Arecia Al - Rashia Dr . Arecia Al - Rashia is a supporting character in " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " . She is an archsorceress in the Dominion of Rubrum , the head of the Sorcery Division and doctor at Akademeia — Rubrum ' s magic academy — and a member of the Consortium of Eight . She is one of the most influential people of Orience . She hand - picked the initial members of Class Zero , who regard her as their adoptive mother . Whenever her cadets die in battle , Arecia will revive them when they are brought back to Akademeia or a town . Arecia has a personal Eidolon , Bahamut ZERO , of which not even high - ranking Sorcery officials are privy to details about . All that is known about it is that its abilities are on a different level than those of the dominion ' s other summons . Profile . Appearance . Arecia has pale skin and hazel eyes and wears red - rimmed glasses . She has long black hair held back with a lavender headband except for two slim sidelocks . She wears a layered white top , black gloves and slim flared pants that fade from lavender to gray . She wears red low - heeled boots and several scarves : a plum - colored one wrapped around her neck , and two long gray and green scarves draped over her shoulders . Arecia wears an ornamental necklace and carries a cigarette in a holder . According to the Rubicus , Arecia ' s age is unknown and she is 5 ' 5 " tall . Personality . Regarded as a genius , Arecia ' s job is to develop and reform magic around Akademeia . She is depicted as aloof , eccentric and secretive to the point of irritating her fellow consortium members . While she treats nearly everyone around her with indifference or disdain , she shows a different face to Class Zero and Chancellor Khalia Chival VI . With Chival , she displays a frank understanding , while she actively cares for the original twelve members of Class Zero . She sees the class as her children , just as the members of Class Zero see and treat her as their mother . In her true role as one of the central figures of Orience , she holds a scientific attitude in line with her human profession , along with a faith in human potential not seen in her counterpart Gala . Her faith in humanity and love for Class Zero eventually influence her decisions concerning Orience ' s fate . Story . " Final Fantasy Agito " . Arecia can be found in the Sorcery Division during the afternoon and night . " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " . Arecia Al - Rashia is one of the divine servants tasked with overseeing Orience alongside Gala and Diva . Arecia follows the will of the Divine Pulse , and together with Gala ( who serves Lindzei ) , strives to open Etro ' s gate that acts as barrier between the world of the living and the world of the dead , the unseen realm . She set up the four Crystals of Orience to accomplish this task ; because Arecia is a servant of Pulse , the Crystals brand their l ' Cie with the Pulse brand . Orience is stuck in a spiral to facilitate the opening of the Gate . While Gala chooses to sacrifice the lives of everyone in Orience to force the Gate open , Arecia ' s method is to find and foster a group of chosen souls that hold great power so they will naturally ascend and open the Gate of their own accord : Agito . Arecia heads Akademeia ' s Sorcery Division and oversees magic development , but also acts as a doctor within the school . She is one of the few people in Akademeia to know the secret of phantoma - based magic . No one knows when she came to the academy , and she is viewed as an archsorceress who can do the impossible . In the year 833 , Arecia founded what would later become known as Class Zero from children whom she tutored personally , adopting them and conditioning them to see her as their mother . When Milites Empire attacks Rubrum they deploy crystal jammer s to cut the dominion forces from the Vermilion Bird Crystal , rendering them vulnerable . As Arecia ' s team of Agito Cadet s can circumvent the effect due to drawing their power from phantoma , they are deployed to deal with it . One of her students , Ace , requests a COMM be delivered to him for the mission , and asks for a dominion legionary named Izana Kunagiri to bring it . Arecia relays the information to the chancellor who approves the request . Arecia ' s students infiltrate the Militesi structures and destroy the crystal jammer . They confront the White Tiger Secundus l ' Cie Qun ' mi Tru ' e at the Akademeia Arena and destroy her magitek armor , the Dáinsleif , and the crystal jammer within . As power returns to the Vermilion Bird Crystal , Rubrum drives the Militesi forces out of Akademeia . As Arecia heads to speak with the chancellor news arrives that the Lorican Alliance has been obliterated by the empire ' s weapon of mass destruction , the Ultima Bomb . The Kingdom of Concordia ' s dragons begin patrolling the airspace for the kingdom and the dominion in preparation of another bomb , and the consortium rushes into a meeting over their next move . Arecia arrives to the meeting late , and explains that the l ' Cie who operated the crystal jammer has disappeared and the jammer thus remains inoperable . The cadetmaster asks if Rubrum ' s legionaries can be augmented with the same magiteknology that lets Arecia ' s cadets wield magic independent of the Crystal , but Arecia says the tek is top secret and it wouldn ' t be viable . She suggests the Agito Cadets be deployed into the war , her class among them . Chancellor Khalia Chival approves Arecia ' s cadets admitted to Akademeia as Class Zero , much to the disdain of the other classes who view Class Zero as different and getting an easy ride on Arecia ' s coattails . Two new members are admitted to the class , Machina Kunagiri and Rem Tokimiya . Arecia scorns the two , viewing them inferior to her hand - picked cadets , and asks Ace to conceal the truth about phantoma from the pair , saying the only thing Machina and Rem need to know is that it is the origin of their magic power . Kurasame Susaya becomes Class Zero ' s commanding officer on Arecia ' s orders , much to the surprise of the cadets who had expected Arecia in that role . Class Zero is deployed to retake the Rubrum Region from the empire , and after returning from a successful mission , Ace overhears Arecia arguing with the commandant in her office . The commandant , Suzuhisa Higato , wants to know why Izana was deployed , as he had perished in the capital liberation . Arecia brushes off the death of one soldier , and reminds the commandant she had the chancellor ' s support in heeding Ace ' s request . Ace , whose memories of Izana have been removed by the Vermilion Bird Crystal , learns Izana was Machina ' s brother and becomes burdened by guilt , unable to recall why he had requested Izana ' s aid . Arecia shows the cadets the Altocrystarium , a machine that empowers the cadets ' magic in exchange for the phantoma they harvest from the battlefield . She keeps monitoring Rem ' s condition and informs her that she doesn ' t have much time left , and that her illness will cause her pain . Rem understands and asks Arecia to keep her illness a secret from Class Zero , especially Machina . Later , as the Vermilion Bird l ' Cie Lady Caetuna and Lord Zhuyu meet in the crystal chamber , the Vermilion Bird Crystal begins to shine . Arecia can feel the effect and states it all " happens all over again . " The Crystal ' s shine indicates that far away in the imperial capital of Ingram Queen Andoria of the Kingdom of Concordia invokes the Fabula Pact , a peace agreement made between the four peristylia of Orience that grants a short - lived ceasefire . During the peace talks Queen Andoria is assassinated and the blame is placed on Class Zero and the dominion for their supposed dissatisfaction with the truce conditions . As the chancellor and his entourage return to Akademeia post - haste as the war is to commence immediately , Class Zero cadets are left behind and escape Ingram with their lives while unable to contact the dominion . Concordia allies with the empire who begin a joint military campaign to lay waste to Rubrum . Back in Akademeia the Consortium of Eight discusses the situation , the provost , cadetmaster and commandant ready to blame Class Zero , accusing them for running away instead of standing trial to clear the misunderstanding , and to have supposedly switched off their COMMs to not be reached . Arecia finds this ridiculous , receiving the commandant ' s wrath . The chancellor brings up the Vermilion Bird Secundus l ' Cie Lady Caetuna who wants to use Verboten Eidolon against the Militesi - Concordian coalition lest they try to invade Rubrum . Arecia visits the Vermilion Bird Crystal , pondering how time flies . Cater from Class Zero asks for a check up and Arecia invites her to the office . Cater is spooked by something Trey had told her about experiencing " déjà vu " , but Arecia assures her not to worry and that she is perfectly healthy . Class Zero is deployed to the eastern front to battle Concordian wyverns , and if the cadets fall against Shinryu Celestia , Arecia summons Bahamut ZERO to annihilate her to save her children . The western front is falling back and Class Zero is recalled as reinforcements to destroy the empire ' s crystal jammer allowing for Lady Caetuna to summon Alexander to obliterate the Militesi forces . News of Rubrum ' s victory and Caetuna having entered crystal stasis arrive to Akademeia . Arecia meets with the chancellor , commenting her children made it out safely . The chancellor tells her Caetuna ' s sublimation means the Will of the Crystal has been served , and Arecia agrees , saying there is meaning in all things . Rubrum conquers all of Orience and Tempus Finis begins . Arecia visits Class Zero one last time to tell the cadets that while everything before them was preordained , they are destined to make an ultimate decision . Her pretense in Akademeia deters Gala and his Rursus Army from launching a full assault on the building , as after Zhuyu is forced into crystal stasis , Arecia stops the Rursus , interested if Class Zero will choose to become l ' Cie in his stead . After the cadets sacrifice themselves to defeat Gala ' s chosen servant , Arecia is on the point of resetting the spiral . A suggestion from Tiz and Joker convinces a curious Arecia to revive Machina and Rem , who had become l ' Cie and entered crystal stasis , to learn the details of her former students changing the fate of the world by refusing to become l ' Cie as originally expected . By listening to their souls Arecia learns Class Zero loves her , but the cadets made their own decision on how they met their end and do not wish to be revived . Arecia restores the people ' s ability to remember their dead and leaves Orience forever , leaving her ultimate fate unknown . The spiral broken , Orience enters a new era as the light of the Crystals fades . Musical themes . Arecia ' s eponymous theme is called " Arecia Al - Rashia " . Creation and development . Arecia Al - Rashia was designed by Roberto Ferrari . Voice . In " Final Fantasy Type - 0 " , Arecia is voiced by in the Japanese version . She shares her Japanese voice actress with Ultimecia from " Dissidia Final Fantasy " and " Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy " , as well as Rosso from " Dirge of Cerberus - Final Fantasy VII - " . She is voiced by Eliza Jane Schneider in the English version . Other appearances . " Final Fantasy Trading Card Game " . Arecia appears on a card depicting her in the pose from her official render with Rubrum ' s emblem in the background . Another card depicts her official artwork . " Triple Triad " . Arecia appears on a Triple Triad card in the version playable via " Final Fantasy Portal App " .