Great Hyne The Great Hyne is a character mentioned in " Final Fantasy VIII " . Although oral tradition sometimes switch his being either a deity or a person , he is credited for creating mankind , and the first Sorceress ever to exist . A sorceress is also known as Hyne ' s descendant for this reason , and as a symbol of respect . The tradition of sorceresses and the passing down of their sorceress power began through the legends circulating around Hyne . There are two legends made known to the player in game . Legends of Hyne . The Strong God . This story was told in - game by an old man and his grandchild in Balamb Town , who lives next door to Ma Dincht ' s house . The Legend of Vascaroon . A book titled " The Legend of Vascaroon " contained another legend of Hyne . The story is about a wise man called Vascaroon , and was read by a White SeeD named Lina to children on the White SeeD ship . " Once upon a time , there was a person named Hyne . Hyne was the ruler of the world . He became lazy and decided to make a tool to make his life easier . Hyne made a neat tool . His tool could make more tools by itself . Soon there were a lot of tools in the world . These tools were actually people . " " When Hyne woke up , he was surprised because there were a lot of people . Hyne wanted to reduce the number of people , and used magic to burn up a lot of small people . The small people were children . The people cherished the children very much . So the people rebelled against Hyne . Hyne used powerful magic to fight them . The people couldn ' t use magic , but they had wisdom . " " Eventually , Hyne began to lose the war , because there were too many people to fight , and they were getting smarter . Therefore , he decided to make peace with people by offering them half of his body along with his powers . Hyne cut his body in half and gave the people half as he promised . " " Then , another war started . People began to fight over the power Hyne offered them through his body . This war lasted decades . Finally , King Zebalga and the Zebalga tribe emerged victorious and demanded Hyne ' s body - half to get its powers . But the body ignored their commands . " " Then , Vascaroon came to the rescue . He appeared before the confused Zebalgas and revealed to them that Hyne ' s body - half was corrupt and possessed no real power . The body - half was actually Hyne ' s cast - off skin . The Zebalgas were angered by this truth , and decided to destroy Hyne . The Zebalgas never found Hyne . People began to call him " Hyne the Magician " and continued to hunt him for centuries to come . " Story of Hyne from the " Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania Omega " . " Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania Omega " included a story written by the game ' s scenario writer Kazushige Nojima , of a Balamb Garden teacher telling his class about sorceresses and Hyne . " At this time , daylight had not yet come , and everything was covered in night . " " There was a being called " Hyne " . " Hyne " created the world , and battled many beasts all the while . Because of the magic " Hyne " used , he was eventually able to win the battles . Thus , " Hyne " was the governor of this world . " " " Hyne " seated himself upon his throne , from where he thought he could see all around . However , from the location of his throne , " Hyne " was unable to view the eastern sea because of a mountain . Because of his long battles , " Hyne " had become too tired to destroy the mountain and needed a tool to carve it up ; he had an idea of what to apply to this task . This tool would be able to function of its own accord , and be able to increase its own numbers . " Hyne " named these tools human beings . Their males and females are the origin of human beings , and we descended from them . " " The human beings increased their numbers while carving up the mountain . When their work was finished , they decided to ask " Hyne " what they should do next . However , " Hyne " was sound asleep due to his fatigue . There being nothing they could do about it , the human beings made changes to the land at their own discretion . " " When " Hyne " awoke , the appearance of the area had completely changed . He was most startled , though , by the number of human beings there were now . " Hyne " decided to reduce the number of human beings , and used his magic to burn up smaller humans . The small human beings were called " children " and were very important to the humans . They wept intensely and protested to " Hyne " . However , he told them they were his tools , and his words angered them . They cursed his words when they heard them . " " The humans began a rebellion against " Hyne " . He retaliated with his magic , but the humans were able to increase their numbers in abundance . " " Besieged , " Hyne " bargained with the humans . He offered them half of his own body and power . At the idea of having half of this power , the humans decided they should agree to the deal . " " " Hyne " split his body in half and gave half to the humans . With this , a peace was drawn between " Hyne " and the humans . However , humans began to quarrel with one another for the first time , coming together in groups that wanted the power of " half of Hyne ' s body " " . " A long , long battle began . Many countries were established at this time . " " The battle was eventually won by the clan of the dark king , Zebalga . Within a forest , they convened to command the power of " half of Hyne ' s body " . However , the " half of Hyne ' s body " was unresponsive to their commands . " " Sage Vascaroon came to consult with Zebalga . He was wise , and knew the answer to the problem with " half of Hyne ' s body " . " Hyne " had given them a corrupted part of his body . What the humans had thought was " half of Hyne ' s body " was really just the " cast off skin of Hyne " . When they heard this explanation , the Zebalga clan was furious . They vowed to destroy " Hyne " . " " However , the other half of Hyne ' s body was nowhere to be found . The humans began referring to the missing " Hyne " as " Hyne the Magician " , and sought him for generations . " " It ' s to be expected that the " magic of Hyne " could not be found . Because of people ' s feelings at that time , it concealed itself in bodies , in the form of women , people who it was thought should be protected . " Etymology . The story of Hyne casting off his skin is likely a nod to Hein . Hein from " Final Fantasy III " is also a magician and his body is that of a skeleton . In Japanese , Hein and Hyne are spelled the same way .