Cidolfus Demen Bunansa Cidolfus Demen Bunansa , or Dr . Cid as he is better known , is one of the main characters of " Final Fantasy XII " , and the first Cid to ever be an antagonist . A genius scientist under the employ of the Archadian Empire , he is the mastermind behind manufacted nethicite and the various technological devices it fuels that make the Empire the superpower it has become . However , Cid ' s inventions are mere experimentations made during the pursuit of a greater power source , and a greater end than mere world conquest . Profile . Appearance . Cid is fifty - eight years old . He has silver hair , beard and mustache and wears silver , oval eyeglasses . He wears silver shoe - leggings with gold designs , and a deep red and purple coat , also with gold ornaments , and white elbow - length gloves . Dr Cid ' s weapons in battle are a pair of gold - colored guns with circular blue ornamentation , and he wields several larger weapons with the same color scheme in his cinematic attacks . In artwork of Cid as a younger man , he looks similar to Balthier . Personality . Dr . Cid is a brilliant man and a well - learned researcher of ancient relics . According to Balthier , when Cid discovered nethicite , he devoted everything he had to furthering his knowledge of it and how to use its powers , creating airships , weapons , and becoming obsessed with achieving greater power with the stones . Cid ' s ultimate goal is to use the power of manufacted nethicite to defy the reign of the Occuria , giving mankind the freedom to choose its own path of development . To this end he forsakes all morals and distractions , and as a result is regarded as insane by many . However , Cid is completely aware of what he is doing and the end results he wishes to achieve . Despite his fascination with nethicite , he dismisses the idea of using deifacted nethicite near the end of the game , seemingly deciding its power is too dangerous to try and harness . At one point the party speculates Cid ' s plan was simply to grant the power of nethicite , deifacted or manufacted , to the nations of Ivalice and witness what happened when they clashed , as happened in " Final Fantasy XII " and the years prior to the game ' s beginning . At Pharos at Ridorana , Cid alludes that he plans to use the power of nethicite to become a god - like being , and temporarily takes power from the Sun - Cryst to battle the party . Thus Cid ' s ultimate goal may have been to betray and / or usurp Vayne and rule Ivalice himself , in addition to overthrowing the favored nations of the Occuria . Despite their estrangement , Cid does still care for Balthier and alludes to have been wishing for Balthier to share in the power Cid was seeking , before he fled to become a sky pirate . Story . Early life . Not much is known about Cid ' s life before the events of " Final Fantasy XII " . He fathered three sons , one named Ffamran mied Bunansa , but his other two sons and wife are never seen or mentioned in the game . Six years prior to the start of " Final Fantasy XII " , Dr . Cid traveled to the Jagd Difohr on an expedition into the Mist - covered waste . It is not known whether it was a primarily exploration - driven mission , or whether he already had some idea of what he was looking for and what he would find there . Either way , he stumbled upon the Giruvegan , where he met the rogue Occuria Venat , and discovered the nature of the stone of the gods , nethicite . Venat took Cid as their pupil and taught him how to synthesize artificial nethicite , which came to be known as manufacted nethicite . Over the next six years Cid would develop vast leaps in technology using the nethicite , experimenting on his stones in Draklor Laboratory in Archades . He became obsessed with the stone and ranted about putting " the reigns of history back in the hands of man " . Venat usually appeared only to Cid and was invisible to others , and the sight of Cid rambling seemingly to himself made others fear he was going mad . He promoted Ffamran to the rank of Judge , but Ffamran couldn ' t stand to watch his father ' s sanity deteriorate and fled Archades to become a sky pirate , taking the name Balthier . As Archadia began its conquest of neighboring kingdoms , Cid found the Midlight Shard in the Kingdom of Nabradia . Recognizing it as deifacted nethicite , a shard of the Sun - Cryst , he ordered Judge Zecht to use the stone at Nabudis , eager to see its power . The resulting explosion sank Nabudis into a chasm , covered the ruins in Mist and drained the Midlight Shard of its power . The ruins came to be known as the Necrohol of Nabudis , a wasteland patrolled by monsters lurking in thick Mist . " Final Fantasy XII " . With Vayne appointed new consul to Dalmasca , he and Cid conspire to find the other two shards cut from the Sun - Cryst by Raithwall , the Dawn Shard and Dusk Shard . Judge Gabranth reports Cid and Vayne ' s likely hand in the destruction of Nabudis to Emperor Gramis , but the two cannot take action as Judge Zecht has vanished and without his testimony the truth cannot be certain . Vaan finds the Dusk Shard hidden in the royal palace at Rabanastre , and turns it over to Judge Ghis in exchange for the party not being executed when they are captured . The Dusk Shard soon after finds its way to Cid ' s hands . After Raithwall ' s descendent Ashe retrieves the Sword of Kings , an ancient sword that can cut nethicite , from the Stilshrine of Miriam , the group heads to Archades to infiltrate Draklor and destroy the Dusk Shard — with the Dawn Shard having expelled its Mist destroying Ghis ' s fleet , the Dusk Shard is the last piece of deifacted nethicite that has not yet expended its power . In Draklor they meet Reddas , a sky pirate who has also infiltrated Draklor and is pursuing Cid . Cid battles the group , but before Reddas can finish him Venat appears and blocks his strike . Cid escapes , telling Ashe if she desires a piece of deifacted nethicite , to head to Giruvegan , where Cid himself plans to go . The group heeds Cid ' s words and at Giruvegan Ashe meets the Occuria , who bequeath her the Treaty - Blade as a sign they recognize her their choice as Dynast - King , and tell her to use it to cut new shards from the Sun - Cryst to combat the Empire . Cid is nowhere to be found and they realize he lied about coming to trick them into seeing the Occuria and receiving their direction to go to the Sun - Cryst . At the Pharos where the Sun - Cryst shines , Reddas reveals himself as Judge Zecht , pursuing Cid to atone for his hand in the fall of Nabudis , and confronts Gabranth who has been sent by Vayne to determine if Ashe intends to wield the Sun - Cryst ' s power or not . Cid arrives and dismisses Gabranth , and Venat reintegrates the three shards of deifacted nethicite into the Sun - Cryst . The large quantities of Mist within the giant piece of nethicite spew and cover Ivalice , granting enough Mist to activate Cid ' s ultimate weapon , the Sky Fortress " Bahamut " , Vayne ' s massive command airship . Cid again battles the party , summoning the Esper Famfrit to his aid with a piece of nethicite , but he is defeated . Cid ' s body is consumed in Mist and begins to fade away , brushing off Balthier ' s pity and telling him to flee , in his last words muttering " fool of a pirate " . Gameplay . Cid is fought twice , first in Draklor Laboratory , then at the top of the Pharos at Ridorana . In the first battle he is assisted by Rooks . During the second battle he summons Famfrit and becomes invincible to damage until Famfrit is defeated . Voice . Cid is voiced by Chikao Otsuka in the Japanese version of " Final Fantasy XII " . Cid ' s Japanese voice actor had also provided the voice of Master Xehanort in the " Kingdom Hearts " series until 2015 . Chikao ' s son , Akio Otsuka , voices Gabranth in all his appearances , as well as Xehanort and Xehanort ' s Heartless in " Kingdom Hearts " . He was voiced by John Rafter Lee in the English version . Other appearances . " Pictlogica Final Fantasy " . Like most enemies ' , Cid ' s sprite is the same as in " Final Fantasy Record Keeper " . Unlike in " Record Keeper " , Cid does not appear with his rooks . As in all " Pictlogica " battles , players must solve picross puzzles to defeat Cid . He is the final boss of the " Final Fantasy XII " section , and as in the original game , he summons Famfrit to aid him . " Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade " . Dr . Cid was featured in an event lasting from 6 / 18 to 6 / 25 in 2013 wherein various rewards such as medals could be earned for dealing damage to him during a time - constrained fight . Cid later appeared in an event lasting from 11 / 11 to 11 / 17 in the same year , though the rewards offered were focused instead on the development of Balthier and Ashe for use in other battles . " Final Fantasy Record Keeper " . Doctor Cid first appeared as the final regular boss in the Challenge Event Consorting with Sky Pirates . Defeating him awarded the player Basch ' s Hero Record together with Vaan ' s , though the latter had already been issued in two prior events . He is the boss of the Record of Draklor Laboratory , located in the " FF XII " Realm . As always , a lot depends on Dr . Cid ' s placement in the battle hierarchy . Generally speaking , the two Rooks in front should be knocked out first , as they lay down a number of buffs on their creator , namely Protect , Shell , Haste , Regen , and Reflect , in addition to curing the Doctor through the wall they set up . The Rooks are somewhat resistant to elemental and break damage , but even so , break attacks are fighters ' best bets . Until Cid is exposed , mages need to stick to non - elemental attacks . Once Cid is exposed , the party can exploit his weakness to Holy , at which point Dispel and Banishing Strike are good bets to debuff Dr . Cid . Ashe ' s Heaven ' s Wrath is most useful , and should shave off a sizable chunk of his HP with each use . Beware the S - 27 Tokamak he fires ; this attack can ' t be avoided as in the original game and causes big damage , so softening Cid up should be a priority after the Rooks fall . Fran ' s Mist Overload is very useful in this task . " Final Fantasy Brave Exvius " . Cid and Famfrit were bosses for a Final Fantasy XII - themed event in the Japanese version of Final Fantasy Brave Exvius . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Cid appears in the Japan - exclusive game published by Square Enix . Etymology . Cid is a recurring name in the " Final Fantasy " series . Cid ' s first and last names are taken from characters from " Final Fantasy Tactics " , Cidolfus Orlandeau and the father - son pair Besrudio and Mustadio Bunansa . Demen , Cid ' s middle name , is a name of a municipality in the Ludwigslust - Parchim district , in Mecklenburg - Vorpommern , Germany , although there is probably no connection between the two . Instead , his name may refer to the word " deme " from the ancient Greek " demos " , which in its broad sense , is the designation of the free population of the ancient Greek city - states , who had full rights as citizens ( differentiated from slaves , metics , Perioeci , and other categories of dependents and others who were not fully enfranchised ) . This would be fitting , as Cid seeks to break mankind free from under Occuria ' s influence . His middle name may also be a reference to dementia , a type of mental illness associated with memory loss , loss of reasoning and problem solving skills , and other impaired mental functions . This may be a reference to Cid ' s apparent insanity under Venat ' s influence and his growing obsession with nethicite .