Cid Aulstyne Imperial Marshal Cid Aulstyne is the main antagonist of " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " . He is head of the government of the Milites Empire situated in the capital city of Ingram . While there have been Cid characters who have served as antagonists in " Final Fantasy " games before ( such as Dr . Cid Bunansa from " Final Fantasy XII " and Cid Raines from " Final Fantasy XIII " ) , Aulstyne is the first Cid to be the main antagonist of a " Final Fantasy " game . Profile . Appearance . Cid wears the Militesi officer ' s uniform of white colors representing the White Tiger , the nation ' s Crystal . He wears the officer ' s white hat , coat and cape , a red scarf , black gloves , trousers and knee - high boots . His face is gaunt and his hair and eyebrows are white . He brandishes a katana , although he is never seen wielding it in battle . Personality . Despite appearing gruff and cynical , Cid tries to rally the imperial citizens to look to a more hopeful future . Though he appears power - hungry , seemingly having usurped the emperor and wanting to take over Orience , he sees this as a necessity and himself following a duty in doing it , seeing himself as strong enough to take on the task . Fiercely individualistic , Cid abhors being used by anyone , wanting to grant the same freedom of thought to all of mankind no matter the cost . An engineering and military genius , Cid carries out his objectives in a cold and calculating manner . Story . High commander of the technologically advanced army of the Militesi Empire , Imperial Marshal Cid Aulstyne became the country ' s dictator after the mysterious disappearance of the Militesi emperor . After having seized the reins of military power , Cid began plotting a " coup d ' état " , which he executed on Tempestamens XV , 832 RG . As the empire had the means to mass - produce magitek armors , the emperor had little actual influence over the government or the military , and only and handful of soldiers were willing to fight for him . The " coup d ' état " was carried out bloodlessly and Cid became the new Milites head of state . He incarcerated the emperor , took control of the White Peristylium , and placed the White Tiger Crystal under his supervision also taking control of the l ' Cie who obey its Will . Cid resolves to free humanity from the " slavery under the Crystals " and rallies his populace to support his cause by declaring that the empire will become Agito , a savior foretold to appear during the end times , Tempus Finis , and lead Orience to a new future . An engineering genius , Cid had devised a machine to subjugate the White Tiger Crystal to harness its power and enslave its l ' Cie . Using his newfound power , Cid begins his conquest of invading the other Crystal - States in 842 . He breaks the Pax Codex by deploying l ' Cie to war , and has the Militesi fleet to invade the Dominion of Rubrum from all sides while a squad under the White Tiger Secundus l ' Cie Qun ' mi Tru ' e attacks Akademeia , the capital and magic academy of Rubrum where the Vermilion Peristylium is located . Via the crystal jammer , a device Cid had invented to disable other nations ' Crystals , the imperials render Rubrum vulnerable . Cid has his l ' Cie attack the city while trying to force Chancellor Khalia Chival VI to comply and relinquish the Vermilion Bird Crystal , or the people still in the peristylium would be slaughtered . A group of Agito Cadet s who would become known as Class Zero drives off Qun ' mi and her forces as Rubrum retaliates in the war that follows . The empire annihilates the Lorican Alliance with an Ultima Bomb , its new weapon of mass destruction whose power is enhanced by Qun ' mi , who many speculate to have been in love with Cid . Cid has the nation ' s Black Tortoise Crystal salvaged from the ruins . Not having the means to deploy the bomb to the nations lying further away , Cid begins the imperial campaign with with fleets of magitek armor to obtain the Crystals . While General Qator Bashtar suspects future generations will view the empire ' s act as the start of Tempus Finis , Cid claims they will go down in history as the saviors of Orience and annihilating the Black Peristylium was the first step taken toward this goal . Cid has the White Tiger Crystal l ' Cie support the Militesi troops . Some are uneasy about this , but Cid states that as long as they hold the Crystal hostage the l ' Cie cannot defy him . In an unusual move , the other Crystals of Orience send their l ' Cie to try and quell the war , the Vermilion Bird Crystal deploying Lord Zhuyu to face off against the Primus l ' Cie of the White Tiger Crystal , Nimbus , at the battle over Togoreth Stronghold , and the Azure Dragon Crystal sending Queen Andoria to invoke the Fabula Pact to enact a ceasefire . Cid finds the Crystals ' attempts to hinder him amusing , but the Militesi war effort takes a step back when Class Zero destroys Brionac , the prototype magitek armor developed to deploy the Ultima Bomb . Queen Andoria is assassinated and the blame is placed on Class Zero whose cadets had been given leave in the Militesi capital of Ingram during the ceasefire . Imperial forces ambush the cadets in the Armada Hotel , but they escape . The assassination had been orchestrated by Cid and the man who would succeed Andoria to the throne of Concordia . Cid helps the king usurp the queen and the monarchy ' s matriarchy to exploit his lust for power to gain access to the Azure Dragon Crystal that the new king relinquishes under imperial watch for its supposed safety . With the regicide blamed on the dominion , the joint Militesi - Concordian forces begin their campaign to lay waste to Rubrum . The Vermilion Bird Crystal fights back and has its Secundus l ' Cie Lady Caetuna summon a Verboten Eidolon to annihilate the Militesi forces . Concordia capitulates and one by one Rubrum invades the imperial cities until they storm the capital . Cid stays in the White Peristylium until an Ultima Bomb explodes in the atmosphere above the city , and he realizes the empire ' s premier magitek pilot , Qator Bashtar , perished in the blast . He escapes and the dominion legionaries that take over the peristylium search for him to no avail . Rubrum uniting Orience under the Vermilion Bird ' s banner starts Tempus Finis , and the temple Pandæmonium rises from the sea , sending out Rursan Reaver s to slaughter mankind . Recognizing the event from the legends foretold in the Nameless Tome , Cid has Nimbus take him there to face the Rursan Judge , as only l ' Cie are said to be able to set foot in the Land of Judgment . Upon arriving at his destination Cid learns he is to become the one to destroy the world as part of its spiral : whenever Orience is destroyed in a Tempus Finis , it will be reborn and the chain of events restarted in the gods ' effort to open the gate to the afterlife . Refusing to be used as the gods ' tool , Cid commits suicide . Regardless , his body is branded by the deity - like being Gala to become the Rursan Arbiter , a unique demigod l ' Cie with no will of its own . As Class Zero fights their way to him , Cid , acting on Gala ' s will , puts them through several trials to deem their worth to become Agito . As they face him , Cid belittles the cadets for being unworthy . He completes his transformation into the Rursan Arbiter and kills Shinryu Celestia . He steals the twelve cadets ' phantoma , combining them within himself to fulfill his true Focus : to become Agito himself . The spirits of Machina Kunagiri and Rem Tokimiya bestow each member of Class Zero the strength to continue and release the phantoma from the Rursan Arbiter ' s body and absorb it at the cost of their lives leading to the Arbiter ' s certain defeat . Cid ' s body disintegrates into phantoma and disappears into the void . Cid ' s goal of freeing Orience realizes nevertheless , as Class Zero convinces Arecia Al - Rashia to break the spiral and the Crystals lose their power . Gameplay . Cid is fought as the final boss in the form of the Rursan Arbiter . Voice . Cid is voiced by Shuichiro Moriyama in the Japanese version . He is voiced by Steven Jay Blum in the English version . Etymology . Cid is a recurring name in the " Final Fantasy " series . His surname could come from the combination of " old " and " Stein " , the German word for a rock .