Zorn and Thorn Zorn and Thorn are non - player character s from " Final Fantasy IX " who serve as Queen Brahne ' s court jesters and mages . They look nearly identical and wear similar clothing , Zorn wearing blue , and Thorn wearing red . In the game ' s English translation , Zorn and Thorn speak in an antimetabole speech pattern using the same words to reply to each other but in active and passive form . For example , Zorn would say , " Are you sure of this ? " while Thorn would say , " Sure of this , are you ? " . This speech pattern is different in the Japanese version , where Zorn finishes his sentences with " o - ja ' ru " and Thorn with " go - ja ' ru , " which is an old type of dialect not used in modern speech . In the Spanish version , Zorn always ends his speeches with " pífate " , while Thorn ends them with " páfate " . These are simple verbal tics that have no meaning . Zorn and Thorn were born in July of 1711 , and are 88 years old . Profile . Appearance . Zorn and Thorn wear jester hats with bells , collared jackets and buttoned up shirts in blue and red respectively . Their jackets , color aside , are slightly different , as Zorn has a spade and a club suit on his left and right arm respectively , and Thorn has a heart and a diamond suit . While Zorn ' s blue makeup curves over his brow and nose in thin lines , Thorn ' s makeup colors his eye sockets in red , with a red circle above each eye . Their lips are of their respective colors , and both their faces are painted white . Their red and blue apparel may refer to the twin moons ( their theme music also sometimes being referred to as " Jesters of the Moon " ) , and by extension , the planets Gaia and Terra . Personality . Zorn and Thorn are over - dramatic and panicky , resorting to running around mindlessly when something goes wrong , and one always follows the other . They speak with exclamation , constantly shouting at each other and proclaiming the other is wrong . They are sycophants that court those in power and , despite their childish behavior , are loyal to those they serve . Zorn and Thorn have been known to act cowardly in times of danger and flee . Story . When Princess Garnet disappears from Alexandria Castle , Zorn and Thorn become frantic . Under Queen Brahne ' s orders , they track the princess and Zidane sights them at the peak of the Ice Cavern where the duo summon Black Waltz 1 to stall him while they flee . Zorn and Thorn later come along on the Alexandria n attack on Burmecia , appearing in Gizamaluke ' s Grotto and in Burmecia itself . Zorn and Thorn have the power to extract eidolons from a person , which they do after capturing Garnet and holding her in the Alexandria Castle basement , extracting the eidolons Shiva , Ifrit , Atomos , Odin , and Bahamut for Queen Brahne ' s use . Zorn and Thorn flee Alexandria when Garnet becomes queen , and quickly come to serve Kuja , Brahne ' s manipulator . After kidnapping Eiko Carol , they attempt to extract eidolons from her in the depths of Mount Gulug , but are unsuccessful as a summoner must reach the age of sixteen for eidolons to be extracted . Defeated by Eiko ' s eidolon Madeen , it is revealed Zorn and Thorn are not truly twins and their true form is the two halves of the double - headed monster Meltigemini . When Meltigemini is reformed to cover Kuja ' s departure , Zidane and company end the monster for good . Gameplay . Battle . Zorn and Thorn are fought as bosses in Alexandria Castle during the attempt to rescue Garnet . Meltigemini is the fusion of Zorn and Thorn and is fought upon Mount Gulug , although the two appear as dummied enemies in the fight . Shop . Thorn will sell the player items if the player approaches the " Hilda Garde I " on the world map on the Forgotten Continent , after the jesters drop Zidane ' s party there on their way to Oeilvert . Musical themes . " Court Jesters " , also known as " Jesters of the Moon " , plays whenever the two make an appearance . It is the ninth track from the first disc of the " " . Creation and development . In an old development memo Hironobu Sakaguchi wrote to draft the " Final Fantasy IX " opening sequence he has later shared online , Zorn and Thorn are not two individual people , but , rather , their role is taken by a single tall old mage called " Zorn " . The queen is enjoying the play Tantalus Theater Troupe is putting on , and Zorn approaches her on the balcony where she is seated , but is stopped by " Lieutenant Steiner " who leads a guard of paladins for the queen ' s safety . Zorn says he has special permission to be let through and indicates to the queen he has urgent news . The queen waives him through and Zorn relays that Princess Garnet has taken the " stone of Leviathan " and a soldier handed it to her because she said that queen had asked her to get it . The queen says she never asked it , and the mage ' s follower comes and informs the princess is nowhere in the castle . Other appearances . " Pictlogica Final Fantasy " . Zorn and Thorn appear as enemies in " Pictlogica Final Fantasy " . " Final Fantasy Record Keeper " . The jesters from " Final Fantasy IX " appears as enemies in " Final Fantasy Record Keeper " . Etymology . Thorn is an English word which alludes to suffering . In Christian belief , Jesus Christ was crowned with a wreath of thorns during his crucifixion . The French localization names them " Pile " and " Face " , which can respectively mean " Heads " and " Tails " , referring to the two sides of a coin . In Spain they are referred as " Ton " and " Son " . " Sin ton ni son " ( " without ton nor son " ) is an idiom which means " nonsense " .