Machina Kunagiri Machina Kunagiri is a playable character in " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " . He is a newly added member of Class Zero who wields twin rapiers . He is brave and powerful , traits which had him transferred into Class Zero , but plagued by insecurities . Due to being a recent recruit he isn ' t assigned a number . Profile . Appearance . Machina is a seventeen - year - old boy with dark hair and green eyes . He wears a long black jacket , a red cloak and white trousers . In his summer uniform he keeps the cloak and wears a white short - sleeved shirt with a black print on the side and black stripes at the cuffs , black gloves and trousers . His formal uniform has a white cloak and gloves , red jacket with black cuffs , and black trousers with silver decoration at the ends . There is always a Vermilion Bird symbol on the left side of his shirt or jacket . Machina ' s l ' Cie outfit has a yellow and white tiger mask that covers the majority of his face . His shirt and cloak are yellow and white and his sleeves are black and he wears white pants . His l ' Cie mark is located on his right shoulder and is yellow , as opposed to the other White Tiger l ' Cie , whose are green . Personality . Machina is the younger brother of Izana Kunagiri . Although their relationship was complicated the two were close , and Machina was the one to have named Izana ' s chocobo . He becomes furious at Queen and Ace when told to move on after his death . Despite great proficiency in magic and his straightforwardness , Machina fears war . As Rem Tokimiya ' s childhood friend , Machina is protective of her . The Crystals of Orience remove the memories of the dead from the living . Knowing that a brother he loved is gone as well as his memories of him , Machina fears death and being forgotten , him and Rem being the only people in the world remembering their life in the little village they both grew up in . Being placed in Class Zero , Machina becomes insecure when he is no longer the best in his class , and strives to prove himself . He longs to become stronger to be able to protect people , and when told not even Class Zero can save everyone despite their strength , he vows to surpass his classmates . Story . " Final Fantasy Agito " . Machina is a member of Class Second and dons an indigo blue mantle . He can be found in the Ready Room during the morning , afternoon and evening . " Final Fantasy Type - 0 : Change the World " . During the Capital Liberation campaign Ace , Queen and Nine of the secretive Class Zero meet Machina and Rem , Agito Cadet s of other classes of Akademeia , whom they tell to leave since they cannot use magic while under the effect of the empire ' s crystal jammer . The crystal jammer explodes , but before they can confirm its operator , the White Tiger Secundus l ' Cie Qun ' mi Tru ' e , is dead , she escapes . Class Zero is officially enrolled in Akademeia , the magic academy of the nation of Rubrum , with Machina and Rem transferred to it as its newest recruits . After introductions Machina and Rem offer to take the others on a tour around Akademeia , to which only Ace agrees to come along . Ace regrets not being able to come earlier to save more people during the liberation , but Machina and Rem tell him that since they faced a l ' Cie , it ' s understandable . They are briefed to take back four Rubrum cities occupied by the Milites Empire . Ace is assigned in a team with Machina and Rem , and is taken aback by commander Kurasame ' s decision ; he has never operated separately from his other eleven classmates before , all of whom — unlike Machina and Rem — are Arecia Al - Rashia ' s adoptive children , feeling Machina and Rem are different from those raised in the External Bureau . Arecia is the respected archsorceress and doctor of the academy who adopted and raised the original twelve Class Zero cadets , teaching them how to use magic independent of the Vermilion Bird Crystal . As they topple enemies , Ace recognizes Machina and Rem ' s abilities , changing his mind about them . They encounter Militesi General Qator Bashtar who challenges them on his MA , Gabriel , but he is forced to retreat and McTighe is liberated . As the three sit down at the city square among the celebrating soldiers and civilians , Ace admits it was his fault Machina ' s brother Izana died during Capital Liberation , but Machina and Rem are dumbfounded . Two months later Rubrum regains control of much land area previously occupied by Milites . The cadets are sent to sabotage a Militesi magitek factory during which a ceasefire is called and the cadets are given leave in the Militesi capital of Ingram . Queen Andoria of the Kingdom of Concordia is assassinated in the city and Class Zero is framed for it , the cadets trying to contact Kurasame to no avail . They escape and Machina is later awoken by Rem , who says they are on the outskirts of Militesi territory . Rem finds the rest of Class Zero and asks if they feel bitter for fighting and training all their lives , and yet the Rubrum higher - ups never reward them . Ace doesn ' t feel bitter and claims to enjoy it , and the others agree . Machina and Rem are hurt by their answer , feeling the cadets never knew other lifestyles exist , and resolve to help them . After a COMM from Kurasame , the cadets are met by an airship and return to Akademeia . Half a month after the battle where the Knights of the Round Verboten Eidolon was summoned by Kurasame ( who had become a l ' Cie ) , the fourteen members of Class Zero sit surrounding a bonfire , contemplating how far they ' ve come and grown . Machina and Rem know that Ace , who used to say " cut off the past to move forward " , would sometimes visit Izana ' s grave . Rem asks what their ambitions are after graduating but the cadets hesitate , realizing they can ' t stay in Class Zero forever . The next day , the class is divided into four teams : three to destroy three crystal jammers on three different sides of the government building , and one involving Machina , Rem and Ace to cut through into the building the moment the jammers are destroyed . They encounter Qator on his MA Gabriel , who is defeated with the help of the other three teams . Inside the building , they face Marshal Cid Aulstyne of the empire . Cid tells the cadets their goal of creating a peaceful world is futile as the memory erosion makes it impossible for people to learn from the past . Rem says that if the Crystals are the root of evil , they will destroy them . Satisfied , Cid feels his ambitions will be achieved even if Class Zero would be the one claiming victory , and takes his own life . As Tempus Finis commences , Rem becomes the Judge who is to make the Final Decision on the world ' s fate . Class Zero realizes they might have to become Agito by means of felling her . They venture to Pandæmonium , a sanctuary that appears at the point of Tempus Finis , convincing themselves they are not felling Rem , but releasing her . In Pandæmonium Rem sends the Rursan Reaver s at the cadets . Machina harvests phantoma from the first one they fell , but the next four they bring down are revived before their eyes . Rem reminds them they have come to the temple independent of Arecia , and thus cannot be revived . After a harsh battle the Rursus finally lay still . After Queen ' s death the path to the Judge is clear , but everyone is weakened from the battle . Rem brings down everyone but Ace and Machina with her magic . Ace , knowing he can ' t hold out much longer , tells Machina to absorb all of their phantoma to give him enough power to defeat Rem . As Ace dies , Machina harvests their phantoma before the last of his memories of Ace and their conversation disappear . Using the phantoma of his friends , Machina defeats Rem with her own strongest magic , Holy . Machina despairs losing his friends , and wishes that he chose the power of a l ' Cie so he could have saved them . Left alone and slowly dying , Machina encounters Arecia , who tells him the truth about the spiral of Orience , and asks if he wants the spiral to repeat . Machina swears that this time he will not let anyone else die , Arecia noting that even if Machina forgets the events of this cycle , his soul will always remember his fear of loss and craving for power . To distance Machina and Rem from Class Zero and prevent them from " weakening " the twelve , she grants Rem a frail body so Machina would choose her over the others in the next cycle . " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " . When Machina and Rem ' s village was attacked by the Milites Empire , the two took refuge in Machina ' s home . Machina ' s mother hid them in a closet while Militesi soldiers invaded the house , and the children witnessed Machina ' s mother being shot . A soldier discovered the children , but the two escaped through a window . They ran away and stopped on a hill , looking back to watch their village burn . Machina is a member of Class Second at Akademeia , Rubrum ' s magic academy that trains Agito Cadets . A year ago he crossed paths with Rem , whom he had not seen for seven years , unaware she was in the same school . Agito Cadets trained by participating in combat simulations against their classmates , and during an experimental inter - class drill , Machina and Rem were selected as representatives for their respective classes . They were surprised to see each other and having to square off in combat . From that day forth the two spent time together before and after lectures . Machina has a brother , Izana , a dominion legionary . Though the two are close their relationship is strained , Izana envying Machina ' s position as an Agito Cadet while he himself is a lowly legionary . The two argue every now and then , but as proof of their bond , Machina had named Izana ' s chocobo : Chichiri . During the siege of the peristylium by the Milites Empire , Machina ' s brother Izana is upon the casualties . Machina and Rem attempt to fight the White Tiger Secundus l ' Cie , Qun ' mi , but are overpowered when she uses Dáinsleif ' s crystal jammer to disable the duo ' s magic . Ace , Jack , and Seven from Class Zero come to their aid , able to use magic despite the crystal jammer . The invasion is repelled as Class Zero destroys the crystal jammers and defeats Qun ' mi , and Machina and Rem become its newest members to aid defend Rubrum from the empire . As the original twelve Class Zero cadets are the only ones able to withstand the effects of a crystal jammer due to being able to wield magic independent of the Vermilion Bird Crystal , the administration decides to begin deploying them to battle . Machina and Rem meet at the school ' s cemetery where they discuss the Vermilion Bird Crystal removing the memories of the dead from the living , and how Machina cannot recall his brother although he is aware he died on the battlefield despite not being officially deployed . Machina tries to read the combat reports at the library to find out more about his brother ' s death , but they are confidential . Machina visits the chocobo stables where he feels a sense of nostalgia of Izana when remarking the name " Chichiri " would be a good name for a chocobo . Class Zero is deployed to help retake the Rubrum Region and after a mission Ace overhears Arecia Al - Rashia , the Sorcery Division archsorceress and Class Zero ' s " Mother , " and the commandant of the Rubrum legionaries , Suzuhisa Higato , arguing over her decision to deploy Izana only because Ace had asked for it . This is news to Ace , and when Machina asks if something is the matter Ace cannot bring himself to tell Machina about Izana ' s fate being his fault . Rumors spread that Lord Zhuyu , the Vermilion Bird Primus l ' Cie , is on the move , shocking Machina when he hears about it from Rem . Machina admires the l ' Cie for the power they gain in exchange for accepting a Focus from a Crystal , and laments that despite all his strength he was no match for the White Tiger l ' Cie during the Capital Liberation . Machina and Rem later reminisce about their childhood . She tells him that she still keeps the Knowing Tag s of all the people from their village and Machina , saddened , wishes he had been stronger to protect them . Rem says they were only children , so there was nothing they could have done . She asks if he remembers vowing to become a soldier to protect her , and he hasn ' t forgotten . Rem teases him by reminding him of when he asked her to become his wife , and Machina , embarrassed , says he was only a child back then . She pretends to be offended . Class Zero is deployed on many missions to retake the areas conquered by the empire . Despite having been one of the best of Class Second , Machina finds he no longer stands out in Class Zero . It makes him insecure , but also motivates him to try harder to prove himself , and his classmates find him a useful addition to the group . If the cadets take the Code Crimson mission at Togoreth , they are sent to save the civilians who live at the stronghold , but find no survivors : because their land is barren and they lack many resources , the empire doesn ' t usually take prisoners . Machina is shocked this is how the empire operates , and implores the others to keep going , but becomes worried when Rem has another coughing fit . After returning from the mission to liberate Iscah , Machina confronts Rem on the Akademeia terrace . She is coughing but plays it off as if it is nothing . Machina begs Rem to tell him the truth about the severity of her illness , but she evades him . When the cadets are sent to sabotage the imperial magitek armor program they get orders to cease fire due to a newly wrought armistice mid - mission . The cadets ' commanding officer , Kurasame Susaya , travels to the imperial capital as Chancellor Khalia Chival VI ' s aide and negotiates for the cadets ' safety , and afterward explains the situation to them : the empire had proposed peace before the cadets ' mission was underway , but they could not contact them in time to halt it . The cadets disagree with the treaty , especially Machina , positing that the empire has no right to ask for peace for being the initial aggressor . The cadets meet Queen Andoria of the Kingdom of Concordia who explains that peace is the Will of the Crystals , and that the cadets ' opposition would only lead to Tempus Finis , and points out the cadets as " the final cog . " Machina struggles accepting that what they have been fighting for is against the Crystal ' s Will , and the queen says to him under her breath so no one else can hear : " Shape the future , the choice you make shall . " After she leaves , Queen asks what she said , but Machina only shakes his head and says it was something about " a choice " but that it didn ' t make sense to him . Afterward Machina talks with Rem who still insists to being fine . Machina is called away to speak with the commandant who jogs his memory of Izana and claims Arecia and Class Zero are responsible for his brother ' s death , as they had had Izana ' s mission orders changed during the liberation campaign . The commandant explains Machina was transferred into Class Zero to report on the cadets ' and Arecia ' s actions . Though offered a chance to leave due to personal reasons with Rem as a back up , Machina agrees to report anything he finds out . He swears in Izana ' s name to become stronger than Class Zero and to protect Rem . Unknown to him this was the reason Machina was promoted to Class Zero : to exploit his fear of being powerless to save people he was made to see how weak he is in comparison to his classmates . The commandant wants to use Machina to bring about Arecia ' s downfall , and uses the threat of leaving Rem alone should Machina fail in his espionage , knowing Machina would do anything for her . After Machina leaves the hotel he senses something weird , but when Seven asks him about it , he tells her it is none of her business . Queen Andoria is assassinated and the cadets are blamed for it . The class is ambushed at the Armada Hotel and the activation of a crystal jammer alerts Machina and Rem to the danger . The class orderly , Aria Luricara , is shot . Rem wants to tend to her but Machina urges her to abandon Aria or they would all be killed . The cadets fight through the city to make their escape while unable to contact Central Command . Queen highlights it being odd they had been given leave in Ingram rather than have them repatriated , and Machina becomes upset at the possibility they had been left behind on purpose . Rem calms him down , saying they must seek out the answers later . During their trek through the train tunnels Rem gets dizzy and tries to hide it . Queen says they can ' t stop for one person , angering Machina . They are accosted by Celestia , Queen Andoria ' s aide , who knocks Machina out when he attempts to protect Rem . He wakes up in a deserted house in the woods where Class Zero has taken refuge , and finds Rem unharmed . Machina has an eerie feeling they are being watched , but dismisses it when no one else reacts . The others explain they convinced Celestia of their innocence and she gave them passage away from the city , Machina being carried away unconscious by the others . Machina confronts Ace and Queen over Izana ' s death and is told he should get over it as they have bigger things to worry about : they still can ' t contact Central Command . Machina storms off in frustration to patrol the area after Rem tries to hold him back . Machina finds Qun ' mi with most of her body encased in stone , having been abandoned there by Milites after she empowered the Ultima Bomb that destroyed the Lorican Alliance . Machina asks for the power of a l ' Cie so to become strong enough to protect Rem . She grants it to him and enters crystal stasis , leaving her mask uncrystallized for him to wear which turns his outfit white . In the morning the others get ready to leave him behind until he shows up , cheering Rem . When asked what happened , Machina mentions " the White Tiger , " but is cut off when Deuce exclaims the COMM is working and she has reached the dominion . Kurasame sends an airship to pick the cadets up , but back in Akademeia they learn Central Command suspects they disabled their own COMM on purpose to avoid being contacted , and may face an investigation . Machina is called away to meet the cadetmaster and the provost , two members of the Consortium of Eight that governs Rubrum . They ask him to report on the task he had been given , and Machina is surprised the cadetmaster and the provost are colluding with the commandant against Arecia , the most influential member of the consortium . The cadetmaster and the provost further manipulate Machina by claiming his espionage is done out of honoring his brother ' s death , and that if he doesn ' t want to be the spy they can ask Rem instead . Machina relents and divulges what he knows of Class Zero : he describes them as emotionless fighters who would do anything " Mother " asks . However , he doesn ' t have any knowledge of any ulterior motives , and is thus dismissed . After the cadets return from the mission to reclaim Eibon , they assemble in the classroom to hear their next orders from Kurasame , but Machina doesn ' t attend . Kurasame explains to the rest the upcoming battle plan against the joint Militesi - Concordian forces , as after the queen ' s assassination the new King of Concordia allied with Cid Aulstyne of the empire . When the dominion forces face off against the imperials Machina joins General Qator Bashtar . The Militesi army is defeated by the Verboten Eidolon Alexander summoned by the Vermilion Bird Secundus l ' Cie Caetuna , but Machina and Qator survive when Machina fortifies Qator ' s magitek armor ' s magic barrier . Seeing the heavy casualties , Qator and Machina retreat on Qator ' s MA . Machina ' s absence worries Class Zero , especially Rem . Upon his return he finds her talking with fellow classmates Cater and Trey . When Cater nudges him playfully , Machina slaps her hand away and snaps that he will protect Rem alone . Rem is aghast at his uncharacteristic aggression , but he reiterates that he will protect her , the dominion , and all of Orience . What the others do not know is that Machina uses his status as a l ' Cie to infiltrate the Militesi army to spy on them . Machina retreats to the back garden where he laments on his reasons for doing it : he fears losing Rem and all of his memories of her . After the dominion conquers Concordia , the class is being deployed to the final showdown against the empire . Rem finds Machina standing outside reminiscing about his hometown . Upon inquiring why she became a cadet , he sees they both wanted to be part of Operation Apostle and become stronger . Machina feels he doesn ' t belong within Class Zero , as he thinks they have helped him more then he helps them . He claims to have become stronger , and when Rem tells him he can talk to her and Class Zero if something is worrying him , Machina evades by telling her she ' d better return inside because the wind is cold . Although Rem is hurt by his decision , Machina leaves to resume his secret activities . Rubrum conquers all of Orience and Tempus Finis commences . Machina heads for the Pandæmonium , a sanctuary that appears during the end times said to be where the Judge who makes the Final Decision on Orience ' s fate resides : if there is no Agito , the world will be destroyed and fall back into the spiral . While there , Machina is intercepted by Rem after she became a new Vermilion Bird l ' Cie obeying the Crystal ' s orders to destroy the White Tiger l ' Cie it had sensed in Pandæmonium , wanting its own l ' Cie to become Agito . Machina is overpowered by Rem , and his mask is knocked off as he is thrown into a wall . A shocked Rem falters upon seeing her old friend and is impaled on his rapier . An anguished Machina kneels down beside the dying Rem pleading for forgiveness while explaining he wanted to become a l ' Cie as he didn ' t want to be alone in the world without her . Rem is happy to have seen him one last time and asks him not to forget her before both enter crystal stasis , Machina embracing Rem ' s limp body . Class Zero happens upon Machina and Rem ' s crystal after refusing to become l ' Cie themselves , and mourn for the sight . When the cadets face Cid as the Rursan Arbiter , the Judge , a new future is presented as Machina and Rem bestow their classmates with their power and help them defeat Cid in spirit . Arecia arrives to the pair ' s crystal and asks them to tell her all about her children , and always to remember them . She revives Machina and Rem from crystal stasis and returns them to Akademeia where Machina is horrified to find Class Zero dead as the price of defeating Cid . Realizing his memories of them have not been erased , Machina truly mourns the death of those close to him for the first time in his life and cries while apologizing . Rem touches his arm comfortingly and the two stand looking out over the war - torn remains of Rubrum . Upon listening to Class Zero ' s souls , Arecia had decided to not restart the spiral and depart from Orience forever . As the Crystals lose their power , people are allowed to remember the dead . Machina rallies the populace under him and founds a new age for the world where mankind no longer relies on the Crystals . Years later , at the age of sixty - seven and married to Rem , Machina writes down the events of the war to ensure Class Zero would never be forgotten . He dies soon after with a smile on his face . In an alternate ending where Arecia removes the Crystals from Orience ' s history , the war never occurred . Without his brother ' s death to drive a wedge between them , Machina befriends Ace . Waiting for Ace to end his studying , a bored Machina tries to convince him to take a break so they can go have fun . Ace refuses as he wants to prepare for the next semester . A stubborn Machina refuses to accept no as an answer , and drags Ace out of the library . Gameplay . Machina dual - wields a pair of drill - shaped rapiers in battle . He favors melee fighting and his battle style is based on chaining fast combos , which enables him to exploit the Killsight function . Equipment . Machina ' s exclusive accessory is the Pluviale , which increases his Defense by 30 and nullifies weather and terrain effects . Support Personnel . Some Support Personnel in the HD version appear as Machina : Hiroshi Kamiya ( Machina ' s Japanese VA ) , Kenichiro Yuji ( Battle Director ) , Masato Kogure ( Publicity Staff ) , and Yoshinori Kitase ( Producer ) . Creation and development . Voice . Machina ' s Japanese voice actor is Hiroshi Kamiya . He shares his Japanese voice actor with Letty and Gatta from " Final Fantasy X " . He is voiced by Bryce Papenbrook in the English version . He shares his English voice actor with Zidane Tribal from " Dissidia Final Fantasy " and Tiz Arrior from " Bravely Default " and " " . Musical themes . Machina ' s leitmotif , " Machina Kunagiri " , is a slow and melancholic tune with heavy guitar and drums , and an electric guitar line . It also exists in an arranged version that replaces its rock feel with a more rueful melody of piano and strings . His other theme , " Machina and Rem " , combines his theme with Rem ' s . His theme is also rearranged in the tracks " Apostles of the Crystal " and " Human Strengths and Weaknesses " , and can be heard as part of the track " Type - 0 " . " Machina Kunagiri " appears on the and on the composer selections soundtrack . Other appearances . Machina has appeared in the following games throughout the " Final Fantasy " series : Non - " Final Fantasy " guest appearances . Machina has made key guest appearances in the following non - " Final Fantasy " games : Etymology . In particular , Machina ' s name is taken from the Latin expression " Deus ex Machina . "