Blank ( Final Fantasy IX ) Blank is a temporary player character in " Final Fantasy IX " . He is one of the members from Tantalus , and thus a Thief . He is Marcus ' s best friend , Marcus often calling him " Bro " . Profile . Appearance . Blank is a young man with auburn hair and pale skin . He has unusual scars across his body where he ' s been seemingly patched up with darker skin tones , most notably over the left side of his face . Blank ' s red hair is spiked with a thick leather belt acting as a headband , which also covers the upper half of his face . He wears little clothing , with brown briefs , leather gloves with a fur trim , black boots , large leather belts around his torso and another slung across his body as a weapon holster , and a brown knee - pad on his right knee . Personality . Blank is best friends with Marcus , and close with the other members of Tantalus . He ' s competitive towards Zidane and considers himself a " ladies man . " He is kind and is quick to help out a person in need , rescuing various characters in several scenes and patrolling the streets of Alexandria to make sure they ' re safe . Story . Blank is first seen on the " Prima Vista " where he participates in the first fight against Baku , and is next seen acting out his part in the play , " I Want to Be Your Canary " . The purpose of the play is to be a present for Princess Garnet of Alexandria ' s sixteenth birthday , but also to act as a guise for Tantalus to kidnap her . He participates in a staged sword fight with Zidane and eventually accompanies him into Alexandria Castle , where he disguises as a Knight of Pluto to kidnap Garnet . Steiner , the captain of the knights , finds him , and Blank leads him back to the " Prima Vista " where Zidane is hiding with Garnet , who ran away with Zidane to escape the castle . Blank reveals himself when Steiner performs his Armor Break ] ] on him , but having stuck Oglop s in his armor , scatters them around the room and Steiner panics at the sight , finding the insects repulsive . Blank pilots the " Prima Vista " out of Alexandria , but , the ship is shot down by Queen Brahne and lands in the Evil Forest . Blank helps rescue the survivors and provides the black mage Vivi — who got caught up in the chaos — with some medicine after Zidane rescues him from the Prison Cage . After Zidane leaves with Vivi and Steiner to find Garnet , who is being held hostage by the beasts of the forest , Baku orders Blank to follow them . Blank arrives just in time to rescue Garnet , but the Evil Forest begins to petrify after she is released . During the escape , Blank is caught by a Plant Spider while trying to protect Zidane and gets petrified along with the forest , but not before he throws Zidane a Continental Map . Marcus returns to the Evil Forest with some Supersoft to rescue Blank . He takes him back to Alexandria , where they save Zidane , Garnet , and Vivi from Zorn and Thorn , Brahne ' s lackeys . Blank participates in the struggle against Brahne , along with Marcus , Steiner , Beatrix , and Freya . He and Marcus had to carry out the the other three , who were injured . Eventually , Ruby , Cinna , and Baku from Tantalus show up as well . After Brahne ' s death Ruby opens a mini theater in Alexandria , and Marcus , Blank , and Cinna help her . They decide to take Vivi to the first show and use him as a decoy so Ruby will not scold them ( Blank in particular ) for lateness . Blank and Marcus also help patrol the streets of Alexandria at night . After the destruction of Alexandria , all of Tantalus except Ruby return to Lindblum to rebuild their headquarters . Blank is asked by Cid Fabool IX to accompany him , Zidane , and Zidane ' s friends on the " Blue Narciss " to find Kuja , Brahne ' s former weapons dealer who schemes to take over the world . Blank pilots the ship to the Desert Palace and then to Esto Gaza . After Cid builds the " Hilda Garde III " , Blank stays in Lindblum to help the rest of Tantalus rebuild their home . After Kuja has been dealt with , Zidane goes missing and his friends return to their former lives . A year later for what is presumed to be Queen Garnet ' s 17th birthday , Tantalus returns to Alexandria to perform " I Want to Be Your Canary " with Blank participating with the rest . Gameplay . Blank is a thief and thus has speed and high physical attack power . He shares the same character slot as Amarant . His level s carry over , but his stats do not . A high level Blank would make Amarant weaker stats - wise , as he would lose levels where he could have gained stats with the right equipment . Equipment . Blank ' s main and only weapon of choice are swords , while his armor consist of hats , armlets , and light armor . Like Marcus and Cinna , he can also equip the otherwise female only Lamia ' s Tiara . Blank ' s equipment option cannot be fully viewed unless the player hacks all items into their inventory with a cheating device for the short duration Blank is in the player ' s party . Abilities . Blank ' s battle commands consist of Attack , Steal , and Item . Since Blank is only a temporary party member , he has no Trance bar nor any support abilities . He also cannot learn any new abilities found on equipment . He can steal , similar to the other thieves . Any successful steals from Blank contribute to the attack power of Zidane ' s Thievery ability , even before this skill is acquired .