Yoran - Oran Yoran - Oran is a non - playable Tarutaru character in " Final Fantasy XI " . He is the former minister of the Federation of Windurst ' s Rhinostery , an organization focused on the study of plants . He prefers a scientific approach to problems and pursues data where others might draw hasty conclusions . He is known for appending " - ethy " to arbitrary words when he speaks and has a tendency to faint when stressed . Story . Yoran - Oran assumed leadership of the Rhinostery prior to the Crystal War when the previous minister , Iru - Kuiru , was banished . As a person more interested in books than combat , his greatest challenge during the war was returning a lost romance novel to the library . Before the fall of Tavnazia Yoran - Oran was summoned there to appraise a rare statue . He analyzed traces of dirt on the recently - excavated artifact and determined that it had come from the sea north of Jeuno . There was also evidence of Gustaberg soil on it , however , which Yoran - Oran could not explain . He never suspected the relic ' s actual connection to Al ' Taieu . In the peaceful years following the war , Yoran - Oran leaves the Rhinostery to Rukususu and retires to a manor in Windurst Walls . He spends much of his time researching Mandragoras and advertises his willingness to buy anything adventurers might find on the plantoids . He subsequently receives a rudely composed letter that had been attached to one of the critters in the Boyahda Tree . Yoran - Oran realizes that it is a call for help from Zonpa - Zippa , a colleague believed to have died during the Crystal War . He delivers the missive to Apururu , the author ' s daughter , and leaves her to investigate its accuracy . Yoran - Oran is called to Heaven ' s Tower with fellow retired ministers Koru - Moru and Shantotto when the baby star trees there begin to deteriorate . Citing reports of problems with Sarutabaruta ' s water , Yoran - Oran hypothesizes that low magic levels in the irrigation are the source of their troubles . The other professors ignore him , however , preferring their own notions about soil and light . All three therefore implement separate solutions but none manage to improve the situation . Yoran - Oran suggests that they begin taking the issue seriously by searching past events for the origin of the problem . Koru - Moru proposes that the trees are holding a grudge over a bag of seeds he had stolen while Shantotto muses that an abandoned magical doll might have cursed the lot of them . Both concepts are soon discounted and Yoran - Oran expresses disappointment in the unscientific proposals of his partners . After reviewing other research into the health of the Great Star Tree , Yoran - Oran and his colleagues order the Toraimarai Canal searched for any source of trouble . This provides evidence that magical stagnation under Windurst is responsible for the decline of the star trees . It also locates an anomaly which is revealed to be a bud of the Great Star Tree itself . Koru - Moru and Shantotto are disappointed and bored by this discovery but Yoran - Oran is elated . His excitement is tempered , however , when he considers how weak and imperiled the star tree would have to be before it would attempt such an extension . Yoran - Oran fears his reputation is ruined when the Chebukki Siblings storm into his home and accuse him of being their long - lost father . The fact that he had once journeyed to their birthplace , Tavnazia , makes their story seem plausible to onlookers . Yoran - Oran resolves to use a Mimeo Mirror to display his memories of the time and restore his good name . The siblings rapidly lose interest in him , they believe their father would have more money , and move on before he can assemble a functioning mirror . Still flustered from the previous intrusion , Yoran - Oran is more shocked when Sin Hunter Shikaree Y and a pair of lackeys barge into his manor . They demand that he surrender magicite which he does not have and draw bows against him . Prishe arrives to prevent Yoran - Oran from being shot but the trackers turn their weapons on her instead . Finally Shantotto enters and compels the hunters to stand down . Yoran - Oran watches as Prishe demonstrates her inability to hand over the magicite and thereby convinces Shikaree Y to change her tactics . He is then relieved to see his uninvited guests depart as quickly as they had arrived .