Final Fantasy IX Characters

Party Characters Hide
Amarant Coral	Eiko Carol	Freya Crescent	Garnet Til Alexandros XVII
Quina Quen	Adelbert Steiner	Vivi Ornitier	Zidane Tribal

Guest Characters Hide
Beatrix	Blank	Regent Cid Fabool IX	Cinna
Marcus

Antagonists Hide
Black Waltzes	Garland	Kuja	Lani
Brahne Raza Alexandros XVI	Zorn and Thorn

NPCs Hide
Alleyway Jack	Minister Artania	Artemicion	Baku
Bobby Corwen	Choco and Mene	Doctor Tot	Sailor Erin
Sir Fratley	Lady Hildagarde Fabool	Hippaul	Knights of Pluto
Mikoto	Mog	Morrid	Black Mage No. 288
Nero Family	Puck	Quale	Quan
Ruby	Stiltzkin

Vivi

Vital Statistics

Age	9
Birthdate	July 1799
Height	4'0"
Class/Occupation	Black Mage
Skill	Focus / Black Magic

Biography

Vivi is one of the main characters of Final Fantasy IX and occasionally acts as the player character during the game. Vivi begins the game as an extremely shy, innocent, and na�ve character, but grows more confident and self-assured as the game progresses, significantly aided in his growth by Zidane. Vivi is visiting Alexandria at the beginning of the game after traveling to the city from his home near Treno in order to watch the play. After his ticket is revealed to be counterfeit, he follows Puck to the rooftops to try to catch the show for free. Vivi ends up on stage as the theater ship attempts to make its escape with the kidnapped Princess Garnet, and joins the group with little prompting as they work to bring her to safety.

Vivi is a magical character in battle and acts much like a traditional Black Mage in the Final Fantasy series. Vivi equips staves, robes, light armor, and light headgear. He is one of the strongest magical attackers in the game. Vivi has two unique commands in battle: Focus and Black Magic. Focus allows Vivi to increase his magic power, which is extremely useful when used multiple times in a single battle. Black Magic allows him to cast offensive spells at an enemy. Additionally, if Vivi is in the party with Steiner, Steiner can utilize Vivi's learned magic to augment the power of his sword.

Vivi appears to be nine years old in human years, but his time on Gaia began only six months before the start of Final Fantasy IX.

Vivi's innocence and naivet� toward the world is actually the result of being created at the factory beneath Dali less than a year before the events at the beginning of a game. While being transported from Dali to Alexandria, he fell out of the airship and was found by Quan, who took Vivi in with the intention of eating him after he grew large enough.

Vivi never did quite grow large enough for Quan's liking, and about a week before the start of the game, Quan passed away, leaving Vivi alone in the world once again. Perhaps that explains why Vivi was so eager to join up with the group as they worked to help Princess Garnet - it gave him a place and a purpose in life.

Vivi questioned himself and his origin many times throughout the journey, especially when confronted with the Black Waltzes, who were being controlled in an attempt to return Princess Garnet to Queen Brahne. These experiences helped harden Vivi a bit, giving him a sense of self-worth outside of being a puppet like the other black mages. Vivi eventually understood more of his past when the group traveled to the Black Mage Village, which was inhabited by other like-minded and self-aware Black Mages like Vivi.

Trance

When Vivi enters Trance, he turns entirely black and white and his robes become much more ornate. His Black Magic command turns into Double Black, which allows him to cast two Black Magic spells consecutively. Each casting uses the appropriate amount of MP and decreases the Trance gauge separately, though the amount of the gauge used per spell is less than most characters use for a normal Trance command.

Equipment

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Abilities

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