Cinna Cinna is a temporary playable character in " Final Fantasy IX " . He is a member of Tantalus Theater Troupe and thus a thief and an actor residing in Lindblum . He possesses the Unusual Potion item Zidane needs to further his quest . Profile . Appearance . Cinna has fairly clownish features , with a wide mouth and red nose . He has small , close - set yellow eyes , pointy ears and a black goatee . Cinna wears a brown ensemble consisting of a thick leather collar , cropped short - sleeved jacket which bares his protruding belly , wristbands , shorts ( with the fly undone ) , boots , and what appears to be an off - white chef ' s hat . Personality . Cinna has a passion for his hammer ( which he lets no one else use ) , exotic coffee , and South Gate Bundt Cake . He is also skilled with machines . He does not take kindly to anyone poking fun at his appearance and cannot sleep at night without his Princess Garnet doll , as seen in a humorous ATE . As with the rest of Tantalus , he is a skilled actor and even goes out of his way to call Steiner a bad one . Story . Cinna is onboard the Alexandria n - bound " Prima Vista " where he participates in the fight against Masked Man , who turns out to be Baku . Cinna soon acts out his part in the play , " I Want to Be Your Canary " . The purpose of the play is to be a present for Princess Garnet ' s sixteenth birthday and to act as a guise for Tantalus to kidnap her . It turns out Garnet herself wishes to be " kidnapped " to escape her wicked mother , and comes aboard the " Prima Vista " willingly . Cinna helps Zidane and Garnet escape from Steiner and his Knights of Pluto . Zidane , Cinna , and Blank corner Steiner , and Cinna helps them escape onto the stage . The " Prima Vista " escapes Alexandria , but Queen Brahne opens fire at it upon realizing they are taking the princess . The ship crash - lands in the Evil Forest , and Cinna helps the survivors who landed outside the airship and stays there , offering goods to Zidane , Steiner , and Vivi before they head out to find Garnet who fell off the airship in the chaos . Cinna , Baku , and Marcus escape the Evil Forest , and stop to rest at South Gate in the King Ed Plains where Cinna makes coffee . Marcus decides to rescue his best friend Blank , who was petrified by the forest . Cinna travels with Marcus and Baku to the South Gate summit station where they meet up with Steiner and Garnet , who are returning to Alexandria . Garnet feels culpable for what happened to Blank and agrees to help Marcus get the Supersoft item to heal Blank ' s petrification from Treno . Steiner and Garnet go with Marcus , while Cinna waits for a cable car to take him back to Lindblum . Cinna overstuffs himself with South Gate bundt cake , and Baku finds him slacking off and punishes him . It is assumed Cinna returns to Alexandria with Baku and Ruby to help in the struggle against Brahne , who has gone wild with power and destroyed Burmecia , Cleyra and Lindblum , wrecking Tantalus ' s home base in the process . After Brahne ' s death Ruby opens a mini theater in Alexandria , and Marcus , Blank ( now cured ) , and Cinna help her . They decide to take Vivi to the first show and use him as a decoy so that Ruby will not scold them for being late . After Garnet is made the new Queen Kuja attacks Alexandria and most of the castle and the town are decimated . All of Tantalus except for Ruby return to Lindblum to rebuild their headquarters . Marcus asks to borrow Cinna ' s hammer , but Cinna will not let him have it . Zidane and company try to cure Regent Cid who has been turned into an oglop by his absconded wife , and one of the potions Zidane needs for a cure is in Cinna ' s possession . The " cure " does not work , however , and only turns Cid into a frog rather than reverting the curse . After Cid makes amends with his wife she agrees to turn him back into human , Cid builds his newesr airship that can operate without Mist , the " Hilda Garde III " . Cinna is onboard the " Hilda Garde III " when Cid comes to help Zidane and his friends to enter Memoria , their entrance being blocked by a horde of silver dragons . Zidane and his friends follow Kuja to the depths of Memoria and fell him for good , and peace returns to the world . Some time later Tantalus returns to Alexandria to puts on another show of " I Want to Be Your Canary " for Queen Garnet , Cinna among them . Gameplay . Cinna is a thief and thus has high Speed . Cinna shares the same character slots as Quina and thus his level s carry over but his stats do not . A high level Cinna would make Quina weaker stats - wise , as s / he would lose levels where s / he could have gained stats with the right equipment . Equipment . Cinna ' s weapon of choice is his Hammer , while his armor consist of hats , armlets , and light armor . Like Blank and Marcus , he can also equip the otherwise female only Lamia ' s Tiara . Cinna ' s equipment option cannot be fully viewed unless the player hack both Cinna himself into the party and all items into their inventory with a cheating device . The player can obtain Cinna ' s Hammer by finding all thirteen Stellazzio coins for Queen Stella in Treno . The Hammer can be synthesized into Tin Armor , Steiner ' s best armor , but if the player has the Hammer in their inventory during the ending sequence , they get an extra scene in the ending . Abilities . Cinna ' s battle commands consist of Attack , Steal , and Item . Since Cinna is only a temporary party member , he has no Trance bar nor any support abilities . He also cannot learn any new abilities found on equipment . He can steal , similar to the other thieves . Any successful steals from Cinna contribute to the attack power of Zidane ' s Thievery ability , even before this skill is acquired . Etymology . The name Cinna is most likely taken from one of the characters in Shakespeare ' s play , " " . Most Tantalus members have names inspired by theater . He is called Er Cina in the Italian version .