Sydney Losstarot Sydney Losstarot is the established antagonist in " Vagrant Story " . He is the leader of the Müllenkamp cult , a self - professed prophet who preaches about human weaknesses and the end of the world . Profile . Appearance . Sydney is a blond young man who appears to be in his late 20s . He is 178 cm tall . His hands and legs are prosthetics crafted from Hagane metal , the hands complete with clawed fingers , as he claims to have given his " limbs to the gods " , having lost them during a childhood illness . He wears nothing to cover his upper body , exposing the " Blood - Sin " tattoo on his back , which appeared around the same time he lost his limbs . Some scenes have also shown that he has the power to masquerade as other people . His Dark powers also extend to levitation , summoning dark creatures and teleportation . Ashley has discovered that Sydney is somewhat " immortal " ; Ashley ' s direct shot to Sydney ' s heart only manages to hurt him little . Sydney has summoned Wyverns , Dullahans , and possessed statues to test Ashley ' s strength . Story . Not much is known about Sydney and how he come to carry the Losstarot name . However , he is revealed to be born to the Bardorba family , and Duke Bardorba also calls him Sydney . Because he claims to be helping his father the Duke , just as the Duke has helped when he was born , some believe that he may have been born with a terminal illness , of which the Duke had to pass the Dark powers that the Bardorba family possess to him to ensure his survival . Sydney then carries the " Blood - Sin tattoo " , the key to the Dark powers of Leá Monde . Because Duke Bardorba is his father , this makes him Joshua ' s older brother , though Joshua may not be aware of this fact . A family portrait in the Duke ' s bedroom portrays him , his wife and a young " Joshua " , and a scene depicts a young " Joshua " hugging the Duke Bardorba ; but in reality they are both a young Sydney , and the scene depicts Duke Bardorba ' s love to his son . Sydney grows up to become leader of the Müllenkamp cult , established as its charismatic and powerful prophet . Callo Merlose says that " his charisma is such that his followers offer both body and soul to him . " His prophecies have always come true , and he is able to guess the past of others and see deep within their hearts ; this enables him to manipulate their beliefs . Sydney knows that his father is dying , and did not want Leá Monde ' s dark powers to fall to the wrong hands . Sydney seeks to help his father by finding the right successor . It could be that he had kidnapped Joshua so he could pass the city ' s dark powers to his brother , though he has found a more suitable candidate in Ashley Riot . He created a series of tests within the city to ensure that his choice was correct ; those who crave the Dark cannot control the Dark , and Ashley proved that he had no desire for the powers of the Dark . When all is proven and revealed , Sydney was exposed to Romeo Guildenstern and had his Blood - Sin tattoo literally ripped off his back . Powerless and weakened , Sydney was carried off back to Duke Bardorba ' s manor by Ashley after the Riskbreaker defeated Guildenstern . There , Sydney , with the guise of Ashley , enters the manor and delivers the news to Duke Bardorba , who was glad that everything had been sorted well and proceeds to kill his son and himself to end it all . Their spirits depart , returning to Ashley , as must the souls of all who entered Leá Monde , now that he has become the new vessel for the dark powers of the city . Müllenkamp . Though he is the leader of the cult and many people revered him , it is revealed that he had been misleading them all along . Within Müllenkamp he spread lies that the Duke Bardorba wishes to end the Müllenkamp legacy , by hiding the key to the Dark powers and by not choosing a successor , believing this to cleanse his sins for the afterlife . Sydney ' s ties with John Hardin is more than master and servant ; Hardin regards Sydney as a friend and trusts him deeply . Hardin faithfully follows as they search for the key in the Duke ' s manor . It is so much that when Guildenstern reveals that Sydney has the key to the Dark all along , he was dumbstruck . Mysteriously , he also knows Rosencrantz , the power - hungry ex - Riskbreaker . Sydney has come to understand who Rosencrantz really is , as he comments that ; " You reek , Riskbreaker . What is that stench ? Ah , you have met Rosencrantz ? " And while Rosencrantz demands the succession of the Dark powers to him , Sydney merely laughs it off and proceeds to mind - trick him before having a possessed Kali statue cut the ex - Riskbreaker in half . Gameplay . Sydney helps out the player during the battle with Father Grissom and the Dark Crusader in the Snowfly Forest . Musical themes . Sydney has no musical track dedicated to him , but he has a distinct theme that appears in various tracks of the original soundtrack . This theme consists of male vocals repeated in a pattern that rises and quickly fades . Tracks that contain this motif include " Graylands Incident Climax " , " Closed Leá Monde " and " A Meeting " .