Zidane Tribal
Game series	Final Fantasy series
First game	Final Fantasy IX
Designed by	Toshiyuki Itahana, Shukou Murase, and Shin Nagasawa
In-Universe Information
Weapon	Dagger/Bladed Polearm
Special ability	Steal Skill (Dyne when in Trance)
Home	Lindblum
Age	16

Zidane Tribal (ジタン・トライバル, Jitan Toraibaru^?, IPA: [ziˈdan ˈtraɪbl]) is the cheerful hero of the role-playing game Final Fantasy IX. A member of Tantalus, a group of thieves from the city of Lindblum, he sets off on a mission to kidnap Princess Garnet of Alexandria. The mission goes fatally wrong, and Zidane and his companions, Vivi Orunitia, Captain Adelbert Steiner, and Princess Garnet, as well as the entire Tantalus group, are stranded in the middle of a forest. Image File history File links Zidane Tribal Final Fantasy IX This work is copyrighted. ... For the first installment in the series, see Final Fantasy (video game). ... Final Fantasy IX ) is a console role-playing game developed by Square Co. ... Shukou Murase ) is an anime director and animator. ... For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words see here. ... A role-playing game (RPG, often roleplaying game) is a type of game in which the participants assume the roles of fictional characters and collaboratively create or follow stories. ... Final Fantasy IX ) is a console role-playing game developed by Square Co. ... Tantalos, by Goya In Greek mythology Tantalus (Greek Τάνταλος) was a son of Zeus[1] and the nymph Plouto (riches)[2] Thus he was a king in the primordial world, the father of a son Broteas whose very name signifies mortals (brotoi)[3] Other versions name his father as Tmolus wreathed... Throughout the course of Square Co. ... Garnet Til Alexandros XVII is the main female heroine of Squaresofts (now known as Square-Enix) hit RPG: Final Fantasy IX. Garnet is the princess of Alexandria -- one of three major nations located on Gaias (the world in which Final Fantasy IX takes place) Mist Continent -- and the... Throughout the course of Square Co. ... Vivi Orunitia ) is a fictional character in the role-playing game Final Fantasy IX. He appears as a typical Black Mage of the Final Fantasy series. ...

Zidane has shoulder-length blonde hair and a prehensile monkey-like tail^[1]. In trance form Zidane's hair becomes longer, and his clothing is replaced with thick fur covering his body. It is not revealed whether or not he has fur under his clothing when not in trance form.

Biography

Please help improve this article by trimming this section, which has grown too large or lost focus. Further information might be found on the talk page. Please remove this message once the section has been expanded.

Zidane began his life as an "Angel of Death" under a man named Garland. Long ago, the people of a planet named Terra realized that their world would soon collapse on itself and they would be destroyed. As they had done several times before, they planned to save their civilization through the assimilation of another planet. Their new target: Gaia. The people of Terra left their physical bodies and locked their souls in containers to be watched over by Garland, who was given the task of removing the souls of Gaia's "cycle of souls" and replacing them with Terra's. To do so, he created the Iifa Tree, which was to disrupt souls returning to Gaia (i.e. souls of people who had just died) to prevent them from returning to living bodies. Once the soul cycle of Gaia was empty, Terra would fill the void with its own souls. The Terran souls would then enter bodies called Genomes, who waited patiently on Terra until the time came for them to be the hosts of the Terran souls. To quickly disrupt Gaia's cycle of souls, Garland realized that a great catastrophe was needed to kill as many people as possible. To assist him in his endeavour, he gave a soul to a new Genome and named him Kuja. Kuja would be Garland's "Angel of Death", sent to Gaia to cause immense unrest and death. Kuja's will, however, was too much for Garland's tastes. A limit was placed on Kuja's life, and another, improved, Genome was created who would eventually replace him, named Zidane. Image File history File links Wiki_letter_w. ...

Kuja, infuriated by Garland's decision to create another, more powerful Genome, immediately deposits Zidane on Gaia. Four-year-old Zidane, completely unaware of his mission, somehow ends up in Lindblum, where he is raised by Baku as a member of the Tantalus band of thieves. Despite his lack of knowledge of who he really is or where he came from, Zidane can remember one thing throughout his childhood years: a blue light. He searches far and wide for his homeland, but never finds it. Twelve years later, Tantalus visits Alexandria on a mission appointed by Lindblum's Regent Cid to kidnap Princess Garnet. Despite the mission's relative failure, Zidane, and the rest of Tantalus eventually make it to Lindblum. What follows thereafter becomes much more than a kidnapping quest; Zidane and his friends must save the world.

Zidane's adventure later brought him and the others to Terra; it was there Zidane met Garland and learned of his true origin & nature. He attempted to fight Garland, only for his Terran soul to be removed from his body to be less of a threat to Garland's plan. However, Zidane maintained his identity with anguish that everything he knew was a lie and has no true purpose of his own. He ran off from his friends, angry and confused, until Garnet came to his aid. It was from there, Zidane realized he did have a true purpose in life: protecting everyone he cares for.

Side Note: The 3rd Angel of Death (i.e. Zidane's replacement) was meant to be a female Genome named Mikoto (her name is one way of saying "angel" in Japanese). However, her services were never needed, as the player discovers later in the game. She was, however, used to lead Zidane to Bran Bal.

Other Appearances

Zidane, as he appears in Itadaki Street Portable

Zidane has an appearance in the Playstation Portable Game "Itadaki Street Portable" as a playable character. His design in the game has been made to look more chibi-ish. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

References