Karaha - Baruha Karaha - Baruha is a non - playable Tarutaru summoner in " Final Fantasy XI " . He is a former minister of the Federation of Windurst ' s Optistery , an institution that houses both a library and an observatory . He famously sacrificed himself to defend his nation from the Yagudo Theomilitary during the Crystal War and is therefore referred to as the " Hero of Windurst " . Story . Karaha - Baruha earned a reputation as a genius during his time as a student of the Aurastery , Windurst ' s School of Magic . He was able to complete all available courses in a year and achieved multiple degrees . This made him a prime candidate for recruitment by any of the Federation ' s five ministries . Eventually he selected the Optistery and worked through its ranks to become its leader . Having achieved this position , he made great strides to increase cooperation between his division and the remaining four . At some point during his rise to fame Karaha - Baruha initiated a secret romance with the Star Sibyl , Windurst ' s head of state . Through the course of this relationship he learned a terrible truth known to only the Sibyl herself : their nation would be obliterated within their lifetime . Having foreseen a future in ruin , the Star Sibyl had gone to the Full Moon Fountain to consult Fenrir , Windurst ' s guardian , and learned that the first Star Sibyl had agreed to this fate in ages past . Karaha - Baruha could not accept Fenrir ' s promise of annihilation , however , and devoted all his time to developing a means to overcome the approaching devastation . A decade before the Crystal War , aged only seventeen , he concluded that conventional magic was a dead - end and that the powers of the natural world had been stretched as far as they could go . He therefore proposed a new discipline that would draw upon the energy of living things to exceed the limits imposed by nature . Other ministers objected to this on the grounds that it would endanger life by its very premise but the Star Sibyl approved the research . Karaha - Baruha intended to harness the might of Fenrir itself to avert catastrophe . Five years later he received permission to construct a new laboratory in the Toraimarai Canal . In this place , sometimes referred to as the sixth ministry or " Animastery " , he would be able to leverage the power of the Horutoto Ruins to further develop the art he named summoning . The entrance to the facility was sealed so that only Karaha - Baruha could open it and the increasingly reclusive minister began to fade from the public eye . A portal was created connecting the lab to the Star Sibyl ' s private chambers , however , and she continued to support him in his endeavor . Karaha - Baruha ' s work was nearly complete at the dawn of the Crystal War . He only needed to review the " Book of the Gods " , a tome containing the first Star Sibyl ' s account of her interaction with Fenrir . The Star Sibyl denied him this final request , however , as Warlock Warlord Robel - Akbel had advised her that Karaha - Baruha ' s life would be gravely endangered if he attempted a summoning . The minister reminded the Star Sibyl that the safety of the nation outweighed his own well - being . As the Federation had already suffered bitter defeats at home and at Fort Karugo - Narugo , the Star Sibyl reluctantly relinquished the book and her Diza Star , which was required to unlock it . With the " Book of the Gods " in hand Karaha - Baruha learned that the first Star Sibyl had created a magical device called Gleipnir to control Fenrir and establish the Great Beast ' s pact with Windurst . She had then broken the relic into pieces and entrusted them to Windurst ' s allies in that era . With time running short , Karaha - Baruha dispatched Lehko Habhoka and his mercenary confidant to recover the fragments so that they might bring the Great Beast to heel again . During his preparations Karaha - Baruha contacted Manustery Minister Zonpa - Zippa and requested the use of his best Cardian s . Though the puppetmaster usually commanded these units himself , Zonpa - Zippa reluctantly complied by setting his Ace Cardians to follow Karaha - Baruha . The Optistery minister did not employ them for menial labor , however . Karaha - Baruha copied Zonpa - Zippa ' s designs and built a new automaton , Joker , using a piece of his own soul . He then designated his creation as the leader of the Aces . Given that the artificial soldiers were being mass produced for the war and that weaker models were programmed to obey their stronger counterparts , this effectively gave Joker command over all other Cardians . When Lehko Habhoka returned with Gleipnir Karaha - Baruha met him in Heaven ' s Tower . As they conversed they were approached by Robel - Akbel . Karaha - Baruha used the opportunity to ask the Warlock Warlord about his earlier warning to the Star Sibyl . Nobody should have known enough about Karaha - Baruha ' s research to convince her that it would be dangerous to continue . Robel - Akbel remained silent and Karaha - Baruha proceeded to question his very identity . The Robel - Akbel he had known had been a gentle soul , much unlike the Warlock Warlord , and a classified report suggested that he had died during the initial Yagudo raid on Windurst . Robel - Akbel finally replied that he was not the person he used to be and that his mission was , in part , to save Karaha - Baruha from himself . Karaha - Baruha shrugged off the implication that he would seek his own death but Robel - Akbel challenged him to deny it . Stunned that the Warlock Warlord could know his unspoken intentions , Karaha - Baruha stood quietly as Robel - Akbel reasserted his position and ordered the minister to prepare for battle . Karaha - Baruha returned to the Animastery and reassembled Gleipnir . By the time he emerged again an army of Yagudo and Kindred was advancing on the city . Karaha - Baruha found Robel - Akbel conversing with a mercenary and interrupted them to ask a question . He suspected that the adventurer was from another time and wondered what Windurst was like then . Learning that happier days were ahead , he offered thanks as Robel - Akbel sent the traveler away . Alone with the Warlock Warlord , Karaha - Baruha confessed that he was confident in his calculations but terrified at having unraveled Robel - Akbel ' s true identity . Seeing no point in further misleading the minister , Robel - Akbel admitted that he was Karaha - Baruha from another timeline . His attempt to summon Fenrir had failed , Windurst had been overrun , and the Star Sibyl had been murdered . When given an opportunity to return to the past he had assumed the identity of Robel - Akbel , whom he knew would die in the first battle , and made every effort to change the outcome of the war . Encouraged by the future the adventurer had described to him , Karaha - Baruha was certain that they would avoid a repeat of his counterpart ' s misfortune . The pair began to depart but the Star Sibyl intercepted them . The Warlock Warlord , having long since replaced his love for her with the resolve to rewrite history , continued to the battlefield alone . The Star Sibyl made one more attempt to dissuade Karaha - Baruha from his work . He again reminded her that his life was a small concession to make for the Federation ' s survival . At his urging she tearfully gave the order for him to save Windurst . Karaha - Baruha accepted , embraced the Star Sibyl , and proceeded to the Manustery to make his final preparations . The Battle of Windurst was underway and the defending Mithra Mercenaries were soon overwhelmed . Karaha - Baruha advanced onto the city ' s battlements and found a child , Ajido - Marujido , channeling magic against the approaching horde . Assured that Windurst would do well in the hands of such enthusiastic youth , he called to the Federation ' s soldiers and bid them to leave the rest to Fenrir . Robel - Akbel joined the minister atop the wall to ensure that nothing would be left to chance . Together they summoned the Great Beast and unleashed it upon the Beastmen . Though the Yagudo turned their artillery on the avatar , their forces were helpless against its ravenous maw . Having reduced the invading army to tatters , Fenrir turned back to Windurst to finish the troops that had penetrated the city ' s defenses . Karaha - Baruha and Robel - Akbel began to lose control , however , and could not defeat Tzee Xicu the Manifest as she loomed above them . Exhausted , the summoners collapsed and were absorbed by the Great Beast . The genius of Karaha - Baruha was lost . The consequences of the minister ' s disappearance were immediate . No longer bound and conflicting with the minds it had consumed , Fenrir raged away from Windurst as Tzee Xicu teleported back to her stronghold . Lehko Habhoka , who had sworn to finish Robel - Akbel ' s work , joined Perih Vashai to hunt the Great Beast and vanquish it with the Bow of Light . The avatar ' s death marked the end of Windurst ' s golden age : the Horutoto Ruins lost power , the magical waters of Sarutabaruta began to wither , the Great Star Tree started to rot , and the Full Moon Fountain became dark . Having been tied to Karaha - Baruha ' s lifeforce , Joker deactivated and left the Federation ' s Cardians without a leader . The confused automatons promptly abducted Zonpa - Zippa and locked him away for years to come . Windurst survived the night , however , and the Yagudo were dealt such heavy casualties that there was no threat of continued conflict . Karaha - Baruha was therefore declared the " Hero of Windurst " . In spite of this honor , the grieving Star Sibyl ordered that his summoning magic never be practiced again . Present Day . In the peaceful days following the Crystal War the Star Sibyl conceals Windurst ' s festering wounds and secretly wishes that Karaha - Baruha could return to advise her . This stirs what little energies remain in the land and slowly draws together pieces arranged by the summoner twenty years earlier . The Star Onion Brigade accidentally revives Joker and , owing to the connection between such dolls and their creators , inadvertently draws Karaha - Baruha back from death as well . His spirit is still merged with Fenrir , however , and he roams Vana ' diel as a creature known as the bearer of darkness . Eventually Joker awakens to his purpose and the remnants of Karaha - Baruha that he carries . He gathers the Cardians that had followed him during the war and orchestrates the meeting of the bearer of darkness , the Star Sibyl , and Ajido - Marujido , who had since grown to become the Orastery minister . At the Full Moon Fountain the energy from the Cardians and the Sibyl ' s Diza Star converge with the bearer to energize the water and restore Fenrir to life . The Star Sibyl then renews Windurst ' s pact with the Great Beast . In the aftermath Ajido - Marujido cannot help but wonder if even his own involvement had been planned by Karaha - Baruha from the beginning . Other appearances . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Karaha - Baruha appears in the " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " with his in - game model . His card is Thunder - elemental .