Thancred Waters Thancred Waters is a male midland Hyur Gladiator and later Rogue who plays an important role in the Ul ' dah storyline of " Final Fantasy XIV / Legacy " and then in " Final Fantasy XIV : A Realm Reborn " . Profile . Appearance . Thancred is a Hyur of medium height and ash - blond hair . He also has tattoos on both sides of his neck , a trait that he shares with his former Circle of Knowing allies Yda , Papalymo , and Y ' shtola . He wears a white long - sleeved shirt covered by black tunic with straps of leather belts over his left shoulder and a black belt on his waist . He also has white fingerless gloves and greenish pants with a heavily patterned black leather greaves and sandals . Thancred ' s attire changed a bit during the events of " Final Fantasy XIV : A Realm Reborn " , now wearing a white belt and Urianger ' s goggles on his left shoulder . Ever since " Heavensward " , Thancred ' s hair has grown longer , his eyes change from a brown to grey , and his attire has changed , now wearing a purely aesthetic eyepatch over his left eye . The eye is still functional , but he justifies wearing the eyepatch by saying women find battle scars attractive . Personality . Thancred is a suave smooth - talker with a fondness for women , and is quite intelligent . However , he does get flustered when Minfilia points out some of the shadier elements of his past , even as a compliment . Story . Thancred ' s origins are unknown , but he has appeared in Ul ' dah two decades ago and has strangely not aged since his arrival . What is known is that Thancred is an Archon . Later details revealed he was a street urchin in Limsa Liminsa before being recruited by Louisoix Leveilleur , and he had arranged correspondence between the senior Archon and Minfilia . " Version 1 . 0 " . Thancred appears in Ul ' dah the day of a big festival , aiding in the subduing of a Goobbue that suddenly went on a rampage . He later appears alongside Yda , Papalymo , and Y ' shtola when the four attempt to defeat Gaius Van Baelsar . In the End of an Era trailer , he is seen praying at the Milvaneth Sacrarium as the Calamity struck . Though not shown , in Tales from the Calamity he had persuaded the Sultana Nanamo Ul Namo to do a similar vigil at the Arrzaneth Ossuary . " Final Fantasy XIV " . Thancred is met in Ul ' dah after an altercation with some thugs led by Ungust harassing a refugee woman in the streets . Realizing the Adventurer had used the Echo to clear her name , he offers an invitation to meet the Antecedent in the Waking Sands with the password " Wild Rose " to be given to the clerk Tataru . There the Adventurer is met by Minfilia , who formally greets them and introduces the other Scions of the Seventh Dawn . She soon assigns the Adventurer to assist Thancred in discovering who is responsible for missing refugees in Camp Drybone . They eventually discover it was Ungust posing as a priest of Nald ' thal to lure the poor into being captured by Amalj ' aa . Unfortunately , the Adventurer is caught in a trap and taken to the Bowl of Embers along with Ungust and a corrupt Brass Blades member . Thancred eventually arrives with a detachment of the Immortal Flames only after the Adventurer had slain the Lord of the Inferno itself in self - defense . He expresses regret he could not help sooner , and confides that the other survivors had to be put down due to Ifrit ' s tempering . He gradually appears less often at the Waking Sands as he works on other assignments . Much later , it ' s discovered that Thancred was possessed by Lahabrea while he was investigating the Ascian s , via a black crystal necklace . Using his body , Lahabrea secretly aided both the beastmen and Gaius Van Baelsar in order to bring about the return of " the one true god . " He revealed himself by unmasking himself at Castrum Centri as the Scions escaped on Cid ' s airship . They realized this was how Livia sas Junius was able to raid the Waking Sands , and concluded he met this fate due to him pushing himself so hard to make up for Louisoix ' s absence . During the final confrontation with the Ultima Weapon , Lahabrea explained to Gaius that the light of the mothercrystal was shielding the party from the superweapon ' s assault . He then revealed the real reason he had it absorb the Primal s : to activate the Heart of Sabik and awaken a sliver of his god ' s power , Ultima . To Gaius ' s horror , Lahabrea demonstrated its power by using it to destroy much of the Praetorium and exhaust all of Hydaelyn ' s strength to shield the party . Even then , Gaius was defeated by them , leading to Lahabrea to confront the Adventurer directly . Though he taunted that they would have kill Thancred to fight him off , the Adventurer had a trump card : the Light of the Crystals found throughout the story enabled them to purge Lahabrea from Thancred ' s body . As the ruined Imperial base began to crumble , the Adventurer was able to escape with an unconscious Thancred using a Magitek Reaper . During the events of " Through the Maelstrom " , Thancred and accompanies the Adventurer and Y ' shtola in investigating reports of stolen crystal shipments in Thanalan . After ruling out the Amalj ' aas ' involvement , they soon learn the raids were carried out by the Serpent Reavers on behalf of the Sahagin who are intending to summon Leviathan . As the Scions investigated Sapsa Spawning Grounds , Thancred demonstrated his knife - wielding skills , and to his astonishment , the newcomer Yugiri demonstrated similar talents from her homeland . After Leviathan was felled at sea , Minfilia later revealed ( to Thancred ' s embarrassment ) that his knife skills were learned in his days with the Limsa Lominsan underground . Intrigued by this , Yugiri asked to be introduced to this " Fraternity " and share her knowledge . Later in the " Before the Fall " storyline , when the Scions are betrayed by the Crystal Braves and framed for the apparent assassination of Nanamo Ul Namo , Thancred is confronted by a squad of Brass Blades who want to arrest him for colluding with the Garleans . Initially believing them to be referring to his actions while under Lahabrea ' s control , he evades capture and meets up with the other Scions , who are currently fleeing Ul ' dah . He reveals the existence of a hidden tunnel that leads out of the city , but their pursuers follow them . Y ' shtola and Thancred remain behind to ensure that adventurer and Minfilia escape by causing a cave in . At the last second , Y ' shtola uses the ancient spell Flow to transport herself and Thancred to safety . However , while Y ' shtola is trapped within the Lifestream a living being , Thancred ended up in the wilderness of the Dravanian Forelands . As Goes Light , So Goes Darkness . Fashioning obsidian blades to hunt and wear animal skins to cover his naked body , Thancred eventually finds the Vath and barters food with them for more ideal clothing . When Thancred learns of the Gnath and Ravana , he realized his best chance of seeing the other Scions is by staying near the beastmen tribe . Thancred would later encounter the Adventurer , Alphinaud , Y ' shtola , and Krile while they were looking for him in the Smoldering Wastes at Loth ast Gnath , saving the Warrior of Light from the leader of the Warriors of Darkness . Later , he assists in the investigation of the arson incidents in Ishgard . Y ' shtola later confides to the Warrior of Light that she suspects the reason Thancred did not originally attempt to teleport out of Dravania was due to a side - effect of the Lifestream distorting his aether to the point of being unable to use any form of magick , including teleportation . Another side effect would appear to be his left eye changing from brown to silver since his re - emergence . The Gears of Change . Upon learning of Minfilia ' s fate as the Word of the Mother from the adventurer , the Scions promise to fulfill her wishes and defeat the Ascians once and for all . After the Scions discuss what happened to Minfilia with Matoya , a bereaved Thancred walks away from the group while at a loss for words . Soul Surrender . Thancred rescues Alisaie Leveilleur after her run in with the Warriors of Darkness , having been keeping an eyes of them . Thancred fights alongside the other Scions against the Warriors of Darkness at the Bowl of Embers . The Far Edge of Fate . Thancred arrives with Hilda on an airship to pick up the Scions on top of Baelsar ' s Wall , just as Ilberd sets into motion his plan to summoning a primal using the Eyes of Nidhogg and the sacrifice of himself and his soldiers . Soon realizing what Papalymo intends to do , he carries Yda over his shoulder back to the airship despite her protests . The airship gets away just as a shell of light engulfs the manifesting primal . Creation and development . Voice . In " A Realm Reborn " , Thancred is voiced by Yuichi Nakamura in the Japanese version . He shares his Japanese voice actor with Cid Raines from " Final Fantasy XIII " . He is voiced by ( credited as T . Axelrod ) in the English version . He shares his English voice actor with Edge Geraldine from " Final Fantasy IV " . Other appearances . Thancred has appeared in the following " Final Fantasy " media :