Dycedarg Beoulve Dycedarg Beoulve is the archetypal Machiavellian of " Final Fantasy Tactics " , driven by his desires and striving to accomplish them through any means necessary . In doing so , he dishonors the House Beoulve family name , and shows no remorse for his actions . Both a skilled magician and fencer , he earned the title of Rune Knight . Profile . Appearance . Dycedarg has a short auburn hair styled in a single fringe on front and the edge of his fringe has split into two sides . He has brown eyes and a full beard . He wears black and gray robe with white spiral designs on his sleeves and golden folded sleeves with white linings . Underneath he wears a golden turtleneck , a red and yellow lined side belt to his waist , and brown boots . He has a white fuku collar within his robe and wears red gloves . In his in - game sprite the color of his robe is blue gray and the sleeves are white . During Chapter 1 after he suffers injury , he wears a dark green robe with a dark peach collared shirt . Story . Early life . Dycedarg became the leader of the Order of the Northern Sky during his father Barbaneth ' s illness , though he later complied with the latter ' s wishes and stepped down in favor of his younger brother , Zalbaag . Dycedarg is an excellent diplomat , helping negotiate the final treaties that ended the Fifty Years ' War where Ivalice fought against the nation of Ordalia in the east . Dycedarg has long been plotting for his own gain . Barbaneth ' s " prolonged illness " was Dycedarg using Mossfungus to poison his father over a long period of time and take his place as the head of House Beoulve without attracting suspicion . Dycedarg ' s close friendship with Duke Larg is one of convenience , and he is using Larg for his own ends as the king of Ivalice ' s health is ailing and the question of his successor is to come up soon . Nevertheless , Dycedarg goes along with Larg ' s plans , including the kidnapping of Princess Ovelia . Role in the destruction of the Corpse Brigade . A few months before the kidnapping Dycedarg is vexed , like all high - ranking Order officials , with a wish to get rid of the anti - aristocratic Corpse Brigade led by a renegade knight of exceptional skill , Wiegraf Folles , and his sister , Milleuda . To accelerate the Corpse Brigade ' s demise , Dycedarg pays a Corpse Brigade fencer named Gustav Margriff to kidnap Marquis Elmdore , the leader of Limberry , and thus create an excuse to declare all - out war on Corpse Brigade . Zalbaag , unaware of Dycedarg ' s plans , expresses confusion in a brief meeting with his youngest brother , Ramza , a Limberrian Squire named Argath , and Ramza ' s best friend Delita , as to why the Corpse Brigade would suddenly stoop to kidnapping . Ramza is spurred on by Argath , whom he and Delita rescued from the Brigade on the Mandalia Plains , to rescue Marquis Elmdore , the Squire ' s liege lord . Following clues from a Brigade captain captured in the Merchant City of Dorter , they trace the hostage to a basement underneath the ruins of a desert settlement , the Sand Rat Sietch , where Gustav is killed in a duel with Wiegraf . Wiegraf releases Elmdore , knowing that Dycedarg ' s sacrificing of Elmdore was meant to destroy the Corpse Brigade . Dycedarg becomes furious at Ramza for disobeying his orders and leaving his assigned sentry - posting at Eagrose Castle . Larg , making a timely entrance while Dycedarg is berating Ramza , mentions to him afterwards that both of them were once eager young cadets , like Ramza and Delita . He assures Dycedarg that Ramza might have ended up turning the tide against the Corpse Brigade even more so , which , it turns out , he most certainly did . Shortly thereafter , nigh simultaneously with Ramza ' s eradication of Corpse Brigade forces at the Brigands ' Den , Gragoroth Levigne , a Corpse Brigade member , tries to assassinate Dycedarg , and to kidnap his younger sister Alma before Zalbaag intervenes . He takes off with Alma ' s best friend and Delita ' s sister Tietra , and while Dycedarg promises Delita he will make every effort to find her , he allows Argath a free hand to kill both Tietra and Gragoroth at the battle of Ziekden Fortress to quash the Corpse Brigade for good . Outbreak of the War of the Lions . Three months later , Dycedarg hires a Fell Knight named Goffard Gaffgarion to kidnap Princess Ovelia and blame it on the Order of the Southern Sky , the rival knight - force to the Northern Sky , thus providing a " casus belli " for the Northern Sky to declare war and put Prince Orinus , supposed son of the king , on the throne . This would put Dycedarg and Larg as the powers behind the new monarchy . Larg , as Prince Orinus ' s uncle , would be appointed regent in such a case , giving him power over Ivalice . Dycedarg ' s animosity toward Ramza reaches a high point as the latter has absconded House Beoulve and cast aside his family name in shame of Dycedarg ' s actions during the battle of Ziekden Fortress . Dycedarg tells Gaffgarion to kill Ramza if he gets in the way . During the kidnapping , Agrias Oaks , a Holy Knight in charge of defending Ovelia , berates Lezalas , the leader of the troop trying to perform the actual kidnapping , and the plot ends in disaster . Duke Goltanna , leader of the duchy of Zeltennia on the Ordallian border , had in his service the kidnapper himself , Ramza ' s boyhood friend Delita , who takes Ovelia back to him . Shortly thereafter , King Ondoria dies of the Black Death . Murder of Duke Larg . Having had Ovelia delivered to him by Delita , Goltanna , attempting to take the initiative , marches the Order of the Southern Sky on the kingdom ' s capital , the Royal City of Lesalia , and declares her queen . Larg enthrones Prince Orinus in opposition , and marches on Lesalia himself with the Order of the Northern Sky , resulting in the battle of Lesalia Plain , whereupon Goltanna loses control of the city and retreats to Zeltennia . Delita , endearing himself to Duke Goltanna by ratting out a treacherous minister in Goltanna ' s council named Glevanne , recommended the Southern Sky march and captured Queen Louveria at Lesalia , and imprisoned her in the impregnable bastion of Fort Besselat . The Northern Sky under Zalbaag later responds by marching on Besselat to liberate the queen ( an ally of Duke Larg , her brother ) and disrupt the Southern Sky enough to claim victory . Both armies are debilitated by the spraying of Mossfungus poison over the battlefield by the disgraced engineer , Barich Fendsor . High atop a sentry tower overlooking the battles below , Zalbaag comes across Dycedarg and Larg . Much to his horror , Dycedarg , affecting his plan to remove Larg and move in on the regency himself and becoming closer to the Ivalician kingship , stabs Larg with a small dagger , which he instructs Zalbaag to place in the hand of a dead Northern Sky knight to make it look like the latter was a Southern Sky spy . Larg , hacking up blood in his last moments , lashes out at Dycedarg for being a patricidal traitor . Passing out from the Mossfungus toxin Dycedarg never gives an explanation , much to the chagrin of the thunderstruck Zalbaag . One with Adrammelech . Recovering from the Mossfungus poisoning , Dycedarg meets the Church of Glabados ' s envoy , a mysterious templar knight named Loffrey Wodring , to negotiate with the Northern Sky . During the conversation , which Zalbaag overhears , Loffrey refers to Dycedarg ' s talent with using poison , and that Barbaneth died with symptoms similar to Mossfungus poisoning . Dycedarg sits in uncomfortable silence as Loffrey offers him the Capricorn auracite , a legendary artifact , as proof of the church ' s good intentions . Not sure what to believe , Zalbaag sets off to find the truth , and finds mushrooms poking out his father ' s grave . A local chemist identifies the mushroom as Mossfungus , and Zalbaag sets out to avenge both Larg and his father ' s death . Dycedarg , Capricorn Stone in hand and unaware of its supernatural powers , duels Zalbaag and Ramza . Zalbaag defeats him , but as Dycedarg is dying the Capricorn Stone takes him over , transforming him into the Lucavi demon Adrammelech . Adrammelech wipes out the Northern Sky knights who were originally defending him , kills Zalbaag , and attacks Ramza . Ramza prevails and with the destruction of Adrammelech , Dycedarg also perishes . Gameplay . Dycedarg is fought as a boss towards the end of the game in Eagrose Castle . He is a level 43 Rune Knight with 66 Bravery and 77 Faith , and comes equipped with the Defender , Aegis Shield , Circlet , Carabineer Mail , and Power Gauntlet . He has access to the Swordplay and Magicks commands , and can use Sticky Fingers , Defend , and Move + 1 ( due to his unique job class , he also has access to Defense Boost and Arcane Defense ) . He is innately immune to all negative statuses except Blind , Oil , Chicken , Slow , and Silence . Rendezvous . When fought in the fourteenth Rendezvous battle : Brave Story , he is level 99 and starts with 68 Bravery and 66 Faith . He comes equipped with the Save the Queen , Crystal Helm , Circlet , Luminous Robe , and the Magick Ring . He comes with the Swordplay and Item commands , as well as the Arcane Strength , Regenerate , and Move + 1 . He is immune to the same statuses as previously . Other appearances . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Dycedarg appears with a lightning - elemental card . Non - " Final Fantasy " guest appearances . " Knights of the Crystals " . Dicedarg appears as a card in the Ivalice Special Arena has a limited - time special arena with eighteen floors .