Bartz Klauser Bartz Klauser ( known as Butz Klauser in the RPGe fan translation of the Super Famicom version and the Japanese version of " Dissidia Final Fantasy " , and Batz in " " ) is the main protagonist of " Final Fantasy V " . His mother died when he was young , and his father died three years ago , but on advice from his father , Bartz decided to explore the world . Before the player names him , Bartz is known as ? , or ? ? ? in the " Advance " version . Profile . Appearance . Bartz has a slim muscular build . He has white hair in Yoshitaka Amano ' s artworks , with a tight - fitting shirt and trousers with various beads and sashes . His sprite art depicts him with brown hair , wearing a blue tunic , white shirt and trousers , and sometimes a red cape . Bartz ' s eyes are gray or brown depending on the source . In sprite form , his eyes are blue . Officially , he is the tallest of the playable party . Personality . Bartz is described as " a simple wanderer . " He starts his adventure with no further ambitions than exploration as that is what his father wanted , and so he initially rejects Lenna ' s invitation to join her . His conscience ( along with Boko ' s intervention ) makes him change his mind , and shortly thereafter he is chosen to be a Light Warrior by the Crystals . This forces Bartz to mature and form a greater sense of responsibility to the world , much like his father had . Despite the gravity of the situation , Bartz retains his easygoing and friendly nature , and remains levelheaded to the point of being facetious , remarking the others are always " going overboard . " Bartz cares for his friends and is still affected by his parents ' deaths , even though he struggles verbalizing his feelings . Bartz has a fear of heights dating back to a childhood incident of playing hide - and - go - seek and almost falling from a roof of a two - story house . Story . Bartz was born in the village of Lix where he lived with his mother Stella and his father Dorgann . Bartz ' s mother died while he was still young , and his father fell ill and died when Bartz was seventeen . Following his dying wish , Bartz traveled the world and found a chocobo separated from his flock whom he named Boko who became Bartz ' s steadfast companion and steed . Three years after Dorgann ' s death , Bartz is in the Tycoon area when a meteorite falls from the sky . On the impact site he finds a young woman , Lenna , being attacked by goblins . He helps her out , and they find an amnesiac old man named Galuf in the meteorite ' s wreckage . Lenna explains she must go to the Wind Shrine and Galuf joins her when he realizes he is going there too . Bartz chooses to continue his wanderings , but Boko convinces him to help Galuf and Lenna . After an earthquake Bartz again rescues the pair from goblins and joins them on their journey to the Wind Shrine , deciding his father would have wanted him to find out what was happening to the Crystals , though Galuf teases he ' s only doing it because of the beautiful Lenna . The party finds a cave opened by the earthquake and as they venture through they spot a ship sailing without the wind . They reach a pirate hideout where Bartz tries to commandeer the pirate ship owned by the pirate captain Faris . The group is caught and during their captivity Bartz and Galuf discover Lenna ' s true identity as a princess of Tycoon . Faris lets them take the ship to the Wind Crystal and while they stop at Tule the pirates book an inn and Bartz and Galuf are confused by Faris ' s beauty while asleep . At the Wind Shrine before the Crystal shatters they meet the King Tycoon who entrusts the four with a quest to save the Crystals from an unknown evil , naming Bartz , Lenna , Galuf , and Faris the Warriors of Light . They meet Zok , Lenna ' s old friend , and ask for the key to the Torna Canal , but Zok claims to have lost it . That night , Bartz awakens wondering if his father would have wanted him to be on such a quest . Zok speaks with him and entrusts him the key , believing Lenna would be safe with him . If the party visits the pirate hideout they will find chocobo tracks . Bartz discovers Boko tried to follow them and became injured , finding his way into the care of the pirates ' doctor . Bartz is anxious over him even though the doctor assures Boko will be fine . In the Torna Canal the pirate ship is attacked by Karlabos and Syldra ( Faris ' s sea dragon " pet " that can move the ship even when there is no wind ) is sucked into a whirlpool . Bartz and Galuf must hold Faris back from trying to follow . The ship drifts to the Ship Graveyard where Bartz and Galuf discover Faris is a woman in disguise , but Bartz shrugs at the discovery and doesn ' t think of her any differently . When they reach the coastline Siren hypnotizes Bartz with a figure of his mother , but Galuf saves them because he cannot remember the girl the Siren used to try and ensnare him . They reach the North Mountain and save Hiryu , Lenna ' s wind drake . Bartz is afraid of heights but Galuf forces him onto the dragon anyway . When Bartz and the party arrive in Castle Walse , they warn the King of the Crystal ' s impending destruction , but the King refuses their counsel . Another meteorite falls nearby and a soldier warns the King that the monster Garula has gone insane . The party leaves for the Walse Tower and defeats Garula , but the Water Crystal shatters and the tower sinks into the sea . Bartz , Lenna , Galuf and Faris are rescued by Syldra , but the sea dragon is spent and drifts away on the current . The party returns to Walse Meteorite where Bartz discovers a warp point to another continent . They arrive in Karnak only to be imprisoned by the town guard . In prison Bartz and company meet Cid Previa when he accidentally " escapes " into their cell . He introduces himself as the inventor of the Crystal amplification machines , locked up by Queen Karnak when he realized the machine is damaging the Crystal and tried to stop its use . The chancellor releases the party so they can save the Queen who is trapped on the Fire - Powered Ship that holds the Fire Crystal . The party saves the Queen , but the Crystal is destroyed by a possessed soldier and they narrowly escape the ensuing explosion . Cid is frustrated by his mistakes and unable to help Bartz and his friends , so they look for Mid Previa , Cid ' s grandson , who resides in the Library of the Ancients . They explain everything to him and Mid departs to talk to his grandfather . With Mid and Cid working together they rebuild the Fire - Powered Ship and Bartz ' s party leaves to search for the last Crystal . Galuf , having regained some of his memory after seeing Cid and Mid ' s relationship , knows the reason the Crystals are being destroyed : Exdeath , a 1 , 000 - year - old warlock from another world who was sealed by the Warriors of Dawn and the Crystals ' power , is possessing various people around the world to destroy the Crystals to break free . With the wind drake , Bartz returns to his hometown of Lix where the townspeople are happy to see him , and the bard who has taken up residence in his old house tells him to look around . The old music box reminds Bartz of his mother ' s death and that night he visits her grave . He explains to Faris that his father Dorgann would have been buried alongside his wife and carves his name on the stone . After the party searches for the Earth Crystal on Crescent , the Fire - Powered Ship sinks . When the party explores the nearby woods Bartz and Faris find a black chocobo and return to the Library of the Ancients to explore the Ronka Ruins where they encounter a possessed King Tycoon . They reach Catapult , a hidden facility , and find an airship under Crescent Island when the Ronka Ruins turn into a floating battle station . The party flies there with the newly - restored airship and unwittingly destroys the Crystal ' s guardian . King Tycoon prepares to destroy the Crystal and while Bartz and Galuf ready themselves to fight him , Lenna and Faris stand between them . Galuf ' s granddaughter Krile has arrived on another meteorite , and hits the King with a spell to break Exdeath ' s hold on him . The ensuing reunion is cut short when Exdeath arrives , forcing the King to sacrifice his life to save them . Exdeath departs to the other world , and as the King dies he asks that Bartz protect his daughters , Lenna and Faris . Galuf , his memory fully restored , leaves for his world with Krile on her meteorite and forbids the others to follow . Bartz , Lenna , and Faris soon decide they ' re not going to leave their friend to fight on his own even if it means never returning to their homeworld . They collect adamantite at Cid and Mid ' s suggestion from the four meteorites to use their remaining power to teleport to Galuf ' s World . Bartz , Lenna , and Faris arrive on a deserted island and during the night are attacked by Abductor s sent by Exdeath . The three are taken to Castle Exdeath and held hostage and when Bartz tries to confront Exdeath , is knocked back with a powerful spell . Galuf has his army fall back , saves the heroes from the castle , and the four battle Exdeath ' s lackey Gilgamesh . After the battle on the Big Bridge , the castle ' s force field throws the party to the continent of Gloceana . Bartz apologizes for failing to help , but Galuf brushes it off . Spending the night in Regole , Galuf reassures him that their actions saved his army from the barrier ( albeit accidentally ) and asks why they followed him , but Bartz is unable to articulate his reasons . They reach Moogle Village and are picked up by Krile and her wind drake who take them to the Castle of Bal where Bartz is shocked to discover Galuf is a king . Krile ' s wind drake is dying after the battle and its long flight , and the only place dragon grass grows in is Drakenvale , a place where none are said to have survived . Although the others are disheartened , Bartz proclaims they ' ll be the first . While searching for dragon grass the party crosses the town of Quelb and meets Kelger Vlondett who questions their loyalties and challenges Bartz to a fight . Bartz repels Kelger ' s Lupine Attack and explains his father , Dorgann , trained him . Galuf and Kelger are shocked and reveal that Dorgann , along with themselves and King Xezat , were the Warriors of Dawn who sealed Exdeath and that Dorgann had refused to return after forcing such an evil onto another world . Although Dorgann and Stella never told Bartz so as not to burden him , Bartz wound up following in his footsteps anyway . The party is summoned by the sage Ghido and try to visit him , but Exdeath sinks Ghido ' s island . The party is picked up by Xezat ' s fleet and join him in destroying the Barrier Tower . Xezat becomes trapped in the lowest level and tells the party to escape without him as the tower falls , and Bartz is forced to knock Galuf unconscious to get him out . With the submarine used to infiltrate the tower , they find Ghido ' s lair in a now - underwater cavern . Finding a turtle inside , Bartz pokes it until it speaks up , revealing itself to be the sage . Bartz apologizes but Ghido keeps mocking him . He tells the warriors to head for the Great Forest of Moore that Exdeath seems to be interested in . As they enter the Guardian Tree , Exdeath forces the Crystal seals to attack the party so that they will destroy them for him . The Crystals released , Exdeath attacks the party with their power . Krile arrives and tries to stop him , but she falls to his magic . Galuf fights Exdeath with the last of his strength , forcing the warlock to retreat . Although the party tries to heal him , Galuf dies and passes on his status as a Light Warrior and the skills he ' d acquired from the Crystals to his granddaughter . The new party rushes to Castle Exdeath , but Exdeath taunts them for fighting without even knowing what his plans are . Although they seem to defeat him , Exdeath shatters the Crystals . The party blacks out and mysteriously finds themselves back at Castle Tycoon . Faris is welcomed back as the long - lost Princess Sarisa and a grand ball is held to celebrate her and Lenna ' s return . During the festivities Krile ducks out and Bartz follows to check on her . When she tells him that Galuf ' s spirit is telling her to hurry , Bartz decides to investigate . They leave the princesses behind and Bartz seeks out Boko and finds him not just healed , but married to a chocobo named Koko with eggs on the way . Bartz gives Boko his hearty congratulations and the three of them continue , but fall into a pit created by an Antlion and are rescued by Faris after promising they ' ll never leave her behind again . They find Ghido upended in his cave who explains the two worlds have merged to one . The worlds were split to seal the Void , a destructive power of unknown origin , a thousand years ago , and that is what Exdeath seeks . Exdeath appears before them and although Bartz and Faris try to fight him , only Ghido can match him , but it ' s not enough to stop Exdeath from using the power of the Void . He consumes Tycoon Castle with Lenna still inside . On their way to seek the first tablet to unlock the the legendary Sealed Weapons to gain the strength to face Exdeath , the party passes the Guardian Tree and pauses to mourn the people they ' ve lost . They resolve to defeat Exdeath and not allow any more sacrifices to be made . After retrieving the tablet from the Pyramid of Moore they find Lenna being possessed by Melusine , a demon of the rift that forces her to attack them . Turns out Lenna was saved from the Void by her wind drake , and after Hiryu frees her from possession Bartz , Faris , and Krile destroy the demon and Lenna joins them . As soon as they board their airship Exdeath attacks with the Void worldwide and consumes Lix and several other places . At the sight of his hometown being sucked into a black hole Bartz flies into a rage and pushes the airship to its limits and nearly destroys it until the others calm him down . After collecting the twelve Sealed Weapons Bartz , Lenna , Faris and Krile enter the Interdimensional Rift where they fight Exdeath , aided by the spirits of King Tycoon and the Dawn Warriors . Though the Void transforms him into Neo Exdeath , the Light Warriors prevail . The Crystals reform and the places taken by the Void are restored . Bartz resumes his wandering lifestyle and a year later , he reunites with the others at the Guardian Tree where they resolve to continue protecting the Crystals as Light Warriors . Gameplay . Bartz will be the most available playable character , so the player may make him the primary damage dealer with physical jobs , such as Knight , Monk , or Gladiator . In the Game Boy Advance and subsequent versions , Bartz has the innate element of Wind , and therefore the Gladiator ' s Finisher ability will take this element . Stats . Each playable characters have slightly different base attributes and they are therefore slightly better suited for different task ( s ) . Bartz has the highest raw Strength and lowest raw Magic , meaning he ' s more suitable to use a job that focuses on physical strength . Musical themes . Bartz ' s theme is generally considered to be " Home Sweet Home , " which plays in Bartz ' s hometown of Lix . Other appearances . Bartz has made appearances in the following games in the " Final Fantasy " series : Non - " Final Fantasy " guest appearances . Bartz has made key guest appearances in the following non - " Final Fantasy " games : Etymology . Bartz is the pet name for Bartolomäus , the German form of Bartholomew . Though originally envisioned to be romanized as " Butz , " Bartz ' s name has never been romanized as such in an official localization of " Final Fantasy V " , and in the past , it was only romanized for the 1992 official strategy guide in Japan . English localizations have changed the romanization to " Bartz , " likely because Butz is a homophone of " butts . " In the English version of " Final Fantasy : Legend of the Crystals " he is referred to as " Batz , " another transliteration of his Japanese name . Butz is an existing German surname that emerged in medieval times as one of the notable families in Austria .