Venat Venat [ vɛnɑ ] is a member of the Occuria , a race from " Final Fantasy XII " . An ally of the Archadian Empire and a friend of Doctor Cid , Venat is the secondary antagonist , although their motives can be viewed as benevolent . Profile . Appearance . As with the other Occuria , Venat is a shade - like being with a black " face " marked by glowing eyes , and ornate swirl designs around their body . They can choose to appear only to those they wish to be seen by , and at times appears as a shadow within a cloud of Mist . Though their voice actors are female , Venat is a genderless being . Personality . For unknown reasons , Venat objects to the Occurian method of controlling history by giving power to Man as a means to manipulate them . They question the right of Gerun , leader of the Occuria , to dictate the destiny of Ivalice when by their nature the Occuria are exempt from time and do not live among the mortals . Venat seeks to free mankind from Gerun and his ilk by giving nethicite to the Archadians so they may overthrow the descents of Raithwall , the Dynast - King the Occuria would put in power . Though the Archadians are a means to an end , Venat does not control them as the Occuria usually control others — Venat considers Cid and Vayne Solidor friends and is considered the same in return . Despite their differing methods and motives , Venat is still doing the same thing the other Occuria have always done : bestow the power of nethicite on a mortal of its choosing and use that mortal to rule the world . Story . Six years ago Dr . Cid traveled to the Jagd Difohr and discovered Giruvegan , the place where mortals can access the Great Crystal , home of the Occuria . He met Venat who took Cid as their pupil . Returning to Draklor Laboratory , Venat guided Cid to create manufacted nethicite , granting the Archadian Empire vast new power they began to use to conquer Ivalice . Venat often accompanied Cid , but was invisible to others and could not be heard by them , making it appear Cid was speaking to himself , and thus it appeared he had gone mad . In the manga adaptation , Gabranth informs Vayne Ghis having obtained the Dawn Shard . Vayne tells Venat they now have all three shards in their grasp . The first two times the party encounters Venat , they do not know what it is they see . Venat possesses Fran ' s sister Mjrn in the Henne Mines who had been given a piece of manufacted nethicite to test its effect on a viera , releasing the beast Tiamat . It accompanies Judge Bergan at Mt Bur - Omisace , endowing him with power . It is unknown if the slaughter of the war refugees at the mountain was entirely Bergan ' s doing , or if he was influenced by Venat as Mjrn was . When the party confronts Bergan he declares Vayne Solidor as the new Dynast - King and his wish to obliterate Raithwall ' s descendants . Balthier first mentions Venat by name at the Phon Coast when he reflects on his past and his father ' s " madness " to Ashe , but cannot properly recall their name and calls it " Eynah . " At Draklor , the party confronts Cid with the sky pirate Reddas , where the unseen Venat tells Cid about Ashe ' s identity and he battles them as a " trial . " Though Cid is defeated , Venat protects him as Reddas moves to strike him down . Cid calls Venat by name , revealing the identity of the " shadow " they have seen . Cid invites Ashe to Giruvegan , telling her she can find a piece of nethicite there and he plans to go there as well . Balthier realizes that his father hadn ' t gone mad ; when he appeared to be speaking to himself he was , in fact , speaking to Venat . At the Great Crystal Ashe meets with the Occuria , who grant her the Treaty - Blade to cut shards of nethicite from the Sun - Cryst . One of the Occurian " seats " is empty . Gerun tells Ashe of Venat ' s " heresy " and to use the nethicite to destroy them and correct the " damage " they have done to history . Venat was tracking the party ' s actions , as they tell Cid about Ashe receiving the Treaty - Blade shortly after it occurs . At the Pharos , Cid and Venat appear after Gabranth fails to slay the party . Cid dismisses Gabranth and Venat protects him when an angered Gabranth attempts to strike him . Cid has Venat re - integrate the Dusk Shard , Dawn Shard and Midlight Shard into the Sun - Cryst , spilling abundant Mist over Ivalice and awakening Cid ' s ultimate weapon and Vayne ' s command airship , the Sky Fortress " Bahamut " . Cid battles the party empowered with Mist and nethicite , but is defeated . Approached by Balthier , Venat moves to defend Cid but Cid tells them to let him pass , his life fading . With the Sun - Cryst ' s Mist out of control , Reddas sacrifices himself , destroying it using the Sword of Kings . With Cid dead , Venat accompanies Vayne aboard the " Bahamut " . The party confronts Vayne during a battle between the Empire and the Resistance , Vayne using the power of nethicite to become Vayne Novus . With Vayne mortally wounded by Gabranth , Vaan attempts to kill him , but Venat protects Vayne as he stumbles out onto the superstructure of the " Bahamut ' s " Mist cannon . Apologizing to Venat for his failure to accomplish their goals , Venat comforts Vayne that his actions and the Sun - Cryst ' s destruction have ended the Age of Stones and Occuria ' s influence over Ivalice . Venat tells Vayne he shall not face death alone , dissolving into wisps of Mist that transform Vayne into The Undying . The party destroys Vayne with his body exploding in a burst of Mist . Gameplay . Venat merges with Vayne to become the game ' s final boss , The Undying . Creation and development . Voice . Venat is voiced by Anita Carey in the English release , who is married to Mark Wing - Davey , the voice of Judge Ghis . It is voiced by in the Japanese version . Occurian speech resembles an archaic , poetic form of , which is noticeably absent of particular rhotic vowels in both speech and writing . Venat , like the rest of the Occuria , speaks in , a commonly used type of metrical line in traditional English poetry and verse drama . The decision to use metered verse with an unusual rhyme scheme came about as a solution to the problem presented by the voice processing used for the Occuria in the Japanese . The multiple layers of voice in the Japanese had an otherworldly sound , but made it difficult to discern what was being said though helped by the on - by - default subtitles . The localized version has subtitles off by default , so the translators needed something else to differentiate their speech . Etymology . " Venat " is derived from Latin word " venari " , meaning " to hunt " .