Characters of Final Fantasy Tactics - Antagonists

Antagonists

• Ajora Glabados is an ancient saint and patron of the Church of Glabados, which is the major religion in Ivalice. The majority of information learned about his character comes from the Germonique Scriptures, which Elder Simon finds in the Orbonne Monastery. According to a well known Ivalician legend, the day he was born in Bervenia, Ajora Glabados went to the town well and stated that the well meant death; as it turned out, the well was tainted with the Black Death. His popularity grew until the Holy Yudoran Empire began to be fearful of him; they executed him at Golgollada Gallows after Germonique, one of his disciples, turned him in for money. However, days after his death, the headquarters of the Fara Church were destroyed in a giant tidal wave. This was taken to be a supernatural occurrence, and the Glabados Church was born. Legend also states that Ajora took twelve Zodiac Stones and twelve followers to defeat an evil demon summoned by a king of Limberry. However, the Germonique Scriptures uncovered by Elder Simon state that Ajora was in fact a spy, selling information about countries to the highest bidder. The Yudora Empire got wind of his actions and sent another spy, Germonique, to find out his activities. Germonique found more than he bargained for, though. It's unclear whether Ajora summoned the Lucavi or vice versa, but he was chosen to be the host for the Lucavi leader, Ultima, the High Seraph. Germonique found several auracite (Virgo among them) and informed the Empire of Ajora's plans; the Empire, fearful of the havoc Ajora would cause, executed him. 1200 years after Ajora's execution, the Lucavi under Hashmal take advantage of the quarrel between Larg and Goltanna, as well as the Church. They seek to prolong the war in order to gather enough blood to resurrect Ultima, who is reborn in the Necrohol of Mullonde with Alma's body as the host. Alma expels Ultima, whom Ramza and his party destroy, but Ultima self-destructs in an attempt to kill them all.

• Alphonse Delacroix (PSP) / Alphons Draclau (PS1) (アルフォンス・ドラクロワ, Arufonsu Dorakurowa?) is the second-highest-ranked clergyman in the Glabados Church, known as the Chief Confessor and Lord of Lionel. A renowned knight and theologian, he was a hero of the Fifty Years' War who enjoyed popular support upon his people. After the murder of his wife by Ordallian heretics during the Fifty Years' War, he devoted himself to hunting down heretics. Towards the end of the Fifty Years' war, Delecroix uncovered the holy stone "Scorpio" beneath ancient ruins in Zeltennia, which led to his later corruption and serving as host to Lucavi Cúchulainn, the Impure. In Chapter 2, Delacroix meets with Ramza, Princess Ovelia, Agrias, and Mustadio at Lionel Castle. Ramza and Agrias seek protection for Princess Ovelia from the feud between Duke Larg and Goltanna. Mustadio asks for aid to rescue his father from the Baert Company, which holds his father hostage for a shard of auracite found in the ruins of Goug. Delacroix promises to help, but unbeknownst to all, he is party to a conspiracy between the Shrine Knights and the Glabados Church. The two groups incite the conflict between the two dukes in order to increase their political power in Ivalice. Moreover, the Baert Company is looking for the auracite under Delacroix's direction. Delacroix instructs Mustadio and Ramza to return to Goug, promising to send troops ahead of them to deal with the Baert Company. After they leave, he imprisons Ovelia and Agrias. While nominally promising to hand Ovelia over to Duke Larg and Lord Dycedarg, he actually intends to hand her over to the Shrine Knights. Shortly thereafter, Ludovich, who is the leader of the Baert Company, and Gaffgarion are in audience with Delacroix. Ludovich has returned with a fake stone crafted by Mustadio. Delacroix plans an ambush for Ramza, allowing Agrias to escape while thinking that Ovelia is scheduled to be executed. Gaffgarion is dismissed to ambush Ramza and his allies when they come to rescue the princess. Following Gaffgarion's departure, Delacroix kills Ludovich for his failure. After foiling the ambush and killing Gaffgarion, Ramza confronts Delacroix at Lionel Castle. Though Delacroix reveals his Lucavi form as Cuchulainn, the Impure, Ramza still kills him, but the act of killing the Cardinal results in Ramza being labeled a heretic.

• Bestrald Larg (PSP) / Bestrada Larg (PS1) (ベストラルダ・ラーグ, Besutoraruda Rāgu?) is the older brother of Queen Louveria, Duke of Gallione, and supreme leader of the Knights of the Northern Sky. The War of the Lions is fought between Larg and his principal political rival, Duke Goltanna, and it also forms much of the backdrop for the story of Final Fantasy Tactics. The majority of Larg's political support comes from knights and the minor nobility of Ivalice. His standard is a white lion rampant upon a blue background. Following the end of the Fifty Years' War, Duke Larg finds himself in a contest against Duke Goltanna to be named regent to the young Crown Prince Orinus, a three-year-old child. In order to give himself an upper hand, Larg and his close adviser Dycedarg Beoulve try to eliminate one of Duke Goltanna's supporters, Marquis Elmdore, Lord of Limberry. Dycedarg convinces the deputy-captain of the Corpse Brigade rebels, Gustav Margriff, to kidnap the Marquis. A meeting in Garriland between Duke Larg and Marquis Elmdore is arranged; Gustav and his men attack the Marquis' entourage en route to Garriland, kidnapping Elmdore and demanding ransom from the Ivalician nobility for his release. But Larg's scheme is foiled when the Marquis is independently tracked down and rescued by Wiegraf Folles, a leader of the Corpse Brigade who is opposed to Gustav, and a group of Northern Sky cadets led by Ramza and Delita. Years later, Larg still finds himself in deadlock against Goltanna, with tensions rising between them. Therefore, he accepts a new scheme proposed by Dycedarg. When Princess Ovelia Atkascha turns 15, Duke Larg arranges for her to be escorted to the royal capital of Lesalia by a combined escort consisting of Ovelia's personal bodyguards and a mercenary company hired by the Northern Sky Knights. This is, in reality, an elaborate ploy devised by Dycedarg and Duke Larg to murder Ovelia and frame Duke Goltanna for the crime. One of Goltanna's liegemen, Minister Gelwan, sought to switch to Larg's camp; through Gelwan, Dycedarg arranges for men disguised in Southern Sky livery to kidnap and kill Ovelia. Even the mercenary company hired to protect the Princess turns out to be in Dycedarg's hire. However, the Glabados Church foils this new plan by sending Delita Heiral to intercept and take the place of the intended kidnappers. This prevents Ovelia's actual assassination. A series of events eventually lands Princess Ovelia in Goltanna's keeping. Goltanna immediately declares Princess Ovelia to be the true heir to the Ivalician throne, and marches upon Lesalia with the Southern Sky Knights. He imprisons Queen Louveria for treason; she knew and apparently supported Larg's plot. In response, Larg declares Prince Orinus to be the true heir, making himself regent, and takes the Northern Sky Knights to war against Goltanna. This results in the War of the Lions. Dycedarg assassinates Larg at the siege of Fort Besselat, when both of them and the Northern Sky army are immobilized by mossfungus poisoning. Prior to dying, Larg accuses Dycedarg of killing his own father, Barbaneth, a claim overheard by Zalbaag Beoulve.

• Druksmald Goltanna (PSP) / Druksmald Goltana (PS1) (ダクスマルダ・ゴルターナ, Dakusumaruda Gorutāna?) is a cousin of King Omdolia III, Duke of Zeltennia, and supreme leader of the Southern Sky Knights. The War of the Lions is fought between Goltanna and his principal political rival, Duke Larg, and it also forms much of the backdrop for the story of Final Fantasy Tactics. The majority of Goltanna's political support is found amongst the great nobles of Ivalice. His standard is a black lion rampant upon a red background. Following the end of the Fifty Years' War, Goltana found himself in a contest against Duke Larg to be named regent to the young Crown Prince Orinus, a 3-year-old child. Tensions mount, but the two remain in political deadlock. In Chapter 2 however, Duke Larg and Lord Dycedarg Beoulve attempt to kidnap and assassinate Princess Ovelia Atkascha, then blame Goltanna for the crime. However, the Glabados Church foils this plot by sending Delita Heiral, disguised as a Southern Sky soldier, to prevent Ovelia's murder. Delita delivers Ovelia into Goltana's keeping. He advises Goltanna to move against Queen Louveria and the royal family, and proposes that he declare Ovelia to be queen. Acting on Delita's advice, Goltanna quickly changes his political stance. Goltana declares Ovelia to be true Queen of Ivalice, and attempts to install her as a puppet ruler with himself in charge, likely drawing upon the fact that Ovelia was named heir to the throne prior to the birth of Prince Orinus. He marches upon the capital city of Lesalia and imprisons Louveria. In response, Larg declares Prince Orinus to the true heir, names himself regent, and takes the Northern Sky Knights to war against Goltanna, resulting in the War of the Lions. During the War of the Lions, Goltanna is tricked by Delita into believing that his top commander, Count Cidolfas Orlandeau, is conspiring with senior Glabados clergymen against him, a claim he is quick to accept given Orlandeau's protestions regarding the war. Goltanna imprisons Orlandeau and appoints Delita to the command of the Order of the Southern Sky in Orlandeau's stead. This proves to be a grave mistake; at the siege of Fort Besselat, when the Southern Sky army is immobilized by Ramza Beoulve's opening of the garrison flood gates, Goltanna is assassinated by Delita amidst the confusion. Delita carefully frames Orlandeau for the assassination using a look-alike, but secretly allows the real Orlandu to escape and aid Ramza in turn.

• Dycedarg Beoulve (ダイスダーグ・ベオルブ, Daisudāgu Beorubu?), age 37, is the eldest child of the Beoulve family. A talented magician, knight, and politician, his cunning and ambition is responsible for much of the political intrigue in Final Fantasy Tactics. His father is the late Barbaneth Beoulve, also known as Balbanes in the original translation. His siblings are his younger brother Zalbaag, his younger half-brother Ramza, and his younger half-sister, Alma. During the Fifty Years' War, Dycedarg encouraged his father to seize power from the Atkascha Royal Family and place House Beoulve on the Ivalician throne. Barbaneth refused, so Dycedarg discreetly poisoned his father with mossfungus. When Barbaneth finally became too ill from the poison to command, Dycedarg took over his father's position. However, at Barbaneth's behest, Dycedarg eventually stepped down in favour of his younger brother, Zalbaag. Dycedarg subsequently became the right-hand man of Duke Larg. In this capacity, Dycedarg concocts a series of an elaborate political schemes to bring Duke Larg to power—and therefore increase the influence of the Beoulve family. The first such scheme happens during the Corpse Brigade's (aka "Death Corps") Rebellion that follows the Fifty Years' War. Marquis Elmdore, Lord of Limberry, is a strong supporter of Duke Goltanna, and Dycedarg and Larg wish to eliminate him. Dycedarg convinces the deputy-captain of the Corpse Brigade, Gustav Margriff, to kidnap the Marquis. A meeting in Gariland between Duke Larg and Marquis Elmdore is arranged, but Gustav and his men attacked the Marquis' retinue en route to Gariland, demanding ransom from the Ivalician nobility for his release. However, Dycedarg's scheme is foiled when the Marquis was independently rescued by first Wiegraf Folles, the idealistic leader of the Corpse Brigade who opposes the ransoming of noblemen, and later a group of Northern Sky cadets, including Ramza and Delita, who are encouraged by Zalbaag to investigate the Marquis' kidnapping. Dycedarg's next major scheme happens some years later (Chapter 2), leading to the War of the Lions. When Princess Ovelia Atkascha turns 15, Duke Larg arranges for her to be escorted to the royal capital of Lesalia by a combined escort consisting of Ovelia's personal bodyguards and a mercenary company hired by the Northern Sky Knights. This is, in reality, an elaborate ploy devised by Dycedarg and Larg to murder Ovelia and frame Goltana for the crime. One of Goltana's liegemen, Minister Gelwan, seeks to switch to Larg's camp; through Gelwan, Dycedarg arranges for men disguised in Southern Sky livery to kidnap and kill Ovelia. However, this time his plan is foiled by the Glabados Church, which sends Delita Heiral to intercept the intended kidnappers and prevent the Princess' actual assassination. A series of events eventually lands Princess Ovelia in Goltana's keeping, precipitating the War of the Lions. During the War of the Lions, when windborne mossfungus poison spread by the Shrine Knights incapacitates both the Northern Sky and Southern Sky armies at the siege of Fort Besselat, Dycedarg uses the chaos of the situation to assassinate his liege, Duke Larg. He stabs Larg with a dagger, and tells his shocked brother Zalbaag to frame one of the various unconscious (or dead) Northern Sky soldiers present as an assassin from the Order of the Southern Sky. Dycedarg assumes leadership of the Northern Sky Knights. Following the battle at Besselat, Dycedarg continues the war in spite of the fact that both Larg and Goltana are dead by that point, ostensibly to fulfill the wishes of his late liege. He refuses an offer from the Glabados Church to mediate a peace between the Northern Sky Knights and the Southern Sky Knights. During a meeting with the Shrine Knight Loffrey, the Church envoy, Loffrey all but reveals to Dycedarg that he knows about Dycedarg's assassination of his own father using mossfungus poison. In addition, Loffrey gives Dycedarg the Holy Stone "Capricorn". Shortly afterwards, Zalbaag attacks Dycedarg inside Eagrose Castle, after overhearing the conversation between Dycedarg and Loffrey and uncovering further evidence of his father's poisoning. Ramza happens to return to Eagrose at that precise time, and aids Zalbaag. Dycedarg is mortally wounded in the ensuing battle between the Beoulve brothers, but before dying, he merges with the Lucavi Adrammelech, the Wroth. As Adrammelech, Dycedarg immediately kills Zalbaag or banishes him to some other dimension. Ramza kills Adrammelech a short time later.

• Messam Elmdore (PSP) / Mesdoram Elmdor (PS1) (メスドラーマ・エルムドア, Mesudorāmu Erumadoa?) is the Marquis of Limberry. Known as the "Silver Noble" by his allies and the "Silver Demon" by his enemies, he is a very skilled swordsman. He is taken hostage by the Corpse Brigade, but Wiegraf Folles releases him to Ramza in exchange for his own escape. Elmdore is later reported killed in battle. However, the Lucavi demon Zalera, the Death Seraph, had Elmdore accept his offer for new life in return for serving as his host. Two Ultima Demons work for him, disguising themselves as the human women Celia and Lettie. Elmdore and his two bodyguards appear at Riovanes Castle and attack Rapha, but Ramza intervenes and Elmdore flees back to Limberry Castle. Ramza later journeys to Limberry Castle looking for Alma. Elmdore is in the middle of a meeting with Forlmav when Celia and Lettie burst in to warn them of Ramza's approach. Folmarv rushes off to prepare for Ultima's resurrection, leaving Elmdore to fight Ramza. Elmdore, realizing he cannot defeat Ramza in his mortal form, lures Ramza into the basement where he summons several undead creatures to assist him. He then transforms into Zalera, an act which is witnessed by Forlmav's daughter Meliadoul. Meliadoul realizes the truth about her father and joins Ramza in battle against the demon. They prevail, Zalera is killed, and Elmdore dies with him.

• Wiegraf Folles (ウィーグラフ・フォルズ, Wīgurafu Foruzu?) is an ex-rebel who enters into the service of the Knights Templar of the Glabados Church. He eventually becomes a host for the Lucavi Belias, the Gigas. His sister is Milleuda Folles. During the Fifty Years' War, Wiegraf was the leader of the Knights of Death, a militia force formed of volunteers amongst the Ivalician commonfolk. After the war ended, however, the Ivalician government discharged all commoner soldiers without pay. To demand fairness and respect from the Ivalician nobility, Wiegraf founds the Corpse Brigade, a rebel group formed of ex-veterans of the war and other commoners. Under his leadership, the Corpse Brigade attacks and assassinates Ivalician nobility, in order to terrorize them into accepting commoners as equals and flatten Ivalice's social pyramid. However, Wiegraf only believes in attacking the nobility to implement his egalitarian ideals, and opposes attacking them for profit; in Chapter 1, when he learns that his deputy-captain, Gustav, has kidnapped Marquis Elmdore for ransom, he personally tracks down and kills Gustav in order to rescue the Marquis; Wiegraf is also aware that Gustav was convinced by Lord Dycedarg Beoulve to do so. Wiegraf reaches the Marquis just one step ahead of Ramza, Delita, and Argath, and releases the Marquis to them in exchange for his own freedom. Later, his sister, Milleuda, also a member of the Corpse Brigade, is killed by Ramza and Delita at Lenalian Plateau. Wiegraf attacks Ramza and Delita in an attempt to avenge Milleuda's death, but fails. Before escaping, however, he reveals to Ramza that the Marquis' kidnapping was planned by Duke Larg, and more shockingly, Ramza's own brother, Dycedarg. Wiegraf evades capture, however, and disappears for a number of years before reappearing as a Temple Knight in the service of the Glabados Church. A new PSP-only cutscene reveals Wiegraf's recruitment by Loffrey during this period. He is given the Zodiac auracite "Aries" by the Knights Templar. In Chapter 3, Wiegraf and Isilud Tengille are instructed to raid Orbonne Monastery for the holy stone "Virgo", coincidentally at the same time that Ramza and his sister, Alma Beoulve, have come searching for the stone as well. Alma is captured by Isilud, and Wiegraf tells Isilud to flee while he once again fights Ramza to avenge Miluda's death. He loses again to Ramza, and is mortally wounded. However, as he lies dying, a voice emanates from the Aries stone, offering Wiegraf great power and eternal life. Wiegraf accepts, and merges with the Lucavi Belias, the Gigas. Before Ramza can stop him, he teleports away. Wiegraf then accompanies Folmarv to a meeting at Riovanes Castle. When Ramza approaches the castle to rescue Alma, Folmarv tells Wiegraf to deal with him. Wiegraf fights Ramza one-on-one in a hallway in Riovanes Castle in his mortal form, and after noting that Ramza's skill has improved, Wiegraf transforms into Belias and summons a host of demons to fight Ramza and his allies. He is killed by Ramza in the ensuing battle. Like Delita Heiral, Wiegraf's character reverses dramatically over the course of the story, transitioning from idealistic to cynical. Whereas the main character, Ramza, comes to respect the honour and integrity of Wiegraf's egalitarian ideals, Wiegraf himself grows cynical about them, concluding that they are nothing if left unfulfilled, to the extent that he willingly stoops to serving the Glabados Church in order to increase his own power and resources, despite the selfish ambitions of the Church's plans. Moreover, he becomes obsessed with avenging his sister Miluda's death.

• Folmarv Tengille (PSP) / Vormav Tingel (PS1) (ヴォルマルフ・ティンジェル, Vorumarufu Tinjeru?) is the leader of the Knights Templar of the Glabados Church, and the main antagonist of Final Fantasy Tactics. His first appearance is to send mercenaries after Ramza and co. in chapter 2, but he is not officially named until he meets Ovelia and reveals her "true" past as a decoy princess. He is the holder of the holy stone "Leo", and the host for the Lucavi Hashmal, the Regulator. He has a daughter and a son, named Meliadoul and Isilud respectively, both of whom serve him as Knights Templar; however, neither is aware of what their father has become. Though pretending to help bring to fruition High Priest Funebris's scheme to control Ivalician politics, his real goal is to use the Church's power and influence to gather the Zodiac Stones and use them to bring Lucavi into Ivalice, particularly St. Ajora (in the form of the Lucavi leader, Ultima, the Bloody Angel). Folmarv's son Isilud is sent to collect the holy stone "Virgo" from Orbonne Monastery. He collects the stone and captures Ramza's sister, Alma, but is in turn captured by Grand Duke Barrington. The Duke subsequently invites Folmarv to Riovanes. When Folmarv is reunited with his son at Riovanes Castle, he denounces Izlude's incompetence for getting captured, slapping him across the face. The Duke attempts to coerce Folmarv to cooperate into helping him, whereupon Folmarv transforms into his Lucavi form and goes on a murderous rampage through Riovanes Castle, even mortally wounding his son Izlude in the process. At the end of his rampage, he stops short of killing Alma and kidnaps her instead when he notes that the Virgo stone, St. Ajora's stone, reacts to her, identifying her as Ultima's ideal host. Soon after, impatient to resurrect Ultima, Folmarv travels to Temple of Mullonde (the headquarters of the Glabados Church). Aided by the Knights Templar Loffrey and Cletienne, he massacres the priests and clerics inside and forces High Priest Funebris to tell him the location of the gateway towards the Necrohol of Mullonde, on pain of death. After Funebris reveals that the gateway is in the basement of Orbonne Monastery and that a spell from the Germonique Scriptures is needed to unlock it, Folmarv kills him anyway. Coincidentally, Ramza catches up to Folmarv at Mullonde, and is coerced by Folmarv into relinquishing the Germonique Scriptures. Folmarv then travels to the Graveyard of Airships in the Necrohol, where he unsuccessfully attempts to resurrect St. Ajora. He concludes that the centuries of bloodshed from the wars are still insufficient, and that more bloodshed must be necessary to summon Ultima into Alma's body. When Ramza arrives at the scene, Folmarv transforms again into his Lucavi form and tries to sacrifice Ramza and his allies to fulfill the amount of blood needed to bring Ajora back to life, but he is wounded in failure. Deciding that he cannot win, Folmarv commits suicide, his blood being enough to complete Ajora's resurrection.