Cyan Garamonde Cyan Garamonde is a playable character in " Final Fantasy VI " . He is a Samurai and one of the finest and most noble soldiers of the kingdom of Doma . He is husband to Elayne , and father to Owain . His Japanese name is Cayenne . Profile . Appearance . Cyan is a middle - aged warrior with a long dark hair in a ponytail , and a short mustache . He wears blue armor in his pre - smartphone version in - game sprites , and brown armor in his Yoshitaka Amano artworks and in the smartphone port sprites . He has a matching cape and carries a katana . Cyan is the second - oldest permanently playable character of the main cast , after Strago . Personality . Cyan has a distinguishable pseudo - manner of speech , using archaic expressions such as " thou " , " dost " , " thy " , and referring to males with the title " Sir " . In the original Japanese he speaks in a characteristic " samurai " manner , using the pronoun " sessha " and ending sentences with " de gozaru " . This prompts Gau to nickname Sabin " Gozaru " in the Japanese release , or " Mr . Thou " in the English games . " De gozaru " is a rough or uncultured way of saying " de gozaimasu " and is used by a samurai or ronin or yakuza in film or television to denote masculinity and ruthlessness . Cyan writes the same way he speaks , and when reading a letter from him in the World of Ruin , the party instantly recognizes his style . Being a survivor of Doma ' s poisoning , Cyan is plagued with survivor ' s guilt , blaming himself for Doma ' s fall and believing to have lost his honor . He is adverse to displays of affection . Due to Doma ' s simple lifestyle , Cyan is technophobic and struggles operating machines , but overcomes his fear . When he rejoins the party in the World of Ruin , the party can find several basic books about machines suggesting he has been trying to learn about them . If the player speaks to Cyan while onboard the " Falcon " , he will be staring at the engine , commenting it is " an interesting apparatus " . Story . The Gestahlian Empire attacks Doma and in a strategy meeting Cyan suggests killing off the commander , and carries out the plan alone . Kefka Palazzo , who is in charge of the Siege of Doma while General Leo Cristophe is away , has other plans : he dumps poison into the river that leads through Doma , killing almost everyone inside , including the King of Doma , and Cyan ' s wife and son , Elayne and Owain . The only survivors are Cyan and a single Doman scout . Gripped by sorrow which turns into rage , Cyan rushes into the Imperial Camp to get revenge , with the help of Sabin and Shadow . Grateful for their help , Cyan agrees to accompany them to Narshe . The threesome escape the base in Magitek Armor , which Cyan is reluctant to use . In a forest the trio board the Phantom Train , and learn from the conductor that to get off they must make their way to the locomotive and shut it off . They stop the train , but witness Elayne ' s and Owain ' s spirits , along with the spirits of the victims of Doma Castle , board the train , and Cyan grieves the loss of his family . Cyan , Sabin and Shadow head to Baren Falls where Shadow leaves the party . Sabin and Cyan jump down the falls and float down the river towards the Veldt , where they are rescued by a wild child named Gau . Gau refuses to talk to them unless they feed him , so they visit the nearby hamlet of Mobliz and buy Dried Meat and give it to Gau . Gau shows them his " shiny thing , " a scuba - diving helmet , which can take them through the Serpent Trench to Nikeah . Despite Gau making fun of Cyan ' s archaic way of speaking , Cyan and Gau grow close . From Nikeah they take a ferry to South Figaro where they can reach Narshe to join the Returners . Cyan , Sabin , and Gau arrive when Kefka is planning a raid on Narshe to get the recently discovered frozen esper . The three help Banon , Terra Branford , Locke Cole , Edgar Roni Figaro , and Celes Chere defend Narshe in the Battle for the Frozen Esper but afterward Terra reacts with Valigarmanda and is turned into an esper herself , flying away . A search party is sent to look for her and they locate her atop the tallest tower in Zozo , where she is being cared for by Ramuh . Ramuh tells them they need to go to Vector and free the imprisoned espers , one of them being Terra ' s father , Maduin . The group recovers the espers , and saves Terra . The Elder of Narshe decides to join with the Returners . An agreement is made that Terra would contact the espers to attack Vector , after which a coalition of Returners and Narshe guards would storm from the north . The plan is a success , and Emperor Gestahl appears to have surrendered . At a banquet he asks Terra to convince the espers to negotiate peace and she and Locke go to Crescent Island to parley the Emperor ' s message . Cyan and the others are skeptical of the Emperor and stay in Vector to ensure he wasn ' t lying , Cyan personally guarding Kefka ' s cell . Edgar seduces one of the Emperor ' s maids into revealing the his true plan : he wants to lure out the espers to capture them . They fly to Thamasa to warn Terra and Locke , but Kefka has already acquired more magicite and used it to revive the Warring Triad and turn the Esper World into the Floating Continent . When he disturbs the Triad ' s delicate balance the face of the world shifts , the party ' s airship is ripped apart , and the party is separated . One year after the end of the world , Cyan finds an anxious Lola in Maranda , worrying her ( dead ) boyfriend is not writing her . Cyan makes his home atop Mt . Zozo and sends letters and hand - made silk flowers to Lola in the stead of her boyfriend . He begins studying machines . When the rest of the party finds him at Mt . Zozo he rejoins . When Cyan returns to Doma and takes a rest there , he is haunted by the Three Dream Stooges : Laragorn , Curlax , and Moebius . The rest of the party go inside his mind and help him clear his thoughts . They defeat Wrexsoul , a manifestation of Cyan ' s fear and anger . After Kefka has been felled and Kefka ' s Tower is crumbling , Cyan saves Edgar by using a machine . Gameplay . Cyan is a Samurai . His special ability is Bushido , which can have different effects on enemies depending on how long it is charged up . His stats heavily lean towards physical stats , with very Strength and Defense but low Speed and low Magic . He equips katanas ( or the Zantetsuken ) , heavy armor and helmets , and all shields . His Desperation Attack is Tsubame Gaeshi that deals magical damage to one enemy . During a brief period as a party member , he is controlled by an AI . It gives a 1 / 3 chance to use Fang , otherwise he will attack , with a 1 / 3 chance to counter any attack . Creation and development . Cyan ' s back story and character development were written by Hiroyuki Ito . His character stayed consistent during development , but parts of his story were supposed to interact with Angela , an extra character who was cut from the game . She was a " big sister " archetype and had a take - charge , sultry attitude . She would flirt with Cyan , who , considering his personality , would overreact . It is unknown if she was an NPC or playable character , but she was probably planned to be playable as she had a whip for a weapon . Cyan ' s Bushido skill names are simple , but originally , they were to have more dramatic names , such as " Chou Baku Hiryuu Zan " ( " Super Explosive Flying Dragon Slice " ) . Musical themes . Cyan ' s theme is reminiscent of the samurai of old , and is the background music for Doma Castle . Cyan ' s leitmotif is the first character theme reprised in the " Ending Theme " . Indirectly , his theme is reprised in the ending theme of " Dissidia Final Fantasy " . It comprises of the ending themes of the first ten " Final Fantasy " games , and because Cyan ' s leitmotif is played first in the " Ending Theme " , his segment is picked to represent " Final Fantasy VI " . Other appearances . Cyan has made appearances in the following games in the " Final Fantasy " series : Etymology . Cyan ' s Japanese name , Cayenne , designates a type of chili pepper . Cyan is taken from the Greek " kyanos " , meaning " dark blue " or " lapis lazuli " . Garamonde could be a form of the Old English surname Garamond , or " patron " , or a reference to the typeface named after French typesetter Claude Garamond .