History Characters / DissidiaFinalFantasyWarriorsOfChaos

* BreakoutCharacter: Moreso in ''012''. It's unknown just how attentive Square-Enix was to Exdeath's surge in popularity thanks to the first ''Dissidia'', but when you consider that [[spoiler:Exdeath's control of the manikins is what led to the ''[[KilledOffForReal permanent]]'' [[HeroicSacrifice deaths]] of Lightning, Kain, Laguna, Vaan, Tifa, and Yuna, as well as [[TheBadGuyWins Chaos' victory in the 12th cycle]]]], you can argue that he's this.

* UncannyValley The above combined with IAmLegion also does a grand job of hammering home how deeply she's sitting in here. She ''looks'' like an attractive, nearly-naked woman, but when you listen to some of her pre-battle, victory, and even loss quotes, things get downright ''creepy''. She comes across as even less human than [[WhenTreesAttack Exdeath]] at times, thanks to this.

** The above combined with IAmLegion also does a grand job of hammering home how deeply she's sitting in the UncannyValley. She ''looks'' like an attractive, nearly-naked woman, but when you listen to some of her pre-battle, victory, and even loss quotes, things get downright ''creepy''.

** The above combined with IAmLegion also does a grand job of hammering home how deeply she's sitting in the Uncanny Valley. She ''looks'' like an attractive, nearly-naked woman, but when you listen to some of her pre-battle, victory, and even loss quotes, things get downright ''creepy''.

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: His master plan about defeating Cosmos was also intended to also backstab his own allies and even his boss, Chaos, so that he could rule what was left of existence.

* SquishyWizard

* [=~Don't You Dare Pity Me~=]: Garland doesn't take it well when Warrior of Light claims he pities him, and worse when he claims [[SaveTheVillain he'll save him]].

* [=~She's Got Legs~=]: [[NoBiologicalSex More or less.]]

* [=~She's Got Legs~=]

* [=~Don't You Dare Pity Me~=]

* [=~Ooh Me Accent's Slipping~=]: Having lost contact with Michael Rogers (Gabranth's actual voice actor from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII''), Square-Enix set for having him voiced by Keith Ferguson (the voice of Basch, Gabranth's twin brother, from the same game). Regrettably, this game suffers because of this. Keith seems to be trying his best to make Gabranth sound British, but can't seem to settle on what ''kind'' of British accent he should have.

* XanatosSpeedChess: Had it not been for that official (and sadly, [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]]) quest, his decision to take Jecht's unconscious body to brainwash him after he sacrificed his life energy for Tidus would have felt like this.

* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:The ultimate result of his plan is for everyone, including the gods, to die while he survives and rules over what's left of existence.]]

** Also, his third DLC outfit, Violet Robes, bears a rather uncanny resemblance to [[SleepingBeauty Maleficent]]...

* [[HotWitch Hot Sorceress]]

The [[BigBad villain]] from the original ''[[FinalFantasyI Final Fantasy]]''. His {{backstory}} states he was once a famous hero, [[FaceHeelTurn but that changed]] when he kidnapped a [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]]. [[YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle This doesn't affect much of the plot]], though, and Garland comes just as a dedicated warrior on Chaos' side. Indeed, Dissidia spends a great deal of time giving new elements to Garland's backstory.

* MythologyGag: His weapon's four alternate forms refer to the Four Fiends from [[FinalFantasyI his original game]] (axe = Lich, twin swords = Marilith, chain whip = Kraken, and lance = Tiamat), and his five Sample Voice quotes speak the Fiends' and Chaos' names. All his HP Attacks are also all attacks he uses when he is Chaos for the final battle of the original game.

The leader of the Palamecian Empire from ''FinalFantasyII'', dedicated to [[TakeOverTheWorld Taking Over The World]]. He was killed by the heroes, [[LikeABadassOutOfHell but took over hell itself and came back]]. ItGotWorse in the [[VideoGameRemake remakes]], where it's revealed that his soul split in half; the lighter (and ''still'' [[LightIsNotGood evil]]) half of his soul goes on to ''[[SerialEscalation take over heaven]]''.

** The sequel gave it a magic block ability making it [[AwesomebutPractical Awesome but Practical]] against mages like [[FinalFantasyVI Terra]] or [[FinalFantasyVIII Ultimecia]]. It's also useful against AIs who [[ArtificialStupidity would rather spam mid-range magic attacks rather than run up to you and attack.]]

* {{Bishonen}}: Proving that ''FinalFantasy'' villains were attractive long before [[FinalFantasyVII you may]] [[OlderThanTheyThink have thought]]. His alternate outfits seem to be designed to show an [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101218053517/finalfantasy/images/b/b6/Emperor_Alt.png escalation]] [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110127162737/finalfantasy/images/a/ac/DissidiaEmperor_3rdAlt.png of]] [[http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110421105251/finalfantasy/images/5/57/Dissidia-HeavenEmperor.png prettiness]].

* {{Expy}}: A convoluted example. The character Seymour in ''FinalFantasyX'' is an {{Expy}} of the Emperor, being similar in story roles, characterization, and even in appearance. Then, in ''Duodecim'', the Emperor's similarities to Seymour are played up for his appearance in [[FinalFantasyX Yuna]]'s chapter and even using his final battle theme during his fight against Yuna in her chapter as well -- thus, making the original an expy of the expy!

[[GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere The being that appears upon the perturbing between light and darkness to pull the world into the Void]]. In ''FinalFantasyIII'', she's the main antagonist resurrected after a very long time. In her ''Dissidia'' incarnation, her objective of pulling everything into the Void practically describes all of her character. [[LateArrivalSpoiler She's said to hover like a cloud]], and fights with powerful magic and [[CombatTentacles tentacles coming from her body]]. Perplexingly, she's supposed to be [[NoBiologicalSex sexless]].

* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Every single one of her HP Attacks are some variant of her Particle Beam attack, the only move she had in the original ''FinalFantasyIII''. Played straighter with her Brave attacks, she only has two (getting more in ''Dissidia 012'') of them but she can alter their effects with properly timed button presses.

With a new game comes an expanded role. She doesn't get many more battles in this game, but she primarily opposes [[FinalFantasyVIII Laguna]]; she gives him vital information, which ends up being rather instrumental as the story continues.

Cecil's older brother, and a major antagonist from ''FinalFantasyIV''. Nevertheless, [[GoodAllAlong his role in the story could hardly be considered antagonistic]]. Appears instead of the ''[[TheManBehindTheMan real]]'' ultimate foe in ''FinalFantasyIV'', [[spoiler:Zemus/Zeromus]].

** Golbez summons his [[CoolPet Pet Dragon]] from ''FinalFantasyIV'' and [[BiologicalMashup merges]] it onto one of his ShouldersOfDoom. In addition to Regen, Golbez's EX Mode gives him access to the following ability:

The warlock from ''FinalFantasyV'' born from [[SealedEvilInACan a mass of evil spirits sealed in a tree]] that became sentient. He controls the power of the Void. With a background similar to Cloud of Darkness, [[CessationOfExistence he wishes to absorb everything into nothingness, even himself, so that nothing at all exists anymore.]]

The insane sorcerer who, after gaining [[AGodAmI power]] by absorbing the strength of the [[ThePowersThatBe Warring Triad]], became even more sadistic and nihilistic than he was even after his [[PsychoPrototype magitek infusion]] during ''FinalFantasyVI''. His personality [[AxCrazy hardly holds much sanity]], resulting on the other villains not taking him seriously, but instead trying to use him for their convenience, since his two main motivations are simply his desire to destroy all that is, and his desire to bring Terra back onto the side of Chaos, so that she can help him achieve his first motivation.

** Kefka takes on his God of Magic form from the end of ''FinalFantasyVI''. He loses his makeup and garish clothes in exchange for purple skin and two pairs of wings (presumably changed from the original six wings for ease of character modeling. The head-feather is still in style, though). In addition to Regen, Kefka's [=EX=] Mode gives him access to the following abilities:

In the first game, Kefka's primary goal is to seize control of Terra and use her power to further his plans to destroy all existence. To this end, he uses a [[MindManipulation Puppeteer's Wheel]][[hottip:*:Fans of ''FinalFantasyVI'' will recognize this as that game's Slave Crown, only with a more literal translation.]] to take over her mind and use her to attack Onion Knight, then taunts her about her destructive abilities that make her better suited to serving evil than good.

A powerful former member of [[SuperSoldier SOLDIER]] from ''FinalFantasyVII''. [[ArtificialHuman When he learned about his origins, as the result of an experiment called the Jenova Project]], [[AGodAmI Sephiroth attempted to become a god by absorbing the world's life energy into himself.]]

* AGodIAm: Lampshaded by [[HypocriticalHumor Kefka]]. Like the other villains, Sephiroth decides to implement his plot from [[FinalFantasyVII his original game]] in order to survive after [[spoiler: Cosmos' death]]. It was cut out of Duodecium in favor of focusing on his rivalry with Cloud, but several of his quotes in both games allude to this.

An incredibly powerful sorceress [[TimeMaster who controls time]] and can attack with weapon-shaped long range energy attacks, aside from casting [[AWorldwidePunomenon time-honored spells]]. In ''FinalFantasyVIII'', she attempted to compress time, creating a world where past, present, and future would become one, and in ''Dissidia'', she's plotting the same thing, [[WellIntentionedExtremist although with a much more ambiguous view about it]].

* FeatherMotif: Black feathers, like Sephiroth. This was probably carried over from Edea's costume in ''FinalFantasyVIII''.

A confident and prideful mage who is quite jealous of Zidane for some reason. In ''FinalFantasyIX'', he was quite a ManipulativeBastard and succeeded in attaining tremendous power.

* AffablyEvil: Despite being quite a prick most of the time, [[BaddieFlattery he will actually compliment you]] ([[SarcasmMode though somewhat sarcastically]]) on successfully pulling off an attack on him in battle ("That wasn't bad at all!") Possibly a reference to when Bahamut managed to give him a minor injury in ''FinalFantasyIX''. He was '''surprised''' when he realised that he'd received a small cut and commended the dragon for actually managing to hurt him.

* MythologyGag: Most, if not all, of Kuja's battle relate to his theatrical and dramatic nature (see LargeHam) from his [[FinalFantasyIX respective game]]. For example, when battling Terra, Kuja refers to her as "a poor bird without wings," similar to how he refers to [[Characters/FinalFantasyIX Garnet]] as a "canary".

* ArtificialHuman: And a FlawedPrototype, to top that, as Ultimecia won't stop reminding him of, referencing to the revelation in ''FinalFantasyIX''.

Tidus' father and a famed blitzball player, a sport which also becomes part of his fighting style. In ''FinalFantasyX'', he became the [[OneWingedAngel Final Aeon]] that defeated [[EldritchAbomination Sin]], [[AndThenJohnWasAZombie but eventually became Sin because of that]]. In ''Dissidia'', his reasons for siding with Chaos tend to express a more good attitude rather than evil intentions.

** Jecht assumes the monstrous form he takes in his FinalBoss fight in ''FinalFantasyX'', that of [[HeroicSacrifice Braska's]] [[CastFromHitPoints Final]] [[SummonMagic Aeon]], though he's human sized as opposed to being a giant. In addition to Regen, Jecht's EX Mode gives him access to the following ability:

* StealthInsult of SelfDeprecation: After his Shade Impulse battle, he tells Tidus that, if he (Tidus) doesn't understand what's going on or how to fix it, he should just [[YouCantFightFate accept that he's weak and can't change it]], so that he can move on in life. Instead of being intended to [[KickTheDog insult his son again]], it [[HiddenHeartOfGold actually refers to]] the way in [[FinalFantasyX their original game]] that, [[spoiler:when Jecht realized he couldn't return to Zanarkand and his family, he followed Braska on his pilgrimage and [[HeroicSacrifice gave his life to become the Fayth for Braska's Final Aeon]], contributing to the (temporary) salvation of Spira and dying for a good cause.]]

* [=~Ooh Me Accent's Slipping~=]: Having lost contact with Michael Rogers (Gabranth's actual voice actor from ''FinalFantasyXII''), Square-Enix set for having him voiced by Keith Ferguson (the voice of Basch, Gabranth's twin brother, from the same game). Regrettably, this game suffers because of this. Keith seems to be trying his best to make Gabranth sound British, but can't seem to settle on what ''kind'' of British accent he should have.

* ShoutOut: Gabranth's Quickenings, as stated above, are all just replicas of [[FinalFantasyXII his brother Basch's]] Quickenings, just with different names: Basch had Fulminating Darkness, Ruin Impendent, and Flame Purge. The animations also differ slightly--Fulminating Darkness is blue-green, Fulminating Oblivion is red-orange, etc.

* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Similar to the first Dissidia (as well as Duodecim's "Light the Way"), its averted: When Lightning expresses disgust at Kefka's watching back and mocking Kuja's death, he implies that he might end up returning soon from the dead. When Lightning asks how he could not be dead, however, Kefka then refuses to get into that subject, and also implies that Lightning would just "forget" even if he did bother to go to the trouble of explaining it.{{hottip:*:Warriors who ended up having fallen in the previous cycle, regardless of the person's allegiance, will end up having their memories erased as part of their revival.}} Lightning is understandably confused afterwards.

* EvilMentor: He gives Kuja advice and assistance on capturing the heroes, but [[spoiler:he does this to keep Kuja on track with the fake memories he implanted him with between the 12th and 13th cycles. And so he could get those fake memories into Kuja's head in the first place, he arranged for him to fight Lightning, then stood back and watched him die.]]

** DragonInChief: Chaos acts more as a distant authority figure while Garland is the one directly leading the other Warriors of Chaos into battle.

* BreakoutCharacter: Xande? Who's that?

** {{BFS}}: The largest one by far.

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* LightningBruiser: He is especially notable, relying almost entirely on bone-crushing melee attacks while most other characters have extensive selections of ranged magic. However, compared to other melee heavy-hitters Jecht moves and attacks at a fair clip.

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