Sazh Katzroy Sazh Katzroy [ sæz ' kæt͡s . ɹɔɪ ] is a playable character in " Final Fantasy XIII " and in a downloadable episode of " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . He appears as a non - player character in " " . He is a middle - aged man with an afro who works as an airship pilot . After his wife died three years prior to the events of " Final Fantasy XIII " , Sazh has been looking after their son , Dajh . Protecting his son is Sazh ' s main motivation . A pet chocobo lives in Sazh ' s afro , known simply as Chocobo Chick . In " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " , Sazh , Dajh , and the Chocobo Chick are consumed by a paradox and Sazh ends up in Serendipity where he needs to gamble to reclaim his son . In " Lightning Returns : Final Fantasy XIII " , a grief - stricken Sazh has isolated himself in the Wildlands . Profile . Appearance . Sazh is a middle - aged man with an afro in which he keeps an unnamed chocobo chick . He wears a long , olive coat over khaki trousers , a white button - down shirt , and black buckled engineer boots . His l ' Cie mark is on his chest , half - hidden under his shirt . He keeps his two pistols in holsters strapped to his thighs . In " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " , Sazh is the only playable character from the previous game not to get a redesign , and he also retains this appearance in " Lightning Returns : Final Fantasy XIII " . Personality . Despite being physically the eldest of the " Final Fantasy XIII " playable party , Sazh has a youthful , carefree , and lively personality . Sazh is a goodhearted man whose relationship with his son , Dajh , serves as his drive . His selflessness is shown when he considers sacrificing himself to keep Dajh from becoming a Cie ' th , a monster a l ' Cie who fails his Focus becomes . He is silly at times , mostly when he is in near - death situations , but Sazh has a strong will of justice and is always willing to help his teammates . Through his friendship with Vanille , Sazh is revealed to be forgiving , and through his quest to rescue Dajh , generally ( but not always ) hopeful . In contrast to the rest of the party , Sazh is more level - headed and mature , often serving as the voice of reason and interjects his opinion when someone is on the verge of letting their emotions get the best of them . He thinks of the rest of the party as " the kids " , though seems to respect Lightning and Fang . By the time of " Lightning Returns : Final Fantasy XIII " , Sazh has lost his cheerfulness for grief . He is quick to anger and perpetually frustrated with a frown on his face . Story . " Final Fantasy XIII Episode Zero - Promise - " . Sazh brings Dajh to Euride Gorge to see a Sanctum fal ' Cie , one of the deity - like machines that constructed the floating shell of the world of Cocoon in ages past , and now watch over its inhabitants . He stops at a souvenir shop to buy a chocobo chick as a present for his son , and Dajh wanders into the energy plant unsupervised . An unknown force rocks the facility , and when Sazh finds Dajh in front of the fal ' Cie Kujata , he notices a strange mark on Dajh ' s hand . Soldiers from the security force take Dajh away for medical attention , and soldiers from PSICOM and their leader , Colonel Jihl Nabaat , take Sazh and Dajh to an Eden facility by airship . Dajh is put into PSICOM custody for testing , and it is learned he has been branded a Sanctum l ' Cie by Kujata , which means he has been chosen as the fal ' Cie ' s servant to fulfill a Focus . Sazh despairs over his son ' s fate , as failure would transform him into a mindless monster : a Cie ' th . Heeding the fal ' Cie ' s request is not much better , however , as it means turning into a crystal . Three days later , Colonel Nabaat tells Sazh the incident at Euride Gorge was caused by l ' Cie from Gran Pulse , the hostile world below Cocoon , and Kujata branded Dajh in response to the threat . The following day , under the supervision of Nabaat , it is discovered Dajh has gained the ability to sense the presence of Pulse beings , but his Focus is unknown . Nabaat speculates Dajh ' s task is to discover lowerworld invaders and destroy them . Sazh begins to lose hope for his son , and feels he cannot trust Nabaat . When allowed to see his son again , Dajh insists on going to the fireworks festival in Bodhum and Nabaat permits a PSICOM - supervised excursion to the coastal town . Two days later , on the way to Bodhum , Dajh shows interest in the local Pulse Vestige , a ruin of Pulse origin . This catches Colonel Nabaat ' s attention , and she sends a team to investigate . Sazh wishes upon the fireworks for Dajh ' s salvation while Dajh wishes for his father to be happy again . The PSICOM team discovers a Pulse fal ' Cie within the Vestige , implying Dajh had subconsciously reacted to its presence . After the fireworks , Dajh says he wants to go to Nautilus Park , but he is put back into PSICOM custody . The day after Bodhum is quarantined and ordered to be Purge d in fear the populace has been infected by the Pulse fal ' Cie . Understanding they do not have long to discover and complete his son ' s Focus , Sazh knows Dajh will become a Cie ' th under PSICOM custody , who plan to use his powers to benefit themselves . Returning to Eden , he agrees to cooperate and requests to buy a toy or book for Dajh from a shop in Palumpolum . Nabaat allows this , and offers him use of the military airships for faster travel . Sazh made it up as an excuse for a chance to escape the PSICOM supervision . He makes his way back to Bodhum with the intention of destroying the Pulse fal ' Cie to save Dajh . Waiting in line for the Purge train the following day , he approaches Lightning , another " volunteer , " and the two ally in their quest to reach the fal ' Cie . " Final Fantasy XIII " . Sazh and Lightning derail the Purge train and set the Purgees free . The two fight their way through the Hanging Edge to the Pulse Vestige , where the Pulse fal ' Cie Anima sleeps . When they reach Anima ' s Throne other wayward Purgees — Snow , Vanille , and Hope Estheim — unexpectedly join them . They find Lightning ' s sister Serah , a Pulse l ' Cie , who enters crystal stasis after asking Lightning to save Cocoon . As they confront Anima the fal ' Cie turns the group into l ' Cie before they are cast down into the crystallized Lake Bresha . When they awaken , Sazh prompts the others to determine their Focus , but their only clue is a shared vision of the mythical beast Ragnarok destroying Cocoon . After leaving Snow behind with Serah ' s crystal , the group of four continues through the lake and finds an old airship , but once Sazh attempts to pilot them to safety they are shot down by PSICOM and crash - land in the Vile Peaks . After Lightning and Hope continue on to throw off pursuit , Sazh vows not to abandon Vanille . They find Hope by himself further ahead after he was left behind by Lightning . Promising to get Hope back home to his father in Palumpolum , Sazh and Vanille have him travel with them until Lightning rejoins the party . When Lightning reveals her plan to go to Eden and destroy its namesake fal ' Cie , Sazh is outraged for her wanting to " snuff out Cocoon " now that everyone hunts her down , though Lightning assures she only wishes to take down the Sanctum . She leaves with Hope chasing after her , leaving Sazh and Vanille behind . They decide to run in the opposite direction to stay out of Lightning ' s way and escape their fate . Sazh and Vanille continue their flight to the Sunleth Waterscape and while crossing it , Vanille asks Sazh about his family . Sazh explains what happened to Dajh , revealing his motives for boarding the Purge train . Sazh wonders if Dajh ' s Focus would be to destroy all Pulse l ' Cie , which would mean Sazh and his companions must die to spare Dajh . Waiting for a ship to Nautilus , Sazh tells Vanille he didn ' t always hate Pulse and found the Sanctum ' s claims about incoming attacks from the lowerworld suspicious . He believes the trouble started because Dajh detected Anima in Bodhum , but Vanille implores him to place the blame elsewhere : onto the Pulse l ' Cie responsible for the Euride incident . In Nautilus , the pair attends the Eidolon parade , the Pompa Sancta . Visiting the Chocobo Corral , Sazh reveals he wishes to surrender to PSICOM to see Dajh one last time even if it means his own execution . Vanille tries to dissuade him by divulging who is responsible for the Euride Gorge incident , but before she can reveal the culprit , the army attacks from above . Despite his earlier wishes to be captured , Sazh protects Vanille and aids her escape . They are chased through the Mall to the Clock Tower where Dajh appears and crystallizes in Sazh ' s arms . Nabaat arrives with her troops , and the boy ' s Focus is revealed : to capture servants of the lowerworld fal ' Cie . Nabaat shows Sazh a security recording from Euride Gorge , which reveals Vanille and her friend Fang were the Pulse l ' Cie who disturbed the fal ' Cie Kujata , and caused it to turn Dajh into a l ' Cie to protect itself . Vanille flees deeper into Nautilus and Sazh pursues her as Nabaat is curious as to how much data they could collect watching two l ' Cie fight , under the assumption that Sazh will kill Vanille . When Sazh finds Vanille at the Fiendlord ' s Keep , he aims his pistol at her while Vanille begs him to shoot her for all the suffering she has caused him . Sazh is furious she thinks all will be forgiven once she is dead , and his anguish summons his Eidolon , Brynhildr . Seeing Vanille is willing to protect him , Sazh tames the Eidolon with her . After Brynhildr vanishes , Sazh points his pistol back at Vanille but realizes killing her will not change anything . He places the pistol to his head but is unable to take his own life . They are captured by PSICOM and Nabaat taunts Sazh with the prospect of putting Dajh ' s crystal up for display as a monument in Eden before rendering Sazh unconscious . Vanille and the unconscious Sazh are taken into an airship by Nabaat ' s regiment , and imprisoned on the " Palamecia " to be transported to Eden for a public execution . Upon the " Palamecia " , Sazh learns about Vanille ' s past and her recent awakening from crystal stasis . Vanille is a Pulse l ' Cie from hundreds of years ago who had entered crystal stasis alongside Fang . The pair ' s crystals had been placed inside the Vestige that had ended up in Bodhum when Cocoon had looted Pulse for raw materials . When the two had awoken they had found themselves in Cocoon . After being separated from Fang in the wake of the Euride incident , Vanille has been running from her fate . Vanille ' s story sparks a flicker of hope in Sazh for his son , hoping that Dajh , too , could awaken one day . With a new reason to fight , Sazh helps Vanille overpower the guards . They break out of the cell , retrieve their weapons , and reunite with Lightning , Snow , Hope , and Fang , who have teamed up to rescue them . The reunited l ' Cie confront Primarch Galenth Dysley , the head of the Sanctum government , who is also on the ship . After he kills Nabaat and reveals himself as the fal ' Cie Barthandelus , Dysley claims the party ' s collective Focus is to become Ragnarok , a mythical beast of destruction , and destroy Cocoon by killing Orphan , the fal ' Cie that keeps Cocoon afloat . Sazh attempts to guide an airship off the " Palamecia " as it descends , but an unknown force drives it towards the Fifth Ark hidden beneath Eden instead . The party travels through the ark and their l ' Cie powers are fully awoken . Deeper inside the party encounters the Cavalry leader Cid Raines who had helped Lightning , Snow , Fang and Hope save Sazh and Vanille under the pretense the l ' Cie must help him liberate Cocoon from fal ' Cie rule . Raines reveals himself a Sanctum l ' Cie branded by Barthandelus with the Focus of helping them destroy Cocoon , but he is willing to sacrifice himself to defy it and attacks the party . The party defeats Raines who turns to crystal despite having defied his Focus , inspiring them to do the same . After Fang tames her Eidolon Bahamut , a path to the ark ' s lower levels is revealed . They party finds a Pulsian airship and a gate leading to Gran Pulse , where they hope to find answers on how to remove their l ' Cie brands . Sazh pilots the airship to the world below and it is attacked by a wild wyvern . After an emergency landing , the party sets up a base camp in the Vallis Media . They search Gran Pulse for days but find no signs of human life , and decide to head for Oerba , Fang and Vanille ' s hometown . In the Font of Namva in the Archylte Steppe , Fang apologizes to Sazh for her involvement in Dajh ' s branding . He accepts her apology and admits his fault in letting Dajh out of his sight . The group travels through the Mah ' habara Subterra and hitches a ride on the fal ' Cie Atomos to the Sulyya Springs . They reach the top of Taejin ' s Tower and ride a capsule down to Oerba were the party finds Dysley has incited a civil war in Cocoon to bring it down , and decides to return there . Sazh pilots the airship Dysley had left for them to the Eden Grand Prix , where he rides Brynhildr in her Gestalt Mode . Dysley uses the Fifth Ark to release Pulsian monsters and weapons into Eden and cause mass panic . At Orphan ' s Cradle the l ' Cie confront Barthandelus , who conjures and shatters Dajh ' s and Serah ' s crystals hoping to kill their morale , but Sazh presses on in the knowledge it is but another of the fal ' Cie ' s illusions . After Barthandelus is defeated , he merges with the fal ' Cie Orphan . Fang succumbs to Orphan ' s demands and decides to become Ragnarok and everyone but Fang and Vanille turn to Cie ' th . They relive the memories of their journey together and revert in time to save Fang from the exploding Orphan ' s clutches . Sazh voices his belief that their transformation into Cie ' th was " more fal ' Cie smoke and mirrors " and that they have witnessed something that resembled a new Focus . The party bands together to defeat Orphan ' s final form with the hope that with the power to destroy Cocoon , they also have the power to save it . After declaring saving Cocoon their true Focus the party ' s l ' Cie brands burn out . After Orphan is defeated , Orphan ' s Cradle disappears and the party is left floating above Eden as Cocoon falls . As Sazh , Lightning , Hope , and Snow float away and start to crystallize , Fang and Vanille become Ragnarok to crystallize Cocoon and erect a crystal pillar to support it over Pulse . Sazh is crystallized on Gran Pulse along with the rest of the party . They shortly awaken and find their l ' Cie brands wiped clean . Dajh and Serah approach them from Cocoon as its people evacuate , and father and son are reunited . " Final Fantasy XIII - Episode i - " . Sazh offers to help evacuate the rest of Cocoon ' s citizens with Dajh by his side . He says his goodbyes to the others , saying they ' ll be going on a long trip . " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 Fragments Before " . Two years later , Sazh is working on Pulse piloting airships on a Gran Pulse - Cocoon commuter flight route , and he brings Dajh to work with him . They are paid a visit by Snow after he leaves New Bodhum on his journey to find Lightning , who has gone missing . Sazh tells Snow his doubts about what happened to her and that he can ' t help him out since he is too busy . " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . While piloting an airship on a clear day , Sazh and his son were sucked into a vortex caused by a paradox . While floating through Historia Crux , Sazh was spotted by Snow . Finding himself in Serendipity , Sazh meets the realm ' s owner , who reveals Sazh and Dajh are between life and death , while explaining Sazh can improve his fortunes in the casino by amassing enough Fortune Medals to be reunited with his son . During his misadventure , momentarily appearing before Serah and Noel as a paradox - based phantom in the Vile Peaks , Sazh encounters the mysterious woman Chocolina before learning of her true identity . Once reunited with Dajh , Sazh learns from Serendipity ' s owner the timeline is being distorted . Wanting to make a difference , Sazh convinces the owner to send him and Dajh somewhere in time they can help . He ends up in Academia 500 AF when Cocoon ' s crystal pillar is about to wear out . He helps in the city ' s evacuation while aiding Serah and Noel with his airship to pursue Caius Ballad in his Chaos Bahamut form , and saves Fang and Vanille ' s crystal from the core of the crystal pillar before it collapses . After Serah and Noel return from Valhalla back to 500 AF , Sazh is the first to greet them . Their victory against Caius is short - lived as Serah dies from her Eyes of Etro and Caius ' s death also signified the death of the goddess Etro . Without her Valhalla ' s chaos enters the living world and infects Gran Pulse , merging the two worlds into Nova Chrysalia . As revealed in " " , in the aftermath of the release of Chaos and the creation of Nova Chrysalia , Sazh attempted to help Hope , Snow , and Noel in protecting the populace , and was among the first people to explore Nova Chrysalia on an airship . When Dajh fell into a coma with his soul scattered in fragments across the land , Sazh took his son to live in the Wildlands in the ruins of a crashed airship and isolated himself . Over the years of searching for Dajh ' s soul , Sazh lost his cheerful outlook and is nearly driven mad by desperation . Lumina gave him the coffer of souls that can restore Dajh ' s soul when the fragments are found . Lightning helps gather the fragments , but when they are collected , Lumina reveals that Sazh ' s current mental state has made Dajh frightened to wake up despite having his soul returned . Faced with this revelation and provoked by Lightning , Lumina and the chocobo chick , Sazh regains his cheerful outlook and Dajh wakes up . On the final day , Lightning calls for help in her struggle against the god Bhunivelze and Sazh and Dajh answer her call . After Nova Chrysalia ' s destruction Lightning and all of her old companions travel to a new world where they can start their lives anew free of gods and Chaos . Reborn in the new world alongside Dajh , Sazh became a pilot - mechanic and works on a top - secret prototype plane . Meeting Aoede , a reporter investigating people who have memories of living in " another world , " Sazh tells his side of the story . Sazh relates that during the first years on Nova Chrysalia he helped protect its populace with his friends Snow , Hope and Noel , but isolated himself in the Wildlands after Dajh fell into an unexplained coma . Sazh mentions a letter he had received from Hope prior to the youth ' s abduction by Bhunivelze , but does not say what was in it . Sazh doesn ' t know why he can remember his past life so clearly , and claims to not know where Lightning and Snow are . Gameplay . Sazh wields a pair of pistols that can transform into an assault rifle . He can shoot from a range , but has slow animation speeds . In " Final Fantasy XIII " Sazh ' s primary paradigm roles are Ravager , where he specializes in fire magic and has the full ATB skill Cold Blood , Synergist , where he first learns offensive buffs and Haste , and Commando where he has a unique Blitz ; it is the strongest attack in the game the player can control . Sazh cannot launch enemies as a Commando . In " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " Sazh appears as downloadable content in the form of a " recruitable monster " who joins the party as Synergist . His Feral Link is Cold Blood . Creation and development . Sazh ' s early concept art greatly differs from his final look . The concept depicts him as a white - skinned man with shoulder - length brown hair and a military uniform with various mechanical mounts on his coat for his equipment ; e . g . the artwork has a mount on his shoulder for a small cannon and a mount on his arm for a shield . His name was originally " Baz " . In an interview with " OMP UK " , producer Yoshinori Kitase said the character was intended to be both sympathetic and a piece of comic relief in the story . Musical themes . " Sazh ' s Theme " is a funky number in an unusual 11 / 8 time signature , heavily featuring piano , percussion , brass , and acoustic guitar . " Can ' t Catch a Break " is also often played in scenes involving Sazh . Both pieces have an improvisational jazz style unusual for the music of the " Final Fantasy " series . " Daddy ' s Got the Blues " is another piece on the soundtrack associated with Sazh , referring to his relationship with Dajh . The piece features an acoustic guitar and a harmonica . In " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " , " Win or Lose " combines elements from the two themes . A prototype version of " Can ' t Catch a Break " is included on " " , called " Sazh B + Prototype . " Other appearances . Sazh has appeared in the following games throughout the " Final Fantasy " series : Non - " Final Fantasy " guest appearances . Sazh has made key guest appearances in the following non - " Final Fantasy " media : Merchandise . Sazh has a Play Arts action figure for " Final Fantasy XIII " , and figures from the Final Fantasy XIII Trading Arts Vol 1 series and from Suntory Elixir promotion .