QuickNavigation - FF Odyssey Final Fantasy IX Characters: Vivi (Last updated on 11/25/2008)

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Bio

Vivi Ornitua

Age: 9
Class: Black Mage

About (No Spoilers)

     Vivi is a young Black Mage who knows some powerful spells to his credit and he’s the only Black Mage on the world of Gaia that isn’t a servant to Queen Brahne.  However, Black Mages are feared and respected and Vivi is quite shy but he’s also fairly clumsy and innocent at heart.  He also strives to figure out where he came from, much like Zidane.

Major Relations

     Early on, Vivi begins to make friends in Zidane and Steiner and since he’s a Black Mage, Vivi is feared by many people in the world of Gaia as they mistake him for being one of Queen Brahne’s evil Black Mages.  Over the course of the game, Vivi learns to make friends with the other party members while remaining a faithful friend to Zidane and Steiner.  Vivi also later on stumbles in a Black Mage Village and learns to make friends with some of them as well but otherwise, Vivi doesn’t really have close relations with the other characters in the game.

Character Developments (Spoilers)

     For a good portion of the game, Vivi is a clumsy but kind-hearted Mage who manages to be caught up in Zidane’s cause early on and he also strives to learn more about where he came from.  Vivi is fairly shy and lonely for the most part but later on, he learns to appreciate friends and begins to make friends in Zidane as well as a few other characters.  While he seems shy, Vivi learns to overcome it and his powerful Black Magic proves to be an asset to the party.  Eventually, Vivi overcomes his mysterious origins and understands the true meaning of life and existence later on.

Review

     Vivi is a shy and clumsy character but he is well respected as he is a Black Mage and his magic is quite powerful as well.  While he’s very weak physically, he makes up for that with his strong magic defense and magic spells and over the course of the game, he will learn the mystery behind his past, much like what Zidane did.  To me, Vivi is one of the best Black Mages ever in any FF game and remains one of the most popular FF9 characters to this day.  He is still an important character throughout most of the adventure though.

Weapons/Armor/Accessories

     Vivi can equip staffs as weapons and while they are very weak in terms of physical attack power, Vivi makes up for that with his powerful Black Magic spells.  Vivi can’t quite equip very heavy armor, although he can equip basic armor as well as Armlets and Mage hats and his magic defense if fairly high.

Black Magic Spells
 Fire
 Blizzard
 Thunder
 Poison
 Slow
 Stop
 Sleep
 Bio
 Fira
 Blizzara
 Thundara
 Break
 Demi
 Drain
 Comet
 Firaga
 Blizzaga
 Thundaga
 Meteor
 Osmose
 Doomsday

Weapons

Armor

Accessories

Name:	Effects:	Price:	Special Information:
Desert Boots	Magic +1, Spirit +1, Evade +2	300	Decreases Earth-elemental damage by 50%.
Magician Shoes	Magic +2, Magic Evade +6	1500	None
Germinas Boots	Strength +1, Evade +2	900	Raises Earth spells and attacks.
Sandals	None	None	None
Feather Boots	Evade +3	400	Absorbs Earth attacks and spells.
Battle Boots	Strength +2, Defense +2, Magic Defense +1	6500	None
Running Shoes	Speed +2, Evade +4, Magic Evade +4	12000	None
Anklet	Magic +3, Spirit +1, Evade +5	4000	Raises spirit.
Power Belt	Defense +2, Strength +3	2000	Slightly raises attack power.
Black Belt	Strength +2, Spirit +2, Defense +1	4000	Raises wind-elemental spells and attacks.
Glass Buckle	Magic Evade +5, Strength +1, Magic +1, Spirit +2	500	None
Madain's Ring	Spirit +2, Magic Defense +2	3000	Absorbs Ice attacks and spells.
Rosetta Ring	Defense +1, Evade +2, Magic +1, Magic Defense +3, Magic Evade +2	24000	Absorbs Fire-elemental attacks and spells.
Reflect Ring	Spirit +1, Strength +1, Magic Defense +1	7000	Automatically casts "Reflect" when equipped.
Coral Ring	Spirit +2, Magic Evade +3	1200	Absorbs Thunder spells and attacks.
Promist Ring	Strength +2, Evade +3	6000	None
Rebirth Ring	Spirit +4, Magic Defense +2	7000	Raises Holy-elemental spells and attacks.
Protect Ring	Spirit +1, Defense +2, Evade +4, Magic Defense +3, Magic Evade +6	40000	Decreases all elemental damage by 1/2.
Pumice Piece	Evade +5, Magic +2, Magic Defense +1, Strength +2	25000	Absorbs Holy and Shadow elemental spells and attacks.
Pumice	Speed +1, Magic +1, Defense +1, Magic Defense +2	50000	None
Yellow Scarf	Strength +2, Magic Defense +1	400	None
Gold Choker	Evade +2, Magic +2, Magic Defense +1	1300	Decreases wind-elemental attacks by 50% and increases Shadow-elemental attacks and spells.
Fairy Earrings	Evade +4, Magic Evade +2, Spirit +2	3200	Increases wind-elemental attacks.
Angel Earrings	Strength +2, Defense +2	80000	Raises Holy-elemental attacks and spells.
Pearl Rouge	Magic Evade +4, Spirit +4, Magic +2	5000	Raises water-elemental attacks and spells and decreases Holy damage by 50%.
Cachusha	Speed +1, Magic +2, Spirit +1, Magic Defense +1	1000	Raises Fire-elemental attacks.
Barette	Strength +3, Magic +1, Spirit +1, Magic Defense +1	1800	Raises Ice-elemental attack power.
Extension	Strength +1, Spirit +1, Defense +1, Magic +2, Magic Defense +1	3500	Raises Thunder-elemental attacks and spells.
Ribbon	Strength +1, Spirit +1, Defense +1, Magic +3, Magic Defense +1, Magic Evade +4	None	Absorbs most elements, also reduces elemental damage by 50%.
Dark Matter	Strength +3, Magic +2	None	None