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

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Bio

Zidane Tribal

Age: 16
Class: Thief/Bandit

About (No Spoilers)

     Zidane Tribal is a member of the bandit group Tantalus and he is quite a cocky, yet optimistic character.  However, he has no memory of his past nor does he know his true origins.  He likes to charm girls and he is interested in girls, girls and even more girls.  That is, until he learns to appreciate life and find out his true origins and background.

Major Relations

     Throughout the early parts of the game, Zidane seems keen on getting to know Princess Garnet of Alexandria better and learns to make friends with her.  However, Zidane’s friends are all members of Tantalus and some of Zidane’s best pals are Blank and Marcus of Tantalus as well as their boss, Baku.  While Steiner has trouble trusting Zidane, other characters such as Freya and Vivi get along fairly well with him.  Over the course of the game, Zidane learns his true origins and later on it is revealed that Kuja is actually Zidane’s brother.  Besides this, Zidane doesn’t really have major relations with other characters in the game.

Character Developments (Spoilers)

     While the main character of the game, Zidane Tribal is not quite as serious as you might initially think he is.  He is full of confidence and is an optimistic character and in the beginning of the game, he seems only interested in Princess Garnet, whom he later on is attracted to.  Zidane has little memory of his past and does not know quite where he comes from, later on he begins to search for his homeland and eventually, Zidane learns to treat life in a different manner.  However, Zidane is shocked when he learns his true origins, which are not what you would expect from a person like him.

Review

     While it may seem that Zidane isn’t a good main character at first, he later on learns to appreciate life better and learns about his past.  True, he may seem optimistic and while he doesn’t take things seriously at first, he later on begins to take a leadership role for the others.  Throughout the game, Zidane is caught up in a love triangle between himself, Eiko and Garnet.  Zidane does mature as the game goes on and has some of the best trance attacks in the entire game.  Decent character overall, but in my view, he isn’t that great if you compare him to other main characters like Squall and so on.

Weapons/Armor/Accessories

     As a thief, Zidane can equip knives and daggers for the most part and his attack power is good for the most part.  While he isn’t as strong as Steiner, Zidane is still well off in terms of physical attack and he can also equip moderate and light armor as well.  Overall, Zidane is a decent character in battle as his trances are one of the best in the entire game.

Action Abilities:
 Flee
 Detect
 What’s That!?
 Soul Blade
 Annoy
 Lucky Seven
 Sacrifice
 Thievery

Trances – Dyne Skills:
 Free Energy
 Grand Lethal
 Neo Twister
 Scoop Art
 Shift Break
 Solution 9
 Stellar Circle 5
 Tidal Flame

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