Cid Del Norte Marquez Cid Del Norte Marquez is a non - player character from " Final Fantasy VI " . He is the chief genetic engineer of the Gestahlian Empire who invented the Magitek process . Born in the fifth year of the nation of Vector , Cid is a member of the Marquez bloodline of patriotic scientists of the northern state of which became Vector in the war of fifty years before the game ' s beginning . His Japanese surname is alternately spelled as Del Norte Marguez or Marguz . Aside from working in the Magitek Research Facility , Cid cultivated a veritable collection of exotic flowers in a greenhouse , his favorite being roses . As Celes Chere grew , she would help him in the greenhouse , where Cid named his favorite flower after her and eventually gave it to her to adorn her quarters . Profile . Appearance . Cid wears a yellow coat with red decorations , though his artwork shows that underneath it he wears a black and white outfit that appears medieval , with black shoes with red decorations on them . Cid has a red moustache ( grey in the SNES sprite ) . Personality . Though Cid is devoted to his research , he is not strongly loyal to the Empire . Cid has selfless motives , and though he is unwilling to fight , he attempts to solve problems through diplomacy , and believes that the espers should not be killed solely to further his research . Cid is also close to Celes , and acts as a father figure for her . Story . Cid invented the process of Magitek , which involves the extraction of magic from espers and the infusion of the power into human s . Magitek was used to create the army the Empire is known for . Cid ' s first guinea pig , Kefka Palazzo , underwent the process as a young man , and the rudimentary experiment twisted his mind , and Kefka became unpopular . Cid refined the process and used it on a two - year - old child named Celes . The experiment was a success , and Cid raised Celes like his own daughter . Cid had always been against the war and resented his discoveries and inventions being used in it . Unknown to Emperor Gestahl , Cid had delayed his findings by at least a decade . Cid did not discover the true secret of extracting magic from espers was to reduce them to magicite , their remains after they die . It took Locke Cole and several of the Returners to show him this and as a result , Cid joins the Returners and petitions Gestahl to stop the war after helping Locke and his friends escape the Magitek Research Facility . He helps represent the Returners in a banquet with Gestahl and afterward , he follows Setzer Gabbiani to try to rebuild the " Blackjack " . His suggestion is to remove the " Blackjack ' s " casino so as to increase the speed , but Setzer does not want his help and so Cid leaves in a huff . Gestahl only uses the peace offering as a set up for him to obtain more espers and he no longer needs Cid . Kefka uses the powers he has obtained to defeat Gestahl and destroy the world by shifting the face of the planet by moving the Warring Triad out of alignment . One year later in the World of Ruin , Cid lives on the Solitary Island with Celes . He spends the year taking care of her , but becomes ill . Celes feeds him and depending on the quality of the fish she catches Cid either lives or dies . If he dies , Celes attempts suicide by jumping off a cliff , but falls into the water and splashes on shore , still alive . When she comes across Locke ' s bandanna her hope for her old friends to have survived is renewed . She finds a note left by Cid showing her the location of a raft he made to use to go search for others . If he lives , Cid shows Celes the raft personally and stays behind on the Solitary Island while she departs . Etymology . Cid ' s first name seems to be taken from ' s title , " El Cid Campeador " . Continuing with the Spanish references , ' Del Norte Marquez ' may be a reference to " Del Norte Márquez " , a composite Spanish surname .