Brothers The Brothers is a pair of minotaurs from " Final Fantasy VIII " , named Minotaur and Sacred , that the player can obtain as a Guardian Force . They reside in the Tomb of the Unknown King and must be defeated to join the party . After their defeat , the player receives their cards for Triple Triad . The Brothers is an optional Earth - elemental Guardian Force whose ability pool focuses on defense . They learn HP - J , Spr - J , Str - J and basic elemental attack and defense junctions , as well as HP boosting support abilities . They are the only Guardian Force to learn Cover that lets a party member take hits in place of their adjacent comrades . They also learn Defend , which nullifies physical damage until the user chooses another command . Their unique ability is HP Bonus that gives a permanent stat boost upon level up . Unlike most Guardian Forces , Brothers learn no refine abilities . Profile . The Brothers allude to Sekhmet and Minotaur from " Final Fantasy V " . They are two purple minotaurs , bipedal bovines that have human hands . The kanji on their shields means " older brother " for Minotaur and " younger brother " for Sacred . Combining both kanji spells the Japanese word for " brother " . During dialogue sequences , Sacred speaks in capitals , while Minotaur speaks in lower - case letters . While Sacred is the younger brother and Minotaur is the older brother , Sacred is bigger than Minotaur . Sacred has red horns whereas Minotaur ' s are yellow . The tip of Sacred ' s tail is yellow , whereas Minotaur ' s is red . Obtained . The Brothers reside in the Tomb of the Unknown King . The party must visit the tomb to be allowed entry to General Caraway ' s mansion in Deling City , but they don ' t need to venture further than the first indoor area where they recover the student ID they need . Going in deeper and fighting Sacred and Minotaur is optional . Most of the areas are tunnels , making the tomb appear straight - forward , but if the player backtracks , the viewpoint will change , potentially confusing the player . The player will drop a SeeD rank if they press the to automatically leave the tomb . The easiest way to complete the tomb is to always turn right from every screen where it is possible , thus going round in a counter - clockwise manner , visiting all the areas in the correct order . It is useful to equip Siren ' s Move - Find to find all the hidden draw and save points ; the Float spell found in the Watergate room is especially useful . The party will at first face Sacred alone . After defeating him , and proceeding to the center of the tomb , the party will fight both Sacred and Minotaur in a boss battle . Defeating the duo earns the Brothers Guardian Force . Obtaining Brothers in the Steam version earns the player the achievement Brothers . Battle . The Brothers use an Earth - elemental attack against all opponents called Brotherly Love when summoned . Brothers ' summon time is 19 . 3s , which , according to the " Final Fantasy VIII Ultimania " , allows the player to boost the damage to around 220 % of normal damage using a regular PlayStation controller . Its damage is calculated as follows : Elemental Defense starts at 800 ( 0 % ) , 900 nullifies damage and 1000 absorbs it . If an enemy is shown to be weak against an element , its Elemental Defense is below 800 . If damage becomes negative ( due to high Elemental Defense ) , the target is healed by that amount . Compatibility . The charge time for summoning depends on the compatibility between the character and the GF and the Battle Speed . The greater the compatibility , the less time it takes to summon . Compatibility can be boosted with compatibility boosting items , by casting magic that is the same element as the Guardian Force — or otherwise compatible as with Brothers ' case whose compatibility is boosted by using " forbidden " spells — and by summoning the GF during battle . Compatibility is reduced by using " opposing " magic to the GF ' s element and other summons . The below values are the base compatibility values with all playable characters at the start of the game . Seifer cannot junction Brothers in a normal playthrough , but a default value for his compatibility still exists . Stats . The following table represents the base stats . Abilities . Abilities learned naturally by Brothers are listed below : Boss . The duo is fought in the center of the Tomb of the Unknown King . The pair is constantly healed by Earth Regeneration as long as their feet are touching the ground . The player can cast the Float spell on them to prevent their healing . The duo ' s special hit , Mad Cow Special , is an Earth - elemental attack against all party members used when both are alive . Triple Triad . When the Queen of Cards requests the Sacred card and the player loses it to her , the player can win Irvine card from Flo in Fishermans Horizon . The player can win back the cards the queen requests from the boy in the artist ' s house in Dollet . Other appearances . " Final Fantasy Record Keeper " . The Brothers appear as bosses in the Record of the Tomb of the Unknown King , although Sacred is known as Sekhret . The player can prepare by attaching Wind and Poison - based abilities , as the Brothers are vulnerable to both elements . The strategy is nearly identical to the source game : the player should focus on one of them while buffing the party with Protect and Shell to curb damage and halt their hit - all Mad Cow Special . To earn the Target Scores , the player should direct the Wind attacks at Minotaur and the Poison attacks at Sekhret . " Mobius Final Fantasy " . The Brothers appear as an ability card in " Mobius Final Fantasy " . Etymology . The Brothers appeared in " Final Fantasy V " , named Minotaur and Sekhmet . They are called Taurus in the French version .