Brandt Brandt is the protagonist of " " . He lives in the Kingdom of Horne with his mother , Kuore . Though the game follows a job system , Brandt is depicted as a typical freelancer in official artwork . Profile . Appearance . Brandt is a young man with short platinum blond hair and brown eyes . Brandt normally wears a long sky blue shirt with a small brown open vest , white pants with a brown belt and large buckle . He has brown gloves and brown boots . In artwork , his belt is replaced with an orange rope , his vest is colored black , and his boots are red . His animal form is a small grey dog resembling a husky . When using the crowns , Brandt ' s appearance changes according to which job he is using . Personality . Brandt has a positive outlook on life and has a strong sense of justice , but he is juvenile and rough in manners . Brandt hates feeling useless and will try to solve things on his own to prove himself . Brandt remains loyal to his friends and will defend them no matter the danger . He serves as the party leader and will speak on their behalf . It is revealed in the end credits he has a crush on Yunita . Story . Brandt ' s adventure begins on his fourteenth birthday , the time when it is customary for males to present themselves to King Horne and be acknowledged as adults . King Horne orders him to rescue Princess Aire from the Witch ' s Mansion , where the Witch of the North is keeping her captive . On his way through the Northern Caves , Brandt is attacked by a Minotaur . He is saved by Jusqua , another young man from Horne , who is using magic and investigating the caves at the King ' s behest . Although Jusqua advises him to turn back , they team up . Brandt and Jusqua arrive at the mansion and find all of Aire ' s bodyguards have fallen save for Yunita . They help her fight off the monsters and she joins them . They find Aire on the top floor and she berates them for taking so long to rescue her . She joins the party when the Witch attacks . Although they defeat the Witch , she threatens that the " contract " they broke by taking back Aire still applies . A appears and informs the party they have been chosen as the to fight the darkness spreading through . It grants them their first to help them in their quest . The party discovers the truth of the Witch ' s words when they return to Horne and discover all its citizens turned to stone , while the King has gone missing . A group of investigators from Liberte look into the matter and offer the group shelter in their town . The party splits as Brandt and Yunita refuse in favor of finding a cure , while Jusqua and Aire head for Liberte . Brandt and Yunita go to Guera , a kingdom known for its magical knowledge . They become lost in the desert , but meet a warrior named Krinjh , who tells them they need Merkmal to find the kingdom . He guides them to the Moonlight Tower to retrieve the artifact . When they reach the town , Brandt and Yunita request the king ' s help . He asks them to defeat the Sand Devil , a monster that has trapped the citizens within their walls for years . They agree and go to the Quicksand Castle with Krinjh to fight it . After defeating the Sand Devil , she is revealed to be Ariadne , an elf who had once been in love with Krinjh before hatred filled her heart . Krinjh apologizes for her pain and vanishes alongside her . After returning to Guera , the king tells Brandt and Yunita to travel to Arbor to find a cure for Horne . Brandt , who had felt inferior to Krinjh , decides he needs to travel on his own and become stronger . He sneaks out of the inn during the night and leaves Yunita behind . On his way out of town he finds a white cat , which follows him . Unaware it is a cursed Aire , he lets it tag along . A curse placed around Arbor protects the nation from humans , and upon entering the Great Tree , Brandt is turned into a plant . Aire , who is unaffected due to being a cat , teams up with Torte the mouse sage to find the Animal Staff . The staff turns Brandt into a dog , allowing him to move again . They visit Queen Arbor , who instructs them to calm the tree ' s rampaging guardian , Arbaroc , in exchange for returning them to their human forms . Brandt and the others make their way through the Great Tree and find Arbaroc possessed . Unable to reason with or free him from his possession , they are forced to kill him . Queen Arbor keeps her word by turning the Animal Staff into the Transformation Staff and allows them to move through Arbor freely as humans . She advises them visit Spelvia and seek the help of Rolan the hero to save Horne . Torte , his job done and stricken with guilt over Arbaroc , leaves the party . Brandt and Aire take their animal forms and attempt the jump to Spelvia from the top of the Great Tree . Aire lands safely , but Brandt falls to the ground . He follows Aire by another route and heads for the western Ice Caverns where he reunites with Jusqua by saving him from a Behugemoth summoned by Urbeth ' s Sorcerer . They make their way to the snowy town of Invidia , where they meet a girl named Rekoteh who is trying to hatch the dragon egg in the center of town . Neither the mythril hammer nor Firaga works . Rekoteh concludes the only way to hatch it is the Dragon ' s Harp . She accompanies Brandt and Jusqua into the Invidia Underground to retrieve it . The harp wakes the unborn Dragon and it hatches , giving them a route to Spelvia . When they arrive in Spelvia , Brandt and Jusqua are reunited with Aire and Yunita . Although the latter two had tried to cleanse Rolan ' s heart of darkness , Rolan is now more filled with hatred than ever . When the party arrives in his chamber , he attacks and they fight him . This proves to be a grave mistake ; when Rolan falls , the darkness in his heart is released over the entire world . The darkness , and the party finds themselves thrown into the past into the time when Chaos was corrupting the kingdoms through his servants , with the ultimate goal of flooding the world with darkness . To stop him , Brandt and the others have to collect the legendary weapons of light . Having been sent back in time , the heroes use their knowledge of future events to correct many mistakes that were made in their past , save Rolan ' s soul , and return to Horne after the rulers of the other kingdoms grant them the weapons of light in thanks . They discover the person they knew as King Horne was actually Satan . He had made the contract with Louhi , giving her Aire in exchange for the ultimate black magic : Desolator . They defeat Satan and Rolan convinces Louhi to cancel the contract . The real King Horne gives them Desolator and the Crystal grants them the Dark Fencer crown . Meanwhile , the Star Chamber opens in the ocean . Brandt and the others travel to the Star Chamber and confront Chaos , defeating him and thus eradicating the source of darkness in the world . The heroes return to their own time and find it improved due to the changes they made to history . Brandt returns to Horne with the others and Aire speaks with the King . The King wants Aire to stay in the castle , but Aire refuses , having realized her true calling is to continue protecting the world as a Hero of Light . Brandt leaves the castle with the group , knowing they are destined to protect their world . Gameplay . Brandt has the highest Strength and HP growth of the group , making him an excellent choice for that deal damage with physical attacks , such as the Hero and Ninja . He is the worst choice for dealing damage with , due to his low Intellect , but he functions reasonably well when assigned to healing and is best equipped with low tier White Magic like Cure . Other media . Games . Users in Square Enix Members Virtual World community can make their character appear as Brandt . Brandt ' s hair costs 100 crystals .