Characters of Final Fantasy Tactics - Other Characters

Other Characters

• Beowulf Cadmus (PSP) / Beowulf Kadmus (PS1) (ベイオウーフ・カドモス, Beioūfu Kadomosu?) is a former templar of Lionel. Priest Bremondt exiles him from Lionel after finding Reis, with whom the priest is in love, in a relationship with the knight. Searching for Reis through the countryside, Beowulf encounters Ramza in the Royal City of Lesalia, where he requests his help in the search. Beowulf is a "Temple Knight" on the PS1, and a Templar on the PSP; his swordskills consume MP, but provide him with a variety of abilities derived from the Mystic/Oracle jobset, except with higher accuracy and effectiveness. His signature ability is the vaunted "Chicken" spell, which turns victims into its namesake, removing them from the fight for as many as ten turns and allowing the player to conduct their business in peace. He is named after the legendary Beowulf of the epic of the same name, but ironically is in love with a dragon, whereas his namesake was killed by one. His surname's namesake, Cadmus, was also a hero associated with dragons; after killing one and the armed men that sprung from its teeth when he planted them, he founded Thebes.

• Reis Duelar (PSP) / Reis Dular (PS1) (レーゼ・デューラー, Rēze Dyūrā?) is a woman of uncertain origins. She has a relationship with Beowulf Cadmus. Transformed into a dragon by a jealous priest of the Glabados Church, she disappears into the Gollund Coal Mines. Fighting for her life inside the mine, she becomes the feared Holy Dragon spoken about in rumours around the area; miners believe that she is there to harm them. Ramza's help is requested by a hunter, Beowulf Cadmus, to search for this dragon in the late stages of the game; if the player chooses to help him, a difficult subquest begins. Once the player rescues Reis from the mine after a series of battles, she joins the party in the form of a "Holy Dragon", which possesses incredible attacking power and all the "Breath" abilities possessed by lesser dragons, but with limited movement range. She is also unable to equip any equipment. By travelling to Nelveska Island in the next part of the subquest, the player can transform Reis back into her human form through the power of auracite, unlocking new abilities such as "Holy Bracelet" and various dragon-related skills ("Bracelet" is a mistranslation of "Breath," and most examples were corrected in the PSP remake). She is arguably one of the most magically adept characters in the entire game. It is interesting to note that Reis may not use any equipment in her original class, even after she has been converted back into a human; however, female-only equipments such as perfumes, bags, and ribbons may still be used. This does not apply once she has changed into another class. In addition, her normal physical attacks will have a chance of inviting monsters to join the party. A subquest in the PSP remake depicts her kidnapping by agents of the aforementioned jealous priest, Bremondt, and elaborates that Beowulf, not Reis, was the intended victim of the dragon transformation.

• Construct 8 (PSP) / Worker 8 (PS1) (労働八号, Rondō 8 Gō?) is a robot constructed by an ancient civilization, and excavated in Goug by Besrodio Bunansa. It initially appears as a large metal ball, until activated by inserting the Aquarius Zodiac Stone (acquired in the course of Beowulf and Reis' subquest). Once this is done, Construct 8 unfolds into a burly humanoid configuration and joins the party (Ramza tests its abilities by ordering it to "dance" and "beat Mustadio up," leading to a frantic rush for Phoenix Down in a humorous scene.) Unlike human party members, Construct 8 cannot change jobs from its basic Steel Giant class and cannot equip weapons or armor. Its unique job abilities require it to sacrifice some HP to attack, but also render it immune to the effects of terrain, weather, and all forms of magic (excluding confusion, and a few others) . The latter is because magic's effectiveness in Final Fantasy Tactics is related to the Faith statistic of both the caster and the target, and Construct 8 permanently has zero Faith (presumably because its mechanical nature renders it incapable of faith). These traits are unique to Construct 8 and Construct 7, a nearly identical enemy robot powered by the Cancer Zodiac Stone. Construct 8 is similar to the Iron Giant/Iron Man enemy seen in the last dungeon of several Final Fantasy games

• Cloud Strife (クラウド・ストライフ, Kuraudo Sutoraifu?) from Final Fantasy VII is also playable. When Ramza inserts the Cancer Zodiac Stone into Besrodio's machine, it briefly activates a portal, and Cloud tumbles out of it. His first words, "What happened? Last thing I remember was getting caught in the current", seem to imply that his appearance in Tactics takes place canonically after he falls into the Lifestream in Final Fantasy VII. Cloud is disoriented after arriving in Ramza's world, seemingly remembering only bits and pieces of his life before coming out of the portal. After a short exchange with Ramza and the others, he is racked by a seizure similar to those he suffered in Final Fantasy VII. As it fades, he exclaims, "I must go...must go to that place...," before running out, Ramza and his friends close behind him. He wanders into the Trade City of Sal Ghidos, where he encounters a flower-girl named Aerith (though not his), which only adds to his confusion. As Cloud is leaving, Aerith is accosted by an apparent loan shark looking to collect on a 30,000-gil loan. Cloud returns to help Aerith escape but starts to suffer another seizure as Ramza and his party catch up to him. After they save him, he joins Ramza's party, while Ramza agrees to help get him back to his own world. Cloud's inherent job class, "Soldier," allows Cloud to perform his Limit Breaks from Final Fantasy VII, but only if his personal weapon, the "Materia Blade," is recovered from the top of Bervenia Volcano and equipped by him. Unlike most characters, who join the party at pre-determined levels intended to be close to those of the player's party, Cloud starts at Level 1.

• Balthier (バルフレア, Barufurea?) from Final Fantasy XII is a recruitable character in the PSP remake. He is searching for the "Cache of Glabados," a body of probably valuable or incriminating property owned by the Church. His Job Class, "Sky Pirate," combines Mustadio's debilitation skills with upgraded versions of the Thief's steal commands, essentially obsoleting both. Gideon Emery reprises his role as the voice of Balthier.

• Luso (ルッソ, Russo?), the protagonist of Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift, was also added to the PSP remake. He claims to have gotten separated from his traveling companions and joins Ramza's group for the duration of their travels. He is a "Monster Hunter" and has the innate ability to poach monsters defeated in combat; otherwise, his skillset is identical to Ramza's (which itself is an upgraded version of the "Squire" basic job class), up to and including the ability to learn staple Final Fantasy spell "Ultima," which previously was exclusive to Ramza. (Alma, who joins the party as a guest in the very last battle of the game, can also learn Ultima if it is deliberately cast on her by the player, but she is never directly controllable.) Justin Cowden acts as the voice of Luso.