Characters of Final Fantasy Tactics - Supporting Characters

Supporting Characters

• Mustadio Bunansa (PSP) / Bunanza (PS1) (ムスタディオ・ブナンザ, Musutadio Bunanza?) is an engineer excavating advanced ruined technologies from the Clockwork City of Goug. He is encountered in the second chapter of the game and involved in a story arc concerning his father Besrodio and a man named Ludovich, who is searching for the Taurus Zodiac Stone. He eventually joins Ramza as a full party member, and is involved in the series of optional events necessary to recruit Construct 8 and Cloud Strife. He has a new psp-only scene with Agrias where he expresses his crush for her by giving her lipstick for her birthday.

• Agrias Oaks (アグリアス・オークス, Aguriasu Ōkusu?) is a Holy Knight of the Royal Guard of Lesalia and bodyguard of Princess Ovelia. She serves as a guest character in the prologue and second chapter, during a story arc concerning Duke Goltanna's attempts to assassinate Princess Ovelia; she eventually joins the party as a full member when Ramza agrees to help in her quest. In Vagrant Story, an item called "Agrias' Balm" can be obtained and is described as having been used by Agrias. Although absent in Final Fantasy Tactics, the item is mentioned in its remake Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions. Agrias can equip heavy armor for durability on the battlefield, and has powerful "Holy Sword" abilities which allow her to magically attack the enemy while staying out of harm's way. She is voiced by Hedy Burress in the PSP version. This remake also contains an additional scene in which Agrias reunites briefly with Ovelia and, among other things, gives her a knife for self-protection, clarifying the previously ambiguous ending.

• Rapha Galthena (PSP) / Rafa Galthana (PS1) (ラファ・ガルテナーハ, Rafa Garutenāha?) and Marach Galthena (PSP)/Malak Galthana (PS1) (マラーク・ガルテナーハ, Marāku Garutenāha?) are two orphans possessing mysterious powers. The siblings are introduced in the third chapter as Rapha tries to persuade Marach that their adoptive father, Duke Gerrith Barrington of Fovoham, burned their village on purpose to acquire them and their powers. She also implies that she was later raped by the Duke. When Marach refuses to listen to her, she throws herself on Ramza's mercy, and joins the party as a guest character; Marach must then be fought in several battles. Eventually, Marach learns that Rapha's analysis of their foster father is accurate, shortly before sacrificing his life to protect his sister; however, he is resurrected by the Taurus Zodiac Stone, and both siblings join the player's party as full members. In the original translation, the reference to Rapha's rape at the hands of the Duke was more understated (whether due to either the nature of the translation or censorship), but was made more obvious in the PSP version.

• Cidolfus Orlandeau (PSP) / Cidolfas Orlandu (PS1) (シドルファス・オルランドゥ, Shidorufasu Orurandu?) is the leader of the Order of the Southern Sky, a hero of the Fifty Years' War with his late friend Barbaneth Beoulve, and Orran's foster father. He is nicknamed "Thunder God Cid" for his military genius and skills as a swordsman. Due to his divergent viewpoints with his lord Duke Goltanna, Orlandeau is framed as a traitor by Delita, who plans to take Orlandeau's position as leader of the Southern Sky Knights. When Ramza rescues Orlandeau at Besselat Garrison, Orlandeau's death is faked and he joins the player's party.

See also: Recurring character names of Final Fantasy#Cid

• Meliadoul Tengille (PSP) / Meliadoul Tingel (PS1) (メリアドール・ティンジェル, Meriadōru Tinjeru?) is the daughter of Folmarv and elder sister of Isilud Tengille. Like them, she is a Knight Templar in direct service of the Glabados Church. She is first met in the fourth chapter, where she must be fought in battle as she mistakenly assumes that Ramza killed Isilud—unaware that their father Folmarv, possessed by the Lucavi, was the real murderer. She later reappears at Limberry Castle in the midst of Ramza's battle against the Lucavi Zalera (the former Marquis Elmdor), and realizes the truth of Ramza's words. She joins the party during the fight as a guest and then as a full member after it.

• Argath Thadalfus (PSP) / Algus Sadalfas (PS1) (アルガス・サダルファス, Arugasu Sadarufasu?), is a cadet from Limberry Castle in the employ of the Marquis Elmdore. Ramza and Delita meet him for the first time needing rescue after the Marquis's abduction. Argath hails from a disgraced noble family and Argath is determined to redeem his family's name. Even though Argath initially befriended Ramza and Delita, his snobbish views on nobility and class eventually strained their friendship: Argath refers to commoners as chattel or animals, and frequently castigates Ramza, a noble-born Beoulve, for associating with the common-born Delita. Argath then insults Delita's status, and during the attempt to round up the last vestiges of the Corpse Brigade (the "Death Corps" in the PS1 translation), he murders Delita's sister Tietra (Teta in the original translation). Delita and Ramza then duel Argath to the death. In the PSP version, Argath's character is revived as a Death Knight in service of Marquis Elmdore, when the Marquis merges with the Lucavi Zalera, and defeated again by Ramza.

• Alma Beoulve (アルマ・ベオルブ, Aruma Beorubu?) is the youngest child of the Beoulve family. Her father is the late Barbaneth Beoulve; her siblings are her two elder half-brothers, Dycedarg and Zalbaag, and her elder (full) brother Ramza. Alma attended the Eagrose Aristocratic School together with Tietra Heiral; later, sometime during or after the Corpse Brigade rebellion, she moved to Orbonne Monastery (possibly for her protection, following an attack by the Corpse Brigade upon the Beoulve estate in which she was nearly kidnapped), where she befriended Princess Ovelia Atkascha. Later yet, she moved to live with Zalbaag in the royal capital of Lesalia. Like Ramza, Alma laments the debacle at Ziekden Fortress that resulted in Tietra's death. Therefore, in Chapter 3 she insists on joining Ramza in his mission to uncover the conspiracy behind the Lion War, despite her complete lack of training in combat, and is surprised to learn that Delita is alive. She and Ramza went to Orbonne Monastery to retrieve the Virgo Zodiac Stones, but unfortunately, they arrived at the same time a detachment of Templar Knights was raiding Orbonne for the auracite as well. Alma was captured there by Templar Isilud Tengille; she remains separated from Ramza thereafter, and most of the second half of the game is devoted to Ramza's attempts to rescue her. In Riovanes Castle, Folmarv had intended to kill her as part of his murderous rampage, but stops upon making a remarkable discovery: Alma happens to be the only suitable host for Ultima (see St. Ajora), the High Seraph, leader of the Lucavi. In the confrontation between Ramza and the Lucavi Hashmal, Hashmal kills himself to successfully summon Ultima into Alma's body. Despite this, Alma re-incorporates herself, and fights against Ultima in the game's final battle. Defeating Ultima results in a catastrophic explosion which obliterates the battlefield; appropriately, a funeral is held for Alma at the end of the game, Orran Durai and Valmafra being amongst the mourners present. However, as Orran is just about to leave, Alma and Ramza ride by through the cemetery on chocobo-back, to Orran's astonishment.

• Goffard Gaffgarion (PSP) / Gaff Gafgarion (PS1) (ガフ・ガフガリオン, Gafu Gafugarion?) is a Dark Knight in his late 50's. In his past, he was a leader of the Knights of the Eastern Sky during the Fifty Year War, but was forced out due to his brutal fighting style. He then became a mercenary who was employed by Duke Larg to kidnap Princess Ovelia, but failed when Delita Heiral intervened. He was then ordered to deal with Ramza Beoulve. His first attempt involved a trap centered around the staged execution of a decoy Ovelia. Agrias, who had been taken prisoner at Lionel Castle, was allowed to learn of the execution, and she subsequently escaped and alerted Ramza, who walked right into the trap. Gaffgarion's men emerged from hiding, and a battle ensued, but Ramza was victorious. Gaffgarion retreated to Lionel Castle and waited for Ramza to arrive. When Ramza tried to slip over the wall to open the gate for his allies, Gaffgarion triggered another ambush on Ramza's allies outside, and fought a duel with Ramza just inside the gate, but was defeated and killed.

• Orran Durai (PSP) / Olan Durai (PS1) (オーラン・デュライ, Ōran Dyurai?) is the adopted son of Count Cidolfus Orlandeau; his real father was one of Orlandeau's comrade-in-arms who died towards the end of the Fifty Years' War. Skilled in magic, military strategy, and reconnaissance/information gathering, he serves Duke Goltanna's Knights of the Southern Sky. Though he appears little in the game, the epilogue reveals that years after the end of the Lion War, Orran compiles his experiences into a book. The so-called "Durai Papers" included an account of Ramza Beoulve's heroism and the injustices of the Glabados Church. Fearing public disclosure of the truth behind the Lion War, the Church has Orran burned at the stake for heresy, and confiscates the Durai Papers. Centuries later, Orran's work is discovered by Arazlam Durai, Orran's descendant and the narrator of the "Zodiac Brave Story".

• Ovelia Atkascha (オヴェリア・アトカーシャ, Overia Atokāsha?), age 16, is introduced as a princess of the Atkascha royal family, but her origins are more complicated. In the English PSP version, Ovelia is voiced by Kari Wahlgren. She is the much younger half-sister of the King Ondoria III, the recently deceased sovereign of Ivalice; both were born to King Denamunda IV by different mothers. Following the death of both of his sons, King Omdolia adopted Ovelia as his daughter, making her heir to the throne. However, soon after her adoption, Queen Louveria unexpectedly became pregnant with a third son, giving birth to Prince Orinus. Ovelia was then entrusted to the care of Duke Larg, who arranged for her to be brought up in Orbonne Abbey. Ovelia spent the majority of her life at Orbonne, where she grew up under the auspices of Father Simon Penn-Lachish and also befriended Alma Beoulve. When she is 15, Duke Larg arranges for Ovelia 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 proves to be an elaborate ploy devised by Larg and his close advisor, Lord Dycedarg Beoulve, to murder Ovelia and frame Duke Goltanna (Larg's principal political rival) for the crime. Larg and Dycedarg arrange for men disguised in Southern Sky livery to kidnap and kill Ovelia. However, their plan is foiled by the Glabados Church, who sends Delita to intercept and take the place of the intended kidnappers, thus preventing the Princess' actual assassination. She was then briefly rescued by Ramza and Agrias, but they unwisely decided to turn to Cardinal Delacroix to protect the Princess from the feud between Larg and Goltana. Cardinal Delacroix eventually handed her over to the Shrine Knights, who in turn passed her to Duke Goltana, precipitating the Lion War. While in the custody of the Shrine Knights, the knight Folmarv reveals to Ovelia that she is not the real Princess Ovelia, but merely a substitute for the real Ovelia who had died a long time ago. The nobles of the Ivalician Senate despised Queen Louveria and feared a future where she ruled by proxy through one of her two sons. They thus assassinated both princes, and arranged for the substitute Ovelia to become heir apparent. This plan was ruined when Queen Louveria gave birth to her third son Prince Orinus (Folmarv also suggests that Orinus may have not been fathered by the king). While the truth of this story is never confirmed, there was no reason for Folmarv to lie. Also during her custody, she (briefly) comes to trust and love Delita Heiral, who promises her freedom from being manipulated as a political tool. She marries Delita eventually, but becomes increasingly disturbed by his own willingness to manipulate others, ultimately coming to view her marriage as merely a means by which Delita legitimizes his own ascension to the throne. In the post-credits, Ovelia confronts Delita about his manipulation of everyone (herself, Ramza, etc), and attacks him. (While in the PS1 version this attack was ambiguous in nature, in the PSP version Ovelia has been gifted with a knife by Agrias.) Delita, in response, pulls out his own dagger and slays the woman he promised to protect.

• Zalbaag Beoulve (PSP) / Zalbag Beoulve (PS1) (ザルバッグ・ベオルブ, Zarubaggu Beorubu?), age 28, is the second eldest child of the Beoulve Family. He is the principal general of the Order of the Northern Sky, with the rank of Ark Knight, and is considered a hero by Ivalician commonfolk. His father is the late Barbaneth Beoulve. His siblings are his elder brother Dycedarg, his younger half-brother Ramza, and his younger half-sister Alma. During the Fifty Years' War, Zalbaag, at Barbaneth's behest, replaced Dycedarg as commander of the Northern Sky. After the end of the war, Zalbaag directed Northern Sky troops in suppressing the Corpse Brigade's rebellion (Chapter 1). When he meets Ramza, Delita, and Argath at Eagrose following the kidnapping of Marquis Elmdore, he very discreetly encourages the three cadets to investigate the Marquis' kidnapping on their own, hinting to them about where they should go. This is despite the cadets having received explicit orders from Dycedarg to stand guard at Eagrose Castle. Later, the Corpse Brigade assaults the Beoulve residence and attempts to assassinate Dycedarg. The attack fails, but one of the rebels, Gragoroth (Golagros in the PS1 version) kidnaps Tietra Heiral, the sister of Delita Heiral, mistaking her for a Beoulve. Zalbaag pursues the rebels to the stronghold of Ziekden Fortress. There, Gragoroth holds Tietra hostage in a bid to force the Order of the Northern Sky to back down. But refusing to comply with the Corpse Brigade's demands for the sake of a commoner, Zalbaag explicitly orders the cadet Argath to shoot Tietra and then Gragoroth, a pivotal event in the story of Final Fantasy Tactics witnessed both by Ramza and Delita. He is next seen in Lesalia, where Ramza confronts him about a presence fueling the war. He does not believe Ramza and scolds him for even saying such a thing. Later, however, when Ser Loffrey visits Dycedarg and offers him a peaceful end to the war if House Beoulve swore itself before the Church of Galbados. When Dycedarg refuses, Loffrey mentions the suspicions of the death of their father, and how Dycedarg just "happens" to know about poisons. He then gives him the Capricorn Zodiac Stone as a "gift" and leaves. The screen then moves, revealing Zalbaag listening in on the conversation. After hearing the conversation between Dycedarg and Loffrey and hearing the suspicion of their father's death, he hires a chemist to accompany him to his father's grave. After the chemist confirms it is Mossfungus - a poison that slowly destroys its victim inside that killed him, Zalbaag stands in shock - Dycedarg killed their father to obtain House Beoulve. He then storms Eagrose Castle and attacks Dycedarg, furious and ready to bring down his sword, but is interrupted by the guards. Before Zalbaag has a chance to explain, Dycedarg claims Zalbaag has lost his mind and they adavnce on him. Ramza and his allies then appear, and together, Zalbaag and Ramza avenge their father's death. However, when Dycedarg his on the verge of death, the Capricorn shines, and turns Dycedarg into Adremellech. He then banishes Zalbaag to another dimension, where he is killed. His final appearance is in Mullonde, where his dead body was revived by the Church, and turned into a puppet. He unwillingly attacks Ramza, and is comatose, saying that he "has no sensation or feeling in his limbs" and it's "very dark and cold". After an emotional battle, Zalbaag is brought down, apologizing to Ramza for ever doubting him and for what he has done before his body disintegrates in a flash of light.