. Your character's apprentice from the future, arriving to present day Vana'diel to try and prevent a calamity that left her as the only survivor.
- Always with You: At the end of the story after she is erased from Vana'diel after her timeline is prevented.
- And the Adventure Continues: After the climactic battle in Rhapsodies of Vana'diel, Iroha is teleported to Eorzea where she encounters that world's Warrior of Light. By the end of the event (in XIV) that brought her there, she finds herself unable to return to Vana'diel and decides that it is the goddess' will for her to remain in Eorzea to train herself and help others.
- The Apprentice: To the player character; her relationship with her Master is a driving force of the storyline.
- Avengers Assemble: Happens as part of one of the bonus boss battle against her, where she summons the five other lead characters to battle along side her.
- Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu: Stopping the Cloud of Darkness destroys her time line, making it look like she dies at end. Fortunately, she only ends up in Eorzea.
- The Bus Came Back: Over two and a half years after the release of the final chapter of Rhapsodies of Vana'diel when she left Vana'diel due to fixing the timeline, she comes back for a couple of training matches against The Adventurer.
- Death Is Cheap: She dies several times during the story, but keeps on coming back due to Phoenix's blessing. In the final battle she freely resurrects The Adventurer all throughout the final battle.
- Resurrective Immortality: She dies several times over the course of the story, and each time Phoenix resurrects her until its power runs out.
- 11th-Hour Superpower: Through Phoenix, the remaining avatars and Selh'teus give her a power up just before her final battle. To put things in perspective, Odin's blessing alone is able to transform a capable swordsmen into monstrous One Man Armies and Promathia absorbing Selh'teus transformed him into Shinryu. One can only wonder how strong she was going into that final battle.
- Fake Memories: During the Journey to Remember cross-promotional event with Final Fantasy XIV, Iroha ends up in Eorzea with a case of amnesia. The only things she ends up remembering are her name, bits of her home world, and the memories of a series of impossible heroic feats which she initially believes to be her own. When the event is completed, she realizes those memories and actions were not her own, but rather those of the Player Character from XI.
- Fiery Redhead: She is usually some what unsure about herself. This changes when the Avatars grant her and Phoenix their strength, turning her hair red in the process.
- Important Haircut: She cuts her ponytail at the end of her story in order to give The Adventurer Phoenix's blessing and signify that her journey has come to its end, successful in saving Vana'diel.
- Last of Her Kind: She is the last of the five races left in her ruined future.
- Meta Guy: It's implicit throughout most of the story, but during the end she out and out breaks the fourth wall to thank the player for the past fourteen years of service.
- That Was Not a Dream: She originally believed her time in Eorzea was just a dream. After a few failed attempts to wake up, she starts to question this belief.
- Trapped in Another World: She is currently stranded on Etheirys with no way to return to Vana'diel.
- Walking the Earth: What she ends up doing when she realizes she can't return to Vana'diel at the end of the crossover quest with Final Fantasy XIV.
- Yamato Nadeshiko: Iroha is a classic example. Reserved but strong-willed with a strong respect for her master and her homeland of Reisenjima as well as filial piety toward her father. She wields a naginata and is a case of Silk Hiding Steel.
Celestial Capital of Al'Taieu
The capital city of the Zilart civilization over ten thousand years ago, originally located on the Qufim island. As the Zilart began their plans to open the gates to paradise, the city was attacked by Bahamut and his army of dragons. Sometime during the war, the city was presumably destroyed. It was actually teleported into another dimension, taking the Galka mothercrystal with it Selh'teus
Appears in Missions: Chains of Promathia, Rhapsodies of Vana'diel.
A boy that appears at the beginning of Chains of Promathia, seemingly causing the Mothercrystals to fail.
He later plays a massive role in Rhapsodies of Vana'diel, where he creates a brand new Mothercrystal to fight back against The Cloud of Darkness.
- Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: After he is resurrected by Phoenix, he becomes a godlike figure.
- Barrier Maiden: In Rhapsodies Of Vana'diel he transforms himself into a sixth Mothercrystal. In the future, its the last one to fall to the Cloud of Darkness and what keeps Iroha alive long enough for Phoenix and The Adventurer to send her back in time.
- Came Back Strong: It's revealed during the final chapter of Chains of Promathia that he was killed trying to absorb the emptiness, but was resurrected by Phoenix. The combination of Phoenix's energy and the emptiness in his body gives him plethora of new abilities and powers.
- Creepy Child: In early Chains of Promathia, he has a tendency to mysteriously appear without saying anything, and looks unusual and unlike any other character in the game, adding to his creepiness.
- Deity of Human Origin: By the time you meet him, he has ascended well above the mortal level. By the end of Rhapsodies of Vana'diel he becomes a sixth Mothercrystal.
- Foil: To Eald'narche. Both are Zilart who have immense power but are stuck in the bodies of children. The big difference between the two of them is that Eald'narche is only concerned about himself, where as Selh'teus is all about Vana'diel as a whole. Even if means wiping out humanity to save it.
- Good Wings, Evil Wings: He gets both after he is resurrected by Phoenix.
- Guardian Angel: He is one to Iroha in the future. He is also one to the fifth Mothercrystal
- Light 'em Up: He uses light based attacks.
- New Powers as the Plot Demands. This becomes notable in Rhapsodies of Vana'diel where he can suddenly travel across the multiverse and build himself an entirely new mother crystal.
- Offscreen Teleportation: He has a tendency to just appear during a scene. This is because he is using the crystal line to travel from place to place.
- Power Floats: After gaining his wings, he is always floating.
- Power Gives You Wings: He gains his wings after he is resurrected by Phoenix.
- Walking Spoiler: He plays significant roles in both Chains of Promathia and Rhapsodies of Vana'diel, but its not until much later in both stories that the importance of his role is actually revealed.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He was the one who had made the deal with Bahamut. He also had planned on killing The Adventurer to restore power to the last Mothercrystal, but was talked out of it.
- Yin-Yang Bomb: He was killed trying to absorb Promathia's emptiness, but was brought back to life by Phoenix. In his new form, he is essentially a being of darkness who utilizes light themed attacks.
Dawn Maiden Yve'noile
Appears in Missions: Rise of the Zilart, Chains of Promathia, Rhapsodies of Vana'diel.
The leader of the Dawn Maidens during the Kuluu-Zilart wars. Despite being Zilart themselves, Yve'noile and the Dawn Maidens sided with the Kuluu and the Terrestrial Avatars, and where able to stop the Zilart from opening the Gate to Paradise, albeit at a terrible cost.
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- Astral Projection: This is how she communicates with The Adventurer across all of Vana'diel.
- Big Good: The biggest example in the Rise of the Zilart expansion; she is a major supporter of the Adventurer's efforts in stopping the Zilart brothers and enables them to do so by giving them information and a way into Tu'Lia.
- Defector from Decadence: She sides with the oppressed Kuluu over the Zilart.
- Heroic Sacrifice / Taking You with Me: She had planned on absorbing The Emptiness that would have allowed Promathia to be reborn before killing herself. Unfortunately Promathia is reborn before she gets a chance.
- High Priestess: She was a high priestess to Altana in the Zilart kingdom.
- Ms. Exposition: She plays the role of an expositor in Rise of the Zilart, revealing many things about the state of the Zilart princes.
- My Species Doth Protest Too Much: She joins the Kuluu and the Avatars in order to fight against the Zilart.
- Mystical Waif: Her role in Rise of the Zilart is to mysteriously appear and offer exposition about the princes.
Dynamis
The alternative dimension ruled by Diablos. It is a dark reflection of the real Vana'diel full of never ending conflict. During Rise of the Zilart the player is recruited in order to prevent The Dynamis Lord from escaping the land of Dynamis and invade Vana'diel.In Chains of Promathia, Diablos recruits The Adventurer into investigate a dream that has begun to corrupt Dynamis.
Diablos
The avatar of dreams and rule of Dynamis. He remains off screen during the first the fist Dynamis story, only appearing as a voice of the darkness. He shows up in person during the second Dynamis story to recruit The Adventurer in order to aid him with his investigations into a dangerous dream that has threatened his realm.
For more information, see Deities Avatars And Other Immortal Entities - Terrestrial Avatars
For more information, see Deities Avatars And Other Immortal Entities - Terrestrial Avatars
The Hydra Corps
Appears in Missions: Wings of the Goddess.
Appears in Quests: Dynamis, Relic Weapons.
Appears in Quests: Dynamis, Relic Weapons.
An elite unit made out of members of all nations of The Alliance during The Crystal War. They disappeared during the final days of the war, consumed into Diablos's dream world.
- Aborted Arc: Despite a big deal being made about their appearance in the Wings of the Goddess story, they never appear after that first appearance and it never leads to anything. It ends up just being a Call-Forward.
- And I Must Scream: Their final fate inside Dynamis.
- The Cameo: They make a brief appearance in Wings of The Goddess
- Fate Worse than Death: Caught in a never ending battle that drives them mad.
- Multinational Team: The members are recruited across all major nations involved in the war.
- Retirony: The diary of one of the members mentions that he planned on marrying his girlfriend when he gets back.
- Talking Weapon: One of The Hydra Corps members mentions having one of these.
The Dynamis Lord
Appears in Missions: The Voracious Resurgence.
Appears in Quests: Dynamis.
Appears in Quests: Dynamis.
A fragment of The Shadow Lord's rage that found it's into Dynamis. Over thirty years it grew into its own monster that slowly corrupted the dream world. He is now looking for a way to leave the world of Dynamis and lead his armies against the people of Vana'diel.
- The Beastmaster: Summons two different dragons during his boss fight.
- The Corrupter: He is responsible for the corruption of Dynamis. How much of an effect he has is hard to tell.
- Enemy Without: He is separate from Raogrimm, presenting an even darker and more corrupted side.
- Fighting a Shadow: See Soul Fragment down below.
- Final Boss: He is the final boss of the first Dynamis story.
- Large and in Charge: He towers over everything else in Dynamis.
- Legacy Character: He is a fragment of the original Shadow Lord that is building a beastmen army in order to invade Vana'diel.
- Made of Evil: He is literally born out of The Shadow Lord's anger.
- Outside-Context Problem: He is this to this to the rest of Vana'diel. He has been slowly growing his power hoping to leave of Dynamis and invade Vana'diel.
- Resurrective Immortality: As revealed by Raogrimm after you beat him, he isn't actually dead, and will eventually be reborn
- Purple Is Powerful: He has purple lines running all around his body.
- Spikes of Villainy: Just like the original Shadow Lord.
- Soul Fragment: He is a mere fragment of the original Shadow Lord.
Diablos' Shadow
Appears in Quests: Dynamis.
A copy of Diablos that was created in order to investigate the new dream that is influencing Dynamis.
- The Corruptible: He becomes victim to the new dream that is corroding Dynamis.
- Evil Counterpart: He is the evil counterpart of the regular Diablos after being corrupted by the dream.
- Final Boss: He is the final boss of the second Dynamis story.
- Flat Character: He really only exists to give a story and final boss to the Chains of Promathia Dynamis zones.
- Playing Card Motifs: The copy is named after the four suits.
Sin Hunters
A group of Mithran tasked for hunting down sinners according to Mithran law. As sin isn't absolved upon death, they are also tasked with hunting down children of sinners who where killed before they could meet their punishment. The Sin Hunters in general
Shikaree X (Left), Shikaree Y (Center), Shikaree Z (Right)
- Amazon Brigade: Due to being Mithran, they are an all-female group of hunters.
- Ascended Extra: They only turn up only in side quests in the original game and the first expansion before playing a major role in Chains of Promathia.
- Black-and-White Insanity: You either have sin or you don't. There is no in between.
- Cats Are Mean: They combine Black-and-White Insanity with the need to kill those with sin to become this.
- Sins of our Mothers: If a Mithran dies without justice being meet the sin is then put on their child.
- The Men in Black: They play this role in Mithran society, quietly removing anyone who has committed an unforgivable sin.
Shikaree G
Appears in Quests: Windurst [s].
A Sin Hunter who made her way to the middle lands in order to hunt down Nhev Befrathi and Lehko Habhoka during The Crystal War.
- Deathbed Confession: Her confession is what leads Shikaree M to make her way to the middelands to bunt down Syu
- Foregone Conclusion: Her entire story in Wings of The Goddess is already stated in the Ranger quest in the main game
- Killed Offscreen: She dies just before the main story starts.
- Kill It with Water: How she kills Lehko. He gets better though
- Like Mother, Like Daughter: She is a lot like her oldest daughter, Shikaree Z. Both are dragoons who use tridents as their weapons and decide to let their targets go at the end of their stories
- Pet the Dog: She lets Syu Befrathi go at the end of the Windurst Crystal War story.
- Would Hurt a Child: She hunts down Nhev Befrathhi and her daughter. She ends up subverting this when she chooses to let Nhev's daughter go.
Shikaree M
Appears in Quests: Ranger.
A Sin Hunter involved with the ranger quest. She makes her way the middle lands to hunt down the Syu Befrathi, the daughter of Nhev Befrathi, after Shikaree G confessed to not killing her.- Inspector Javert: Her role in the Ranger quest.
- Out-Gambitted/ Unwitting Pawn: She completely falls for Perih's gambit. Then again, Perih theorises that her main goal was the Bow of Light, and was using the hunt for Syu as an excuse.
- Taking Up the Mantle: She takes on Shikaree G's task after she dies.
- The Unfought: Despite being the main antagonist of the ranger quest, she isn't fought at all. She is tricked by Perih instead.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: She has a lot less screen time and focus than the other four featured Sin Hunters, only having a few apparences in three of the Rangers sidequest.
Shikaree X
Appears in Missions: Chains of Promathia.
One of Shikaree's G's three daughters. She traveled to the middlelands to hunt down Cardinal Mildaurion and her successor Prishe before finding herself caught up in the race to stop Promathia's resurrection,- Annoying Younger Sibling: In one side quest, she accidentally wakes up Tiamat by stumbling on top of him. Shikaree Y is not impressed.
- Attack Animal: She summons a rabbit to fight alongside her in battle.
- The Beastmaster: Her job is Beastmaster, letting her tame and fight alongside monsters.
- Big Sister Worship: She highly respected Shikaree Z and wishes to be able to fight dragons like she does.
- Dual Wielding: She uses two knives as her weapon.
- Legacy Character: The three Shikaree sisters are Final Fantasy XI's version of The Magus Sisters. Shikaree X is specifically Final Fantasy XI's version of Mindy, being the younger one with who uses knifes.
- Nemean Skinning: She wears the skin from a monster's head as a helmet.
- "Shaggy Dog" Story: In the X Marks the Spot side quest. After finding out about Lightbringer, she is directed to the one man who might know where it will be......unfortunately that man is Rainemard who died during the end of The Crystal War.
- Sibling Team: She is part of a team with her two sisters wherein they hunt down those who committed sins together.
- Terrible Trio: She and her sisters form an antagonistic trio.
Shikaree Y
Appears in Missions: Chains of Promathia.
One of Shikaree G's three daughters. She traveled to the middle lands in order to try and speak with The Sleeping Gods while aiding her sisters hunt for Cardinal Mildaurion.- Ascended Extra: She has a role in a side quest in Rise of Zilart before having a larger role in Chains of Promathia.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Like her sisters she is more of an Anti-Villain than being an outright villain.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Appears in a Rise of the Zilart side quest before becoming in involved with the main story in Chains of Promathia.
- Legacy Character: See Shikaree X's entry, although unlike Shikaree X, she is a combination of two of the Magus Sisters instead of just one. She uses a scythe like Cindy, but is the middle child like Sandy
- Saying Too Much: At the end of the Tuning Out quest, she accidentally lets slip that she is searching for black magicite.
- "Shaggy Dog" Story: Her side quest about her trying to communicate with Odin finishes with her believing that Odin's protocrystal has been smashed.
- Sibling Team: She forms a team with her sisters to hunt down those who have committed sins together.
- Sinister Scythe: She wields a dark scythe.
- Terrible Trio: Forms a trio with her sisters and together they are an antagonistic force.
Shikaree Z/ Mhag
Appears in Missions: Chains of Promathia.
The oldest daughter of Shikaree G. After pursuing Prishe and Cardinal Mildaurion, she decides to team up with them in order to fight back against Bahamut and Promathia.- Death from Above: As a dragoon, she is able to use jump.
- The Dragonslayer: Implied in a couple of side quests. Shikaree X at one point in X Marks the Spot mentions that her sister hunts down wyrms, and one version of One Good Deed has her hunting down Tiamat.
- Dying as Yourself: Before the final battle with Promathia, she gives The Adventurer her real name, so if she dies she can die not as a Sin Hunter but as a regular Mithra.
- Fire-Forged Friends: With Prishe and her team. She starts out as an antagonist, directly opposed to Prishe, before joining Prishe's team and reconsidering her values.
- Given Name Reveal: When she leaves her sisters to go and fight Promathia.
- Enemy Mine: Joins up with her targets when she realizes that Promathia is waking up.
- Heel Realization: By the end of the story she is starting to question what a sin is and gives up on being a Sin Hunter.
- The Leader: She is the leader of the Shikaree Sisters.
- Legacy Character: See Shikaree X's and Y's entries. Like Shikaree Y, she shares different characteristics of Sandy and Cindy. She's the oldest of the three sisters like Cindy and her real name, Mhag is a reference to Cindy's Japanese name, but she also uses a spear like Sandy.
- Like Mother, Like Daughter: Out of the three Shikaree sisters, Shikaree Z is most like her mother. Both are Dragoons who let their prey go during the end of the story.
- Lost in Translation: The reference made by the reveal of her name, Mhag, is somewhat lost on English speaking players due to the character it was referencing having her name translated to something different in all her English appearances.
- Sibling Team: Shikaree X and Y are her sisters.
- Terrible Trio: She forms a trio with her sisters that is initially an antagonistic force.
- Shoulder-Sized Dragon: Since she is a dragoon, she can summon one as a pet.
The Seagull Phratrie
A pirate ship that has rebelled against The Empire of Aht Urhgan. It has recently been stranded in Arrapago Reef, which has lead The Empire to increase its attempt to bring it down Qultada
Appears in Missions: The Voracious Resurgence.
Appears in Quests: Corsair.
Appears in Quests: Corsair.
The captain of The Seagull Phratrie and The Adventurer's mentor in their path as a Corsair.
- The Ace: Qultada is a throw back to classic pirate films like those starring Errol Flynn
- Always Save the Girl: Even if they just tried to kill you.
- Dynamic Entry / Establishing Character Moment: The first thing we see him do is jump down from the ceiling of the Royal Palace before using a stun bomb to escape from a unit of Immortals .
- The Gambler: As part of his job.
- Honor Before Reason: Much to the dismay of his crew members.
- Lovable Rogue: He is very much the embodiment of this tropes.
- Pirate: Kind of obvious.
- Protagonist-Centered Morality: Most of the members of The Aht Urghan Military fall somewhere between an Ideal Hero like Rughadjeen through to a Well-Intentioned Extremist like Raubahn. The corsair sidequest, being one of the few told exclusively form the point of view of someone rebelling against The Empire, features one of The Empire's few monsters in the form of Yazquhl as its antagonist .
- Smoke Out: He is introduced doing this.
- Winds of Destiny, Change!: As a corsair, his main weapon isn't his pistol or his sword, but his luck.
Imutira
Appears in Quests: Corsair.
A former member of The Seagull Phratrie who has joined forces with Yazquhl of The Empire of Aht Urhgan to bring down her old crew.
- Cool Shades: Wears a pair of sunglasses.
- Cynicism Catalyst: The death of her brother, another member of The Seagull Phratrie.
- Heel–Face Turn: After Qultada saves her life.
- Karmic Death: Tries to deliver one to Qultada.
- Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves: Yazquhl tries to kill her after she helps him capture Qultada.
Troupe Mayakov
A troupe of dancers that traveled around Vana'diel during The Crystal War in order to provide entertainment for the nations war. The members of the Troupe are also capable warriors, and they would often aid in the military efforts of San d'Oria and The Alliance during the war. Lilisette
Appears in Missions: Wings of the Goddess, Rhapsodies of Vana'diel.
The lead character of Wings of the Goddess. A young dancer from the current day Vana'diel who travels back in time to the Crystal War.
- Berserk Button: Nothing gets her fired up more than harming her parents.
- The Chosen One: She us one of two of them in Wings of the Goddess. The Player is the other one.
- Dance Battler: Like all of Trope Mayakov, she is a Dancer who can more than hold her own in combat.
- Dual Wielding: She uses two daggers in combat.
- Fiery Redhead: More so than Lion; she can be very outgoing and even aggressive.
- Genki Girl: She is highly energetic and positive throughout the game.....at first.
- Good Counterpart: She is revealed to be the good counterpart to Lady Lilith.
- Half-Human Hybrid: Although there are a few cases of Hume and Elvaan NPCs in relationships (and even one married Galka), she's the only one we ever see with mixed heritage. Might be justified by the fact that at some points Bastok (Humes) and San d'Oria (Elvaans) were at war.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Of a sort, as she becomes the new Lady Lilith in order to restore balance.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: At one point, she is impaled courtesy of Lady Lilith, but she recovers.
- Large Ham: Being a dancer and everything, she is prone to tearing up the scene with bombastic declarations and exaggerated movements.
- Put on a Bus: She crosses over to the Lady Lilith's time line at the end of The Wings of the Goddess in order to save both time lines.
- Taking Up the Mantle: She does this at the end of the game where she takes Lady Lilith's place in the dark universe in the on going war against The Beastman Confederacy.
- The Bus Came Back: She comes back briefly to give you her Alter Ego and also during Rhapsodies of Vana'diel.
- Tomato Surprise: She completely freaks out when she finds out that Lady Lilith is the original version of her, and she was from the altered timeline, not the original.
- Tsundere: Lilisette shows signs of being a Type A, to the point that her stage name of "Moonshade Butterfly" is warped into "Moonshade Wolverine" by her troupe-mates for how she treats men until she meets your character.
Mayakov
Appears in Missions: Wings of the Goddess.
The flamboyant founder and leader of Troupe Mayakov.
- Agent Peacock: He is an highly flamboyant, dancer who also has no problem waltzing around a battlefield.
- Beware the Silly Ones: Despite being incredibly camp, Mayakov is more than capable to hold his own on the battlefield
- Big Damn Heroes: He saves Lilisette and The Adventurer during their attempt to rescue Portia.
- Big Ego, Hidden Depths: He's introduced as a flamboyant and arrogant leader of a dance troupe. Over the course of the story its revealed that he genuinely cares about his troupe, going so far as to charge into enemy territory to save Portia.
- Camp: Oh boy........
- Ham-to-Ham Combat: Part way through the Wings of the Goddess story, he and Noillurie help Lilisette and The Adventurer rescue Portia from The Spite Wardens. It maybe more true to say that part way through the story Mayakov and Noillurie make their way into enemy territory and have a competition to see whose the hammiest ham in all of Vana'diel.
- Large Ham: One of the biggest in the game.
- Minored In Ass Kicking: He's the manager of a dance troupe first, manager of a mercenary unit second and a capable soldier thirdly.
- Speech Impediment: Mayakov lisps, saying any s sound as th (for example, thauthageth instead of sausages). Unfortunately, whether due to "Blind Idiot" Translation or intent, he not only picks many words rich in s sounds, but at one point even lisps on the silent s in trois.
Portia
Appears in Missions: Wings of the Goddess
An one of Troupe Mayakov's most experienced dancers.
- Badass in Distress: Despite being one of Troupe Mayakov, she is captured by The Spite Wardens and used as bait by Lady Lilith.
- Battle Couple: With Ragelise.
- Expy: If we take Ragelise as an expy of Laguna then Portia is an expy of both Julia and Raine. Like Julia she is a wartime performer who falls in love with a soldier and patron of her shows, and like Raine she falls in love with a soldier after nursing him back to health. And like both of them she dies early in her child's life. Although that might have changed due to Lilisette's and Lady Lilith's time traveling plots.
- Florence Nightingale Effect: She falls for Ragelise while nursing him back to health.
- The Lancer: Of Troupe Marakov.
- Love Makes You Evil: She allies herself to Lady Lilith to save with Ragelise.
- Mark of the Beast: After aligning herself to Odin.
- Pregnant Badass: It's never made explict but given we know that she had a child with Sir Ragelise in a time line where he died during the battle at Xarcabard, she must have been pregnant during the latter half of the story.
Independent Characters
The Bearer of Darkness
Appears in Missions: Windurst.
A mysterious robed figure who starts appearing around Windurst soon after the Windurst story begins.
- Ambiguously Evil: It's not clear what its motivation is, mainly because it doesn't say anything.
- Bald of Evil: Maybe. Possibly.....
- The Beastmaster: Instead of fighting him at the end of the Windurst story line, you end up fighting two monsters he summons instead.
- Came Back Wrong: He is the mangled spirits of Fenrir and Karaha-Baruha brought back to life in one being.
- Final Boss: Of the Windurst story.
- Non-Action Big Bad: He isn't fought during the story. Instead he summons two monsters to fight with him.
- The Quiet One: Its never made clear whether it can speak.
- Stalking is Love: Somewhat justified, as he is in part the Star Sibyl's old lover, Karaha-Baruha
- Unwitting Pawn: Joker uses Star Sibyl to lure him to Full Moon Fountain in order to restore Fenrir back to full strength.
Moogle
Appears in Missions: A Moogle Kup d'Etat.
The Moogle who takes care of your Mog House. He becomes the main character of A Moogle Kupo d'Etat.- A Day in the Limelight: After being little more than a mechanical character for four expansions, be becomes the lead character of A Moogle Kup d'Etat.
Riko Kupenreich
Appears in Missions: A Moogle Kup d'Etat.
A notorious moogle loan shark living in Sea Serpe Grotto with a grudge against the Kupeliaure family. The player is forced to turn to him part way through Moogle Kupo d'Etat for a loan after Toto Kupeliaure starts charging for hire.- Because You Were Nice to Me: He decides to wipe out your debt and start a new life because you freed him from the magicite.
- Cool Shades: As part of his loan shark asthetic.
- The Dog Was the Mastermind: The true Big Bad of Moogle Kupo d'Etat? The magicite on his tummy.
- Final Boss: Of Moogle Kupo d'Etat.
- Loan Shark: How he ends up manipulating The Adventurer.
- The Man Behind the Man: He is the true mastermind behind Toto Kupeliaure's schemes.
Volto Oscuro/The Ambassador (Unmarked Spoilers)
Appears in Missions: Rhapsodies of Vana'diel.
A masked man from the same time period as Iroha. He opposes Iroha's attempt to prevent Vana'diels fall into the void. They are actually the darkness within The Adventurer, created when they split into two in the future.- The Ace: A villainous example. The first thing we see him do is brainwash Siren. He then goes in to strip Iroha of Phoenix's blessing and freak out the remaining avatars by gate crashing their meeting. It comes with being the dark side of The Adventurer.
- Balance Between Good and Evil: Turns out he is the dark side of The Adventurer. He restores the balance by battling with The Adventurer when they ascend to godhood.
- Cool Mask: It is actually a symbol of the Cloud of Darkness's control over him.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Despite being the main characters dark side, he is only evil because he is being possessed by The Cloud of Darkness.
- Demonic Possession: He possesses Siren and is himself possessed by the Cloud of Darkness.
- Deity of Human Origin: He becomes this after an alternative universe version of Promathia gives him all of his darkness.
- Enemy Without: He is the result the future player character expelling their inner darkness in order to ascend to Godhood.
- Good All Along: He is not evil, just possessed.
- Made of Evil: He was born from The Adventurer's darkness.
- Malevolent Masked Man: Where the black and white mask while possessed by The Cloud of Darkness.
- Meaningful Name: His name is Italian and roughly translates to "Obscured Face."
- Power Floats: Is often just seen floating around.
- Shapeshifter Default Form: He can appear as any playable race and gender, and does so for each race at least once. His most common form, however, is as a Hume male - though his true form, of course, is an exact copy of the player character.
- Sharp-Dressed Man.: One of the best dressed characters in the game.
- Yin-Yang Clash: He battles with The Adventurer after they both ascend into gods of darkness and light to jump start the winds of change.
Mumor
Appears in Missions:The Voracious Resurgence.
Appears in Quests: Fantastic Fraulein Mumor.
A performer that travels around Vana'diel. She can be found putting on events during the Sunbreeze Festivals that happens a few times a year.Appears in Quests: Fantastic Fraulein Mumor.
She makes her story debut in The Voracious Resurgence
- Arch-Enemy: Ullegore
- Dance Battler: She brings over her dance skills into battle.
- Dual Wielding: Wields two rods as her weapon with her second outfit.
- Clap Your Hands If You Believe: She incorporates this into the shows, where the support from her audience gives her power to fight against Ullegore.
- Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: Her second outfit.
- Large Ham: And how!
- Magical Girl: Both in and out of her outfil.
- Pink Means Feminine: Her second outfit.
- The Sixth Ranger: She joins up with the four lead characters (pre Seekers of Adoulin) in the Heroine Combat battlefield.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: She has trouble adjusting to her presence in a main story, including not having a narrator for her story
