Agito ( term ) Agito is a term from the world of Orience in " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " and its prequel " Final Fantasy Agito " . The Agito is a messiah prophesied in ancient mythology to appear at the time of Tempus Finis , an apocalyptic calamity . The legend of the Agito is written in the Nameless Tome . Profile . Agito is a mythical figure tied to the plans of the world ' s deities , who seek to find and open the gateway between the mortal world and the unseen realm . Agito is someone who can interact and pass between the realms . Finding Agito and using the power of those who make it up is archsorceress Arecia Al - Rashia ' s means of finding the gateway , in opposition of Gala ' s method of slaughtering the population of Orience and breaking the gateway down with a flood of souls . According to the Nameless Tome , sixteen " constellations " were found at the same time . The Sixteen will arrive in the world at a certain moment in the form of human beings , to see if they have the strength to prevent Finis and open the gateway . Four of them were abandoned by Arecia in the past 600 , 104 , 971 experiments , leaving twelve : Through the repeating cycles the people chosen to be the Agito vary , but they appear always to be students of Akademeia , the magical center in the Dominion of Rubrum . One of the concepts tied up with Agito is the Locus of Ten and Six : this means that in theory , sixteen elements of humanity are needed to create Agito , with their different aspects forming a part of the whole . This is referred to in the Rubicus , which tells of sixteen " constellations " that would arrive in human form to try to become Agito . It appears the Crystals of Orience vie for the Agito to be born of each one of their ilk and brand humans to become l ' Cie to this end . Tempus Finis is initiated once one Crystal controls all of Orience , at which point Pandæmonium will rise . It is said only l ' Cie can travel there , and the Judge residing in the sanctuary is to decide one ' s worthiness to become Agito , or else Orience will be destroyed and the spiral restarted in wait for a new Tempus Finis . It appears , however , that a soul that has given up its essence to a Crystal and become a l ' Cie cannot become Agito , thus the number of failed cycles . Story . " Final Fantasy Agito " . The cadet is chosen to become one of the favored candidates for becoming Agito . At some future point , it was said one of the " cadets " would be chosen as the Agito , but the game was discontinued before reaching this point . " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " . In each cycle of history , the warring between the nations eventually permits the arrival of Gala and the Rursan Army . The Agito candidates would become l ' Cie to fight them off and die , Gala would absorb their phantoma and the cycle would reset . At some point , Arecia deemed Joker and Tiz unnecessary as part of Agito , and instead , the two were made her servants , able to remember events through the cycles while the rest of Orience forgets . Marshal Cid Aulstyne uses the name of Agito to gain support from the people of the Militesi Empire , declaring the empire ' s attempt to claim all of Orience justified under the premise of the empire becoming Agito and heralding the start of a new era . The ones Arecia has chosen to become Agito , the cadets of Class Zero , are caught up in the 600 , 104 , 972nd repeat of events . When Tempus Finis begins and a sanctuary rises from the depths of the ocean , sending out hordes of Rursus to slaughter all of Orience , Cid travels to the temple with the aid of the White Tiger l ' Cie Nimbus . When Class Zero learns of this , the cadets recall the words written in the Nameless Tome and surmise Cid is trying to become Agito . Intent to stop him , they follow him . Unlike in the previous cycles , Class Zero chooses not to become l ' Cie , changing the cycle . This prompts Arecia to make Gala call his army . Gala makes Cid the Rursan Arbiter , but he is bested by Class Zero , stalling Tempus Finis . Though victorious , Class Zero perishes . After paying heed to Tiz and Joker ' s advise , Arecia listens to Class Zero ' s souls and learns the cadets made their own decision on how to meet their end and do not wish to be revived . Arecia abandons the experiment and allows Orience to remember its past . As the light of the Crystals fades , Orience enters a new era . Class Zero may not have lived up to the deities ' expectations in opening the gateway to the afterlife , but the cadets live up to the meaning of Agito as a messiah in releasing Orience from its cycle of destruction and rebirth . Gilgamesh Ashur gains the ability to open dimensional portals , the intended function of Agito , but is never referred to as such . Gilgamesh is a recurring character who travels across the " Final Fantasy " multiverse .