Amodar Amodar or Lieutenant Amodar is a non - player character in " Final Fantasy XIII " . He is Lightning ' s superior . Nao Ikeda , who designed most of " Final Fantasy XIII " character cast , modeled Amodar after another Square Enix worker , Hideo Kubota , the game ' s character modeling director , due to a scenario writer ' s suggestion . Datalog . " Amodar is a lieutenant in the Bodhum Security Regiment , and was Lightning ' s direct superior . Climbing his way through the ranks with persistence and hard work , he is respected by his subordinates for his fair treatment on and off the field of battle . NORA ' s unregulated monster - hunting falls under his jurisdiction , but aside from a few warnings for the sake of formality , he generally turns a blind eye to the group ' s earnest efforts . " " Lieutenant Amodar was a soldier in Cocoon ' s Guardian Corps . Although he once retired from duty in disgust at the military ' s handling of civilians during the catastrophe , Amodar re - enlisted to help protect people from the hostile creatures of Pulse . " " The lieutenant ' s unique appearance was used to create a duplicate - a 4D attraction code - named ' Captain Cryptic ' that proved incredibly popular with children . The original Amodar is said to also have been fond of quizzes and trivia . " Profile . Appearance . Amodar is a fat , muscular but tall man with an oval face and dark skin . He has short , spiky , brown hair and brown mustache . He wears a white shirt with silver stripes around the neck and on his chest . His GC jacket consists of white - and - blue material stapled with belts and on the right arm he has a bracer with two orange fluorescent stripes indicating his Lieutenant position within the Corps . His pants consists of black - and - white material with orange stripes at the sides . Amodar also wears metal boots . Personality . Amodar is shown to be quite a humorous person , but able to give good advice , as seen when he gave Lightning some useful advice when she wanted to investigate the Pulse Vestige incident , but he warned her not to investigate and just to instead enjoy the firework display and consider her future , especially her sister Serah . It is revealed in " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " that Amodar was actually extremely fond of quizzes and riddles , hence why his duplicate was chosen as the person to become " Captain Cryptic " , alluding to the fact that Amodar himself could , on certain occasions , be very cryptic , confounding and mysterious . Story . " Final Fantasy XIII " . Amodar was Lightning ' s superior in Bodhum and a member of the Bodhum Security Regiment . He appears in Lightning ' s flashbacks . Amodar speaks to her in Bodhum while watching fireworks , warning her to stay out of the business concerning PSICOM ' s discovery in the Pulse Vestige . Encouraging Lightning to consider sending in a letter of recommendation , saying that she is " past due for a promotion " , he advises her to think of her future and her sister , Serah . On the matter of PSICOM , Amodar appears disdainful of the way they handle their operations , telling Lightning that " nothing but grief " will come of delving into PSICOM business . " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . Amodar appears in a downloadable content battle joining Lightning halfway through battle , he can then be recruited into the party after the fight . In Academia 4XX AF , a duplicate of Amodar named Captain Cryptic can be found in random places on the map , and can be revealed using Moogle Search . He asks the player questions in the Captain Cryptic ' s Confounding Quiz , allowing them to collect a fragment ( up to five altogether ) once all questions in that encounter have been answered . Once they have all been answered , Captain Cryptic gives the player a message for Sergeant Farron , " Good Luck " , which causes Serah and Noel to wonder if Amodar sent the duplicate , or if Captain Cryptic was an echo of Amodar that got turned into a duplicate . Gameplay . Amodar majors in the Commando , Sentinel , and Saboteur roles . He also utilizes a large gatling gun and grenades in battle . Amodar ' s Full ATB skill is Iron Bear Claw , charging at an opponent to unleash a series of punches . As part of a Paradigm Pack , Amodar acts as a Commando with Iron Bear Claw as his Feral Link attack . Voice . Amodar is voiced by Dave Wittenberg in the game ' s English version and by in the Japanese version . Other appearances . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Lieutenant Amodar appears with two cards in the " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . One depicts his Ikeda artwork and one his battle render from " Final Fantasy XIII - 2 " . " Triple Triad ( Portal App ) " . Amodar appears on a Triple Triad card . Etymology . " Amodar " is derived from Sundanese language " Modar " which means " Death " .