Final Fantasy IX / Timeline This is the timeline for the events of the world of " Final Fantasy IX " . The in - game events take place during the year 1800 . This is a timeline of the events leading up to the main story , which adds insight to the plot , although many dates are noted in small points in the game . The date system is the same as the Gregorian calendar , with 365 days and 12 months in each year . The dates on this chronology are largely taken from the " Final Fantasy IX Ultimania " . Before the game . More than 6000 years ago . Terra is an old planet that exists in the cosmos with a highly advanced magical civilization . When Terra ' s crystal wanes the planet ' s vegetation and animal life dies out . The Terrans , desperate to preserve their culture and technology , construct Oeilvert as a record of their history , and begin to make use of the magical art Fusion to attain eternal life . Whenever Terra ' s crystal would grow old and weak , the Terrans would seek out a young planet whose core has not yet grown and assimilate it , circulating Terra ' s souls to the new crystal . 6000 years ago . The planet of Gaia is born . Civilizations develop on its surface during the next 1000 years . 5000 years ago . Terra attempts to assimilate the young planet of Gaia , but Gaia ' s crystal rejects the Fusion with disastrous results . Gaia ' s surface is left in ruin and its civilizations are wiped out . Terra warps inside the planet of Gaia , and its red moon moves into Gaia ' s orbit , giving the planet two moons . Many Terran locations shift to Gaia ' s surface , such as the Desert Palace , Ipsen ' s Castle and Oeilvert . Shimmering Island forms as a gateway between the two worlds . After the disaster , the Terrans contain their souls in Pandemonium and task Garland with finishing the Fusion . Garland moves Terra ' s magical tree Iifa to Gaia to oversee the planet ' s recovery , though it would take thousands of years for Gaia to recover from the failed Fusion attempt . 3000 years ago . Garland begins to construct Genomes to serve as vessels for the sleeping Terran souls once the Fusion would be complete . Year 0 ( 1800 years ago ) . Gaia ' s environment is recovering and the Shimmering Island begins to shine , marking the beginning of Gaia ' s modern civilization . The calendar begins . Around year 800 . Garland creates the soul divider , the Soulcage , to the Iifa Tree ' s base to stop the Gaian souls from returning to their crystal , and replacing them with Terran elements . The Iifa Tree ' s roots that circle the entire planet beneath its surface begin to expel the rejected souls on the Mist Continent , process that manifests as Mist , thus giving the continent the name it ' s known by . Monsters begin appearing and the Mist has a hardening effect on the civilization that , by that time , had taken root on the Mist Continent . The population succumbs into warfare and the ruling kingdoms collapse . The new kingdom of Alexandria is built above the Mist . Around year 1300 . The eidolon Alexander is summoned in Alexandria , but the experiment goes wrong and the summoners are unable to control it . Being deemed too dangerous , Alexander is extracted from its summoner and its gemstone is split into four crystals . One crystal piece is given to each of the the three ruling kingdoms of the Mist Continent : Burmecia , Lindblum and Alexandria . The last piece is kept by the summoners who migrate to the Outer Continent , where they construct a new village in the location the planet ' s pulse concentrates to continue their eidolon research in peace . A civil war breaks out in Burmecia over the ownership of the crystal and the piece in question is taken by a group of fundamentalists who set up a nation in the Vube Desert called Cleyra . With the summoners gone , the tales of eidolons fade into legend and the kingdoms , while still retaining the crystal fragments as treasured heirlooms , no longer remember the crystals ' true origin . Year 1389 . The Ninth Lindblum War takes place . General Magdalene of Alexandria and nine soldiers take on the Lindblum army and win . Cid Fabool I ( also known as " The Explorer King " ) , becomes the regent of Lindblum after winning the Festival of the Hunt and attaining the Master Hunter Award . Cleyra and Burmecia sever all ties and Cleyra ' s sandstorm is created via use of the gem fragment . 1401 . General Magdalene dies at the tender age of 25 . She is later immortalized in a statue near the main gate of Alexandria . 1601 . The 15th Lindblum War breaks out between Lindblum and Alexandria . The cause and winner are unknown . Around 1700 . The age of civil war . Cleyra severs ties with the outside world and is permanently isolated behind its sandstorm . Around 1710 . Quina Quen is born . July , 1711 . Zorn and Thorn are born . August , 1747 . Doctor Tot is born . Around 1748 . Artania is born . Around 1750 . The King of Burmecia is born . May , 1755 . Baku is born . 1756 . Cid Fabool VIII becomes the Regent of Lindblum . October , 1760 . Queen Brahne is born . 1762 . Cid VIII develops the first Mist - powered airship . Lindblum begins constructing and using them . September , 1764 . Cid Fabool IX is born . March , 1766 . Adelbert Steiner is born . 1771 . A war is fought between Alexandria and Burmecia , and a young Adelbert Steiner is caught up in it . He is saved by Alexandrian knights , inspiring him to become one himself . Regent Cid Fabool VIII intervenes in the conflict with Lindblum ' s armada of Mist - powered airships . The conflict is subsequently solved peacefully ( " Airship Revolution " ) . Around 1772 . Hildagarde Fabool is born . 1772 . Beatrix is born in April . Lindblum and Alexandria begin diplomatic relations . The wars that have been plaguing the continent for hundreds of years cease due to Lindblum ' s air power . November , 1773 . Amarant Coral is born . Around 1774 . Fratley is born . 1776 . Garland is frustrated over the wars on Mist Continent having ceased , which slows the pace Gaian souls attempt to return to their crystal . He decides to create a Genome with a mind of its own to send to Gaia to insinuate war , and creates Kuja . Garland considers Kuja a failed project , as he never develops complex human feelings , making him difficult to manipulate to suit Garland ' s ends , and unable to enter Trance . Garland places a limit on Kuja ' s life and decides to get some use out of him while waiting for his second Genome creation to grow into adulthood . Garland has now realized that for his creation to develop emotions he needs a being who starts its life as a child . Kuja becomes Garland ' s " Angel of Death " and is sent to Gaia , never learning of his status as a " failure " or of his limited lifespan . July , 1778 . Freya Crescent is born . Around 1780 . Lani is born . 1780 . Cid Fabool VIII collapses from illness ; power passes to his son , Cid Fabool IX . 1782 . Steiner joins the Alexandrian army . September , 1783 . Garland creates Zidane Tribal and gives him the body of a young child , which allows Zidane to grow more naturally and become stronger than Kuja through time . Kuja is jealous of his younger " brother " and begins to plot his demise . Cid Fabool IX begins the development of an airship engine that doesn ' t utilize Mist . January 15 , 1784 . Princess Garnet is born in Alexandria to her mother Queen Brahne and her father the king . Sometime around this time Sarah is born in Madain Sari to her mother Jane and her unnamed father . Around 1785 . Puck is born . 1786 . Cid marries Hilda . 1787 . Kuja kidnaps Zidane and deposits him on Gaia . Zidane is taken into the care of Baku , leader of Tantalus Theater Troupe . Garland is furious at Kuja and initially thinks Zidane lost . Garland bans Kuja from traveling to and from Terra , but Kuja makes his home in Desert Palace instead . Cid Fabool VIII dies . 1789 . Steiner duels with Alexandria ' s best swordsman , Beatrix , and wins . As a reward , his request to become a Knight of Pluto is granted . 1790 . The " Invincible " destroys Madain Sari , the summoners ' village on the Outer Continent . Jane and Sarah flee from the burning city on a boat . Jane dies in the stormy seas , leaving only her young daughter floating towards Alexandria Castle . When Sarah arrives at the castle , the Royal Family is amazed how much she resembles the recently - deceased Princess Garnet . Sarah has her summoner ' s horn removed and becomes the " new " Garnet Til Alexandros XVII , never knowing of her true heritage . Kuja , who has never been loyal to Garland , becomes curious about his master ' s fear toward the mythical eidolons . Kuja knows he isn ' t strong enough to fight his master — yet — and begins seeking the eidolons himself . Kuja knows that if Garland ' s plan to fuse the two planets was to succeed , he would no longer be needed , and Garland would turn him into a regular Genome . Kuja plans to one day topple Garland and rule over both Gaia and Terra himself , and sets his eyes on the strongest eidolon in known memory : Alexander . 1791 . Doctor Tot becomes Garnet ' s tutor . 1792 . South Gate ' s construction begins and is built to commemorate the friendship between Lindblum and Alexandria . The Mist - powered Berkmea Cable Cars are placed between them to allow easy access across the mountain , and to transport materials for the gate ' s construction . March , 1793 . Eiko Carol is born to the last survivors of the summoner tribe in Madain Sari . Madeen is summoned to protect her , and takes the shape of the moogle known as Mog . 1794 . Queen Brahne ' s husband passes away . Garnet meets Cid Fabool IX at the funeral . South Gate is completed . 1795 . Sir Fratley leaves Burmecia to travel the world . 1796 . A 13 - year - old Zidane leaves Tantalus to look for his origins . 1797 . Freya leaves Burmecia in search of the missing Sir Fratley . Prince Puck leaves Burmecia one month later . Freya later meets Zidane in Lindblum for the first time . 1798 . Zidane returns to Tantalus in Lindblum in February , having been unsuccessful in finding out about his past , but having realized " home is where the heart is " . In April he defeats Amarant , a body guard in Treno , while pilfering from a noble ' s mansion , unknowingly framing him for the incident . Amarant becomes a wanted man and flees Treno , becoming a bounty hunter . Sometime before 1799 . Kuja meets Queen Brahne and begins collaborating with her . Due to Kuja ' s influence , Brahne begins to desire the power of eidolons and to conquer the neighboring nations to capture the other fragments of Alexander ' s summoning crystal . Kuja promises to aid Brahne and to become her weapon supplier and shows Brahne how to start mass - manufacturing black mages , golems that cast powerful magic . The remote village of Dali is chosen as the location for the secret black mage manufacturing plant . 1799 . February . Doctor Tot stops tutoring Garnet . Garnet worries over her mother , noting a change in her . March . Garland , aware that the time has almost come for his " perfect Genome " , Zidane , to arrive in Terra , creates another Genome : a girl named Mikoto . Mikoto is given a soul and is told to lead Zidane to Garland once he arrives . The Dali grain fields become an arrival and departure place for airships . May . Eiko ' s grandfather dies , making Eiko the last known survivor of the summoner tribe . She survives with the help of several moogles . June . Quale ' s pupil , Quina , travels in the direction of Alexandria . July . The new airship which doesn ' t utilize Mist , the " Hilda Garde I " , is completed . Sometime around this time Hilda finds Cid has been having an affair , and turns him into an oglop , then flees Lindblum on the newly constructed " Hilda Garde I " . Cid , unable to design a new airship in his oglop form , is left stranded , unable to follow her . Cid ' s state is concealed from the general public , and he remains the regent of Lindblum despite his transformation . Sometime later , Hilda runs into Kuja who takes " Hilda Garde I " to himself and keeps Hilda as his hostage , whom he tells of his plans to become the planets ' ruler . Vivi , a prototype black mage , is born , but falls out of a cargo ship while flying over Treno . August . The factory underneath Dali becomes ready . September . Quan finds Vivi and takes him into his home , intent on eating him once he ' s grown big enough ; however , Vivi shows no signs of growth . Vivi is named by Quan whom he starts calling " grandpa " , and according to Vivi , Quan teaches him everything he knows about the world . October . Brahne begins mass - producing black mages in Dali . Regent Cid notices a change in Queen Brahne and becomes suspicious of the happenings within Alexandria Castle . He wishes to get the princess out of the queen ' s influence , and asks the Tantalus Theater Troupe to kidnap her during their annual play . 1800 . January 1st . Quan dies . Garnet decides to leave the Alexandria Castle . January 2nd . Garnet starts to prepare for her escape . January 7th . Vivi leaves Quan ' s dwelling and heads for Treno . January 13th . Vivi gets a ticket for " I Want to be Your Canary " , not knowing it to be forged . January 14th . Vivi gets a lift from a nobleman ' s airship to go to Alexandria . The game begins . January , 1800 . January 15th . January 15th 1800 is Princess Garnet ' s 16th birthday , with celebrations including " I Want to Be Your Canary " performed by Tantalus . She is " kidnapped " by the troupe , while trying to escape herself , with the black mage Vivi and the knight Steiner becoming embroiled in the scheme as well . The queen , having become aware of the plot , orders the cannons to fire at the Theater Ship , which crash - lands in the Evil Forest . Princess Garnet falls into the forest and is taken captive by a monster , while Zidane , Steiner , Vivi and the members of Tantalus land with the ship . Queen Brahne sends the Black Waltz es to retrieve Garnet ' s pendant that houses the fragment of Alexander ' s summoning gem , as she was wearing it during her escape . January 16th . Zidane quits Tantalus , and heads with Steiner and Vivi to save Garnet from the forest ' s beasts . The party escapes the Evil Forest , but Tantalus member Blank sacrifices himself to save the group and is petrified along with the forest . January 17th . Zidane , Garnet , Vivi and Steiner go through Ice Cavern and arrive in Dali . January 18th . In an underground complex Zidane , Garnet , and Vivi witness the production of black mages . Zidane and party steal a cargo ship to get to Lindblum . Black Waltz 3 gives chase , but crashes its ship within the South Gate , damaging it . In Lindblum , Garnet meets Cid . January 19th . While Garnet discusses the matters with Cid in the Lindblum Castle , Zidane meets Freya in a Lindblum pub . Alexandrian forces attack Burmecia . January 20th . The Festival Of The Hunt is held in Lindblum . Zidane , Vivi and Freya compete , Zidane ' s plan being to impress the princess by winning the hunt . After the festivities they hear that Burmecian capital has been attacked by Alexandrian forces . Garnet absconds with Steiner to return to Alexandria and confront her mother . They arrive at the South Gate . Zidane , Freya and Vivi leave Lindblum and head toward Burmecia . January 21st . On the Aerbs Mountains summit station , Garnet and Steiner meet up with Marcus from Tantalus , who is seeking for a way to cure Blank . They team up with him and enter Treno , where Garnet meets Doctor Tot , who gives Marcus a potion that can cure Blank . Tot shows them the Gargan Roo that they can use to return to Alexandria . Burmecia is conquered by the Alexandrian army . Zidane , Freya , Vivi and Quina ( whom they recruited from Qu ' s Marsh ) make their way to the Burmecian capital where they overhear Kuja talking with the queen . The party fights Beatrix , who defeats them . Kuja departs for Treno on his Silver Dragon . This concludes the first disc . January 22nd . Princess Garnet , Steiner and Marcus are captured after returning to Alexandria , and the queen ' s jesters Zorn and Thorn put Garnet to sleep . She is placed within the dungeons and Zorn and Thorn begin extracting her eidolons . Zidane ' s party makes its way to Cleyra to look for the Burmecian survivors , and to warn them of Brahne , who they know is planning to attack Cleyra next . Cleyra ' s sandstorm disappears during a ceremony meant to strengthen it . January 23rd . Zorn and Thorn extract Garnet ' s eidolons . Alexandria attacks Cleyra and the black mage army teleports to the city from the queen ' s flagship , the " Red Rose " . Sir Fratley protects the city against the black mages , but suffers from amnesia and doesn ' t remember Freya . Beatrix steals the crystal fragment after which the black mages begin warping out of the city . Zidane , Freya and Vivi jump into a teleporter leaving Quina behind . Queen Brahne summons Odin and destroys Cleyra . January 24th . Zidane , Freya , and Vivi arrive in Alexandria where they meet up with Steiner and help the princess escape . Marcus is freed along with Steiner and heads to the Evil Forest to save Blank . Beatrix switches sides after having learned the queen wants to execute the princess . Steiner teams up with Beatrix and Freya to hold back the Bandersnatches , while Vivi , Garnet and Zidane escape through the Gargan Roo . They intend to head for Treno , but crash in the Pinnacle Rocks instead . January 25th . Garnet meets the eidolon Ramuh at the Pinnacle Rocks and gains him as a summon . She makes for Lindblum , but on the way witnesses her mother summon Atomos destroying a great part of Lindblum . The " Invincible " sucks the dying souls from the city , disappearing afterwards . Alexandria occupies the city and Queen Brahne acquires Lindblum ' s crystal piece . Sometime around this time Brahne hires Lani and Amarant to hunt down Garnet and bring back her pendant , and also to kill Vivi , whom she deems a rogue black mage . January 26th . The party decides to travel to Outer Continent to find Kuja , who they now know is behind Brahne ' s motivations . They reunite with Quina in Qu ' s Marsh who finds the entrance to Fossil Roo , where the party battles Lani . January 27th . The party visits the dwarven village of Conde Petie where they learn black mages have recently moved in nearby . January 28th . The party finds a village full of sentient black mages , who have escaped the Alexandrian army after gaining sentience . Vivi learns the black mages ' lifespan is limited and many black mages have already died . Zidane tells Garnet of his past quest of trying to find his home . January 29th . Zidane and Garnet are married in Conde Petie in a dwarven ritual to gain passage to the dwarves ' sanctuary , the Iifa Tree , and Quina and Vivi have the option of following suit . The party meets Eiko Carol who takes them to the ruins of Madain Sari where she cooks them dinner and promises to undo the seal on the Iifa Tree . January 30th . The party visits Iifa Tree whose lifts only respond to Zidane . The party defeats Soulcage on the tree ' s base stopping the flow of Mist making airship travel impossible . January 31st . Lani attempts to steal Madain Sari ' s crystal fragment by taking Eiko hostage , but is stopped as Amarant abandons his partner , and joins Zidane ' s party . Zidane and Garnet share a moment in a small boat in Madain Sari , as some of Garnet ' s childhood memories return to her . February , 1800 . February 1st . The party gets separated from Quina who is left behind when the others set foot on the Iifa Tree . Kuja arrives at the tree followed by Queen Brahne and her fleet . Brahne feels she no longer needs Kuja ' s assistance and the subsequent First Battle of the Iifa Tree , she summons Bahamut to kill him . Kuja calls upon the " Invincible " to bend the eidolon ' s will and orders it to attack Brahne ' s fleet . Bahamut blasts her ship and a dying Brahne washes ashore where she speaks to Garnet one last time and apologizes for everything she has done . The party heads back toward Alexandria . This concludes the second disc . February 3rd . Alexandria sets Burmecia and Lindblum free . With the Mist gone from the world , the production of new black mages becomes impossible . Kuja , realizing this , makes for the Black Mage Village and persuades the mages to help him in his cause , promising to grant them longer life - spans . Only a few stay behind . Zidane and his friends arrive in Alexandria , and Garnet announces to the kingdom Queen Brahne has died . February 6th . Brahne is buried in Alexandria and Garnet is preparing for her coronation as queen of Alexandria in three days . She meets her friends for what is meant to be the last time , and divides Alexander ' s crystal fragments ( having gained possession of the ones Brahne had seized earlier ) with Eiko , each keeping two . Zidane , Eiko , Vivi and Freya travel to Treno to a Tetra Master tournament . Vivi has the option of visiting Quan ' s Dwelling . Kuja attacks Alexandria with Bahamut and the party returns to Alexandria on Cid ' s new airship , " Hilda Garde II " , and Garnet and Eiko meet atop Alexandria Castle to summon Alexander by bringing the four crystal fragments together . Alexander destroys Bahamut . Kuja , impressed by its power , attempts to capture it with the " Invincible " , but Garland uses the " Invincible " to destroy Alexander and Alexandria is decimated . Kuja , now openly defying his master , returns to Desert Palace vowing to find an eidolon even stronger than Alexander . February 7th . After helping out the injured in Alexandria , the party heads for Lindblum . February 8th . Exhausted , Zidane rests at Lindblum Castle while the others wait for his recovery . February 9th . The day Garnet ' s coronation was supposed to take place . February 10th . The party gathers in the rebuilding Lindblum , but Garnet has lost her voice due to the shock of Alexandria ' s destruction . The party reunites with Quina , who has washed ashore in Lindblum harbor . February 11th . The party decides to find Kuja , but is left stranded without an airship , as " Hilda Garde II " was poorly built due to Cid having designed it as an oglop . To complete the new type of airship ( the " Hilda Garde III " ) , an attempt is made to revert Cid to human , but it fails , and he turns into a frog . February 12th . The " Blue Narciss " sets sail with Cid accompanying the party . The party visits the Black Mage Village and discovers the mages are working for Kuja and have abandoned the village . February 13th . Zidane and company arrive at the Desert Palace , and are captured by Kuja . February 14th . Kuja forces Zidane into retrieving the Gulug Stone from Oeilvert on the Forgotten Continent , threatening to kill the rest of the party if he doesn ' t comply . Kuja wants the Gulug Stone to access Mount Gulug , where he hopes he could find a previously unknown eidolon . The party is taken to Oeilvert on the " Hilda Garde I " by Zorn and Thorn , who now work for Kuja . While in Oeilvert the party learns about Terran history , but Zidane is the only one able to decipher the Terran language . While Zidane ' s party is away , the others escape imprisonment with Cid ' s help when Kuja tries to kill them anyway . February 15th . Zidane ' s party returns with the Gulug Stone . After acquiring the stone Kuja kidnaps Eiko and flees on the " Hilda Garde I " with the black mages accompanying him . Zidane and his friends follow . February 16th . Zidane and his friends arrive at Mount Gulug . February 17th . Zidane and his friends catch up with Kuja at the bottom of Mount Gulug . Kuja orders Zorn and Thorn to extract Eiko ' s eidolons despite her being considered too young to survive the process . Eiko ' s moogle , Mog , defends Eiko by entering Trance and transforming into the eidolon , Madeen . Zorn and Thorn are defeated and Kuja flees , forming a new plan . Having witnessed the power of the Trance Kuja decides he doesn ' t need an eidolon to fight Garland after all . The party rescues Queen Hilda and gains access to " Hilda Garde I " , using it to return to Lindblum . February 18th . Hilda is reunited with Cid and turns him back into a human . Hilda tells the party Kuja is not from Gaia , and the party decides to find a way to the world of Terra where he is said to hail from . Cid begins work on the " Hilda Garde III " . Zidane looks for the missing Garnet , who has absconded Lindblum . February 19th . Garnet is back in Alexandria to visit her mother ' s grave . She is found by Zidane and uses his dagger to cut her hair , regaining her voice . February 20th . Zidane and Garnet return to Lindblum . February 21st . " Hilda Garde III " is completed and sets sail to Ipsen ' s Castle . February 22nd . Zidane saves Amarant in Ipsen ' s Castle , and the party finds the four mirrors said to open the gateway to Terra . The party sets out to visit the four shrines to place the mirrors . February 23rd . The party splits and visits each of the four shrines , felling the shrine guardians , and the Shimmering Island becomes a portal to Terra . February 24th . The party travels through the opened gate on the Shimmering Island to Terra , leaving the " Hilda Garde III " on Gaia . Kuja takes his chance to come to Terra as well , and while Zidane ' s party travels the alien planet , Kuja hides in the " Invincible " , biding his time . Mikoto meets with the party and leads them toward Bran Bal , but Garnet spots the " Invincible " and her buried memories of Madain Sari ' s destruction return to her and she passes out . February 25th . Zidane and his friends arrive in Bran Bal and Garnet rests to recover from her experience with the " Invincible " . At Mikoto ' s beckoning Zidane visits Garland in Pandaemonium and learns of the plan to fuse the two planets , and of his heritage as a Genome . February 26th . Seeing that Zidane opposes his plan for Fusion , Garland tries to remove Zidane ' s soul rendering him languid and apathetic . His friends go after him . February 27th . Zidane ' s friends find him in Pandaemonium and snap him out of his stupor and he rejoins them . The party battles Kuja ' s Silver Dragon . February 28th . The party defeats Garland , and Kuja taps into the flow of souls through the " Invincible " and achieves the Trance he has been looking for ( claiming that Brahne ' s soul in particular was full of the passion he needed ) . Kuja kicks Garland off the Pandemonium ' s precipice to his doom , but with his last breath Garland informs Kuja that his life is limited and that he is soon to die . This throws Kuja into an uproar , and he destroys Terra with his Trance powers . This concludes the third disc . March , 1800 . March 1st . The Iifa Tree activates and sends Mist to cover the entire world . Iifa Tree ' s roots go wild and cause earthquakes , leaving many areas in ruin . Back in Terra the party leaves Pandemonium and arrives in Bran Bal . March 2nd . The party and the Genomes of Bran Bal take the " Invincible " and head back to Gaia . March 3rd . Mist - run mechanisms become usable again . The party drops off the Genomes in the Black Mage Village , where the mages have returned , now understanding Kuja had been lying to them . March 4th . Memoria has formed above the Iifa Tree . A swarm of silver dragons appears , flying out of the Iifa Tree . The Genomes begin to settle in the Black Mage Village . March 5th . The party heads toward Memoria amid the swarm of silver dragons , and are assisted by Lindblum ' s and Alexandria ' s airships commanded by Cid and Beatrix respectively . The party kills the Nova Dragon , the source of the silver dragons , and the silver dragons disappear . The party heads into Memoria where they travel back in time and learn of the crystal and the world ' s origins . March 8th . The party travels to the Crystal World , to the beginning of all time , where Kuja is about to destroy the original crystal , the source of the universe ' s life force . The party defeats Deathguise and then Trance Kuja . Kuja casts Ultima right before falling , defeating Zidane ' s party . March 9th . The party awakes on the Hill of Despair where they face Necron , the embodiment of death summoned to revert the world into a lifeless Zero World . After being defeated in battle Necron sees the party ' s will to live and vanishes . The realm begins crumbling , but Kuja teleports the party outside the Iifa Tree , and informs Mikoto of their whereabouts . When the airship fleet arrives to rescue the heroes everyone but Zidane leaves on Cid ' s " Hilda Garde III " . March 10th . Zidane heads after Kuja to save him . Zidane finds him amid the dying Iifa Tree , but Kuja is near death , and apologizes for what he has done . The tree goes berserk , flailing and trashing , and Zidane goes missing . " Hilda Garde III " leaves the continent . March 16th . Iifa Tree settles . March 17th . Vivi arrives in Black Mage Village . Garnet arrives in Alexandria Castle . Sometime later . Tantalus travels to Alexandria to perform " I Want to be Your Canary " . The party gathers to watch the play , apart from Vivi , who is heavily implied to have died after having reached the end of his limited lifespan . A number of copies of him titled " Vivi ' s children " wander the Alexandrian streets . Eiko has been adopted by Hilda and Cid , Freya and Fratley are trying to rebuild their relationship despite the latter ' s amnesia , Quina works in Alexandria Castle ' s kitchen , and Amarant teams up with Lani again . Steiner and Beatrix protect Queen Garnet together . During the play the actor playing Marcus is revealed to be Zidane . Garnet rushes through the crowd and throws away her crown before leaping into the arms of Zidane , and the couple embraces in front of a cheering crowd . This concludes the game .