Cidolfus Orlandeau

Count Cidolfas Orlandu, known as Thunder God Cid on the battlefield due to his prowess with the sword, is a character in Final Fantasy Tactics and was a decorated general of the Fifty Years' War, which precedes the game's events by several years. Though a trusted vassal of Duke Goltana, Cid grows ever critical of his liege lord's actions during the War of the Lions. Eventually, the villainous Church of Glabados are able to convince Goltana that Cid is a traitor and a heretic and Goltana has the innocent general imprisoned awaiting execution.
However, Ramza Beoulve and his group are able to spring Cid from his jail cell. While this is happening, Delita Heiral assassinates Goltana and allows Cid to travel with Ramza upon discovering the jailbreak. Delita is aware of the machinations of the Lucavi and believes a powerful warrior like Cid will be vital to Ramza's success against the demonic cult. To ensure Cid's escape is clean (and also have a scapegoat to pin Goltana's assassination on), Delita drafts in and summarily executes a Cid lookalike to convince the world that Cid is dead.
Cid continues to travel with Ramza's group for the remainder of the game. It is unknown if he survives the events at Murond Death City (a.k.a. The Necrohol of Mullonde).
Cid is also the character who provides Ramza with the Libra Zodiac Stone. This hints that Cid was scouted by the Lucavi but did not become one of them.
Category:Square-Enix Characters
Category:Final Fantasy characters