Onion Knight ( Dissidia ) The Onion Knight is one of the heroes fighting for the side of Cosmos in " Dissidia Final Fantasy " and " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " . He also appears in the arcade version . He makes up for his size with speed and is a master of sword arts and magic . As the youngest warrior , the Onion Knight ' s lack of battle experience makes him put on a brave and confident front , when in reality , he is rather scared and unsure of his abilities . The villains he encounters , including his nemesis , the Cloud of Darkness , serve to test his courage and power . Profile . " Dissidia Final Fantasy and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " . The Onion Knight ' s outfit is taken from aspects of all incarnations of the " Final Fantasy III " hero . The color scheme in his default appearance is based on his original NES appearance , while the helmet is based on the PlayStation Portable version . The body armor is closer to Yoshitaka Amano artwork of the for the NES release of the game . His two swords are also based on this artwork . Tetsuya Nomura has noted that , similar to Garland , he struggled designing the Onion Knight as he only had in - game sprites to draw from . His initial designs were " too cartoony " compared to the other heroes , and he was redesigned to match the cover image of " Final Fantasy III " . Shortly after , the promotional images Yoshitaka Amano had been designing were finished , and Nomura reverted to a more " cartoony " design to match Amano ' s work . The Onion Knight ' s first alternate outfit is called " Luneth " , based on the main protagonist in the 3D remake of " Final Fantasy III " . His armor is bright blue , his eyes are purple , and his hair is silver and differently styled to match Luneth ' s . The Sage ' s red colorings become blue , and the Ninja outfit is almost entirely black . The Onion Knight ' s second alternate outfit " Slasher " is based on artwork of prevalent in much of " Final Fantasy III ' s " art . He removes his helmet to reveal spiky white hair , and his armor is primarily black with red and gold highlights . In this outfit his Sage and Ninja forms are green . The Onion Knight ' s downloadable fourth outfit ; " Ingus " is based on another protagonist of the remake , Ingus . His armor is red - pink with puffed out dark pants , a smaller helmet and cape , and brown boots . His Ninja and Sage forms are also based on Ingus ' s — the Ninja wears a different cowl that shows his hair and a dark red and black uniform , while the Sage wears a white and blue robe with an elaborate miter and a long white cape . Together , the Onion Knight ' s outfits represent the colors of the Onion Kids in the NES release of " Final Fantasy III " — two of them were red while the others were blue and green . The Onion Knight ' s Crystal is a direct reference to the elemental Crystals from " Final Fantasy III " , being green and the same shape as the ones seen in the game . The Onion Knight ' s manikin version , Counterfeit Youth , is green . " Dissidia Final Fantasy ( 2015 ) " . In the arcade reboot , his default appearance is titled " Onion Swordsman " ( たまねぎ剣士 ) and has two color variations . " Onion Swordsman B " recolors his armor blue with silver hair and purple eyes , while " Onion Swordsman C " colors the armor green with brown hair and grey eyes . The two outfits are based on Luneth and Arc ' s designs . His first alternate costume is titled " Wielder of the Sword " , and features the boy in another costume based of Amano ' s Unnamed Warrior . He retains his white hair from the " Slasher " costume , but now dons a light blue cape and thigh length black armor with blue accents . His default weapons are the Onion Sword , the Eternal Swords in his Ninja job , and the Eternal Staff in his Sage job . His first alternate weapons are the Serpent Sword , Ashura , and Ogre Staff , while his second weapons are the Royal Sword , Kotetsu , and Rune Staff . Personality . The Onion Knight appears to be very intelligent and analytical , usually finding solutions to his problems through logic . He thinks more like an adult and dislikes those who treat him like a child , and is shown to be strong - willed , shown when he stands up against the Cloud of Darkness after she offered him to join Chaos . He is also shown to be very protective of Terra , looking after her like a big brother . In reality , however , he is rather unsure of himself , usually using his head to get out of situations regarding him . When Cosmos and Golbez tell the Onion Knight to listen to his heart , he realizes that he doesn ' t need to use his head to do everything for him . Story . Treachery of the Gods . In cycles prior , the Onion Knight was smothered by Vaan , who believed he was too young to fight in his own battles , and took it upon himself to look after him like a big brother . Though he tried to avoid Vaan and found himself annoyed , the Onion Knight eventually started to get used to it , even telling Squall that he was beginning to slowly accept Vaan as an older brother . During the twelth cycle , the Onion Knight was , like most of the other Warriors of Cosmos , incapacitated by Kain to keep him safe in preparation for the next cycle of conflict . Light to All . Coming to , the Onion Knight saves Terra from manikins and decides to travel with her while finding their Crystals , until Terra is able to fight on her own . During their adventures , Terra starts to sense a strong aura and the Knight convinces her to check it out despite her warnings . They end up encountering Exdeath , and the Knight talks his way out of fighting him , because he fears losing against a powerful enemy . Exdeath , noticing this , calls him a coward , and then leaves while providing cryptic information on how to obtain the Crystals . When the Knight and Terra get closer to the aura , Terra starts to lose control and attacks the Knight , forcing him to defend himself . Terra is then taken by the Cloud of Darkness , who tells the young warrior he was responsible for Terra ' s fall . Cosmos appears to the Knight , and tells him the only way for him to obtain his Crystal is to defeat the Cloud of Darkness . The young warrior laments that he does not have a heart to do so , but Cosmos questions him of his state of courage and vanishes . Golbez appears and tells the Knight of Terra ' s possession under the Cloud of Darkness , and to think about if he could continue to make judgments in his own head . The Onion Knight eventually finds Terra , who faints while fighting against the possession the Cloud of Darkness has instilled in her . At first , the Knight offers to do whatever she wants in order to prevent Terra from getting attacked any further , but then decides against this when the Cloud of Darkness tries to possess him . That is when the Knight realizes his inner courage and uses it to protect Terra , even if it means fighting a powerful monster . The Onion Knight and the Cloud of Darkness fight , and she is defeated . Golbez appears once again and gives him a Crystal , praising him of his determination and bravery . After Golbez leaves , the Knight decides to rest with Terra to look after her . The Onion Knight continues to protect Terra , who has lost some of her memory while passed out during the Knight ' s fight with the Cloud of Darkness . He also kept the information about their earlier fight from her , feeling it was in her best interests for her to not know . Unfortunately , Kefka ambushes the pair and tries to sway Terra into rejoining him , also revealing the fight between them in the process . The Knight interferes , however , and he teleports Kefka and himself away to the World of Darkness , where Kefka expresses irritation at Onion Knight interfering , as well as insulting the " imitation hero " after the knight questions Kefka regarding his obsession with Terra . Afterwards , Golbez then arrives and reminds Onion Knight that he was supposed to protect Terra . The Knight later shows up when Terra and Cloud Strife are surrounded by Kefka and the Cloud of Darkness . Both the Knight and Cloud Strife distract the Cloud of Darkness , while Terra has her final showdown with Kefka and obtains her Crystal . After the Warriors gather , Cosmos sends them to the Land of Discord as they witness Chaos incinerate Cosmos . Soon afterward , the heroes begin to disappear , and are transported to a place of absolute darkness , where not even a single speck of light can be seen . However , the last remaining strength of Cosmos ' spirit within the Crystals saves them from permanent erosion , and gives the warriors another chance to strike back . However , Onion Knight began to show signs of fear , questioning if they themselves were manikins . He is reassured by Zidane , who rattles his cage a bit by calling him Terra ' s little brother . Later , the boy pondered while the Warrior is calm when Cosmos is no more , with Cecil explaining that the Warrior is restraining himself to protect the others and Cosmos ' s desire . This inspires the Onion Knight to not only reaffirm his vow to protect Terra , but protect the others and himself as well . After defeating the Cloud of Darkness , the Onion Knight joins the other heroes to face off against Chaos . With Chaos beaten , the worlds are restored , and the heroes are transported to World A , where one by one , they disappear back to their home worlds - including the Onion Knight , who returns to the Floating Continent . He thanks everybody before he leaves . Official Quests . Though he does not have a central role in any of them , the Onion Knight has minor appearances in several official quests . In " Firion ' s Quest 012 : A Small Flower " during the 12th cycle , Firion battles a mind - controlled Terra to save the Onion Knight from her . " Squall ' s Quest 012 : The Shadow I Know I Saw " elaborates on Squall and the Onion Knight ' s dislike for Laguna and Vaan , the two agreeing that they have the common problem of talking too much . In " Cecil ' s Quest 013 : Even I Don ' t Remember It " during the 13th cycle , the Onion Knight travels with Cecil , Tidus , Cloud and Terra after the five retrieve their Crystals , and witnesses Cecil battle Kuja while Tidus and Cloud go to help Firion confront the Emperor . Gameplay . " Dissidia Final Fantasy " ( 2008 ) and " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " . The Onion Knight is a Mystic Fencer , attacking opponents with swift combos that hit multiple times , and he is equally well - versed with magic and physical attacks . Unique to the Onion Knight is the ability to chain all of his Bravery attacks into either another Bravery attack or an HP attack , adding to his versatility . He is also the fastest character in the game in normal circumstances , surpassing even Tidus and Zidane , and this coupled with his small stature , he is also one of the most evasive characters in the game . However , his attacks do not do much damage , and he has only four basic Bravery attacks , making him fairly predictable in terms of fighting style . Whilst he is small and thus very evasive , he is arguably the easiest character to punish due to the considerable cooldown on each of his attacks , which vastly reduces the safety of his approach . The Onion Knight does not learn his Bravery to HP attacks directly like other characters . Other characters learn a Bravery to HP attack when mastering the corresponding Bravery attack . Instead , Onion Knight learns a Bravery to Bravery attack , and once he masters it he learns the Bravery to HP attack corresponding to the base attack . Due to this his base Bravery attacks require less AP to master than other characters . In the 2015 reboot , the Onion Knight is classified as a Unique - type character . During its early development stages , he was a Speed - type character . His bravery moveset changes depending on what class he is , but his HP attacks stay the same regardless of what class he ' s in . His HP Attacks inlude Sword and Magic , Blade Torrent , Meteor and Energy Burst . Boss . Onion Knight is fought in the Distant Glory and Inward Chaos storylines . EX Mode . The Onion Knight ' s EX Mode is Job Change , where he changes into either the Sage or Ninja , the two strongest job classes from the NES release of " Final Fantasy III " . While in EX Mode he gains the abilities " Sage ' s Wisdom " and " Dual Wield . " Sage ' s Wisdom is his ability when a Sage , increasing the damage done by his magic attacks and causing them to fire more projectiles . Dual Wield is the ability of his Ninja form , increasing the damage done by his physical attacks and causing them to deal more hits . The Onion Knight automatically shifts between jobs when attacking so the relevant bonus is always active . The Onion Knight is the only character who has two EX Bursts , depending on which type of HP attack he uses to begin the Burst . If activated from a magic attack , his Sage form will use Spellbook ; if activated from a physical attack , his Ninja form will use Ninjutsu . In both , a command menu will appear and the player must select the appropriate command within a time limit . For Spellbook , the player must select Holy from the " Magic " command ; for Ninjutsu , the player must select Shuriken from the " Throw " command . If the player chooses the correct options , the Onion Knight will perform the selected ability , and then follow them up with Meteor or Back Attack respectively . Failing to choose the correct option will have the Onion Knight immediately use Meteor or Back Attack without using Holy or Shuriken . The commands in both " Magic " and " Throw " are randomized every time the EX Burst is used . Spellbook is slightly stronger than Ninjutsu , but not noticeably so and overall both EX Bursts will do approximately the same damage . Equipment . Onion Knight can equip Swords , Daggers , Rods , Staves , Thrown Weapons , Parrying Weapons , Bangles , Gauntlets , Hats , Hairpins , Clothing , and Light Armor . In " Dissidia 012 " , the Onion Knight can also equip Headbands and Chestplates . " Dissidia Final Fantasy ( 2015 ) " . Type : Unique Other appearances . Onion Knight has appeared in the following games throughout the " Final Fantasy " series : Non - " Final Fantasy " guest appearances . Onion Knight has made key guest appearances in the following non - Final Fantasy games :